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September 01, 2023; Volume 90,Issue 9

  1. Pantalone, Kevin M.

    1. Should I consider metformin therapy for weight loss in patients with obesity but without diabetes?
      Paloma Rodriguez, MD, Kevin M. Pantalone, DO, ECNU, FACE, Marcio L. Griebeler, MD and Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2023, 90 (9) 545-548; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22096

      The authors appraise the evidence to date for weight loss with metformin in this patient population.

  2. Persits, Ian

    1. When should pharmacologic therapies be used for uremic pericarditis?
      When should pharmacologic therapies be used for uremic pericarditis?
      Osamah Badwan, MD, Warren Skoza, MD, Lorenzo Braghieri, MD, Ian Persits, DO and Allan L. Klein, MD, FRCP (C), FACC, FAHA, FASE, FESC
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2023, 90 (9) 549-554; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23003

      If symptoms return or fail to improve with renal replacement therapy, drug therapy may be considered.

  3. Plante, Marie

    1. If a patient has cirrhosis, should I correct coagulation abnormalities before a minor invasive procedure?
      Emily B. Wolf, MD, Marie Plante, MD and Razvan M. Chirila, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2023, 90 (9) 541-543; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23005

      Hemostatic abnormalities in cirrhosis can include thrombocytopenia, prolonged prothrombin time, prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time, elevated international normalized ratio, and decreased fibrinogen.

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