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- Clinical practice guidelines for HIV infection: progress towards making AIDS a primary care disease
An appraisal of the guidelines released in January by the Agency for Health Care Policy and US Public Health Service.
- Assessing depression in medical patients
Suicidal ideation is an intensely personal matter, and many patients may be alarmed by questions about it. A less threatening approach is described.
- Preglomerular and postglomerular blood flow: relationship to kidney disease and treatment
Clinicians are taking the first steps toward preventing or slowing kidney failure, thanks to special techniques for studying renal microcirculation.
- Metastasis or adenoma? CT evaluation of the adrenal mass
Documenting the stability of adrenal lesions should be done for longer than usual to increase the likelihood of identifying malignant adenomas.
- A 51-year-old man with a history of stroke and red streaks in the legs
A diagnostically challenging case is worked up. Based on a presentation at a Cleveland Clinic Foundation Clinical Pathological Conference.
- Prophylaxis of opportunistic infections in persons with HIV infection
Effective regimens are available for preventing some of these infections. Studies are in progress to establish optimum regimens for others.
- Transesophageal echocardiography: why and when to use it
In this open discussion of an important health care utilization issue, panelists expound on the appropriateness of TEE in several clinical situations.