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  • Diabetes and pregnancy: Risks and opportunities
    Hannah Lewis, BA, MS, Robert Egerman, MD, Amir Kazory, MD and Maryam Sattari, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2018, 85 (8) 619-628; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16138

    Internists can reduce the risks by optimizing glycemic control before conception and providing effective counseling.

  • Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern unmasked by severe musculoskeletal pain
    Rishi Raj, MD, Leon O’Neill, MD and Nasreen Shaikh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 507-509; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17131

    WPW pattern can be asymptomatic, whereas the syndrome is characterized by symptomatic arrhythmias.

  • S aureus bacteremia: TEE and infectious disease consultation
    Susan J. Rehm, MD, FIDSA, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 521-522; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18061

    Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia demands further evaluation, as up to 25% of people who have it may have endocarditis.

  • Cardiac rehabilitation: A class 1 recommendation
    Margo Simon, DO, Kaitlyn Korn, DO, Leslie Cho, MD, Gordon G. Blackburn, PhD and Chad Raymond, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 551-558; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17037

    Despite proven benefi ts, referral and participation rates remain low. Efforts to boost usage are underway.

  • What inpatient treatments do we have for acute intractable migraine?
    Ashhar S. Ali, DO and Mark Stillman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 514-516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17049

    Options: volume repletion, antiemetics, antiepileptics, NSAIDs, corticosteroids, and magnesium sulfate. Avoid opioids.

  • ‘Dry drowning’ and other myths
    David Szpilman, MD, Justin Sempsrott, MD, Jonathon Webber, RN, Seth C. Hawkins, MD, Roberto Barcala-Furelos, PhD, Andrew Schmidt, DO, MPH and Ana Catarina Queiroga, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 529-535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17070

    Drowning is a common and often preventable cause of death, especially in children. But dry drowning is a myth.

  • Optimizing calcium and vitamin D intake through diet and supplements
    Holly P. Kilim, MD and Harold Rosen, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 543-550; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17106

    Set modest calcium targets, maximize dietary intake, and make up the defi cit with calcium citrate.

  • How well do we understand calcium and vitamin D?
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 505-506; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85b.07018

    I do not believe we truly understand the ideal amount of dietary and supplemental calcium or vitamin D for a given patient.

  • Navigating travel with diabetes
    Navigating travel with diabetes
    Rachael Mullin, OMS3, MS, Davida Kruger, MSN, APN-BC, BC-ADM, CNP, Clipper F. Young, PharmD, CDE, MPH, BC-ADM and Jay H. Shubrook, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 537-542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17105

    Help patients plan ahead to manage diabetes while traveling and prepare for emergencies that may arise.

  • Critical care medicine: An ongoing journey
    Steven R. Insler, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2018, 85 (7) 527-528; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18015

    Although 70% of ICU patients survive hospitalization, the mortality rate 1 year after discharge may exceed 50%.

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