Latest Articles

  • Lung and heart-lung transplantation: the state of the art
    Patrick M. McCarthy, MD, Thomas J. Kirby, MD, Richard D. White, MD, Thomas W. Rice, MD, Eliot R. Rosenkranz, MD, Andrea P. Baldyga, MD, Rita Vargo, RN and Atul C. Mehta, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 1992, 59 (3) 307-316;

    Lung and heart-lung transplantation is no longer experimental, but a reasonable option in many heart and lung disorders previously deemed fatal.

  • The Challenges of HIV Nephropathy
    Gerald B. Appel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 142;
  • Annular pancreas and intermittent duodenal obstruction in an alcoholic adult
    James C. Sperrazza, BS, Richard A. Flanagan, MD and Mark R. Katlic, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 208-210;

    This congenital condition, in which pancreatic tissue encircles the middle portion of the duodenum, may not cause symptoms until adulthood, as was the case in this 49-year-old man.

  • Sleep in the patient with lung disease
    David P. Meeker, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 157-165;

    How to recognize and manage the ill effects that sleep-related respiratory changes can have on underlying lung disease, including COPD, asthma, and interstitial lung disease.

  • Clinical nephrology update
    Martin J. Schreiber, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 141;
  • Survivors of sudden cardiac death: a rational approach to evaluation and therapy of patients surviving ventricular fibrillation
    Arthur J. Rabinowitz, MD and James D. Maloney, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 166-172;

    A strategy for identifying underlying disease, stratifying the risk of recurrence, and formulating specific therapy in these patients, at high risk for life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

  • The hemodynamic effects of adrenergic blocking agents
    Alan Bakst, PharmD and Per Lund-Johansen
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 193-200;

    Alpha-1 blockers may suit patients with active life-styles, peripheral vascular disorders, or high blood-cholesterol levels, while beta blockers are useful in tachycardia, palpitations, or angina pectoris. An overview of the pharmacologic qualities and numerous clinical applications of these agents.

  • Mental status changes in an immunocompromised patient
    Cathryn Powers, MD, Mark Glicklich, MD and Kathleen Gleason Beavis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 211-215;

    A young patient with Burkitt’s lymphoma and acute lymphoblastic leukemia was found unarousable following 3 days of forgetfulness and expressive nominal aphasia.

  • Assessing New Techniques in Coronary Angioplasty
    Donald S. Baim, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 124-126;

    A cardiologist describes how two new techniques were integrated into everyday practice.

  • The phenomenal growth of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a review
    Raphael S. Chung, MD and Thomas A. Broughan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 1992, 59 (2) 186-190;

    Touted by surgeons who perforin it and demanded by a public attracted by claims of reduced pain and fast recovery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is taking the United States by storm. The authors provide insight into the appropriate use of this operation.

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