Latest Articles

  • Musculoskeletal ultrasonography basics
    Michael C. Forney, MD and Patricia B. Delzell, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 283-300; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17014

    Ultrasonography is emerging as a core method to evaluate musculoskeletal problems.

  • In reply: Perioperative interruption of dual antiplatelet therapy (November 2017)
    Ryan Munyon, Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM, Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM, Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP and Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.04002
  • Musculoskeletal ultrasonography has arrived
    Joanne Szczygiel Cunha, MD and Anthony M. Reginato, PhD, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 301-302; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17127

    With its many advantages, it has become a mainstay in many subspecialities.

  • Understanding the tests we order: Comments and an invitation
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 257-260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85b.04018

    Some new laboratory tests go through a life cycle, first being used by subspecialists and then by physicians everywhere.

  • A 71-year-old woman with shock and a high INR
    Raja Y. Zaghlol, MD, Michael E. Tierney, MD, BMedSc, Louay Y. Zaghlol and Ayman A. Zayed, MD, MSc, FACE, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 303-312; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17031

    She presents with an acute change in mental status, blood pressure 80/40 mm Hg, pulse 130, INR 6.13.

  • Alzheimer dementia: Starting, stopping drug therapy
    Luke D. Kim, MD, FACP, CMD and Ronan M. Factora, MD, FACP, AGSF
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 209-214; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16080

    It is reasonable to consider discontinuing therapy when a patient has progressed to advanced dementia.

  • Hypertension in older adults: What is the target blood pressure?
    Anu Garg, MD and Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 193-195; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17064

    Goal: systolic pressure below 130 mm Hg if the patient can take multiple medications and be followed closely.

  • Primary livedo reticularis of the abdomen
    Michael Chew, MD and Paul Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 181-183; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17047

    Livedo reticularis can be the manifestation of a wide range of conditions—or not.

  • Hemodynamically, the kidney is at the heart of cardiorenal syndrome
    Justin L. Grodin, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 240-242; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17126

    In heart failure, the heart and the kidneys share a rocky relationship.

  • A 67-year-old woman with bilateral hand numbness
    Sohab S. Radwan, MD, Khair M. Hamo and Ayman A. Zayed, MD, MSc, FACE, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 200-208; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17026

    Her history includes type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diastolic heart failure, and thyroid surgery.

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