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  • A young man with an unusual cause of palpitations
    A young man with an unusual cause of palpitations
    Yu Xie, MD, Anna M. McDivit, MD and Luis R. Castellanos, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12) 820-827; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14171

    His heart rate is 260, with wide QRS complexes. Is his tachycardia ventricular or supraventricular?

  • An alerting sign: Enlarged cardiac silhouette
    Uri Hamiel, MD, Shay Yeganeh, MD, Shemy Carrasso, MD and Soboh Soboh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12) 801-803; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14185

    Suspect pericardial effusion in patients with symptoms of impaired cardiac function and new symmetric cardiomegaly.

  • Brown tumor of the pelvis
    Tetiana Glushko, MD, Shorooq S. A. Banjar, MD, Ayoub Nahal, MD and Inés Colmegna, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12) 799-800; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14146

    Hyperparathyroidism increases the number and activity of osteoclasts, causing lytic lesions.

  • The new oral anticoagulants: Reasonable alternatives to warfarin
    Bernardino Roca, MD, PhD and Manuel Roca, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12) 847-854; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14052

    The clinically relevant characteristics of the new agents and guidance on their use.

  • Insulin pumps: Beyond basal-bolus
    Richard Millstein, DO, Nancy Mora Becerra, MD and Jay H. Shubrook, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12) 835-842; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14127

    Pumps allow for more accurate dosing than multiple daily injections, resulting in less drastic blood sugar extremes.

  • Catheter-based transarterial therapies for hepatocellular cancer
    Sandeep T. Laroia, MD, Steven A. Morales, MD and Archana T. Laroia, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2015, 82 (12) 828-834; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.82a.14085

    A discussion of these procedures, their complications, and postprocedural care.

  • 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.

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