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  • Renal failure in HCV cirrhosis
    Chitra Deepak Punjabi, MD, Yu Kuang Lai, MD, Manjula Balasubramanian, MD and Imara Dissanayake, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 583-588; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15106

    The patient was diagnosed with hepatitis C 15 years ago; now, his kidneys are failing.

  • Information management for clinicians
    Neil B. Mehta, MD, Stephen A. Martin, MD, EdM, Jack Maypole, MD and Rebecca Andrews, MS, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 589-595; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15001

    How to create a personalized stream of relevant information that can be saved so that it is readily accessible.

  • Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: The role of ADAMTS13
    Heesun J. Rogers, MD, PhD, Charles Allen, DO and Alan E. Lichtin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 597-603; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15009

    ADAMTS13 testing is useful in diagnosing this disease, guiding therapy, and predicting relapse.

  • Is there a time limit for systemic menopausal hormone therapy?
    Laura Dorr Lipold, MD, Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD and Risa Kagan, MD, FACOG, CCD, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 605-612; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15161

    The duration needs to be an individualized, shared decision that is reassessed annually.

  • Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Treat it, but not too aggressively
    Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Treat it, but not too aggressively
    Georges Nakhoul, MD and James F. Simon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 613-624; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15065

    Renal anemia is associated with bad outcomes, but attempting to normalize hemoglobin levels can be harmful.

  • 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.

  • 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
  • Blood pressure targets (March 2016)
    Özgür Yilmaz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 487; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.07001

    Readers comment on the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (March 2016).

  • In reply: Blood pressure targets (March 2016)
    George Thomas, MD, FACP, FASN, Joseph V. Nally, MD and Marc A. Pohl, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 488-489; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.07003
  • A serpiginous, itchy rash on the foot
    Elisabeth Gómez Moyano, MD, PhD, Leandro Martinez Pilar, MD, Sara Bjerg Simonsen, MD and Angel Vera-Casaño, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 494-495; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15110

    Cutaneous larva migrans is caused by helminth larvae, usually parasites of the small intestines of cats and dogs.

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