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  • Series Introduction
    Timothy Gilligan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2011, 78 (1) 24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10179

    To keep our readers up to date on progress in palliative medicine, we are presenting a series of articles on the topic.

  • Managing bloodstream infections in patients who have short-term central venous catheters
    Naomi P. O’grady, MD and Daniel S. Chertow, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2011, 78 (1) 10-17; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10015

    Should a potentially infected catheter be removed? Which empiric antibiotic therapy should be started? And how should therapy be tailored to the specific pathogen?

  • Symptom management: An important part of cancer care
    Laura K. Shoemaker, DO, Bassam Estfan, MD, Raghava Induru, MD and T. Declan Walsh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2011, 78 (1) 25-34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10053

    In addition to diagnosing and managing the cancer itself, the physician’s duty is also to recognize and effectively manage the many associated symptoms.

  • MAO inhibitors: Risks, benefits, and lore
    Molly Wimbiscus, MD, Olga Kostenko, MD and Donald Malone, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 859-882; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09103

    Monoamine oxidase inhibitors were the first antidepressants introduced. Interest in their use is reviving.

  • Bariatric surgery, vitamin C, and kidney stones (July 2010)
    Daniel Weiss, MD, CDE, FACP, PNS, CPI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 844; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77c.12003

    Readers comment on nutritional supplementation after bariatric surgery (July 2010) and on glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (August 2010).

  • Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (August 2010)
    Holly Thacker, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 843; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77c.12001

    Readers comment on nutritional supplementation after bariatric surgery (July 2010) and on glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (August 2010).

  • In reply: Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (August 2010)
    Robin K. Dore, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 843-844; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77c.12002
  • The homocysteine hypothesis: Still relevant to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease?
    Joellyn M. Abraham, MD and Leslie Cho, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 911-918; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10036

    Elevated homocysteine is a risk factor, and vitamins lower homocysteine levels. But does vitamin supplementation prevent cardiovascular events?

  • Should alpha-blockers ever be used as antihypertensive drugs?
    Giacomo Rossitto, MD, Ganesh Kamath, MD and Franz H. Messerli, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 884-888; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10058

    They are not first-line drugs, but they can be second-line or third-line add-on drugs if blood pressure is not under control.

  • Cornflake-like scales on the ankles and feet
    Cristina Gómez-Fernández, MD, Beatriz Casado Verrier, MD, Leticia Sanz Canalejas, MD, Ricardo Moreno Alonso De Celada, MD and Pedro Herranz Pinto, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2010, 77 (12) 848-849; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.10055

    An 81-year-old woman presents with slowly growing, asymptomatic lesions on both feet and ankles. Which test should be ordered to establish the diagnosis?

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