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  • Pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015)
    Mridu Singh, MD, Vikram Singh, MBBS, MD, Saurabh Singh, MBBS, MS, MCh, Anil Kumar Joshi, MBBS and Chitra Joshi, MBBS, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 203-204; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.04003

    Readers comment on pheochromocytoma (November 2014) and pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015).

  • In Reply: Pheochromocytoma (November 2014)
    Ricardo J. Pagán, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.04002

    Readers comment on pheochromocytoma (November 2014) and pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015).

  • Can the test for human papillomavirus DNA be used as a stand-alone, first-line screening test for cervical cancer?
    Xian Wen Jin, MD, PhD, FACP, Margaret L. McKenzie, MD and Belinda Yen-Lieberman, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 213-215; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14092

    Yes. The FDA has approved the test for this indication, and guideline committees are reviewing the data.

  • A nonhealing oral ulcer in a man with HIV
    Lucía Turrión Merino, MD, Guillermo García Serrano, MD, Andres González García, MD, Eva Hermosa Zarza, MD, Marta Urech García De La Vega, MD, Rosario Carrillo Gijón, PhD and Pedro Jaén Olasolo, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 211-212; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14059

    The workup eventually led to a diagnosis of oral tuberculosis secondary to active pulmonary tuberculosis.

  • Is triglyceride therapy worth the effort?
    Michael Miller, MD, FACC, FAHA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2015, 82 (3) 162-166; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.13157

    Levels do matter, but no trials of triglyceride-lowering have been done. Weight loss and exercise are encouraged.

  • Does this patient need ultrasonography of the leg to evaluate for deep vein thrombosis?
    C. Jessica Dine, MD, MSHPR and Sara L. Wallach, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2015, 82 (3) 153-155; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/82a.14071

    If the pretest probability of deep vein thrombosis is low, a normal D-dimer level is enough to rule it out.

  • But how many people died? Health outcomes in perspective
    Vinay Prasad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2015, 82 (3) 146-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14058

    Before dispensing advice, we should know the effect of what we recommend on all meaningful outcomes.

  • Reviewers 2014
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2015, 82 (3) 161;
  • Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis: Is surgery always indicated?
    Dayakar Kancherla, MD, Swapna Vattikuti, MD and Kishore Vipperla, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2015, 82 (3) 151-152; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14006

    This disease is usually benign, but evidence of necrosis or pneumoperitoneum warrants immediate surgery.

  • Diabetes therapy and cardiac risk (November 2014)
    David Bell, MB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2015, 82 (3) 140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.03001

    A reader comments on diabetes therapy and cardiac risk (November 2013).

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