Index by author
Almeida, Francisco Aécio
- You have accessFlashing lights, floaters, and reduced visionAbdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, M. Chadi Alraies, MD, Francisco Aécio Almeida, MD, MS and Arun D. Singh, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 616-618; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11141
A 62-year-old woman has numerous lobulated, yellowish, choroidal lesions in the left eye, and two similar but smaller lesions in the right eye. What is the cause?
Alraies, M. Chadi
- You have accessFlashing lights, floaters, and reduced visionAbdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, M. Chadi Alraies, MD, Francisco Aécio Almeida, MD, MS and Arun D. Singh, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 616-618; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11141
A 62-year-old woman has numerous lobulated, yellowish, choroidal lesions in the left eye, and two similar but smaller lesions in the right eye. What is the cause?
Alraiyes, Abdul Hamid
- You have accessFlashing lights, floaters, and reduced visionAbdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, M. Chadi Alraies, MD, Francisco Aécio Almeida, MD, MS and Arun D. Singh, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 616-618; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11141
A 62-year-old woman has numerous lobulated, yellowish, choroidal lesions in the left eye, and two similar but smaller lesions in the right eye. What is the cause?
Babbar, Gurinder
- You have accessA woman with a swollen uvulaSaurabh Anil Pande, MD, Kanwal Raghav, MD, Shivani Mehta, MD, Gurinder Babbar, MBBS and Saurabh Kandpal, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 600-601; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11084
A woman on patient-controlled analgesia with morphine suddenly develops shortness of breath because of uvular swelling obstructing the airway. What is the diagnosis?
Chamsi-pasha, Mohammed
- You have accessThe role of aldosterone receptor antagonists in the management of heart failure: An updateVijaiganesh Nagarajan, MD, Mohammed Chamsi-Pasha, MD and W. H. Wilson Tang, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 631-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12014
Spironolactone (Aldactone) and eplerenone (Inspra) are now part of standard therapy. Still, they must be used cautiously, as they can cause hyperkalemia.
Daw, Hamed
- You have accessImmune thrombocytopenia in adults: An updateSwapna Thota, MD, Gaurav Kistangari, MD, Hamed Daw, MD and Timothy Spiro, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 641-650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11027
Management has changed in the last decade, with new drugs and with increased awareness of treatment side effects.
Gornik, Heather L.
- You have accessUsing the ankle-brachial index to diagnose peripheral artery disease and assess cardiovascular riskEsther S. H. Kim, MD, MPH, Keattiyoat Wattanakit, MD, MPH and Heather L. Gornik, MD, MHSCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 651-661; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11154
The authors seek to convince you to measure the ankle-brachial index in any patient you suspect may have peripheral artery disease, whether or not they have symptoms.
Gutierrez, Ramiro L.
- You have accessFever, dyspnea, and hepatitis in an Iraq veteranRamiro L. Gutiérrez, MD, MPH and Joshua D. Hartzell, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 623-630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11136
About 8 weeks after returning home, he presents with a cough, myalgia, headaches, fever, chills, drenching night sweats, and dyspnea on exertion. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Hartzell, Joshua D.
- You have accessFever, dyspnea, and hepatitis in an Iraq veteranRamiro L. Gutiérrez, MD, MPH and Joshua D. Hartzell, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 623-630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11136
About 8 weeks after returning home, he presents with a cough, myalgia, headaches, fever, chills, drenching night sweats, and dyspnea on exertion. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Kandpal, Saurabh
- You have accessA woman with a swollen uvulaSaurabh Anil Pande, MD, Kanwal Raghav, MD, Shivani Mehta, MD, Gurinder Babbar, MBBS and Saurabh Kandpal, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2012, 79 (9) 600-601; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11084
A woman on patient-controlled analgesia with morphine suddenly develops shortness of breath because of uvular swelling obstructing the airway. What is the diagnosis?