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  • Approach to asymptomatic creatine kinase elevation
    Siamak Moghadam-Kia, MD, Chester V. Oddis, MD and Rohit Aggarwal, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 37-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14120

    Standard cutoffs may be too low. First, repeat the test after 7 days without exercise.

  • The simple lab test is sometimes more complex than we think, if we think about it at all
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 13-14; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.01016

    Before ordering more tests because of an abnormal laboratory result (eg, elevated creatine kinase), think about its biology.

  • Serum allergen-specific IgE testing: How much is too much?
    Cheryl K. Lau, PhD and Christopher Naugler, MD, CCFP, FCFP, FRCPC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 21-24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14125

    The Choosing Wisely campaign and others advocate against indiscriminate IgE testing in evaluating allergy.

  • Preoperative testing (October 2015)
    Cynthia Point, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 16; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.01003

    Readers comment on vitamin B12 defi ciency (July 2015) and on preoperative testing (October 2015).

  • Bony bumps in the mouth
    Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 17-18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15033

    Torus palatinus and torus mandibularis are benign bony overgrowths arising from cortical bone.

  • Eventration of the diaphragm presenting as spontaneous pneumothorax
    Pauline Go, MD and Zane Hammoud, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 19-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14175

    A 25-year-old man presents with sudden onset of right-sided back and chest pain and shortness of breath.

  • Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
    Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
    Adham Jammoul, MD, Yuebing Li, MD, PhD and Alexander Rae-Grant, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 43-53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14112

    Suspect these syndromes in cases of unexplained seizure, encephalitis, or acute-onset psychiatric syndromes.

  • Alcohol withdrawal syndrome in medical patients
    Justine S. Gortney, PharmD, BCPS, Joshua N. Raub, PharmD, BCPS, Pragnesh Patel, MD, Lianne Kokoska, PharmD, Mae Hannawa, PharmD and Amy Argyris, PharmD, BCPS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 67-79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14061

    Deprived of alcohol while in the hospital, many alcoholic patients go into withdrawal. Clinicians should be ready.

  • Managing interstitial lung disease detected on CT during lung cancer screening
    Brian D. Southern, MD, Rachel G. Scheraga, MD and Ruchi Yadav, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 55-65; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14157

    How to distinguish among the most common forms, and the role of the primary care physician in managing them.

  • Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: History and current indications
    Ahmad Zeeshan, MD, E. Murat Tuzcu, MD, Amar Krishnaswamy, MD, Samir Kapadia, MD and Stephanie Mick, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12 suppl 2) S6-S10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82.s2.02

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