Disease Management Project
Editorial Policy

The Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project was conceived as a way of providing the practitioner the most up-to-date expert information needed to conduct a busy clinical practice.

Authored by specialists at The Cleveland Clinic, each chapter is designed to incorporate national clinical practice guidelines in a fashion which is simple, straightforward, and of maximum clinical utility. If an author disagrees with these guidelines, it is clearly indicated, as is the reason. Thus, the reader has the best of both possible worlds: knowing what the guideline recommends, and also knowing how an expert interprets and updates these guidelines in the real world.

The Disease Management Project is offered free as a service of The Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education.

The Editorial Board, comprised of experienced Cleveland Clinic specialists, is responsible for the selection of topics and authors, and for review of medical content. All opinions expressed in the chapters are those of the author. They do not represent a specific endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic. Information is intended to provide general guidance for health care providers, but cannot be construed as providing specific recommendations for a particular patient. Care has been taken to check drug dosages. Health care providers should re-check dosages of all medications before prescribing for their patients.

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