Latest Articles

  • Optimizing diagnostic testing for venous thromboembolism
    Patrick Rendon, MD, Taylor Goot, MD, Allison E. Burnett, PharmD, PhC, CACP, Michael B. Streiff, MD and Jessica Zimmerberg-Helms, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7) 545-554; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16049

    A thoughtful approach to diagnosing venous thromboembolism and screening for thrombophilic disorders.

  • Parsimonious blood use and lower transfusion triggers: What is the evidence?
    Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, Marina Y. Duran Castillo, MD, FACP and Ajay Kumar, MD, MRCP, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 43-51; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15134

    Cumulative data have confi rmed the safety of a conservative approach to transfusion.

  • 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.

  • Disseminated molluscum contagiosum lesions in an HIV patient
    Telma Azevedo, MD, Alexandre Catarino, MD, Lurdes Ferreira, MD, Fernando Borges, MD and Kamal Mansinho, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 186-187; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16070

    The patient was diagnosed with HIV-related encephalopathy and disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

  • Porcelain heart in a uremic patient
    Hsiu-Chien Yang, MD, Chang-Han Lo, MD, Chun-Chi Chen, MD and Chia-Chao Wu, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 184-185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15177

    Constrictive pericarditis due to secondary hyperparathyroidism occurs in up to 4% of patients with end-stage renal disease.

  • Another complication of cirrhosis
    Houriya Ayoubieh, MD and Eyas Alkhalili, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 701-706; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16084

    A patient with cirrhosis presents with acute abdominal pain and shock.

  • An unexpected cause of shoulder pain
    Takeshi Kondo, MD, Yoshiyuki Ohira, PhD, Takanori Uehara, PhD, Kazutaka Noda, PhD and Masatomi Ikusaka, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 276-277; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccim.84a.16051

    The patient’s scapula protruded abnormally during forward flexion and abduction of the arm.

  • A burning sensation in the mouth
    Satvinder Singh Bakshi, MS, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 344-345; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16005

    The patient was a smoker with poor oral hygiene.

  • Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia
    Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia
    Biff F. Palmer, MD and Deborah J. Clegg, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 934-942; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17056

    It is most common in patients with renal impairment, can be life-threatening, and requires a multidisciplinary approach.

  • A 68-year-old man with a blue toe
    Kiyoshi Shikino, MD, PhD, Takahiro Ota, MD, Takanori Uehara, MD, PhD and Masatomi Ikusaka, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 436-437; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16059

    The patient had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting, which caused cholesterol crystal embolism.

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