More articles from Letters to the Editor

  • In Reply: Prostate cancer screening
    Timothy Gilligan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.05004

    The debate about screening remains fraught, and passions run high on both sides.

  • In Reply: Assessing stable coronaryartery disease
    Vinayak Nagaraja, MD and A. Michael Lincoff, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 714; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12004

    CT angiography is the appropriate test to exclude left main disease.

  • In Reply: COVID-19 coagulopathy
    Simon R. Mucha, MD, Siddharth Dugar, MD, Keith McCrae, MD, Douglas Joseph, DO, John Bartholomew, MD, Gretchen L. Sacha, PharmD, RPh, BCCCP and Michael Militello, PharmD, RPh, BCPS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 712; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/cjm.87c.12002

    An attempt to balance the potential risks and benefits of intensified prophylaxis.

  • COVID-19 coagulopathy
    Anup Katyal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 712; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12001

    Skepticism of high-intensity prophylaxis for patients with D-dimer ≥ 3.0 µg/mL.

  • Assessing stable coronary artery disease
    Taher Modarressi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 713; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12003

    Differences between the coronary calcium score and CT coronary angiography

  • Dexamethasone or hydrocortisone in COVID-19?
    Chia Siang Kow and Syed Shahzad Hasan
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 715; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12005

    Dexamethasone should be favored over hydrocortisone.

  • Trousseau sign and syndrome: Erroneous terms
    Steven Yale, MD, MACP, Halil Tekiner, PhD, Joseph Mazza, MD and Eileen Scott Yale, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 585; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.10002

    Trousseau never described a constellation of symptoms in this disease.

  • The R in PRES
    Amado Jiménez-Ruiz, MD, Miguel García-Grimshaw, MD, Juan Andrés Calderón-Martínez, MD and Isael Reyes-Melo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 584-585; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.10001

    Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome lacks universal diagnostic criteria.

  • In Reply: Trousseau sign and syndrome: Erroneous terms
    Satish S. Maharaj, MD, Michael Omar, MBBS, Karan Seegobin, MBBS and Simone Chang, MBBS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 586; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.10003

    Trousseau sign should continue to be taught and recognized on physical examination.

  • DXA after menopause
    Michael Balkin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 457; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.08003

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