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  • Is a detailed neurologic physical examination always necessary?
    Richard J. Lederman, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 444-445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17110

    In medicine, we need all the help we can get.

  • Hydroxychloroquine: An old drug with new relevance
    Eugen Alexander Shippey, MD, Vanya D. Wagler, DO, FACP, FACR and Angelique N. Collamer, MD, FACP, FACR
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 459-467; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17034

    This antimalarial drug is now approved to treat discoid lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis.

  • Central nervous system lymphoma mimicking Bell palsy
    Kiyoshi Shikino, MD, PhD, Shingo Suzuki, MD, PhD, Takanori Uehara, MD, PhD and Masatomi Ikusaka, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 442-443; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17061

    Failure of presumed Bell palsy to improve should prompt an evaluation for an underlying condition.

  • Is Pap testing still needed after hysterectomy?
    Halle G. Sobel, MD, Elise Everett, MD and Laura D. Lipold, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 456-458; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17063

    There is no need to continue Pap testing after hysterectomy for a benign indication.

  • In reply: ‘Non-criteria’ antiphospholipid antibodies and thrombosis (February 2018)
    Maya Serhal, MD, Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI and Natalie Evans, MD, RPVI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 432; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.06002
  • Cardiorenal syndrome, March 2018
    Benjamin J. Freda, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 360; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.05001

    A reader comments on acute cardiorenal syndrome (March 2018).

  • It takes a village to care for the patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
    Aryeh Fischer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 387-389; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17117

    The primary care physician can play key roles in diagnosis, referral, and long-term management.

  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: What primary care physicians need to know
    Leslie B. Tolle, MD, Brian D. Southern, MD, Daniel A. Culver, DO and Jeffrey C. Horowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 377-386; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17018

    This devastating and fatal lung disease generally affects older adults, especially men, and can be mistaken for COPD.

  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A complex disease
    Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A complex disease
    Laura Young, MD, Nicholas G. Smedira, MD, Albree Tower-Rader, MD, Harry Lever, MD and Milind Y. Desai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 399-411; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17076

    Most people who carry its mutations are never affected, but, rarely, some patients die suddenly at a young age.

  • Infective endocarditis: Refer for expert team care as soon as possible
    Gösta B. Pettersson, MD, PhD, Brian Griffin, MD, Steven M. Gordon, MD and Eugene H. Blackstone, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 365-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18019

    Infectious endocarditis needs multidisciplinary care. if surgery is indicated, it is best done sooner.

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