Table of Contents
May 01, 2020; Volume 87, Issue 5-
From the Editor
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COVID-19 Curbside Consults at www.CCJM.org
Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 255-256;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.05020
These are tough times. This is a wicked disease. But healthcare providers are stepping up.
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COVID-19 Curbside Consults
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Can multiple ARDS patients be ventilated with a single ventilator?
Umur Hatipoğlu, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 259-261;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20043
With more patients than machines, multiplex ventilation is a reasonable last resort to prevent certain death.
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1-Minute Consult
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What mask should I wear to protect against transmissible acute respiratory infections?
Amir Laktineh, MD, Asil Daoud, MD, Sorabh Dhar, MD, Lisa Engles and Ayman O. Soubani, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 262-265;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19057
Clinical trials have not shown a direct advantage for N95 respirators vs surgical masks for many acute respiratory infections.
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Commentary
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‘I want a doctor who looks like me’: The dilemma of race-based requests
Kenneth G. Poole Jr, MD, MBA, CPE, FACP- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 268-270;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19110
Ideally, the provider’s race shouldn’t matter, but what if it does?
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The Clinical Picture
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Page kidney after a renal biopsy
Hiroyuki Teruya, MD, Hiroyuki Yano, MD, Hitoshi Miyasato, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 271-272;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19130
A patient presents with flank pain and worsening hypertension and renal function 3 weeks after percutaneous renal biopsy.
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Review
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Perinatal depression: A review
Maureen Sayres Van Niel, MD and Jennifer L. Payne, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 273-277;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19054
Depression affects 10% to 20% of women during pregnancy or postpartum, but it can be difficult to recognize.
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Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with valves: What should the internist know?
Khaled Alshabani, MD, Thomas R. Gildea, MD, FCCP, Michael Machuzak, MD, Joseph Cicenia, MD and Umur Hatipoğlu, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 278-287;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19083
For selected patients with emphysema, 1-way valves reduce hyperinflation and are a palliative option.
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Cutaneous adverse effects of biologic medications
Selena R. Pasadyn, BA, Daniel Knabel, MD, Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD and Christine B. Warren, MD, MS- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 288-299;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19119
These therapies have revolutionized medicine but come with many unique adverse effects.
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Aspirin for primary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular events
Aldo L. Schenone, MD and A. Michael Lincoff, MD- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 300-311;
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19045
A more limited role for aspirin as primary prevention in patients at intermediate risk, with diabetes, and the elderly.
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Correction
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Familial hypercholesterolemia
- Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 311;
The following article contained an error:
Shah NP, Ahmed HM, Tang WH. Familial hypercholesterolemia: Detect, treat, and ask about family. Cleve Clin J Med 2020; 87(2):109–120. doi:10.3949/ccjm.87a.19021 .
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