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  • Peyronie disease and erectile dysfunction: A potential new paradigm
    Drogo K. Montague, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 661-663; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21027

    Viewing Peyronie disease as related to erectile dysfunction allows for the possibility of preventing the disease in patients with erectile insufficiency.

  • COVID-19 vaccine-induced cellulitis and myositis
    Sathishkumar Ramalingam, MD, Harkesh Arora, MD, Susan Lewis, MD, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, MD, Maheswari Muruganandam, MD, Sivakumar Nagaraju, MD and Priyesh Padmanabhan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 648-650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21038

    The day after receiving the second dose of the mRNA vaccine, redness and pain developed at the injection site, eventually involving the whole left arm and shoulder.

  • SGLT-2 inhibitors are potential game-changers (for more than diabetes)
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 588-589; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.11021

    Data from large clinical trials and improved understanding of the biologic effects of these drugs are changing expectations for the clinical course in patients with diabetes, as well as chronic kidney disease and heart failure.

  • Elevated hCG can be a benign finding in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women
    Lea El Hage, MD and Betul Hatipoglu, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 635-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.18069

    A search for the source of the elevation in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women who are not pregnant and have no disease or tumor may delay patient care.

  • DXA and clinical challenges of fracture risk assessment in primary care
    Susan Williams, MS, RD, MD, CCD, FACP, FACE, Leila Khan, MD and Angelo A. Licata, MD, PhD, FACP, FACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 615-622; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20199

    Overdependence on dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, especially for patient populations the test was not designed for, may lead to poor clinical decisions.

  • SGLT-2 inhibitors in heart failure: Time for broader eligibility and earlier initiation
    Enrico G. Ferro, MD, Bertram Pitt, MD and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 601-606; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21045

    SGLT-2 inhibitors remain vastly underused in clinical practice despite their broad cardiorenal benefits.

  • Gastrointestinal varicella-zoster virus infection
    Nobukazu Agatsuma, MD, Kaoru Tsujioka, MD, Yoshitaka Nishikawa, MD, PhD, Yasuki Nakatani, MD and Yukitaka Yamashita, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 592-593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20151

    Esophagogastroduodenoscopy showed small, shallow ulcers and erosions surrounded by red haloes, spread diffusely throughout the stomach and duodenum.

  • Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: Principles of management
    Nicole Pristera, MD, Pulkit Chaudhury, MD, Erik H. Van Iterson, PhD and Leslie S. Cho, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 623-630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20162

    Once thought to be rare, it is increasingly recognized as a common cause of acute coronary syndrome, particularly in young women.

  • Generalized acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus in a young female
    Omair Ali Khan, MBBS, Mahnoor Sherazi, MBBS, Sheharyar Raashid, MBBS, Attiya Tareen, MBBS, FCPS and Saba Aneeqa, MBBS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 598-600; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20202

    A history of systemic lupus and discontinuation of medications for 3 months led to increased disease activity.

  • Should my older adult patients take aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease?
    Robert M. Zimbroff, MD, Gina Ayers, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP and Kenneth Koncilja, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 632-634; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21024

    For patients age 70 and older, recent evidence shows that the harms outweigh the benefits.

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