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  • Lady Windermere syndrome: Mycobacterium of sophistication
    Christopher Donatelli, MD and Atul C. Mehta, MD, FACP, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 641-643; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14100

    The typical patient is a thin, well-mannered elderly woman who voluntarily suppresses her cough out of politeness.

  • A 56-year-old with diarrhea and weakness
    Marshall Edward McCabe, DO and Areeba Y. Kara, MD, MS, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2015, 82 (10) 671-676; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14124

    The patient has unintentionally lost 137 lb over the past year. What is the cause?

  • Troponin elevation after noncardiac surgery: Significance and management
    Samuel Horr, MD, Grant Reed, MD and Venu Menon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 595-602; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15076

    Patients with elevations are at higher risk of morbidity and death, but current guidelines provide few recommendations.

  • Occult satellite metastasis of an auricular melanoma
    Petros Koltsidopoulos, MD, PhD and Charalambos Skoulakis, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 577-578; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14132

    Satellite lesions are a sign of aggressive disease and require a thorough evaluation for metastases.

  • 2015 Update on Parkinson disease
    Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, FAAN, FANA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 563-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82gr.15004

    An improved understanding of the disease is leading to new diagnostic tools and treatments.

  • Lactic acidosis: Clinical implications and management strategies
    Anita J. Reddy, MD, Simon W. Lam, PharmD, FCCM, Seth R. Bauer, PharmD, FCCM and Jorge A. Guzman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 615-624; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14098

    In hospitalized patients, elevated lactate is both a marker of risk and a target of therapy.

  • Middle East respiratory syndrome: SARS redux?
    Middle East respiratory syndrome: SARS redux?
    Glenn Wortmann, MD, FIDSA, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 584-588; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15097

    Prompt identification and isolation of infected patients is critical to limiting the spread of infection.

  • Sleep apnea ABCs (August 2014)
    Maher Abouda, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 555; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.09001

    Readers comment on obstructive sleep apnea (August 2014) and on writing better consult notes (January 2015).

  • In Reply: Sleep apnea ABCs (August 2014)
    Reena Mehra, MD, MS, FCCP, FAASM and Anna M. May, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 556-562; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.090002

    Readers comment on obstructive sleep apnea (August 2014) and on writing better consult notes (January 2015).

  • Postoperative troponin surveillance: A diagnostic dilemma
    Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2015, 82 (9) 603-605; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.15113

    Postoperative troponin elevations are linked to bad outcomes. But does screening for troponin elevations improve outcomes?

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