Index by author
February 01, 2018; Volume 85,Issue 2
Seegobin, Karan
- You have accessParaneoplastic acral vascular syndromeSatish Maharaj, MBBS, Simone Chang, MBBS, Karan Seegobin, MBBS and Carmen Isache, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2018, 85 (2) 101-102; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17007
The patient presented with a painful blue great toe, abdominal pain, and unintentional weight loss.
Serhal, Maya
- You have accessA 75-year-old with abdominal pain, hypoxia, and weak pulses in the left legMaya Serhal, MD, Natalie Evans, MD, RPVI and Heather L. Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVICleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2018, 85 (2) 145-154; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16069
Workup revealed the patient had both arterial and venous thrombosis. What was the cause?
Smith, Thomas
- You have accessErythema ab igneThomas Smith, MD and Vinod E. Nambudiri, MD, MBACleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2018, 85 (2) 96-97; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17015
The patient had been using a heating pad daily, often for several hours at a time, to relieve his back pain.
Sponsler, Kelly C.
- You have accessFinding balance: Optimizing medication prescribing in older patientsKelly C. Sponsler, MD and Amanda S. Mixon, MD, MS, MSPH, FHMCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2018, 85 (2) 136-137; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17087
More than one-third of older adults in the United States take 5 or more medications. Consider deprescribing.