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  • Perioperative Medical Management of the Marfan Patient Undergoing Repeat Cardiothoracic Surgery
    Aashish Shah, MD and Adam Skrzynski, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2011, 78 (3 esuppl 1) eS52-eS53;
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Resultant Cardiogenic Shock After Mitral Valve Repair
    Adam Evans, MD,MBA, Daniel B. Sims, MD, Nir Uriel, MD, Ulrich P. Jorde, MD and Craig R. Smith, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2011, 78 (3 esuppl 1) eS44;
  • 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).

  • Caring for VIPs: Nine principles
    Jorge A. Guzman, MD, Madhu Sasidhar, MD and James K. Stoller, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 90-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10113

    When the patient is a “very important person,” the health care team should resist pressure to bend the rules.

  • Seek and treat: HIV update 2011
    Alan Taege, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 95-100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78gr.10003

    Clinicians should routinely and matter-of-factly test patients for human immunodeficiency virus infection, just as they screen for other diseases.

  • Air travel and venous thromboembolism: Minimizing the risk
    Air travel and venous thromboembolism: Minimizing the risk
    John R. Bartholomew, MD, Jonathan L. Schaffer, MD, MBA and Georges F. McCormick, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2011, 78 (2) 111-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10138

    Blood clots can occur during air travel, although the absolute risk is low. People with hypercoagulable conditions are at greater risk and may need prophylaxis.

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