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  • Three neglected numbers in the CBC: The RDW, MPV, and NRBC count
    Jori E. May, MD, Marisa B. Marques, MD, Vishnu V.B. Reddy, MD and Radhika Gangaraju, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 167-172; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18072

    These values have diagnostic utility and potential prognostic significance.

  • Flu or strep? Rapid tests can mislead
    Burke A. Cunha, MD, MACP and Nonso Osakwe, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 161-162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18094

    Group A streptococci are common colonizers with viral pharyngitis.

  • Hypertension guidelines January 2019
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 210;

    The article Aleyadeh W, Hutt-Centeno E, Ahmed HM, Shah NP. Hypertension guidelines: treat patients, not numbers. Cleve Clin J Med 2019; 86(1):47–56. doi:10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027 contained an error.

  • The tests that we order define us
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86b.03019

    In practice we balance the inputs from Watson, “Dr. Google,” our experience, and the specific data from the patient.

  • Cancer screening: A modest proposal for prevention
    Myung S. Kim, MD, Go Nishikawa, MD and Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 157-160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18092

    Large-scale cancer screening programs have the unintended consequences of false-positive results and overdiagnosis.

  • Assessing liver fibrosis without biopsy in patients with HCV or NAFLD
    Tavankit Singh, MD, Daniela S. Allende, MD and Arthur J. McCullough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 179-186; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.17118

    Biopsy is still the gold standard, but methods based on clinical information and on imaging are emerging.

  • Human papillomavirus in 2019: An update on cervical cancer prevention and screening guidelines
    Human papillomavirus in 2019: An update on cervical cancer prevention and screening guidelines
    Salina Zhang, BS and Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 173-178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18018

    Recommendations on counseling, vaccination, screening, and follow-up for abnormal screening results.

  • 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.

  • Subclinical hypothyroidism: When to treat
    Sidra Azim, MD and Christian Nasr, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 101-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.17053

    The decision remains controversial and depends on the degree of TSH elevation, thyroid antibodies, and comorbidities.

  • Dancing sternal wires: A radiologic sign of sternal dehiscence
    Mohamed M. Gad, MD and Amit Gupta, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 87-88; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18091

    Loose fragments of bone and wire pose a danger of puncturing the heart, making sternal dehiscence a surgical emergency.

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