Index by author

September 01, 2014; Volume 81,Issue 9

A

  1. Alguire, Patrick C.

    1. In Reply: Stress testing (July 2014)
      Cynthia D. Smith, MD, FACP and Patrick C. Alguire, MD, FACP
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 576; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81c.09002

      A reader comments on stress testing in asymptomatic patients at low risk (July 2014).

  2. Ayache, Mirna B.

    1. Can we reduce the risk of readmission for a patient with an exacerbation of COPD?
      Mirna B. Ayache, MD, MPH, FACP, Shafik Boyaji, MD and James C. Pile, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 525-527; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13139

      The risk can be reduced by using a checklist before discharge and by implementing outpatient programs that continue patient education and provide rapid access to medical support if needed.

B

  1. Boyaji, Shafik

    1. Can we reduce the risk of readmission for a patient with an exacerbation of COPD?
      Mirna B. Ayache, MD, MPH, FACP, Shafik Boyaji, MD and James C. Pile, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 525-527; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13139

      The risk can be reduced by using a checklist before discharge and by implementing outpatient programs that continue patient education and provide rapid access to medical support if needed.

  2. Braun, William E.

    1. Advances in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease—2014 and beyond
      William E. Braun, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 545-556; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81gr.14001

      An overview of its pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, complications, and future possible treatment.

C

  1. Chang, Julia

    1. The protein-sparing modified fast for obese patients with type 2 diabetes: What to expect
      Julia Chang, BS, MSIII and Sangeeta R. Kashyap, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 557-565; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13128

      Committed patients can lose weight and control their diabetes, but they need encouragement and close supervision.

  2. Choi, Humberto

    1. Radon and lung cancer: Assessing and mitigating the risk
      Radon and lung cancer: Assessing and mitigating the risk
      Humberto Choi, MD and Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 567-575; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.14046

      Radon exposure is the second most common cause of lung cancer, but the evidence so far does not support screening for lung cancer in people exposed to it.

  3. Chui, Po T.

    1. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy apical variant
      Anthony M.-H. Ho, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, Po T. Chui, MBBS, FANZCA, Alex P. W. Lee, MBChB, MRCP and Song Wan, MD, FRCS
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 517-519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13127

      When a professional soccer player required ankle surgery, his electrocardiogram showed several abnormalities.

E

  1. Ellis, Carol L.

    1. ‘Allergic to the sun’
      N. Maxwell Rajan, MD, MS and Carol L. Ellis, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 520-522; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13136

      A homeless man presents with burning pain and lesions in his arm for the past 2 to 3 days.

G

  1. Godoy-Díaz, Daniel J.

    1. Erythema and atrophy on the tongue
      Elisabeth Gómez-Moyano, MD, PhD, Luis M. Pérez-Belmonte, MD, PhD, Leandro Martínez-Pilar, MD, PhD and Daniel J. Godoy-Díaz, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 523-524; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13102

      Oral abnormalities can result from nutritional deficiencies and a host of other conditions.

  2. Gómez-Moyano, Elisabeth

    1. Erythema and atrophy on the tongue
      Elisabeth Gómez-Moyano, MD, PhD, Luis M. Pérez-Belmonte, MD, PhD, Leandro Martínez-Pilar, MD, PhD and Daniel J. Godoy-Díaz, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 523-524; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13102

      Oral abnormalities can result from nutritional deficiencies and a host of other conditions.

H

  1. Ho, Anthony M.-H.

    1. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy apical variant
      Anthony M.-H. Ho, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, Po T. Chui, MBBS, FANZCA, Alex P. W. Lee, MBChB, MRCP and Song Wan, MD, FRCS
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 517-519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13127

      When a professional soccer player required ankle surgery, his electrocardiogram showed several abnormalities.

  2. Homler, Howard

    1. Stress testing (July 2014)
      Howard Homler, MD, FACP
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 576; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81c.09001

      A reader comments on stress testing in asymptomatic patients at low risk (July 2014).

K

  1. Kashyap, Sangeeta R.

    1. The protein-sparing modified fast for obese patients with type 2 diabetes: What to expect
      Julia Chang, BS, MSIII and Sangeeta R. Kashyap, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 557-565; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13128

      Committed patients can lose weight and control their diabetes, but they need encouragement and close supervision.

L

  1. Lee, Alex P. W.

    1. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy apical variant
      Anthony M.-H. Ho, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, Po T. Chui, MBBS, FANZCA, Alex P. W. Lee, MBChB, MRCP and Song Wan, MD, FRCS
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 517-519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13127

      When a professional soccer player required ankle surgery, his electrocardiogram showed several abnormalities.

M

  1. Mandell, Brian F.

    1. Polycystic kidney disease: Molecular understanding dictating management
      Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81b.09014

      It was the early 1980s, I was a resident in the emergency room, and the patient had fever, flank pain, hypotension, and a normal urinalysis.

  2. Martínez-Pilar, Leandro

    1. Erythema and atrophy on the tongue
      Elisabeth Gómez-Moyano, MD, PhD, Luis M. Pérez-Belmonte, MD, PhD, Leandro Martínez-Pilar, MD, PhD and Daniel J. Godoy-Díaz, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 523-524; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13102

      Oral abnormalities can result from nutritional deficiencies and a host of other conditions.

  3. Mazzone, Peter

    1. Radon and lung cancer: Assessing and mitigating the risk
      Radon and lung cancer: Assessing and mitigating the risk
      Humberto Choi, MD and Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 567-575; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.14046

      Radon exposure is the second most common cause of lung cancer, but the evidence so far does not support screening for lung cancer in people exposed to it.

P

  1. Palmer, William C.

    1. Hand, foot, and mouth disease: Identifying and managing an acute viral syndrome
      Gregory L. Repass, MD, William C. Palmer, MD and Fernando F. Stancampiano, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 537-543; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13132

      This is typically a benign childhood infection—except when it isn’t so benign or when it occurs in an adult.

  2. Pérez-Belmonte, Luis M.

    1. Erythema and atrophy on the tongue
      Elisabeth Gómez-Moyano, MD, PhD, Luis M. Pérez-Belmonte, MD, PhD, Leandro Martínez-Pilar, MD, PhD and Daniel J. Godoy-Díaz, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 523-524; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13102

      Oral abnormalities can result from nutritional deficiencies and a host of other conditions.

  3. Phillips, Shannon Connor

    1. To improve our patients’ health, look beyond reducing readmissions
      Anthony J. Warmuth, MPA, FACHE, CPHQ, CPPS and Shannon Connor Phillips, MD, MPH
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 528-530; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.14063

      Focusing on the readmission rate diverts attention from more proactive ways to improve safety, quality, and value.

  4. Pile, James C.

    1. Can we reduce the risk of readmission for a patient with an exacerbation of COPD?
      Mirna B. Ayache, MD, MPH, FACP, Shafik Boyaji, MD and James C. Pile, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 525-527; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13139

      The risk can be reduced by using a checklist before discharge and by implementing outpatient programs that continue patient education and provide rapid access to medical support if needed.

R

  1. Rajan, N. Maxwell

    1. ‘Allergic to the sun’
      N. Maxwell Rajan, MD, MS and Carol L. Ellis, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 520-522; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13136

      A homeless man presents with burning pain and lesions in his arm for the past 2 to 3 days.

  2. Repass, Gregory L.

    1. Hand, foot, and mouth disease: Identifying and managing an acute viral syndrome
      Gregory L. Repass, MD, William C. Palmer, MD and Fernando F. Stancampiano, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 537-543; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13132

      This is typically a benign childhood infection—except when it isn’t so benign or when it occurs in an adult.

S

  1. Smith, Cynthia D.

    1. In Reply: Stress testing (July 2014)
      Cynthia D. Smith, MD, FACP and Patrick C. Alguire, MD, FACP
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 576; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81c.09002

      A reader comments on stress testing in asymptomatic patients at low risk (July 2014).

  2. Stancampiano, Fernando F.

    1. Hand, foot, and mouth disease: Identifying and managing an acute viral syndrome
      Gregory L. Repass, MD, William C. Palmer, MD and Fernando F. Stancampiano, MD
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 537-543; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13132

      This is typically a benign childhood infection—except when it isn’t so benign or when it occurs in an adult.

W

  1. Wan, Song

    1. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy apical variant
      Anthony M.-H. Ho, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, Po T. Chui, MBBS, FANZCA, Alex P. W. Lee, MBChB, MRCP and Song Wan, MD, FRCS
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 517-519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13127

      When a professional soccer player required ankle surgery, his electrocardiogram showed several abnormalities.

  2. Warmuth, Anthony J.

    1. To improve our patients’ health, look beyond reducing readmissions
      Anthony J. Warmuth, MPA, FACHE, CPHQ, CPPS and Shannon Connor Phillips, MD, MPH
      Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2014, 81 (9) 528-530; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.14063

      Focusing on the readmission rate diverts attention from more proactive ways to improve safety, quality, and value.

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