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  • Breast augmentation surgery: Clinical considerations
    Breast augmentation surgery: Clinical considerations
    Demetrius M. Coombs, MD, Ritwik Grover, MD, Alexandre Prassinos, MD and Raffi Gurunluoglu, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 111-122; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18017

    The evolution of breast implants, their complications, and key considerations with regard to aesthetic breast surgery.

  • Heart failure guidelines: What you need to know about the 2017 focused update
    Lee Rodney Haselhuhn, MD, Daniel J. Brotman, MD and Ilan Shor Wittstein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 123-139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18022

    Prevention, preserved ejection fraction, hypertension, iron, sleep apnea, and acute decompensation.

  • Aleukemic leukemia cutis
    Tuyet Nguyen Abraham, MD, MSC, Peter Morawiecki, MD, Amy Flischel, MD and Bharata Agrawal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 85-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18057

    An 85-year-old man presented with rapidly progressive nodules on the scalp, neck, trunk, and extremities.

  • Our Peer-Reviewers for 2018
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 140;
  • Repeating blood cultures after initial bacteremia: When and how often?
    Ammara Mushtaq, MD, Bryce X. Bredell, MS and Ayman O. Soubani, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 89-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18001

    Repeating blood cultures after an initial positive result is superfluous except in certain situations.

  • Follow-up blood cultures are often needed after bacteremia
    Marisa Tungsiripat, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 93-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18114

    Without follow-up cultures, the adequacy of treatment can be difficult to assess.

  • There is more to the TSH than a number
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PHD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 77-78; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86b.02019

    Management of subclinical hypothyroidism should be nuanced and based on clinical and laboratory parameters.

  • Acute-onset quadriplegia with hyperreflexia
    Nasreen Shaikh, MD, Muhammad Sardar, MD, Wahab Khan, MD and Wael Ghali, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2019, 86 (1) 7-8; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18049

    MRI showed diffuse T2 hyperintensity beginning at the level of the medulla and extending to the level of C7.

  • Should metformin be used in every patient with type 2 diabetes?
    Vinni Makin, MBBS, MD, FACE and M. Cecilia Lansang, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2019, 86 (1) 17-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18039

    Most patients should receive it, with exceptions. Nevertheless, it is underused.

  • Who needs to carry an epinephrine autoinjector?
    T. Ted Song, DO, FAAAI, FACP and Phil Lieberman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2019, 86 (1) 66-72; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.17123

    Patients who have had anaphylaxis or who are at risk of it should carry an epinephrine autoinjector with them at all times.

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