Geriatrics

  • In reply: Metformin for type 2 diabetes January 2019
    Vinni Makin, MBBS, MD, FACE and M. Cecilia Lansang, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2019, 86 (4) 237; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.04004
  • Flu or strep? Rapid tests can mislead
    Burke A. Cunha, MD, MACP and Nonso Osakwe, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 161-162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18094

    Group A streptococci are common colonizers with viral pharyngitis.

  • Norwegian scabies
    Hiroki Matsuura, MD, Akemi Senoo, MD, PhD, Mari Saito, MD and Yuko Fujimoto, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 163-164; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18081

    Norwegian scabies is extremely contagious, and outbreaks can spread in institutions.

  • Hypertension guidelines January 2019
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2019, 86 (3) 210;

    The article Aleyadeh W, Hutt-Centeno E, Ahmed HM, Shah NP. Hypertension guidelines: treat patients, not numbers. Cleve Clin J Med 2019; 86(1):47–56. doi:10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027 contained an error.

  • Subclinical hypothyroidism: When to treat
    Sidra Azim, MD and Christian Nasr, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 101-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.17053

    The decision remains controversial and depends on the degree of TSH elevation, thyroid antibodies, and comorbidities.

  • There is more to the TSH than a number
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PHD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 77-78; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86b.02019

    Management of subclinical hypothyroidism should be nuanced and based on clinical and laboratory parameters.

  • Aleukemic leukemia cutis
    Tuyet Nguyen Abraham, MD, MSC, Peter Morawiecki, MD, Amy Flischel, MD and Bharata Agrawal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2019, 86 (2) 85-86; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18057

    An 85-year-old man presented with rapidly progressive nodules on the scalp, neck, trunk, and extremities.

  • Hypertension guidelines: Treat patients, not numbers
    Wesam Aleyadeh, MD, Erika Hutt-Centeno, MD, Haitham M. Ahmed, MD, MPH and Nishant P. Shah, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2019, 86 (1) 47-56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18027

    When treating high blood pressure, how low should we try to go? Debate continues.

  • Acute-onset quadriplegia with hyperreflexia
    Nasreen Shaikh, MD, Muhammad Sardar, MD, Wahab Khan, MD and Wael Ghali, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2019, 86 (1) 7-8; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18049

    MRI showed diffuse T2 hyperintensity beginning at the level of the medulla and extending to the level of C7.

  • Prostate cancer screening, November 2018
    David L. Keller, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2018, 85 (12) 908; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.12001

    A reader comments on the use of prostate-specific antigen (November 2018).

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