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  • Thinker’s sign
    Renée Grandjean, MD and Lars C. Huber, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 439; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19036

    In a patient with orthopnea, pressure of the elbows on the thighs can cause hyperpigmentation and skin thickening.

  • If a picture is worth a thousand words, a patient is worth ten thousand
    Paul Aronowitz, MD, MACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 443-444; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19070

    Images portray real patients with stories to tell, sometimes mundane, sometimes profound, but always worth hearing.

  • You can observe a lot by watching
    Salvatore Mangione, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 440-442; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19056

    Learning to see is a personal, lifelong effort.

  • A right atrial mass
    Zeel Shah, MD, M. Chadi Alraies, MD, Ameer Harp, MD, Salam Khalil, MD, Amir Kaki, MD and Mahir Elder, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 445-447; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18131

    A woman with a history of endometrial adenocarcinoma presented with occasional shortness of breath and dizziness.

  • Ambulatory ECG monitoring in the age of smartphones
    David Sanders, MD, Leo Ungar, MD, Michael A. Eskander, MD and Arnold H. Seto, MD, MPA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 483-493; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18123

    Many devices are available; the best one to use depends on the specific clinical context.

  • Giant cell arteritis: An updated review of an old disease
    Timothy Rinden, DO, Eric Miller, MD and Rawad Nasr, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 465-472; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18103

    Glucocorticoids, the mainstay of treatment, should be started as soon as the disease is suspected.

  • Infertility: A practical framework
    Rebecca Flyckt, MD and Tommaso Falcone, MD, FRCSC, FACOG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 473-482; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18068

    Frequently asked questions and a practical framework for approaching the infertile couple.

  • Pediatric cholestatic liver disease: Successful transition of care
    Pediatric cholestatic liver disease: Successful transition of care
    Praveen Kumar Conjeevaram Selvakumar, MD, Vera Hupertz, MD, Naveen Mittal, MD, Kris V. Kowdley, MD and Naim Alkhouri, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2019, 86 (7) 454-464; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18140

    Many more children with liver disease are surviving into adulthood and transitioning to adult care.

  • Subclinical hypothyroidism February 2019
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2019, 86 (6) 392;

    The article: Azim S, Nasr C. Subclinical hypothyroidism: When to treat. Cleve Clin J Med 2019; 86(2):101–110. doi:10.3949/ccjm.86a.17053 contained an error.

  • Is chest radiography routinely needed after thoracentesis?
    Aibek E. Mirrakhimov, MD, Aram Barbaryan, MD, Taha Ayach, MD, Fabrizio Canepa Escaro, MD, Goutham Talari, MD and Adam Gray, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2019, 86 (6) 371-373; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.17058

    No, it should be done only in certain situations, for example, if pneumothorax is suspected.

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