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  • Geriatric patient-centered medical home
    David L. Keller, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79c.07003

    Readers comment on synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (April 2012) and on the geriatric patient-centered medical home (May 2012).

  • An argument for reviving the disappearing skill of cardiac auscultation
    Donald Clark, MD, Mustafa I. Ahmed, MD, Louis J. Dell’italia, MD, Pohoey Fan, MD and David C. McGiffin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 536-544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12001

    Three case scenarios show how the clinical examination can complement echocardiography in the evaluation of valvular heart disease.

  • In reply: Synthetic legal intoxicating drugs
    Jason M. Jerry, MD and Gregory B. Collins, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 534-535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79c.08002

    Readers comment on synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (April 2012) and on the geriatric patient-centered medical home (May 2012).

  • Autoinflammatory syndromes: Fever is not always a sign of infection
    Autoinflammatory syndromes: Fever is not always a sign of infection
    Andrew S. Zeft, MD, MPH and Steven J. Spalding, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 569-581; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11184

    Our growing understanding of genetics and the immune system has unearthed a number of syndromes characterized by recurrent fevers that mimic malignancy or infection.

  • Genetic counselors: Your partners in clinical practice
    Jessica L. Mester, MS, CGC, Allison H. Schreiber, MS, CGC and Rocio T. Moran, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 560-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11091

    As our understanding of the human genome has grown, so too has the need for health care providers to help patients and families understand the implications of these discoveries.

  • POLST: An improvement over traditional advance directives
    Patricia A. Bomba, MD, FACP, Marian Kemp, RN and Judith S. Black, MD, MHA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7) 457-464; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11098

    Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is a process that translates a patient’s goals for care at the end of life into medical orders.

  • Challenges in the management of aortic stenosis
    Amar Krishnaswamy, MD and Brian P. Griffin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7) 483-486; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12059

    Unfortunately, physicians who manage aortic stenosis do not encounter straightforward classic cases very often.

  • Managing the patient with newly diagnosed Parkinson disease
    Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, MD and Carlos Singer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7 suppl 2) S3-S7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s2a.01
  • Nonmotor complications of Parkinson disease
    Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, MD and Hubert H. Fernandez, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7 suppl 2) S14-S18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s2a.03
  • Use of chemodenervation in dystonic conditions
    Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, MD and Maurice Hanson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7 suppl 2) S25-S29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s2a.05

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