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  • Breast augmentation surgery: Clinical considerations
    Breast augmentation surgery: Clinical considerations
    Demetrius M. Coombs, MD, Ritwik Grover, MD, Alexandre Prassinos, MD and Raffi Gurunluoglu, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 111-122; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18017

    The evolution of breast implants, their complications, and key considerations with regard to aesthetic breast surgery.

  • Heart failure guidelines: What you need to know about the 2017 focused update
    Lee Rodney Haselhuhn, MD, Daniel J. Brotman, MD and Ilan Shor Wittstein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 123-139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18022

    Prevention, preserved ejection fraction, hypertension, iron, sleep apnea, and acute decompensation.

  • Aleukemic leukemia cutis
    Tuyet Nguyen Abraham, MD, MSC, Peter Morawiecki, MD, Amy Flischel, MD and Bharata Agrawal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 85-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18057

    An 85-year-old man presented with rapidly progressive nodules on the scalp, neck, trunk, and extremities.

  • Our Peer-Reviewers for 2018
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 140;
  • Repeating blood cultures after initial bacteremia: When and how often?
    Ammara Mushtaq, MD, Bryce X. Bredell, MS and Ayman O. Soubani, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 89-92; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18001

    Repeating blood cultures after an initial positive result is superfluous except in certain situations.

  • Follow-up blood cultures are often needed after bacteremia
    Marisa Tungsiripat, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 93-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18114

    Without follow-up cultures, the adequacy of treatment can be difficult to assess.

  • 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.

  • Common benign breast concerns for the primary care physician
    Christine Lara Klassen, MD, Stephanie L. Hines, MD and Karthik Ghosh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2019, 86 (1) 57-65; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.17100

    Because breast cancer is so common, women with breast problems often fear the worst. They needn’t.

  • Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance: A primary care guide
    Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance: A primary care guide
    Jack Khouri, MD, Christy Samaras, DO, Jason Valent, MD, Alex Mejia Garcia, MD, Beth Faiman, PhD, CNP, Saveta Mathur, CNP, Kim Hamilton, CNP, Megan Nakashima, MD and Matt Kalaycio, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2019, 86 (1) 39-46; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.17133

    Low-risk MGUS may not require subspecialty referral and can be followed by the outpatient provider.

  • Acute-onset quadriplegia with hyperreflexia
    Nasreen Shaikh, MD, Muhammad Sardar, MD, Wahab Khan, MD and Wael Ghali, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2019, 86 (1) 7-8; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18049

    MRI showed diffuse T2 hyperintensity beginning at the level of the medulla and extending to the level of C7.

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