Rheumatology

  • Oral hyperpigmentation with weakness and salt-craving
    Joseph Zhou, MD and S. Sethu K. Reddy, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FACP, MACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 180-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21036

    The patient’s primary care physician had attributed the hyperpigmentation on the lower lip and inner cheek to pen ink.

  • Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Will new agents deliver on their promise?
    Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Will new agents deliver on their promise?
    Tarek Souaid, MD, Jonathan Taliercio, DO, James F. Simon, MD, MBA, Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd and Georges N. Nakhoul, MD, MEd
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 212-222; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21100

    A review of the pathophysiology of anemia of chronic kidney disease, major clinical trials, and novel therapies.

  • Potential systemic benefits of shocking or blocking nerves
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2022, 89 (3) 119-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89b.03022

    What has really caught my attention is the expanding research on controlled regional neuromodulation and its impact on systemic physiology and inflammation.

  • Stellate ganglion block as a treatment for vasomotor symptoms: Clinical application
    Stellate ganglion block as a treatment for vasomotor symptoms: Clinical application
    Yeonsoo Sara Lee, BS, Christopher Wie, MD, Scott Pew, MD and Juliana M. Kling, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2022, 89 (3) 147-153; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21032

    Hormone therapy is the mainstay of treatment, but there is a clear need for safe and effective nonhormonal options. The authors review data on the use of stellate ganglion block in perimenopausal and postmenopausal patients.

  • Vitamin D supplementation: Pearls for practicing clinicians
    Susan E. Williams, MS, RD, MD, CCD, FACE, FAND
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2022, 89 (3) 154-160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21021

    A review of how to assess and counsel patients on the use of vitamin D, with patient scenarios clinicians are likely to encounter, and an overview of current recommendations for vitamin D supplementation.

  • Hypercalcemia and vitamin A: A vitamin to keep in mind
    Saif Munther Borgan, MD, Leila Zeinab Khan, MD and Vinni Makin, MD, FACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2022, 89 (2) 99-105; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21056

    Vitamin A toxicity can affect bone resorption and hypercalcemia and should be explored in unexplained cases of parathyroid hormone-independent hypercalcemia.

  • Antiobesity drug therapy
    Taher Modarressi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 657; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.12001
  • Physician resistance to obesity pharmacotherapy
    Vania Modesto-Lowe, MD, Allison Wick, BS and Michael Dang, BS, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 658; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88c.12003
  • A perspective on discussing COVID-19 vaccines: Efficacy and adverse effects
    Brian F. Mandell, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 644-645; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.12021

    Physicians should be vigilant and open-minded regarding possible adverse reactions to the vaccines, and should take time to discuss the demonstrated efficacy of vaccines with patients.

  • COVID-19 vaccine-induced cellulitis and myositis
    Sathishkumar Ramalingam, MD, Harkesh Arora, MD, Susan Lewis, MD, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, MD, Maheswari Muruganandam, MD, Sivakumar Nagaraju, MD and Priyesh Padmanabhan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 648-650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21038

    The day after receiving the second dose of the mRNA vaccine, redness and pain developed at the injection site, eventually involving the whole left arm and shoulder.

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