Index by author
September 01, 2015; Volume 82,Issue 9
Polster, Joshua M.
- You have accessAnkle pain in a young woman with Gaucher diseaseAjoe John Kattoor, MD, Thomas W. Bauer, MD, PhD, Mark Berkowitz, MD, Joshua M. Polster, MD and Alan E. Lichtin, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 607-613; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14108
Gaucher disease causes hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, bone marrow disease, bone pain, bone infarcts, and lytic lesions.
Reddy, Anita J.
- You have accessLactic acidosis: Clinical implications and management strategiesAnita J. Reddy, MD, Simon W. Lam, PharmD, FCCM, Seth R. Bauer, PharmD, FCCM and Jorge A. Guzman, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 615-624; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14098
In hospitalized patients, elevated lactate is both a marker of risk and a target of therapy.
Reed, Grant
- You have accessTroponin elevation after noncardiac surgery: Significance and managementSamuel Horr, MD, Grant Reed, MD and Venu Menon, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 595-602; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15076
Patients with elevations are at higher risk of morbidity and death, but current guidelines provide few recommendations.
Sinsky, Christine A.
- You have accessEMR notes should communicate and educate (January 2015)Christine A. Sinsky, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 562; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.090003
Readers comment on obstructive sleep apnea (August 2014) and on writing better consult notes (January 2015).
Skoulakis, Charalambos
- You have accessOccult satellite metastasis of an auricular melanomaPetros Koltsidopoulos, MD, PhD and Charalambos Skoulakis, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 577-578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14132
Satellite lesions are a sign of aggressive disease and require a thorough evaluation for metastases.
Takashima, Shota
- You have accessHerpes zoster triplexShota Takashima, MD and Mitsuhito Ota, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 579; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14173
A 77-year-old man presented with painful eruptions on the left chest, right lower groin, and left thigh.
Wortmann, Glenn
- You have accessMiddle East respiratory syndrome: SARS redux?Glenn Wortmann, MD, FIDSA, FACPCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 584-588; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15097
Prompt identification and isolation of infected patients is critical to limiting the spread of infection.