Latest Articles

  • The color purple
    Abhinav Sood, MBBS, MD, Ashhar Ali, DO and Adarsh Bhimraj, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 721-722; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14119

    Purple urine bag syndrome is a sign of urinary tract infection and should be treated if symptomatic.

  • To err is human, but…
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 714; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82b.11015

    Being wrong is part of being human, but I don’t like it. To avoid being wrong, we might try keeping a checklist.

  • Common infectious complications of liver transplant
    Lydia Chelala, MD, Christopher S. Kovacs, MD, Alan J. Taege, MD and Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 773-784; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14118

    The risk and the likely organisms vary with the patient’s state of immunosuppression and the time after transplant.

  • Recreational cannabis use: Pleasures and pitfalls
    Joseph G. Rella, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 765-772; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14073

    The legalization of cannabis and its increased potency today are leading to complications hitherto unseen.

  • Stellate ulceration in a nonuremic patient
    Ana Brasileiro, MD, Rita Ribeiro, MD, Pedro Eduardo Silva, MD and Ana Fidalgo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 719-720; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14176

    Calciphylaxis is a poorly understood small-vessel vasculopathy most often associated with end-stage renal disease.

  • Noncosmetic uses of botulinum toxin in otolaryngology
    Michael S. Benninger, MD and Libby J. Smith, DO, FAOCO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2015, 82 (11) 729-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14096

    It is used for spasmodic dysphonia, essential tremor of the voice, and dysphagia due to cricopharyngeal dysfunction.

  • Reflux redux
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 633; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82b.10015

    Even the diseases we deal with every day sometimes warrant a second look.

  • Why do clinicians continue to order ‘routine preoperative tests’ despite the evidence?
    Andrei Brateanu, MD and Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 667-670; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15118

    The authors propose several reasons and possible solutions.

  • Sacubitril-valsartan and the evolution of heart failure care
    Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH, FACC, FESC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 702-704; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15121

    It was hard to believe that any new additional therapy would make a significant difference.

  • Resuming anticoagulation after hemorrhage (April 2015)
    Mohamad Badr Jandali, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 639-640; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.10003

    Readers comment on resuming anticoagulation after hemorrhage (April 2015) and on starting insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes (August 2015).

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