Table of Contents

December 01, 2020; Volume 87, Issue 12

  • From the Editor

      • 2020: A year like no other

        Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 710-711;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.12020

        • Veracity and bias are issues we address on a daily basis.

  • The Clinical Picture

      • Hypothyroidism, eyelash loss

        Hiroki Matsuura, MD and Yu Suganami, MD, PhD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 717;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20009

        • Testing showed high TSH, low T4, and antithyroid antibodies.

      • Air embolism after peripheral IV contrast injection

        Justin Goodwin, MS and Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD, MS, FHM
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 718-720;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20001

        • As little as 2 to 3 mL of air in the cerebral circulation can be fatal.

  • Smart Testing

      • Does this young adult patient need a hip radiograph?

        Christina Stull, MD, MBA and Alejandro Moreno, MBBS, MPH, JD, MACP
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 721-722;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20011

        • Hip fractures are uncommon in adults under age 50.

  • Commentary

  • COVID-19 Curbside Consults

      • Neurologic complications of COVID-19

        Catherine E. Hassett, DO, Aron Gedansky, MD, Ibrahim Migdady, MD, Adarsh Bhimraj, MD, Ken Uchino, MD and Sung-Min Cho, DO
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 729-734;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc058

        • Human coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, can be neurotropic.

  • Symptoms to Diagnosis

      • Fever in a lung transplant recipient

        Graham Walter, MD, Hanna Lyubetska, MD, MSc and Aditya Sharma, MD, FRCPC
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 735-741;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19132

        • A 36-year-old woman presents with high fevers, chills, nausea, decreased oral intake, and diarrhea.

      • Acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia

        Michael A. Munoz, MD, Kaviya Sathyakumar, MD and Benson A. Babu, MD, MBA
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 742-750;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19156

        • A man presents with acute severe abdominal pain and triglycerides 5,250 mg/dL.

  • Review

  • Letters to the Editor

      • COVID-19 coagulopathy

        Anup Katyal, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 712;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12001

        • Skepticism of high-intensity prophylaxis for patients with D-dimer ≥ 3.0 µg/mL.

      • In Reply: COVID-19 coagulopathy

        Simon R. Mucha, MD, Siddharth Dugar, MD, Keith McCrae, MD, Douglas Joseph, DO, John Bartholomew, MD, Gretchen L. Sacha, PharmD, RPh, BCCCP and Michael Militello, PharmD, RPh, BCPS
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 712;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/cjm.87c.12002

        • An attempt to balance the potential risks and benefits of intensified prophylaxis.

      • Assessing stable coronary artery disease

        Taher Modarressi, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 713;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12003

        • Differences between the coronary calcium score and CT coronary angiography

      • In Reply: Assessing stable coronaryartery disease

        Vinayak Nagaraja, MD and A. Michael Lincoff, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 714;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12004

        • CT angiography is the appropriate test to exclude left main disease.

      • Dexamethasone or hydrocortisone in COVID-19?

        Chia Siang Kow and Syed Shahzad Hasan
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 715;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12005

        • Dexamethasone should be favored over hydrocortisone.

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