Latest Articles
- Amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis: Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies
It is difficult but important to distinguish the two types of amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis.
- Managing weight gain as a side effect of antidepressant therapy
Some drugs are more apt to cause weight gain than others; one should inform and work with the patient.
- In refractory temporal lobe epilepsy, consider surgery sooner
Epilepsy surgery is perhaps the most underused therapy in all of medicine today.
- Atrial fibrillation: Rate control is as good as rhythm control for some, but not all
Many clinicians are questioning the need to restore or maintain sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation. What did four recent trials show ?
Raising an isolated low HDL-C level: Why, how, and when?No current therapy is optimal, but many can modestly increase HDL-C. The decision to treat depends on the patient’s risk for coronary disease.
- On testing for proteinuria: Time for a methodical approach
It is now imperative that we test for proteinuria in outpatients.
- ‘Obvious’ answers aren’t always so simple
In atrial fibrillation, rhythm control seemed “obviously” better than rate control-until randomized trials were done.
- Preventing kidney failure (April 2003)
Preventing kidney failure (Cleve Clin J Med 2003; 70:337–344).
- New Series
We hope to keep you abreast of how laparoscopic techniques are revolutionizing surgical care, and what this means for your patients.