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  • Premature ventricular contractions: Reassure or refer?
    Baris Akdemir, MD, Hirad Yarmohammadi, MD, MPH, M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP and Wayne O. Adkisson, MD, FHRS, FACC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 524-530; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15090

    Many patients need only reassurance and do not need to see a cardiologist.

  • LGBT care: There has been progress
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 477; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.07016

    A tectonic shift has taken place in how we perceive and interact with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

  • Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome as a complication of molar pregnancy
    Kinan Alhalabi, Brooke S. Lampl, DO and Gerald Behr, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 504-506; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15036

    An 18-year-old woman, 14 weeks pregnant, presented with bleeding, cramping, and a fundal height of 23 cm.

  • Blood pressure targets (March 2016)
    Jonathan Lee Edwards, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 487-488; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.07002
  • Are we causing anemia by ordering unnecessary blood tests?
    Carlo Lutz, MD and Hyung J. Cho, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 496-497; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15108

    Iatrogenic anemia from blood draws is common, serious, and unnecessary.

  • Best practices in LGBT care: A guide for primary care physicians
    Megan C. McNamara, MD, MSc and Henry Ng, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 531-541; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15148

    Myths, disparities, and a step-by-step approach to the care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender patients.

  • Anticoagulation in dental surgery: Is it rude to interrupt?
    Michael J. Wahl, DDS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 409-413; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15014

    Anticoagulation should not be interrupted for dental surgery.

  • Whiplash-shaped acute rash
    Lidia Maroñas-Jiménez, MD, Alejandro Lobato-Berezo, MD, Ramon Pigem, MD, Diana Menis, MD and Sara Palencia-Pérez, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 417-418; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15062

    The rash appeared suddenly 2 days after the patient ate Chinese food.

  • Wilson disease (February 2016)
    Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD, Taha Ayach, MD and Aram Barbaryan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 406; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.06001

    Readers comment on Wilson disease (February 2016).

  • In reply: Wilson disease (February 2016)
    Mohamad A. Hanouneh, MD, Ari Garber, MD, EDD, Anthony S. Tavill, MD, FAASLD, Nizar N. Zein, MD, FAASLD and Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 406-407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.06002

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