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  • Assessing stable coronary artery disease
    Taher Modarressi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 713; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12003

    Differences between the coronary calcium score and CT coronary angiography

  • Long-term consequences of prematurity
    Cristina I. Pravia, MD and Merline Benny, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 759-767; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19108

    Survivors of premature birth may have adverse health effects later in life.

  • Acute ischemic stroke and COVID-19
    Catherine Hassett, DO, Aron Gedansky, MD, MaryAnn Mays, MD and Ken Uchino, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc042
  • The hospitalized patient with COVID-19 on the medical ward: Cleveland Clinic approach to management
    Maria Miklowski, MD, FACP, Bruce Jansen, MD, Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM and Christopher Whinney, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc064
  • Spur-cell anemia
    Satish Maharaj, MD, Drew Murray, MD, Simone Chang, MD and Kamila Cisak, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 649-650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20044

    A man with liver disease presents with dizziness and fatigue.

  • Contrast media in patients with kidney disease: An update
    Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd, Jonathan J. Taliercio, DO and Georges Nakhoul, MD, MEd
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 683-694; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20015

    The risk of acute kidney injury is real, but lower than initially thought.

  • Double the reasons for giving the flu vaccine in 2020
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 647-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.11020

    Limiting the impact of other diseases, possibly including COVID-19.

  • Convalescent plasma for COVID-19: Promising, not proven
    Simon R. Mucha, MD and NurJehan Quraishy, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 664-670; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc056

    The evidence is suggestive but weak. Trials are ongoing.

  • Using and interpreting electrodiagnostic tests
    Using and interpreting electrodiagnostic tests
    Matthew R. Ginsberg, MD, John A. Morren, MD and Kerry Levin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 671-682; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19154

    They supplement a neurologic examination in a variety of neuromuscular conditions.

  • The effect of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on vaccine immunogenicity in adults
    Alvin Lee Day, MD, Kevin L. Winthrop, MD, MPH and Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MS, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 695-703; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20056

    Patients can have variable responses to vaccines, depending on the vaccine and the DMARD.

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