Latest Articles

  • Nutritional issues in the surgical patient
    Amir K. Jaffer, MD, Franklin A. Michota, MD and Douglas L. Seidner, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2006, 73 (3 suppl 1) S77-S81;
  • Ambulatory anesthesia
    Amir K. Jaffer, MD, Franklin A. Michota, MD and Raymond G. Borkowski, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2006, 73 (3 suppl 1) S57-S61;
  • Evaluating and managing hypogammaglobulinemia
    Mark E. Rose, MD and David M. Lang, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 133-144;

    Patients with frequent and recurrent respiratory infections should be tested for immune system abnormalities. This article describes common primary and secondary forms of hypogammaglobulinemia and how to evaluate and manage them.

  • Natriuretic peptide testing: A window into the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure
    James L. Januzzi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 149-157;

    BNP assays are now widely used to evaluate suspected heart failure, but they should not be the only criterion.

  • A great masquerader learns a new trick
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 105;

    Different generations of physicians have proposed various contenders for the title of “great masquerader.” I firmly believe that Clostridium difficile infection deserves a shot at the title.

  • Reviewers 2005
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 175;
  • An expanding skin lesion in a patient on immunosuppressive therapy
    Marc Williams, MD, Ravindran A. Padmanabhan, MD, MRCP (UK), Leonard H. Calabrese, DO and Steven M. Gordon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 170-171;

    The lesion, originally diagnosed as pyoderma gangrenosum, now measures 15 cm × 6 cm. What should be the next step in management?

  • Diagnosing and managing posttraumatic stress disorder
    Kumar Budur, MD, Tatiana Falcone, MD and Kathleen Franco, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 121-129;

    PTSD not only affects soldiers, it also occurs in civilians exposed to severe trauma or serious illness. Manifestations commonly include nonspecific physical symptoms, and patients often present to their primary care physician.

  • A hypertensive emergency in an obese young woman
    Raja Shekhar R. Sappati Biyyani, MD, Loren M. Kirchner, MD, MS, Anil C. Singh, MD, MPH and Prabhacharan Gill, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 110-120;

    She has headache, new-onset seizures, edema, and proteinuria; her blood pressure is 235/114 mm Hg and she weighs 256 lb. What is the diagnosis?

  • Multiple sclerosis: Treating symptoms, and other general medical issues
    Myla D. Goldman, MD, Jeffrey A. Cohen, MD, Robert J. Fox, MD and Francois A. Bethoux, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 177-186;

    Disease-modifying therapies have been a big advance in multiple sclerosis, but many patients still experience a variety of symptoms that reduce quality of life. We have to treat the whole patient.

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