Latest Articles

  • Perioperative medication management
    Amir K. Jaffer, MD, Franklin A. Michota, MD and Wael Saber, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2006, 73 (3 suppl 1) S82-S87;
  • In reply: Sleep apnea in heart failure (October 2005)
    Shahrokh Javaheri, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2006, 73 (3) 206;
  • A great masquerader learns a new trick
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 105;

    Different generations of physicians have proposed various contenders for the title of “great masquerader.” I firmly believe that Clostridium difficile infection deserves a shot at the title.

  • Reviewers 2005
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 175;
  • An expanding skin lesion in a patient on immunosuppressive therapy
    Marc Williams, MD, Ravindran A. Padmanabhan, MD, MRCP (UK), Leonard H. Calabrese, DO and Steven M. Gordon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 170-171;

    The lesion, originally diagnosed as pyoderma gangrenosum, now measures 15 cm × 6 cm. What should be the next step in management?

  • Diagnosing and managing posttraumatic stress disorder
    Kumar Budur, MD, Tatiana Falcone, MD and Kathleen Franco, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 121-129;

    PTSD not only affects soldiers, it also occurs in civilians exposed to severe trauma or serious illness. Manifestations commonly include nonspecific physical symptoms, and patients often present to their primary care physician.

  • A hypertensive emergency in an obese young woman
    Raja Shekhar R. Sappati Biyyani, MD, Loren M. Kirchner, MD, MS, Anil C. Singh, MD, MPH and Prabhacharan Gill, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 110-120;

    She has headache, new-onset seizures, edema, and proteinuria; her blood pressure is 235/114 mm Hg and she weighs 256 lb. What is the diagnosis?

  • Multiple sclerosis: Treating symptoms, and other general medical issues
    Myla D. Goldman, MD, Jeffrey A. Cohen, MD, Robert J. Fox, MD and Francois A. Bethoux, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 177-186;

    Disease-modifying therapies have been a big advance in multiple sclerosis, but many patients still experience a variety of symptoms that reduce quality of life. We have to treat the whole patient.

  • Improved outcomes in nephrotic syndrome
    Gerald B. Appel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 161-167;

    Nephrotic syndrome now has a dramatically different prognosis than it did 10 years ago. We can now effectively treat all types and achieve remission in many cases.

  • <em>Clostridium difficile</em>-associated disease: New challenges from an established pathogen
    Clostridium difficile-associated disease: New challenges from an established pathogen
    Rebecca H. Sunenshine, MD and L. Clifford McDonald, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2006, 73 (2) 187-197;

    Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) is increasing in incidence and severity and may be becoming more difficult to treat. A new strain is causing many outbreaks.

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