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  • Maternal asthma: Management strategies
    Sucharita Kher, MD, FCCP and Prerna Mota, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 296-302; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15046

    The benefits of asthma treatment during pregnancy outweigh the risks associated with the medications used.

  • In reply: Serotonin syndrome (November 2016)
    Vishal Vashistha, MD, Sukhdeep Kaur, MD, Robert Z. Wang, MD and Gregory Rutecki
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 342-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.05002
  • Is it time to abandon fasting for routine lipid testing?
    Zareen Farukhi, MD and Samia Mora, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 919-922; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16135

    Yes. Most patients do not need to fast.

  • Is there a doctor on board? In-flight medical emergencies
    Jose V. Nable, MD, MS, NRP, Christina L. Tupe, MD, Bruce D. Gehle, JD and William J. Brady, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 457-462; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16072

    Although not legally required to render assistance, physicians have an ethical obligation to do so and should be prepared.

  • Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical tool
    Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical tool
    Kenneth Leclerc, MD, FACC, FACSM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 161-168; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15013

    It has a class I recommendation for evaluating dyspnea of uncertain cause and in candidates for heart transplant.

  • A lump on the hip
    Morteza Khodaee, MD, MPH, Seth Mathern, MD, Wendy S. Madigosky, MD, MSPH and Jonathan T. Bravman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 594-596; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16065

    The patient had fallen on his hip while playing basketball about 2 weeks earlier.

  • Acid-base disturbances January 2017
    Michael Emmett, MD, MACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03003

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • Antibiotic stewardship: Why we must, how we can
    Arjun Srinivasan, MD, FSHEA, CAPT USPHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 673-679; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17003

    It has always been a good idea; now it is required.

  • Reviewers 2016
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 257;
  • Preventing herpes zoster through vaccination: New developments
    Phuc Le, PhD, MPH, Camille Sabella, MD and Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 359-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16020

    Because protection wanes by 10 years, a booster dose may be necessary but is not yet recommended.

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