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
    • Kidney Week 2024
    • CHEST 2024
    • 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
  • 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
    • Kidney Week 2024
    • CHEST 2024
    • 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

Table of Contents

June 01, 2011; Volume 78,Issue 6

From the Editor

  • You have access
    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.

Medical Grand Rounds

  • You have access
    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.

The Clinical Picture

  • You have access
    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?

  • You have access
    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.

Medical Grand Rounds

  • You have access
    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.

Im Board Review

  • You have access
    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?

Review

  • You have access
    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?

  • ST-segment depression and T-wave inversion: Classification, differential diagnosis, and caveats
    You have access
    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.

Departments

  • You have access
    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).

  • You have access
    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
  • You have access
    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
  • You have access
    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
Back to top
PreviousNext

In this issue

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine: 78 (6)
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
Vol. 78, Issue 6
1 Jun 2011
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
Sign up for alerts

Jump to

  • From the Editor
  • Medical Grand Rounds
  • The Clinical Picture
  • Medical Grand Rounds
  • Im Board Review
  • Review
  • Departments
  • Editor's Picks
  • Most Cited
  • Most Read
Loading
The beat goes on: Highlights from the new American and European A-fib guidelines
What diagnostic tests should be done after discovering clubbing in a patient without cardiopulmonary symptoms?
Tinea incognito
Prolonged venous filling time and dependent rubor in a patient with peripheral artery disease
Nociplastic pain: A practical guide to chronic pain management in the primary care setting
Sarcoidosis with diffuse purplish erythematous plaques on the hands
Cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV: Risk assessment and management
Heart to heart: Progress in cardiovascular disease prevention for people living with HIV
Don’t judge a book by its cover: Unusual presentations of pericardial disease
Hypoglycemia after bariatric surgery: Management updates
Risk-factor modification to prevent recurrent atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation
Common electrolyte imbalance, uncommon cause

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 © 2025 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