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- Vaccine update 2010: Keeping up with the changes
Changes and additions to the vaccination schedule for children, adolescents, and adults.
- The pretravel visit: A ‘teaching moment’
Often, a pretravel visit is also a good time to introduce concepts of preventive health to patients who might not otherwise be accessible or amenable.
- Giant nodules on the hands
A 78-year-old man with hyperuricemia treated with allopurinol presents with asymptomatic nodules on both hands. What is the most likely diagnosis?
- When and how to evaluate mildly elevated liver enzymes in apparently healthy patients
Not all asymptomatic people with a mildly elevated liver enzyme value need an extensive evaluation, which can be costly, anxiety-provoking, and risky.
- Renal stone interventions (October 2009)
Errors appeared in Ioachimescu OC, Stoller JK. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage: diagnosing it and finding the cause. Cleve Clin J Med 2008; 74:258–280, and in Samplaski MK, Irwin BH, Desai M. Less-invasive ways to remove stones from the kidneys and ureters. Cleve Clin J Med 2009; 76:592–598.