Latest Articles
- The history of blood cultures: From the research laboratory to the bedside
Efforts to prove that bacteria cause endocarditis paved the way for use of blood cultures in the clinic.
- The PRECISE trial: How should patients with chest pain be tested?
Can a risk score identify individuals with chest pain who can safely forego testing?
- It’s time for a little history of medicine—introducing a new feature in CCJM
This month, we debut a feature focused on topics in the history of medicine, authored by Cleveland Clinic rheumatologist Adam Brown, MD.
- Cervical cancer screening in high-risk patients: Clinical challenges in primary care
The authors provide up-to-date guidance on cervical cancer screening, surveillance, and management for high-risk patients.
- Skin manifestations in a patient with acute bacterial infective endocarditis
During a dialysis session, the patient experienced the onset of rigors accompanied by the appearance of painless purpuric lesions, which developed into petechiae.
- What are options for my patients with erectile dysfunction who have an unsatisfactory response to PDE5 inhibitors?
Alternative therapies include intracavernosal injection, vacuum erection devices, and penile prosthesis implantation.
- Salt-and-pepper skin pigmentation
Dermoscopy of the skin lesions revealed homogeneous depigmented areas with perifollicular pigmentation.
- Treatment of H pylori infection
In the August 2024 issue, the article “Helicobacter pylori: A concise review of the latest treatments against an old foe” by Aldhaleei WA, Wallace MB, Harris DM, Bi Y [Cleve Clin J Med 2024; 91(8):481–487; doi:10.3949/ccjm.91a.24031] contained an error in the first paragraph of the section titled “Proton pump inhibitor or potassium-competitive acid blockers” (pages 484–485).
Incidentally detected noninfectious thoracic aortitis: A clinical approachThe author reviews how aortitis is detected, its many possible causes, and the workup and treatment of patients who are found to have it.
- Continuous glucose monitoring: High-tech devices still need some low-tech backup
High-end devices that monitor patients’ physiology offer many benefits, but device malfunctions and disruptions are not rare events.