Latest Articles

  • Infective endocarditis: Refer for expert team care as soon as possible
    Gösta B. Pettersson, MD, PhD, Brian Griffin, MD, Steven M. Gordon, MD and Eugene H. Blackstone, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 365-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18019

    Infectious endocarditis needs multidisciplinary care. if surgery is indicated, it is best done sooner.

  • How soon should patients with infective endocarditis be referred for valve surgery?
    Mohamad Soud, MD, Homam Moussa Pacha, MD and M. Chadi Alraies, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 362-364; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17052

    Refer sooner rather than later if the patient has heart failure, uncontrolled infection, or embolic risk.

  • In reply: Cardiorenal syndrome
    Guramrinder S. Thind, MD, Mark Loehrke, MD, FACP and Jeffrey L. Wilt, MD, FACP, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 361; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.05002
  • Genitourinary syndrome of menopause: Common problem, effective treatments
    Nancy A. Phillips, MD and Gloria A. Bachmann, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 390-398; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.15081

    Half of all postmenopausal women experience these symptoms. Most do not seek relief.

  • Eyes of the mimicker
    Tamara A. Sussman, MD, Nabin K. Shrestha, MD and Maria Miklowski, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 356-357; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17074

    A 42-year-old man presented with intermittent fevers, rigors, headache, and myalgia, and now, one-sided vision loss.

  • The algorithm less traveled
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 346-347; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85b.05018

    At Bellevue, the RPR was a routine test; at the University of Pennsylvania not so much—it all depends on context.

  • An unusual complication of peritoneal dialysis
    Mohamad Hanouneh, MD, Pranav Damera, Mehrdad Fetrat, MBBS, MD and Duvuru Geetha, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2018, 85 (5) 352-354; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17090

    A 45-year-old man, on peritoneal dialysis for 15 years, presented with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and fever.

  • Physical examination in dyspnea (December 2017)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 332;

    Errors occurred in Shellenberger RA, Balakrishnan B, Avula S, Ebel A, Shaik S. Diagnostic value of the physical examination in patients with dyspnea. Cleve Clin J Med 2017; 84(12):943–950.

  • Musculoskeletal ultrasonography basics
    Michael C. Forney, MD and Patricia B. Delzell, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 283-300; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17014

    Ultrasonography is emerging as a core method to evaluate musculoskeletal problems.

  • In reply: Perioperative interruption of dual antiplatelet therapy (November 2017)
    Ryan Munyon, Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM, Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM, Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP and Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2018, 85 (4) 262; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.04002

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