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  • What is the hepatitis B vaccination regimen in chronic kidney disease?
    Kheng Yong Ong, BSc (Pharm) (Hons), Hong Yun Wong, BSc (Pharm) (Hons) and Giat Yeng Khee, PharmD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 32-34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17017

    For those with advanced chronic kidney disease, the authors recommend a higher dose, more doses, or both.

  • Preventing cardiovascular disease in older adults: One size does not fit all
    Ariela R. Orkaby, MD, MPH, Oyere Onuma, MD, MSc, Saadia Qazi, DO, MPH, J. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH and Jane A. Driver, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 55-64; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16119

    The balance of risk and benefit may differ considerably for 2 patients of the same age if one is fi t and the other is frail.

  • A New Year’s transition and looking forward
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 6-7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85b.01018

    Time to take stock of advances in—and obstacles to—the delivery of quality healthcare.

  • Detecting and managing device leads inadvertently placed in the left ventricle
    Detecting and managing device leads inadvertently placed in the left ventricle
    Richard G. Trohman, MD, MBA and Parikshit S. Sharma, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 69-75; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17012

    How it happens, how to prevent it, how to detect and correct it immediately, and how to manage cases discovered long after.

  • Quality in urine microscopy: The eyes of the beholder
    James F. Simon, MD and Arani Nanavati, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 22-24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17085

    The renal patient is best served when the nephrologist familiar with the case performs the urine microscopy

  • Idiopathic hypercalciuria: Can we prevent stones and protect bones?
    Laura E. Ryan, MD and Steven W. Ing, MD, MScE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 47-54; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16090

    Patients should increase their fluid intake, follow a diet low in salt and animal protein, and take a thiazide diuretic.

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