Latest Articles

  • Frailty and cardiovascular disease: A two-way street?
    Emer Joyce, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 65-68; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17075

    Frailty may be both a cause and a consequence of cardiovascular disease.

  • Dysmorphic red blood cell formation
    José Lucas Daza, MD, Marcelo De Rosa, MD and Graciela De Rosa, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 12-13; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17029

    A 23-year-old woman presented with hematuria and dysmorphic red blood cells in the urinary sediment.

  • Abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea in a 32-year-old woman
    Neha Agrawal, MD, Amandeep Singh, MD, Thomas Plesec, MD, David Liska, MD, Bradley Confer, DO, Jessica Philpott, MD, PhD and Florian Rieder, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 847-854; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16085

    The patient also has numerous painful ulcerations on her skin and in her mouth.

  • 2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered
    Ryan Munyon, MD, Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM, Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM, Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP and Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 863-872; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17068

    Topics: cardiac risk assessment, surgery after percutaneous intervention, statins, sleep apnea, bridging anticoagulation, and frailty.

  • Fever after recent travel
    Habib Rehman, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCPI, FRCP (GLAS), FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 840-846; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16046

    The patient had been taking a TNF-alpha inhibitor and had recently returned from Mexico.

  • Iliopsoas abscess
    Yu Li, MD, Hiraku Funakoshi, MD, MPH, PhD, Takashi Shiga, MD, MPH and Shigeki Fujitani, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 833-834; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17002

    A 52-year-old woman with diabetes presents with pain in her lower abdomen and back.

  • Obesity counseling: Beyond ‘eat less, move more’
    W. Scott Butsch, MD, MSc, FTOS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 838-839; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17099

    Not all cancers are treated the same, and not all patients with diabetes are treated the same. The same should go for patients with obesity.

  • ADHD: Overdiagnosed and overtreated, or misdiagnosed and mistreated?
    Michael J. Manos, PhD, Kimberly Giuliano, MD and Eric Geyer, BA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 873-880; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15051

    Combined behavioral and drug therapy is best.

  • Scapular rash and endocrine neoplasia
    Muhammed Razmi T, MD, DNB, Debajyoti Chatterjee, MD and Davinder Parsad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 831-832; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16121

    A woman in her 30s presents with an itchy skin-colored rash over her scapula of 8 years’ duration.

  • Can effective obesity counseling fit into the 20-minute appointment?
    John A. Zambrano, MD, MHS and Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 835-837; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16034

    Information from a previsit questionnaire lays the foundation for effective and reimbursable counseling and interventions.

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