Latest Articles

  • The USPSTF and screening for obstructive sleep apnea: Dispelling misconceptions
    Reena Mehra, MD, MS and Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer, DO, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 429-431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17023

    Their finding of insufficient evidence might be misinterpreted and needs to be put into context.

  • Submassive pulmonary embolism (December 2016)
    Anup Katyal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.02003

    Readers comment on submassive pulmonary embolism (December 2016).

  • Management of coronary chronic total occlusion
    Jaikirshan Khatri, MD, Mouin Abdallah, MD and Stephen Ellis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 27-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.03
  • Acid-base disturbances January 2017
    Michael Emmett, MD, MACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03003

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • Treating Helicobacter pylori effectively while minimizing misuse of antibiotics
    Akiko Shiotani, MD, PhD, Hong Lu, MD, PhD, Maria Pina Dore, MD, PhD and David Y. Graham, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 310-318; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.14110

    H pylori infection is an infectious disease and should be treated like one, with due consideration of resistance.

  • Delirium in hospitalized patients: Risks and benefits of antipsychotics
    Robyn Pauline Thom, MD, Clare Kelleher Mock, MD and Polina Teslyar, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 616-622; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16077

    No drug is approved for delirium, but antipsychotics can be used in certain situations.

  • Thoughtful vaccination
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 340-341; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.05017

    Vaccination against the varicella-zoster virus reduces the likelihood of shingles and postherpetic neuralgia.

  • A minimally invasive treatment for early GI cancers
    A minimally invasive treatment for early GI cancers
    Lady Katherine Mejía-Pérez, MD, Seiichiro Abe, MD, Tyler Stevens, MD, Mansour A. Parsi, MD, Sunguk N. Jang, MD, Ichiro Oda, MD, John J. Vargo, MD, MPH, Yutaka Saito, MD, PhD and Amit Bhatt, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 707-717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16063

    Endoscopic submucosal dissection allows curative resection of early malignant gastrointestinal lesions.

  • ERAAs for menopause treatment: Welcome the ‘designer estrogens’
    Heather D. Hirsch, MD, MS, NCMP, Elim Shih, MD, NCMP and Holly L. Thacker, MD, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 463-470; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15140

    These drugs stimulate estrogen receptors in some tissues and inhibit them in others, enabling tailored treatment.

  • Man’s best friend, fatal in the end
    Evelyn Ling, MD, Stacey Howell, MD, Mai Vang, BS and Paul Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 146-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16061

    A dog bite in a patient without a spleen can have serious consequences.

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