Latest Articles

  • Perioperative infection: Are we sure what to focus on?
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 317-318; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.06020

    Which immunosuppressive drugs pose the greater danger in the perioperative period: the newer biologics or corticosteroids?

  • Liposuction: Concepts, safety, and techniques in body-contouring surgery
    Shannon Wu, BA, Demetrius M. Coombs, MD and Raffi Gurunian, MD,PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 367-375; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19097

    In addition to its purely aesthetic uses, liposuction is an important adjunct in reconstructive surgery.

  • Familial hypercholesterolemia: Clarifications
    Taher Modarressi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 320; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.06001

    Comments on xanthoma vs xanthelasmas, and goal LDL-C.

  • Medical complications of anorexia nervosa
    Jeana Cost, LPC,CEDS, Mori J. Krantz, MD and Philip S. Mehler, MD,FACP,FAED
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 361-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19084

    Many of these complications resolve with treatment and weight gain, but others can lead to permanent damage.

  • Is it safe to continue biologic agents during surgery in patients with inflammatory bowel disease?
    Zain Moosvi, MD, Alexander Abadir, MD, Jacqueline Duong, BS and Douglas Nguyen, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 343-346; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19071

    Patients taking monoclonal antibodies can continue taking them, but small-molecule drugs should be withheld.

  • COVID-19 serologic testing: FAQs and caveats
    Kamran Kadkhoda, PhD, D(ABMM), D(ABMLI)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 329-333; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20054

    Is serology a possible alternative to direct testing?

  • Rigid airway
    Masaki Itagane, MD, Hiroyuki Yano, MD, Tomoo Kishaba, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD,MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 334-336; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19129

    A 23-year-old woman presents with nonproductive cough and shortness of breath.

  • Pulmonary function testing precautions in a time of COVID-19
    José Angel Ramos
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc006
  • PAP therapy increases the risk of transmission of COVID-19
    Colleen G. Lance, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc003
  • The role of cardiac imaging in hospitalized COVID-19–positive patients
    Tom Kai Ming Wang, MBCHB, MD, W.H. Wilson Tang, MD, Scott D. Flamm, MD, MBA, Brian Griffin, MD, Siddharth Dugar, MD, Richard A. Grimm, DO and Deborah H. Kwon, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc020

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