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  • The phenomenal growth of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a review
    Raphael S. Chung, MD and Thomas A. Broughan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 186-190;

    Touted by surgeons who perforin it and demanded by a public attracted by claims of reduced pain and fast recovery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is taking the United States by storm. The authors provide insight into the appropriate use of this operation.

  • Catheter ablation for recurrent ventricular tachycardia
    Ronald McCowan, MD, Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD, Hugh McAlister, MB, ChB and Tony W. Simmons, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 203-207;

    Successful use of this procedure is described in a 78-yearold man with drug-refractory ventricular tachycardia who had both an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and an antitachycardia pacemaker.

  • Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction
    Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, Theresa Danao, MD and Enrico G. Camara, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 123-124;

    Recent advances in the understanding of the syndrome of chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction facilitate diagnosis and treatment of specific subsets of patients.

  • Indications for electrophysiologic study in patients with ventricular arrhythmias
    Sergio L. Pinski, MD and James D. Maloney, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 175-185;

    An analysis of current guidelines for the use of electrophysiologic study, and a look at practical applications.

  • Treating Hypomagnesemia
    Zalman S. Agus, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 141;
  • Endocarditis prophylaxis: the new guidelines
    Phillip I. Lerner, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 216-218;
  • Kidney Stones: Have the Indications for Surgery Changed?
    Stevan B. Streem, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 142;
  • A good death: is euthanasia the answer?
    Martin L. Smith, STD, James Orlowski, MD, Charles Radey, MD and Giles Scofield, JD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 1992, 59 (1) 99-109;

    Better pain management and a willingness to provide care within already established ethical and legal guidelines are the appropriate responses to current proposals for assistance in dying.

  • Treating Respiratory Infections in HIV-Positive Patients
    Susan Rehm, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 1992, 59 (1) 13-96;

    In HIV-positive patients, respiratory infection symptoms can usually be treated or at least suppressed, but the clinical response may be obscured.

  • Experimental therapies for multiple sclerosis: current status
    Donald E. Goodkin, MD, Richard M. Ransohoff, MD and Richard A. Rudick, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 1992, 59 (1) 63-74;

    A critical analysis of current experimental agents and obstacles to the development of effective drug therapy.

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