Table of Contents

February 01, 2025; Volume 92, Issue 2
  • From the Editor

      • Treating the thyroid: Trust the feedback loop

        Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2025, 92 (2) 71-72;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92b.02025
        • Studies show that, when testing to detect or monitor thyroid dysfunction, we order more free T3 and T4 levels than are necessary. We apparently should trust the thyroid-stimulating hormone feedback loop more than we do.

  • The Clinical Picture

      • Vesicular pityriasis rosea

        Xiaobei Liu, MD, PhD, Lizhi Ma, MD, Peimei Zhou, MD, PhD and Tao Chen, MD, PhD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2025, 92 (2) 81-82;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24004
        • A 37-year-old man presented with a 9-day history of disseminated pruritic rash on his trunk and extremities.

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  • Symptoms to Diagnosis

      • Thyroid obstacle course: Many challenges from a single gland

        Timothy W. Bodnar, MD and Sima Saberi, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2025, 92 (2) 87-93;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24076
        • The patient presented to his primary care clinician for new irritability, anxiety, and insomnia. Laboratory testing revealed a low thyroid-stimulating hormone level.

  • Commentary

      • Respiratory virus season: Strategies for successful navigation

        Pooja Cerrato, PharmD, BCPS and Steven Mawhorter, MD, DTM&H
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2025, 92 (2) 95-102;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24103
        • The authors review the burden, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus infection.

  • Review

      • Hypoglycemia after bariatric surgery: Management updates

        Anira Iqbal, MD and Vinni Makin, MBBS, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2025, 92 (2) 103-108;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24033
        • The authors discuss how to differentiate post-bariatric surgery hypoglycemia from other causes of hypoglycemia, highlight the evolving role of continuous glucose monitors in detecting it, and summarize management options.

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        Don’t judge a book by its cover: Unusual presentations of pericardial disease

        William A. Schiavone, DO and David S. Majdalany, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2025, 92 (2) 109-116;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24065
        • Taking a good history, performing a good physical examination, and properly reading an electrocardiogram and chest radiograph are the best starting points for diagnosing pericardial and mediastinal disease.

      • Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: Diagnostic and management strategies

        Masihullah Barat, MD, David Torres Barba, MD, PhD and Gordon Ho, MD
        • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2025, 92 (2) 119-127;
        • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24059
        • The challenge lies in managing those with the Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern on electrocardiogram but no symptoms.

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