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  • The ABCs of managing systolic heart failure: Past, present, and future
    Ike S. Okwuosa, MD, Oluseyi Princewill, MD, MPH, Chiemeke Nwabueze, MD, Lena Mathews, MD, Steven Hsu, MD, Nisha A. Gilotra, MD, Sabra Lewsey, MD, MPH, Roger S. Blumenthal, MD and Stuart D. Russell, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2016, 83 (10) 753-765; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16006

    Digitalis, diuretics, and bedrest have given way to neurohormonal blockade and physical rehabilitation.

  • Anemia of chronic kidney disease (August 2016)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2016, 83 (10) 739;

    An error appeared in “Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Treat it, but not too aggressively” by Drs. Georges Nakhoul and James F. Simon (Cleve Clin J Med 2016; 83:613–624).

  • There may be zebras running with the horses
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2016, 83 (10) 697-702; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.10016

    Common diseases are indeed common, but patients with less-common ones do fi nd their way into our practices.

  • Nonatherosclerotic limb ischemia: Prompt evaluation and diagnosis
    Nonatherosclerotic limb ischemia: Prompt evaluation and diagnosis
    John C. Eun, MD, William R. Hiatt, MD and Natalia O. Glebova, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2016, 83 (10) 741-751; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15102

    Symptoms of ischemia may be difficult to recognize in younger patients, thus delaying diagnosis.

  • Eruptive xanthoma: Warning sign of systemic disease
    Gillian Roga, MD and Madhukhara Jithendriya, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2016, 83 (10) 715-716; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15126

    Initial laboratory testing showed a triglyceride level of 5,742 mg/dL.

  • An abnormal peripheral blood smear and altered mental status
    Supakanya Wongrakpanich, MD, Moiz Salahuddin, MD and Priyanka Mittar, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 643-644; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15152

    Therapeutic plasma exchange has greatly increased the survival rate in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

  • ‘Air-raising’: An air-fluid level in the right subphrenic region
    Anupam Gupta, MD and Oleg Epelbaum, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 638-640; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15162

    Plain chest radiography showed dramatic elevation of the right hemidiaphragm with a large subphrenic air-fl uid level.

  • A man with HIV and papules and nodules on the knees
    Ana M. Victoria-Martínez, MD, Laura Cubells-Sánchez, MD, Lorena Martínez-Leborans, MD, José L Sánchez-Carazo, PhD and Víctor Alegre De Miquel, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 641-642; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15128

    Erythema elevatum diutinum may be confused with Sweet syndrome, Kaposi sarcoma, or bacillary angiomatosis.

  • Diet in the pathophysiology and management of irritable bowel syndrome
    Magdy El-Salhy, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 663-664; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16019

    Diet plays an important role in the pathophysiology of this disorder and is an effective tool in managing it.

  • Gout and African Americans: Reducing disparities
    Bharat Kumar, MD and Petar Lenert, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 665-673; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15133

    African Americans are more likely to suffer from gout and are less likely to receive optimal treatment for it.

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