Latest Articles

  • Use and misuse of opioid agonists in opioid addiction
    Use and misuse of opioid agonists in opioid addiction
    Vania Modesto-Lowe, MD, MPH, Katie Swiezbin, BS, Margaret Chaplin, MD and Gabriela Hoefer
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 377-384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16091

    Methadone and buprenorphine can reduce craving and opioid use but remain misunderstood and underused.

  • To have not and then to have: A challenging immune paradox
    Brian F. Mandell, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 912-913; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.12017

    The immune reactivation syndrome can occur when the immune system in an immunosuppressed patient with a partially controlled indolent infection is suddenly normalized.

  • A man with progressive dysphagia
    A man with progressive dysphagia
    Adam Jacob Kichler, DO and Scott Gabbard, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 443-449; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16055

    Difficulty swallowing can be caused by problems in the oropharynx or in the esophagus.

  • A new generation of drug-eluting stents: Indications and outcomes of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds
    Ron Waksman, MD, FACC, FSCAI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 4) e20-e24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s4.05
  • Labels matter: Challenging conversations or challenging people?
    Adrienne Boissy, MD, MA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7) 543-544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16128

    Caring for patients is a complex, intricate, intimate privilege. To characterize it otherwise is to not fully understand it.

  • A patient with altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance
    Shylaja Mani, MD and Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 27-34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16042

    Acid-base disorders can be diagnosed and characterized using a systematic, fi ve-step approach.

  • Weight loss, fatigue, and renal failure
    Qiwei Paulson, MD, Christopher A. Stearns, MD and Paul Nader, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 601-607; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16053

    A 37-year-old man has gradually lost 100 lb over the past 2 years, with progressive fatigue and malaise.

  • Statin therapy in the frail elderly: A nuanced decision
    Donald Clark, MD and Leslie S. Cho, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 143-145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16036

    Clinicians—and patients—may reasonably feel there is value in statin therapy—even in advanced frailty.

  • Postoperative delirium in a 64-year-old woman
    Matthew Imm, MD, Luis F. Torres, MD and Mohan Kottapally, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 690-698; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16102

    Nine days after surgery, her mental status takes an abrupt turn for the worse. What is going on?

  • Altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance January 2017
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 214;

    Errors occurred in: Mani S, Rutecki GW. A patient with altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance. Cleve Clin J Med 2017; 84:27–34.

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