Table of Contents

February 01, 2017; Volume 84, Issue 2
  • From the Editor

  • The Clinical Picture

      • Ring-enhancing cerebral lesions

        Aram Barbaryan, MD, Jignesh Modi, MD, Wajih Raqeem, MD, Michael I. Choi, MD, Alan Frigy, MD and Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 104-110;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16037
        • The patient has poorly controlled HIV, seizures, and brain lesions. Is Histoplasma or Toxoplasma the cause of the lesions?

  • 1-Minute Consult

  • Medical Grand Rounds

  • Review

      • Severely frail elderly patients do not need lipid-lowering drugs

        Laurie Herzig Mallery, MD, FRCPC, MSM, Paige Moorhouse, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MSM, Pam McLean Veysey, BSc (Pharm), Michael Allen, MD, MSc and Isobel Fleming, BScPharm, ACPR
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 131-142;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15114
        • Statins have no role as primary prevention in this population, and a minor role as secondary prevention.

  • Editorial

      • Statin therapy in the frail elderly: A nuanced decision

        Donald Clark III, MD and Leslie S. Cho, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 143-145;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16036
        • Clinicians—and patients—may reasonably feel there is value in statin therapy—even in advanced frailty.

  • Im Board Review

      • Man’s best friend, fatal in the end

        Evelyn Ling, MD, Stacey Howell, MD, Mai Vang, BS and Paul Aronowitz, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 146-150;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16061
        • A dog bite in a patient without a spleen can have serious consequences.

  • Review

      • Medical management of urinary incontinence in women

        Elim Shih, MD, Heather Hirsch, MD and Holly L. Thacker, MD, FACP, NCMP, CCD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 151-158;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16054
        • It is common, underreported, and undertreated. Primary care physicians can offer conservative management.

  • Information for Patients

  • Review

  • Departments