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  • Do healthy patients need routine laboratory testing before elective noncardiac surgery?
    Nathan Houchens, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 664-666; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14152

    Testing often increases costs and anxiety, with little benefit.

  • Lactic acidosis: Clinical implications and management strategies
    Anita J. Reddy, MD, Simon W. Lam, PharmD, FCCM, Seth R. Bauer, PharmD, FCCM and Jorge A. Guzman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 615-624; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14098

    In hospitalized patients, elevated lactate is both a marker of risk and a target of therapy.

  • Middle East respiratory syndrome: SARS redux?
    Middle East respiratory syndrome: SARS redux?
    Glenn Wortmann, MD, FIDSA, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 584-588; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15097

    Prompt identification and isolation of infected patients is critical to limiting the spread of infection.

  • Sleep apnea ABCs (August 2014)
    Maher Abouda, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 555; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.09001

    Readers comment on obstructive sleep apnea (August 2014) and on writing better consult notes (January 2015).

  • In Reply: Sleep apnea ABCs (August 2014)
    Reena Mehra, MD, MS, FCCP, FAASM and Anna M. May, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 556-562; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.090002

    Readers comment on obstructive sleep apnea (August 2014) and on writing better consult notes (January 2015).

  • Postoperative troponin surveillance: A diagnostic dilemma
    Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 603-605; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15113

    Postoperative troponin elevations are linked to bad outcomes. But does screening for troponin elevations improve outcomes?

  • Perioperative MI: Data, practice, and questions
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 552-554; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82b.09015

    What should be done when an elevated troponin is detected in a postoperative patient who is otherwise doing perfectly well?

  • Herpes zoster triplex
    Shota Takashima, MD and Mitsuhito Ota, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 579; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14173

    A 77-year-old man presented with painful eruptions on the left chest, right lower groin, and left thigh.

  • Ankle pain in a young woman with Gaucher disease
    Ajoe John Kattoor, MD, Thomas W. Bauer, MD, PhD, Mark Berkowitz, MD, Joshua M. Polster, MD and Alan E. Lichtin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 607-613; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14108

    Gaucher disease causes hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, bone marrow disease, bone pain, bone infarcts, and lytic lesions.

  • What is the difference between palliative care and hospice care?
    Mellar P. Davis, MD, FCCP, FAAHPM, Terence Gutgsell, MD and Pamela Gamier, RN, BSN, CHPN
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 569-571; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14145

    The two have different indications and goals and are often provided in different settings.

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