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  • Postexposure management of infectious diseases
    Mazen S. Bader, MD, MPH, Annie Brooks, BScPhm, PharmD, Deborah V. Kelly, PharmD, FCSHP, AAHIVP and Jocelyn A. Srigley, MD, MSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 65-80; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15049

    People who have been exposed to an infectious disease should be evaluated promptly and systematically.

  • In reply: Opioid therapy and sleep apnea (June 2016)
    Marissa C. Galicia-Castillo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.02002
  • Necrotizing pancreatitis: Diagnose, treat, consult
    Tiffany Y. Chua, MD, R. Matthew Walsh, MD, FACS, Mark E. Baker, MD and Tyler Stevens, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 639-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16052

    Patients may need intensive care, nutritional support, antibiotics, and radiologic, endoscopic, or surgical interventions.

  • Vulvovaginitis: Find the cause to treat it
    Oluwatosin Goje, MD, MSCR, FACOG and Jessian L. Munoz, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 215-224; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15163

    The cause is usually infectious, but noninfectious causes should also be considered, and differentiating them can be challenging.

  • What stool testing is appropriate when diarrhea develops in a hospitalized patient?
    Sheena K. Ramdeen, MD, MPH and Glenn W. Wortmann, MD, FIDSA, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 882-884; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16039

    Most cases are not due to infection, but Clostridium difficile is the most common infectious cause.

  • Radiation-induced heart disease: A practical guide to diagnosis and management
    Eoin Donnellan, MD, Dermot Phelan, MD, PhD, Cian P. McCarthy, MD, Patrick Collier, MD, PhD, Milind Desai, MD and Brian Griffin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 914-922; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15104

    Unfortunately, radiotherapy for breast cancer or lymphoma can damage the heart.

  • Thrombolysis in submassive pulmonary embolism: Finding the balance
    Carlos L. Alviar, MD and Gustavo A. Heresi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 933-936; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16099

    In massive pulmonary embolism, thrombolytic therapy is usually indicated; in submassive cases the decision is not so clear.

  • Do patients with submassive pulmonary embolism benefit from thrombolytic therapy?
    Do patients with submassive pulmonary embolism benefit from thrombolytic therapy?
    Ali Ataya, MD, Jessica Cope, PharmD, Abbas Shahmohammadi, MD and Hassan Alnuaimat, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 923-932; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15116

    The risk of hemorrhage is signifi cant, and the benefi t is unclear. A one-treatment-for-all approach cannot be applied.

  • Women’s health 2016: An update for internists
    Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD, Eleanor Bimla Schwarz, MD, MS, Judith M. E. Walsh, MD, MPH and Kay M. Johnson, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 905-913; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16098

    Important studies of urinary tract infections, bisphosphonates, ovarian cancer screening, and contraception.

  • When should an indwelling pleural catheter be considered for malignant pleural effusion?
    Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, MD, FCCP, Kassem Harris, MD, FCCP and Thomas R. Gildea, MD, MS, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2016, 83 (12) 891-894; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15075

    Consider catheter placement if symptoms and effusions recur or if pleurodesis fails.

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