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  • A 57-year-old woman with abdominal pain
    Ranjita Pallavi, MD and Beata Popis-Matejak, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 217-225; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.13171

    She was admitted with a diagnosis of acute diverticulitis, but then one thing led to another.

  • In Reply: Pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015)
    Catherine A. Curley, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 204; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.04004

    Readers comment on pheochromocytoma (November 2014) and pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015).

  • The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Where have we been and where are we going?
    R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, MSc, MCCM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 237-244; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82gr.15001

    Evidence-based guidelines and performance-improvement practices will, it is hoped, reduce mortality from sepsis worldwide.

  • The art and science of clinical medicine and editorial policy
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 201-202; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82b.04015

    Most clinical decisions are made without any applicable data from clinical studies. This is the “art” of medicine.

  • Heart on the right may sometimes be ‘right’
    Prashant Sharma, MD, Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, MD, MRCP and Donald A. Underwood, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 206-208; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13163

    When a 76-year-old man presented with right-sided chest pain, his ECG suggested dextrocardia.

  • Resuming anticoagulation after hemorrhage: A practical approach
    Alison Colantino, MD, Amir K. Jaffer, MD, MBA and Daniel J. Brotman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 245-256; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14047

    Foremost on our minds is the risk of another hemorrhage. Less obvious is the ongoing risk of thrombosis.

  • Alcoholic hepatitis: Challenges in diagnosis and management
    Alcoholic hepatitis: Challenges in diagnosis and management
    Mohannad Dugum, MD, Nizar Zein, MD, Arthur McCullough, MD and Ibrahim Hanouneh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 226-236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14048

    Severe alcoholic hepatitis is a devastating acute condition that requires early recognition and specialized tertiary medical care.

  • Corkscrew hairs
    Kaitlin A. Vogt, BLA and Julia S. Lehman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 216; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14135

    Scurvy is not a disease of the past: 18% of Americans don’t get enough vitamin C.

  • Pheochromocytoma (November 2014)
    Madhu Belur, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 203; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82c.04001

    Readers comment on pheochromocytoma (November 2014) and pulmonary tuberculosis (January 2015).

  • Eruptive xanthoma
    Mahmoud Abdelghany, MD and Samuel Massoud, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2015, 82 (4) 209-210; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14081

    A man with a total cholesterol level of 1,045 mg/dL and a hemoglobin A1c of 12.6% presents with a new rash.

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