Latest Articles

  • Postoperative delirium in a 64-year-old woman
    Matthew Imm, MD, Luis F. Torres, MD and Mohan Kottapally, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 690-698; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16102

    Nine days after surgery, her mental status takes an abrupt turn for the worse. What is going on?

  • Strategies for management of intermittent fasting in patients with diabetes
    Leann Olansky, MD, FACP, FACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 357-358; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16118

    The focus is on avoiding hypoglycemia, but patients also need to know the risks of hyperglycemia and ketoacidosis.

  • Tickborne diseases other than Lyme in the United States
    Christa Eickhoff, MD and Jason Blaylock, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7) 555-567; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16110

    Consider them in patients with known or potential tick exposure and fever or vague constitutional symptoms.

  • Imaging suggestive, but symptoms atypical
    Mohammad Afzalimoghaddam, MD, Maryam Edalatifard, MD, Shervin Farahmand, MD, Shahram Bagheri-Hariri, MD and Hadi Mirfazaelian, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 25-26; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15144

    Pseudosubarachnoid hemorrhage is an artifact of CT imaging.

  • Pharmacotherapy for obesity: What you need to know
    Sophie Bersoux, MD, MPH, Tina H. Byun, MD, Swarna S. Chaliki, MD and Kenneth G. Poole, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 951-958; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16094

    Weight-loss drugs are not magic pills, but they can help when used along with diet, exercise, and other lifestyle changes.

  • Evidence helps, but some decisions remain within the art of medicine
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 88-90; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.02017

    In bacterial meningitis, precise diagnosis by lumbar puncture both offers benefit and poses risk.

  • Results of the GLAGOV trial
    Steven E. Nissen, MD and Stephen J. Nicholls, MBBS, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 4) e1-e5; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s4.01
  • Staying afloat in a sea of information: Point-of-care resources
    Rebecca Andrews, MS, MD, FACP, Neil Mehta, MBBS,MS,FACP, Jack Maypole, MD and Stephen A. Martin, MD, EdM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 225-235; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15087

    We can refine our skills in accessing, sorting, and interpreting scientific evidence.

  • Breast calcifications mimicking pulmonary nodules
    Moiz Salahuddin, MD, Thomas Reilly, MD and Jorge Mora, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 584-585; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16048

    Radiography suggested the lesions were in the lungs, but CT and mammography said otherwise.

  • Confusion and hypercalcemia in an 80-year-old man
    Keren Zhou, MD, Steven Assalita, MD and Susan E. Williams, MS, RD, MD, FACP FACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 281-286; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16017

    His total serum calcium level is 14.4 mg/dL. What is the cause?

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