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  • LGBT care: There has been progress
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 477; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.07016

    A tectonic shift has taken place in how we perceive and interact with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

  • A female liver transplant recipient asks: Can I become pregnant?
    Lydia Chelala, MD, Ghassan Ilaiwy, MD and Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 498-499; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14102

    Pregnancy is possible, but not immediately after transplant, and it involves risks.

  • Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome as a complication of molar pregnancy
    Kinan Alhalabi, Brooke S. Lampl, DO and Gerald Behr, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 504-506; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15036

    An 18-year-old woman, 14 weeks pregnant, presented with bleeding, cramping, and a fundal height of 23 cm.

  • The evolution of office notes and the electronic medical record: The CAPS note
    Joseph F. Styron, MD, PhD and Peter J. Evans, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 542-544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14191

    CAPS–concern, assessment, plan, and supporting data–improves on the SOAP format.

  • Blood pressure targets (March 2016)
    Özgür Yilmaz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 487; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.07001

    Readers comment on the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (March 2016).

  • Multiple linear subcutaneous nodules
    Gitesh U. Sawatkar, MD, Dipankar De, MD, Uma Nahar Saikia, MD and Sanjeev Handa, MD, FRCP (EDIN)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 414-416; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15058

    A 34-year-old woman has an asymptomatic swelling on her foot that has been slowly growing for 15 years.

  • Total pancreatectomy and islet cell autotransplantation: Definitive treatment for chronic pancreatitis
    Karla M. Arce, MD, Yu Kuei Lin, MD, Tyler Stevens, MD, R. Matthew Walsh, MD and Betul A. Hatipoglu, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 435-442; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15056

    Most patients report less pain after this procedure, and many avoid overt diabetes.

  • Anticoagulation in dental surgery: Is it rude to interrupt?
    Michael J. Wahl, DDS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 409-413; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15014

    Anticoagulation should not be interrupted for dental surgery.

  • Whiplash-shaped acute rash
    Lidia Maroñas-Jiménez, MD, Alejandro Lobato-Berezo, MD, Ramon Pigem, MD, Diana Menis, MD and Sara Palencia-Pérez, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 417-418; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15062

    The rash appeared suddenly 2 days after the patient ate Chinese food.

  • Wilson disease (February 2016)
    Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD, Taha Ayach, MD and Aram Barbaryan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 406; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.06001

    Readers comment on Wilson disease (February 2016).

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