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.

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.

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.

Commentary

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‘I want a doctor who looks like me’: The dilemma of race-based requests
Kenneth G. Poole, 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?

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.

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.

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.