Latest Articles

  • Gastroenteritis gone rogue
    Jason Russ, MD and Areeba Kara, MD, MS, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 139-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19007

    A 56-year-old woman presented with 2 weeks of vomiting and diarrhea. Her troubles were just beginning.

  • Acute lymphangitis
    Yasuhiro Kano, MD and Takashi Momose, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 129-130; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19095

    Linear erythematous streaks sometimes spread with remarkable speed—within a few hours.

  • Mitral valve prolapse and sudden cardiac death: A perspective on risk-stratification
    Aaron A. H. Smith, MD and Omer J. Iqbal, MD, FHRS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 136-138; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19096

    Mitral valve prolapse is common, but sudden cardiac death is rare. How can we stratify risk?

  • A cough that won’t go away: Evaluation and treatment in 2 patients
    Maxwell Y. Lee, BS, Rachel M. Taliercio, DO, Michelle Adessa, MS, CCC-SLP, Claudio Milstein, PhD and Paul C. Bryson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 83-89; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19010

    Two patients present with similar symptoms, but different causes and treatment.

  • A young man with hypertension and hypokalemia
    Zainah Chiko, BSHS, Mohamad Hanouneh, MD and C. John Sperati, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 77-79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19111

    At presentation, his blood pressure was 184/154 mm Hg, and his serum potassium level was 3.1 mmol/L.

  • Familial hypercholesterolemia: Detect, treat, and ask about family
    Familial hypercholesterolemia: Detect, treat, and ask about family
    Nishant P. Shah, MD, Haitham M. Ahmed, MD, MPH and W. H. Wilson Tang, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 109-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19021

    Patients can develop elevated LDL-C and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease at a young age.

  • Pharmacogenomics: An evolving clinical tool for precision medicine
    Jennifer K. Hockings, PharmD, PhD, Amy L. Pasternak, PharmD, Angelika L. Erwin, MD, PhD, Neil T. Mason, MBA, Charis Eng, MD, PhD and J. Kevin Hicks, PharmD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 91-99; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19073

    More than 90% of patients are thought to carry at least 1 genetic variant that should prompt a change in dosing or medication.

  • The search for precision
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 71-72; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.02020

    The day may come soon when we get EMR alerts if we try to prescribe certain drugs to patients with certain gene variants.

  • Flu vaccine and gout attacks
    Shih-Wei Lai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 76; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.02003
  • Type of diabetes mellitus: Does it matter to the clinician?
    Byron J. Hoogwerf, MD, FACP, FACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 100-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19020

    Understanding the many faces of diabetes can make a difference in how clinicians select glucose-lowering therapy.

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