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  • Hypertension: Don’t worry about the J curve—treat the patient
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 74; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78b.11002

    Concerns over being too aggressive remain theoretical. A far greater problem is that we are still not successfully treating hypertension to even a conservative target.

  • MAO inhibitors (December 2010)
    David Keller, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 81; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.02003

    A reader comments on the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors to treat depression (December 2010) and on the treatment of gout in patients with chronic kidney disease (December 2010).

  • In reply: Gout and chronic kidney disease (December 2010)
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD and Hossam El-Zawawy, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 81-82; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.02002
  • Airway pressure release ventilation: An alternative mode of mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Ariel Modrykamien, MD, Robert L. Chatburn, MHHS, RRT-NPS and Rendell W. Ashton, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 101-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10032

    This mode may be useful in situations in which the lungs need to be recruited (reinflated) and held open.

  • In reply: MAO inhibitors (December 2010)
    Olga Kostenko, MD, Molly Wimbiscus, MD and Donald Malone, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 81; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.02004
  • Gout and chronic kidney disease (December 2010)
    David L. Keller, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 81; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.02001

    A reader comments on the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors to treat depression (December 2010) and on the treatment of gout in patients with chronic kidney disease (December 2010).

  • Do patients with prosthetic joints require dental antimicrobial prophylaxis?
    Eric Omar Gomez, MD, Douglas R. Osmon, MD, MPH and Elie F. Berbari, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2011, 78 (1) 36-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10062

    The authors contend that the available evidence does not support routine prophylaxis before dental procedures.

  • Series Introduction
    Timothy Gilligan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2011, 78 (1) 24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10179

    To keep our readers up to date on progress in palliative medicine, we are presenting a series of articles on the topic.

  • Managing bloodstream infections in patients who have short-term central venous catheters
    Naomi P. O’grady, MD and Daniel S. Chertow, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2011, 78 (1) 10-17; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10015

    Should a potentially infected catheter be removed? Which empiric antibiotic therapy should be started? And how should therapy be tailored to the specific pathogen?

  • Symptom management: An important part of cancer care
    Laura K. Shoemaker, DO, Bassam Estfan, MD, Raghava Induru, MD and T. Declan Walsh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2011, 78 (1) 25-34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10053

    In addition to diagnosing and managing the cancer itself, the physician’s duty is also to recognize and effectively manage the many associated symptoms.

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