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  • 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.

  • The beneficial and pathogenic roles of complement in COVID-19
    Alfred H.J. Kim, MD, PhD, Xiaobo Wu, MD and John P. Atkinson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc065
  • Practical aspects of targeting IL-6 in COVID-19 disease
    Cassandra Calabrese, DO, Prabalini Rajendram, MD, Gretchen L. Sacha, PharmD and Leonard Calabrese, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc018
  • Antivirals for COVID-19
    Pavithra Srinivas, PharmD, Gretchen L. Sacha, PharmD and Christine Koval, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc030
  • Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: Diagnosis, management, and prevention
    Anita Rae Modi, MD and Christopher S. Kovacs, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 633-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19117

    Better diagnosis, management, and prevention are needed.

  • The R in PRES
    Amado Jiménez-Ruiz, MD, Miguel García-Grimshaw, MD, Juan Andrés Calderón-Martínez, MD and Isael Reyes-Melo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 584-585; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.10001

    Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome lacks universal diagnostic criteria.

  • Overcoming obesity: Weight-loss drugs are underused
    Amjad Kanj, MD, MPH and Diane Levine, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 602-604; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19102

    Successful management of obesity requires a multifaceted approach.

  • In Reply: Trousseau sign and syndrome: Erroneous terms
    Satish S. Maharaj, MD, Michael Omar, MBBS, Karan Seegobin, MBBS and Simone Chang, MBBS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 586; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.10003

    Trousseau sign should continue to be taught and recognized on physical examination.

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