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  • An 86-year-old man with unexplained right-sided headache and vision loss
    Marc Ohlhausen, BS, Eden Bernstein, MD and Craig D. Nielsen, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2021, 88 (9) 494-501; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20077

    Steroid treatment for suspected giant cell arteritis brought no improvement in vision or headache severity.

  • Stress testing and noninvasive coronary imaging: What’s the best test for my patient?
    Stress testing and noninvasive coronary imaging: What’s the best test for my patient?
    Milad Matta, MD, Serge C. Harb, MD, Paul Cremer, MD, Rory Hachamovitch, MD, MSc and Chadi Ayoub, MD, PhD, FACC, FASE, FSCCT
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2021, 88 (9) 502-515; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20068

    A review of current tests, what they measure, their diagnostic and prognostic value, and their limitations.

  • Antiobesity drug therapy: An individualized and comprehensive approach
    Yael Mauer, MD, MPH, Marcie Parker, PharmD, BCACP and Sangeeta R. Kashyap, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 440-448; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20080

    As part of a comprehensive plan, these drugs can provide lasting obesity control and additional health benefits, including decreased cardiovascular risk.

  • How do you effectively evaluate the elderly for alcohol use disorder?
    Moronkeji Fagbemi, MD, FASAM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 434-439; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20123

    A brief review of clues to an underrecognized and underdiagnosed problem with physical as well as emotional and social consequences.

  • Pseudopathologic vertebral body enhancement
    Yi Pan, MD, Peixin Tan, MD, Songxi Xie, MD, Jiewen Chen, MMed and Yi-Long Wu, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 424-425; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20150

    Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed sclerotic enhancement of the T1 vertebral body and the vertebral bodies from C2 to T2.

  • Shedding light on subungual digital mucous cysts
    Taylor Bullock, BS, Daniel Michalik, MD, Rashmi Unwala, MD and John Anthony, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 426-427; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20125

    Transillumination is a quick and easy way to diagnose digital mucous cysts and rule out other subungual masses.

  • Antibody-mediated autoimmune encephalitis: A practical approach
    Justin R. Abbatemarco, MD, Chen Yan, MD, Amy Kunchok, MBBS and Alexander Rae-Grant, MD, FAAN, FRCPC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 459-471; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20122

    Symptoms may include subacute, progressive neuropsychiatric symptoms with associated cognitive dysfunction, movement disorders, and autoimmune seizures.

  • Can I place a peripherally inserted central catheter in my patient with chronic kidney disease?
    Nora Hilda Hernandez Garcilazo, MD, Mohamed Hassanein, MD, Tushar J. Vachharajani, MD and Evamaria Anvari, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 431-433; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20173

    Future need for permanent dialysis access is an important consideration.

  • Autoimmune brain disease: Think before testing
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 420-421; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.08021

    Immune serologic tests are not specific for any defined clinical diagnosis and thus should not be used to drive therapeutic decisions.

  • The obesity paradox in heart failure: What is the role of cardiorespiratory fitness?
    Asad Khan, MD, Erik H. Van Iterson, PhD and Luke J. Laffin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2021, 88 (8) 449-458; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20098

    What should these patients be advised about weight management and about cardiorespiratory fitness, a major factor influencing the paradox?

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