Table of Contents
June 01, 2011; Volume 78, Issue 6-
From the Editor
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The pain of cholesterol-lowering therapy
Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 354;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78b.11006
It seems that everyone “knows” that statins cause muscle pain, including many patients with hypercholesterolemia.
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Medical Grand Rounds
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Immune thrombocytopenia: No longer ‘idiopathic’
Keith McCrae, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 358-373;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78gr.10005
Once regarded as idiopathic, immune thrombocytopenia is now understood to involve both accelerated platelet destruction and impaired platelet production.
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The Clinical Picture
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Scar reactivation and dry cough
Giulia Rech, MD, Riccardo Balestri, MD, Federico Bardazzi, MD, Bianca Maria Piraccini, MD, PhD and Annalisa Patrizi, MD, PhD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 375-376;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10132
A 52-year-old woman has swelling and redness of seven old scars and a dry cough. What diagnostic test should be performed?
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Subphrenic abscess from a perforated duodenal ulcer
Yue Shen, MD, MS, Philip Ong, MD, Niel Gandhi, BS and Angela Degirolamo, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 377-378;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10098
A 55-year-old man presents after 3 weeks of sharp epigastric pain radiating to the right upper quadrant, fever, and generalized weakness.
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Medical Grand Rounds
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How to manage type 2 diabetes in medical and surgical patients in the hospital
Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 379-384;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78gr.11001
Many patients admitted to the hospital have diabetes mellitus—diagnosed or undiagnosed—and others develop hyperglycemia from the stress of hospitalization.
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Im Board Review
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Progressive muscle weakness: More there than meets the eye
Siwar Albashir, MD, Leann Olansky, MD and Madhu Sasidhar, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 385-391;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10116
A 56-year-old woman presents with proximal weakness in all four limbs. What are the possible causes?
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Review
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Statin myopathy: A common dilemma not reflected in clinical trials
Genaro Fernandez, MD, Erica S. Spatz, MD, Charles Jablecki, MD and Paul S. Phillips, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 393-403;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10073
When a patient taking a statin complains of muscle aches, is he or she experiencing statin-induced myopathy or some other problem? Should the statin be discontinued?
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ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion: Classification, differential diagnosis, and caveats
Elias B. Hanna, MD and David Luke Glancy, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 404-414;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10077
Knowing the characteristic patterns is critical for a timely diagnosis of life-threatening disorders.
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Departments
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Iron therapy and infection (March 2011)
Chia-Ter Chao, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 355;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.06001
Readers comment on iron therapy and infection (March 2011), and managing bloodstream infections (January 2011).
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In reply: Iron therapy and infection (March 2011)
Ehab Daoud, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 355;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.06002
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Managing bloodstream infections (January 2011)
Fernando S. Dias, Phd- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 356;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.06003
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In reply: Managing bloodstream infections (January 2011)
Daniel S. Chertow, MD and Naomi O’Grady, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2011, 78 (6) 356;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78c.06004
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