Latest Articles

  • ERAAs for menopause treatment: Welcome the ‘designer estrogens’
    Heather D. Hirsch, MD, MS, NCMP, Elim Shih, MD, NCMP and Holly L. Thacker, MD, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 463-470; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15140

    These drugs stimulate estrogen receptors in some tissues and inhibit them in others, enabling tailored treatment.

  • Another complication of cirrhosis
    Houriya Ayoubieh, MD and Eyas Alkhalili, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 701-706; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16084

    A patient with cirrhosis presents with acute abdominal pain and shock.

  • Man’s best friend, fatal in the end
    Evelyn Ling, MD, Stacey Howell, MD, Mai Vang, BS and Paul Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 146-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16061

    A dog bite in a patient without a spleen can have serious consequences.

  • In Reply: Caring for international patients November 2016
    Kelly W. Cawcutt, MD and John W. Wilson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 180-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03002

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia
    Diagnosis and treatment of hyperkalemia
    Biff F. Palmer, MD and Deborah J. Clegg, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 934-942; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17056

    It is most common in patients with renal impairment, can be life-threatening, and requires a multidisciplinary approach.

  • Treating Helicobacter pylori effectively while minimizing misuse of antibiotics
    Akiko Shiotani, MD, PhD, Hong Lu, MD, PhD, Maria Pina Dore, MD, PhD and David Y. Graham, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 310-318; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.14110

    H pylori infection is an infectious disease and should be treated like one, with due consideration of resistance.

  • A broken pacemaker lead in a 69-year-old woman
    Belal Kaseer, MD, Mhd Yassin Al Mouslmani, MD, David S. Hirsh, MD and Muhammad Hammadah, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 346-347; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16075

    The patient presented with fatigue, cough, light-headedness, and a heart rate of 30 beats per minute.

  • Understanding the bell-ringing of concussion
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 583; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.08017

    Back in the day, if we could count the coach’s fingers, we could go back into the game. Now we are more attuned to injury.

  • Apps and fitness trackers that measure sleep: Are they useful?
    Meghna P. Mansukhani, MD and Bhanu Prakash Kolla, MD, MRCPsych
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 451-456; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15173

    In general, they have major shortcomings and limited utility.

  • Reproductive planning for women after solid-organ transplant
    Mina Al-Badri, MBCHB, Juliana M. Kling, MD, MPH and Suneela Vegunta, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 719-728; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16116

    Pregnancy can succeed, but patients must wait at least a year. Until then, meticulous contraception is mandatory.

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