Adolescent Medicine

  • ‘Kissing tonsils’ and splenic infarction from infectious mononucleosis
    Nicholas L. Kensey, DO and James Higgs, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2023, 90 (8) 463-464; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22079

    A 36-year-old male presented with severe pain in the left upper quadrant after 10 days of cough, sore throat, and fever.

  • Ignore e-cigarettes at your patient’s peril
    Vania Modesto-Lowe, MD, MPH, Lakshit Jain, MD and Roberto León-Barriera, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2022, 89 (12) 679-682; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.22006

    As patients are already using these products, rather than dismiss the use of e-cigarettes, clinicians should provide accurate information to help patients make the best choices for their health.

  • Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure: An empathetic, practical approach
    Becky Bikat S. Tilahun, PhD and Jocelyn F. Bautista, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 252-259; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21109

    Barriers to care include clinician misperceptions, lack of acceptance of the diagnosis, poor patient engagement with treatment, and lack of access to care.

  • Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure: A neurologist’s perspective
    Elaine Wyllie, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 260-261; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21129

    Confirming the diagnosis is only the start of the journey. The greater challenge and opportunity lie in how physicians present the diagnosis to the patient and family.

  • Anaphylaxis: Highlights from the practice parameter update
    Katherine N. Weller, MD and Fred H. Hsieh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2022, 89 (2) 106-111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21076

    The update addresses diagnostic criteria, treatment options, prevention of recurrences, and patient education on avoiding triggers and using self-injectable epinephrine.

  • Anaphylaxis: Expanding our perspective
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2022, 89 (2) 65; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89b.02022

    Anaphylaxis is not always the extreme scenario we learned about in medical school. There is a range of far milder allergic infusion reactions that are nonetheless anaphylaxis.

  • The current state of tobacco cessation treatment
    Humberto K. Choi, MD, FCCP, Jorge Ataucuri-Vargas, MD, Charlie Lin, MD and Amanda Singrey, PharmD, BCACP, CTTS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 393-404; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20099

    Behavioral interventions and pharmacotherapy increase success rates. Alternative treatments should not replace or delay the use of known effective therapies.

  • Medical complications of bulimia nervosa
    Allison Nitsch, MD, Heather Dlugosz, MD, Dennis Gibson, MD and Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 333-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20168

    Complications can affect all body systems, but especially the renal and electrolyte systems.

  • Oral immunotherapy: The answer to peanut allergy?
    Rachel M. Whitsel, APRN, Jaclyn A. Bjelac, MD, Ahila Subramanian, MD, Alice E. W. Hoyt, MD and Sandra J. Hong, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 104-109; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20130

    Gradually increasing doses of the allergen induces tolerance.

  • Severe chemical pneumonitis from tetrahydrocannabinol ‘vaping’ and ‘dabbing’
    Alisha Kamboj, MD, MBA, Tony Kamel, MD, Martin Burbank, MD, Melisa Esposito, MD and Russell Shaen Harvey, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 77-79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20071

    THC products have been implicated in an outbreak of lung injury.

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