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  • Low-dose steroids for acute exacerbations of COPD in a non-ICU setting: Worth consideration
    Asim Kichloo, MD, Michael M. Aljadah and Hassan H. Beiz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 717-718; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19027

    Despite the guidelines, most patients still receive high intravenous doses for acute exacerbations.

  • Diabetes management
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 760;

    Information was omitted from Table 1 on page 596 of the article, Makin V, Lansang MC. Diabetes management: Beyond hemoglobin A1c. Cleve Clin J Med 2019; 86(9):595–600. doi:10.3949/ccjm.86a.18031

  • SEEDS for success: Lifestyle management in migraine
    Jennifer Robblee, MD, MSc and Amaal J. Starling, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 741-749; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19009

    Lifestyle counseling can be based on the mnemonic SEEDS: sleep, exercise, eat, diary, and stress.

  • Current management of Barrett esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Current management of Barrett esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Tavankit Singh, MD, Vedha Sanghi, MD and Prashanthi N. Thota, MD, FACG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 724-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18106

    Risk factors: reflux symptoms > 5 years, male sex, age > 50, white race, central obesity, and smoking.

  • Fissured tongue
    Satvinder Singh Bakshi, MS, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 714; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19060

    A 43-year-old man presented with halitosis and deep fissures on his tongue.

  • Appropriate laboratory testing in Lyme disease
    Appropriate laboratory testing in Lyme disease
    Teny M. John, MD and Alan J. Taege, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 751-759; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19029

    Testing for Lyme disease is challenging and if done incorrectly can lead to unnecessary treatment.

  • Atraumatic splenic rupture in acute myeloid leukemia
    Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 715-716; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19042

    Atraumatic splenic rupture is rare but potentially life-threatening, especially if the diagnosis is delayed.

  • Severe hypercalcemia in a 54-year-old woman
    Michael A. Munoz, MD, Zeeshan Zafar, MD, MBA and Benson A. Babu, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 719-723; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18126

    Her calcium level was 18.4 mg/dL; 6 months earlier it had been 9.6. What was the cause?

  • Vulvar and gluteal manifestations of Crohn disease
    Anna Camille Moreno, DO, NCMP, Oluwatosin Goje, MD, MSCR, FACOG, Melissa Peck Piliang, MD, FAAD and Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 645-646; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19062

    Crohn disease is associated with extraintestinal manifestations in up to 45% of patients.

  • Cardiovascular complications of systemic sclerosis: What to look for
    Cardiovascular complications of systemic sclerosis: What to look for
    Preethi Mani, MD, Danny Gonzalez, MD, Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP and Michael D. Faulx, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 685-695; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18109

    Pulmonary arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, heart failure, arrhythmias, pericardial disease, and valvular heart disease.

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