Table of Contents

April 01, 2017; Volume 84, Issue 4
  • From the Editor

      • Blending classic clinical skills with new technology

        Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 266-267;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.04017
        • Back “in the day,” the giants of medicine relied on old-fashioned skills; today, we have an upgraded set of tools.

  • The Clinical Picture

  • 1-Minute Consult

  • The Clinical Picture

      • An unexpected cause of shoulder pain

        Takeshi Kondo, MD, Yoshiyuki Ohira, PhD, Takanori Uehara, PhD, Kazutaka Noda, PhD and Masatomi Ikusaka, PhD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 276-277;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccim.84a.16051
        • The patient’s scapula protruded abnormally during forward flexion and abduction of the arm.

  • Editorial

  • Im Board Review

      • Confusion and hypercalcemia in an 80-year-old man

        Keren Zhou, MD, Steven Assalita, MD and Susan E. Williams, MS, RD, MD, FACP FACE
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 281-286;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16017
        • His total serum calcium level is 14.4 mg/dL. What is the cause?

  • Cardiology Tall Rounds

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        Cardiogenic shock: From ECMO to Impella and beyond

        Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD, Nader Moazami, MD, Michael Z.-Y. Tong, MD, MBP, Shinya Unai, MD, W. H. Wilson Tang, MD and Edward G. Soltesz, Md, MPH
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 287-295;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17002
        • Several devices can serve as a bridge to recovery, transplant, or a long-term device.

  • Review

      • Maternal asthma: Management strategies

        Sucharita Kher, MD, FCCP and Prerna Mota, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 296-302;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15046
        • The benefits of asthma treatment during pregnancy outweigh the risks associated with the medications used.

      • Life after breast, prostate, and colon cancer: Primary care’s role

        Emily E. Jonczak, MD, Elizabeth R. Stone, MD, Cristina I. Pravia, MD and Darby Sider, MD, FACP, FAAP
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 303-309;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15138
        • When patients survive cancer, they eventually come back to their primary care physician—with special needs.

      • Treating Helicobacter pylori effectively while minimizing misuse of antibiotics

        Akiko Shiotani, MD, PhD, Hong Lu, MD, PhD, Maria Pina Dore, MD, PhD and David Y. Graham, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 310-318;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.14110
        • H pylori infection is an infectious disease and should be treated like one, with due consideration of resistance.

      • Hypoglycemia after gastric bypass: An emerging complication

        Richard Millstein, DO and Helen M. Lawler, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 319-328;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16064
        • Post-gastric bypass hypoglycemia arises late and is probably more common than initially thought.

  • Departments