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  • Troponin elevation after noncardiac surgery: Significance and management
    Samuel Horr, MD, Grant Reed, MD and Venu Menon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 595-602; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15076

    Patients with elevations are at higher risk of morbidity and death, but current guidelines provide few recommendations.

  • Occult satellite metastasis of an auricular melanoma
    Petros Koltsidopoulos, MD, PhD and Charalambos Skoulakis, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 577-578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14132

    Satellite lesions are a sign of aggressive disease and require a thorough evaluation for metastases.

  • 2015 Update on Parkinson disease
    Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, FAAN, FANA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 563-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82gr.15004

    An improved understanding of the disease is leading to new diagnostic tools and treatments.

  • 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.

  • In Reply: The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy after excision of melanomas (May 2015)
    Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2015, 82 (8) 479-480; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c:08006

    Readers comment on eruptive xanthoma (April 2015), risk of falls in older adults (May 2015), and sentinel lymph node biopsy after excision of melanoma (May 2015).

  • Remembering that old dogs can still do tricks
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2015, 82 (8) 472; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82b.08015

    Chlorthalidone has proven efficacy and, compared with hydrochlorothiazide, favorable pharmacokinetic properties.

  • Diuretics for hypertension: Hydrochlorothiazide or chlorthalidone?
    Danielle Cooney, PharmD, Sherry Milfred-LaForest, PharmD and Mahboob Rahman, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2015, 82 (8) 527-533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14091

    Chlorthalidone may be more potent, but it also may cause more metabolic adverse effects such as hypokalemia.

  • Universal precautions to reduce stimulant misuse in treating adult ADHD
    Vania Modesto-Lowe, MD, MPH, Margaret Chaplin, MD, Shirshendu Sinha, MD and Katie Woodard, BS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2015, 82 (8) 506-512; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14131

    At each visit, assess the four ‘A’s: ADHD symptoms, Activities of daily living, Adverse events, and Aberrant behavior.

  • Risk of falls (May 2015)
    David L. Keller, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2015, 82 (8) 473; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.08003

    Readers comment on eruptive xanthoma (April 2015), risk of falls in older adults (May 2015), and sentinel lymph node biopsy after excision of melanoma (May 2015).

  • In Reply: Risk of falls (May 2015)
    Leah Beegan, DO and Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2015, 82 (8) 479; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.08004

    Readers comment on eruptive xanthoma (April 2015), risk of falls in older adults (May 2015), and sentinel lymph node biopsy after excision of melanoma (May 2015).

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