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  • An abnormal peripheral blood smear and altered mental status
    Supakanya Wongrakpanich, MD, Moiz Salahuddin, MD and Priyanka Mittar, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 643-644; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15152

    Therapeutic plasma exchange has greatly increased the survival rate in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

  • ‘Air-raising’: An air-fluid level in the right subphrenic region
    Anupam Gupta, MD and Oleg Epelbaum, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 638-640; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15162

    Plain chest radiography showed dramatic elevation of the right hemidiaphragm with a large subphrenic air-fl uid level.

  • A man with HIV and papules and nodules on the knees
    Ana M. Victoria-Martínez, MD, Laura Cubells-Sánchez, MD, Lorena Martínez-Leborans, MD, José L Sánchez-Carazo, PhD and Víctor Alegre De Miquel, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 641-642; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15128

    Erythema elevatum diutinum may be confused with Sweet syndrome, Kaposi sarcoma, or bacillary angiomatosis.

  • Diet in the pathophysiology and management of irritable bowel syndrome
    Magdy El-Salhy, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 663-664; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16019

    Diet plays an important role in the pathophysiology of this disorder and is an effective tool in managing it.

  • Gout and African Americans: Reducing disparities
    Bharat Kumar, MD and Petar Lenert, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 665-673; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15133

    African Americans are more likely to suffer from gout and are less likely to receive optimal treatment for it.

  • Is there a time limit for systemic menopausal hormone therapy?
    Laura Dorr Lipold, MD, Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD and Risa Kagan, MD, FACOG, CCD, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 605-612; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15161

    The duration needs to be an individualized, shared decision that is reassessed annually.

  • In reply: Acute liver failure (June 2016)
    Tavankit Singh, MD, Nancy Gupta, MD, Naim Alkhouri, MD, William D. Carey, MD and Ibrahim Hanouneh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 557; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.08006
  • Information management for clinicians
    Neil B. Mehta, MD, Stephen A. Martin, MD, EdM, Jack Maypole, MD and Rebecca Andrews, MS, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 589-595; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15001

    How to create a personalized stream of relevant information that can be saved so that it is readily accessible.

  • In reply: Measles: More than the rash (May 2016)
    Camille Sabella, MD and Dheeraj Kumar, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 556; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.08004
  • Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Treat it, but not too aggressively
    Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Treat it, but not too aggressively
    Georges Nakhoul, MD and James F. Simon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 613-624; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15065

    Renal anemia is associated with bad outcomes, but attempting to normalize hemoglobin levels can be harmful.

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