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Table of Contents

July 01, 2002; Volume 69,Issue 7

From the Editor

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    We need your help
    John D. Clough, MD and Peter G. Studer
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 519;

    If your copy of the Journal has a postcard on the cover, please sign it and drop it in the mail—it could save us a lot of money.

The Clinical Picture

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    A traveler with nonhealing skin nodules
    John Kevin Hix, MD and Mikal Rahman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 524-528;

    Questions and answers on the visible signs of diseases.

Cancer Diagnosis and Management

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    Malignant melanoma: Treatments emerging, but early detection is still key
    Paul Masci, DO and Ernest C. Borden, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 529-545;

    Interferon alfa-2b can increase disease-free survival in malignant melanoma, but we can have far more impact by detecting this disease earlier and by teaching patients how to recognize and possibly avoid it.

1-Minute Consult

  • Why shouldn’t we use warfarin alone to treat acute venous thrombosis?
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    Why shouldn’t we use warfarin alone to treat acute venous thrombosis?
    Toni Choueiri, MD and Steven R. Deitcher, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 546-548;

    Heparins produce desired levels of anticoagulation within hours, whereas warfarin takes at least 4 days.

Im Board Review

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    A 76-year-old man with septic arthritis
    Prashanthi N. Thota, MD, Madhusudhan R. Sanaka, MD and Darwin L. Conwell, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 549-553;

    What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test.

Interpreting Key Trials

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    GUSTO V: Combination drug treatment of acute myocardial infarction
    Arman T. Askari, MD and A. Michael Lincoff
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 554-560;

    The combination of abciximab in full doses and reteplase in half doses was not superior to full-dose reteplase alone, but it was “not inferior” either.

Commentary

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    GUSTO V: Should it affect clinical practice?
    James L. Orford, MBCHB, MPH and Peter B. Berger, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 520-522;

    The results of GUSTO V were equivocal and should not lead physicians to change how they treat myocardial infarction.

Current Drug Therapy

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    Aromatase inhibitors in breast cancer: Current and evolving roles
    John Hill, MD and Halle Moore, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 561-567;

    Aromatase inhibitors are finding new uses. Already established for treating metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women, they are gaining acceptance as adjuvant treatment as well.

Medical Grand Rounds

  • Acute renal failure in hospitalized patients
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    Acute renal failure in hospitalized patients
    Joseph V. Nally, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 569-574;

    Acute renal failure demands a logical approach to its prevention and early diagnosis.

Departments

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    Coxibs supplement: Has CCJM sold out? (April 2002)
    Emanuel Frisch, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 568;
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    In reply: Coxibs supplement: Has CCJM sold out? (April 2002)
    Marc C. Hochberg, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 568;
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    In reply: Coxibs supplement: Has CCJM sold out? (April 2002)
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 568;
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    Hereditary hemochromatosis
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2002, 69 (7) 553;

    Hereditary hemochromatosis (Cleve Clin J Med 2002; 69:224–237).

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