Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

  • Severely frail elderly patients do not need lipid-lowering drugs
    Laurie Herzig Mallery, MD, FRCPC, MSM, Paige Moorhouse, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MSM, Pam McLean Veysey, BSc (Pharm), Michael Allen, MD, MSc and Isobel Fleming, BScPharm, ACPR
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 131-142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15114

    Statins have no role as primary prevention in this population, and a minor role as secondary prevention.

  • Statin therapy in the frail elderly: A nuanced decision
    Donald Clark, MD and Leslie S. Cho, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 143-145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16036

    Clinicians—and patients—may reasonably feel there is value in statin therapy—even in advanced frailty.

  • Man’s best friend, fatal in the end
    Evelyn Ling, MD, Stacey Howell, MD, Mai Vang, BS and Paul Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 146-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16061
  • Medical management of urinary incontinence in women
    Elim Shih, MD, Heather Hirsch, MD and Holly L. Thacker, MD, FACP, NCMP, CCD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 151-158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16054

    It is common, underreported, and undertreated. Primary care physicians can offer conservative management.

  • Urinary leakage: What are the treatment options?
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 159; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84pe.02001
  • Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical tool
    Cardiopulmonary exercise testing: A contemporary and versatile clinical tool
    Kenneth Leclerc, MD, FACC, FACSM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 161-168; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15013

    It has a class I recommendation for evaluating dyspnea of uncertain cause and in candidates for heart transplant.

  • Channeling the flow of medical information
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 178-179; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.03017

    Accesssing information today is like drinking from a firehose. We need some kind of valve to adjust the flow.

  • Caring for international patients November 2016
    Maryam Sattari, MD, Shehla Islam, MD and Amir Kazory, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 180; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03001
  • In Reply: Caring for international patients November 2016
    Kelly W. Cawcutt, MD and John W. Wilson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 180-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03002

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • In Reply: Acid-base disturbances January 2017
    Gregory W. Rutecki, MD and Shylaja Mani, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03004

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

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