Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current Issue
    • Ahead of Print
    • Past Issues
    • Supplements
    • Article Type
  • Specialty
    • Articles by Specialty
  • CME/MOC
    • Articles
    • Calendar
  • Info For
    • Manuscript Submission
    • Authors & Reviewers
    • Subscriptions
    • About CCJM
    • Contact Us
    • Media Kit
  • Conversations with Leaders
  • Conference Coverage
    • ACR Convergence 2023
    • Kidney Week 2023
    • ObesityWeek 2023
    • IDWeek 2023
    • CHEST 2023
    • MDS 2023
    • IAS 2023
    • ACP 2023
    • AAN 2023
    • ACC / WCC 2023
    • AAAAI Meeting 2023
    • ACR Convergence 2022
    • Kidney Week 2022
    • AIDS 2022
    • CHEST 2021
    • IDWeek 2021
    • IAS 2021
    • ADA 2021
    • ATS 2021
    • ACC 2021
    • ACP 2021
    • AAN 2021
  • Other Publications
    • www.clevelandclinic.org

User menu

  • Register
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
  • Other Publications
    • www.clevelandclinic.org
  • Register
  • Log in
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current Issue
    • Ahead of Print
    • Past Issues
    • Supplements
    • Article Type
  • Specialty
    • Articles by Specialty
  • CME/MOC
    • Articles
    • Calendar
  • Info For
    • Manuscript Submission
    • Authors & Reviewers
    • Subscriptions
    • About CCJM
    • Contact Us
    • Media Kit
  • Conversations with Leaders
  • Conference Coverage
    • ACR Convergence 2023
    • Kidney Week 2023
    • ObesityWeek 2023
    • IDWeek 2023
    • CHEST 2023
    • MDS 2023
    • IAS 2023
    • ACP 2023
    • AAN 2023
    • ACC / WCC 2023
    • AAAAI Meeting 2023
    • ACR Convergence 2022
    • Kidney Week 2022
    • AIDS 2022
    • CHEST 2021
    • IDWeek 2021
    • IAS 2021
    • ADA 2021
    • ATS 2021
    • ACC 2021
    • ACP 2021
    • AAN 2021

Table of Contents

August 01, 2001; Volume 68,Issue 8

From the Editor

  • You have access
    IM Board Review: A medical mystery every month
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 667;

    Nearly every month for the past 8 years we have asked you the reader to unravel a complicated case.

1-Minute Consult

  • Should the actual or the corrected serum sodium be used to calculate the anion gap in diabetic ketoacidosis?
    You have access
    Should the actual or the corrected serum sodium be used to calculate the anion gap in diabetic ketoacidosis?
    Laurence H. Beck, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 673-674;

    The two values have different uses: use the measured value to calculate the anion gap and the corrected value to assess dehydration.

  • You have access
    Should we still be using theophylline to treat asthma?
    Marta M. Vielhaber, MD and Mani Kavuru, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 681;

    With better drugs available, theophylline has been relegated to fourth-line status.

Medical Grand Rounds

  • You have access
    Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in acute respiratory failure: Does it improve outcomes?
    Alejandro C. Arroliga, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 677-680;

    Why insert an endotracheal tube when a mask may do?

  • You have access
    Heat illness: Tips for recognition and treatment
    Thomas A. Waters, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 685-687;

    Heat stroke is an acute, life-threatening emergency. Early recognition and rapid cooling are essential.

Im Board Review

  • You have access
    Myocardial infarction in a 24-year-old woman
    Sudhakar T. Sridharan, MD and Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 688-702;

    What is the cause of this patient’s symptoms? A self-test on a clinical case.

Review

  • You have access
    Prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers: What works? What doesn’t?
    David R. Thomas, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 704-722;

    Although pressure ulcers continue to confound our best efforts, their incidence can be reduced and their healing can be speeded.

  • You have access
    Update on peripheral vascular diseases: From smoking cessation to stenting
    Debabrata Mukherjee, MD and Jay S. Yadav, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 723-733;

    Despite advances, the two most important treatments remain the same: stopping smoking and starting a walking program.

Patient Information

  • Peripheral vascular disease
    You have access
    Peripheral vascular disease
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 734;

Departments

  • You have access
    Illicit drug use (June 2001)
    Ellen S. Rome, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2001, 68 (8) 733;
Back to top
PreviousNext

In this issue

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine: 68 (8)
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Vol. 68, Issue 8
1 Aug 2001
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
Sign up for alerts

Jump to

  • From the Editor
  • 1-Minute Consult
  • Medical Grand Rounds
  • Im Board Review
  • Review
  • Patient Information
  • Departments
  • Editor's Picks
  • Most Cited
  • Most Read
Loading
Treatments for obstructive sleep apnea: CPAP and beyond
Oral lichen planus
Elevated aminotransferases in a 62-year-old woman
What is the role for terlipressin in hepatorenal syndrome?
A reticular eruption on the thighs
vOka vaccine-associated disseminated varicella zoster
Should you use compression duplex ultrasonography to detect deep vein thrombosis to evaluate unexplained fevers?
Should I consider metformin therapy for weight loss in patients with obesity but without diabetes?
Persistent rectal pain leading to diffuse pustules
Cutaneous metastasis from gastric carcinoma

Navigate

  • Current Issue
  • Past Issues
  • Supplements
  • Article Type
  • Specialty
  • CME/MOC Articles
  • CME/MOC Calendar
  • Media Kit

Authors & Reviewers

  • Manuscript Submission
  • Authors & Reviewers
  • Subscriptions
  • About CCJM
  • Contact Us
  • Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education
  • Consult QD

Share your suggestions!

Copyright © 2023 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. All rights reserved. The information provided is for educational purposes only. Use of this website is subject to the website terms of use and privacy policy. 

Powered by HighWire