Latest Articles
- Comfort care: Creating a plan for hospitalized patients and their families
Comfort care plans are always individualized and should naturally evolve as the patient’s clinical status changes.
- An uncommon skin manifestation after radial artery catheterization
A rash developed over the dorsum of the patient’s right hand immediately after compression bands were placed over the radial arteriotomy site.
- Should I prescribe statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults?
This decision should reflect the patient’s biological age and functional status rather than chronological age alone.
- A 20-year-old woman with a 9-year history of shortness of breath
The following article in the April 2026 issue contained an error: Johnson J, Lukose K, Labanowski MC. A 20-year-old woman with a 9-year history of shortness of breath Cleve Clin J Med 2026; 93(4):211–217, doi:10.3949/ccjm.93a.25073.
Treatment-refractory hypothyroidism: Don’t just increase the doseA systematic diagnostic approach can avert the cascade of unnecessary dose escalations and laboratory testing and the morbidity of persistent hypothyroidism.
- A 70-year-old man with lower-extremity weakness and falls
After multiple imaging studies were performed, a thorough examination at the bedside appropriately broadened the differential diagnosis.
