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  • Diagnostic certainty and the eosinophil
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 72; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82b.02015

    Eosinophilic esophagitis can mimic gastroesophageal reflux disease, especially early in its course.

  • The health care ‘iron triangle’ and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
    Elmer Philip Lehman, MD, MPP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 73-80; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14035

    There is no way to increase access, improve quality, and decrease costs all at the same time.

  • Quitting smoking (January 2015)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 114;
  • Genetics and hepatitis C: It’s good to be ‘CC’
    Genetics and hepatitis C: It’s good to be ‘CC’
    Jose Mari Parungao, MD, Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD, Binu John, MD, Naim Alkhouri, MD and Nizar N. Zein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 97-104; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14004

    In hepatitis C, people born with the IL28B CC genotype can count themselves luckier than those born with CT or TT.

  • Denosumab: A novel antiresorptive drug for osteoporosis
    Ernest Suresh, MD, FRCP and Bo Abrahamsen, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 105-114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.13173

    What denosumab is, how it works, how well it works, and practical prescribing tips.

  • Syncope from a twiddled ICD
    Fatima Adhi, MD, Gurshawn Singh, MD, Wayne Tsuang, MD and Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2015, 82 (2) 81-82; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14095

    A patient playing (“twiddling”) with his or her implanted cardioverter-defibrillator can dislodge the lead.

  • Retroperitoneal cyst hemorrhage in polycystic kidney disease
    Cathy I. Cheng, MD, Nicolas B. Karvelas, MD and Paul Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2015, 82 (1) 20-21; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14007

    Polycystic kidney disease is relatively common, and fewer than half of cases are diagnosed. The cysts often bleed.

  • Selecting antithrombotic therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation
    Christine Tanaka-Esposito, MD and Mina K. Chung, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2015, 82 (1) 49-63; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.140002

    When considering anticoagulant therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation, one must balance the reduction in risk of thromboembolism that this therapy offers against the risk of bleeding that it poses. The American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Heart Rhythm Society updated their atrial fibrillation guidelines in 2014. This review outlines a rationale for clinical decision-making based on the new guidelines and summarizes the currently approved drugs.

  • Learning disorders: How pediatricians can help
    Elaine E. Schulte, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11 suppl 1) S24-S28; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s1.05
  • RSV infections: State of the art
    Giovanni Piedimonte, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11 suppl 1) S13-S18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s1.03

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