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  • Primary and secondary prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: A case-based approach
    Essa H. Hariri, MD, MS, Mazen M. Al Hammoud, BS, Steven E. Nissen, MD and Donald F. Hammer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2022, 89 (9) 513-522; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21103

    The authors present commonly encountered clinical scenarios that pose challenges in decision-making in primary and secondary prevention.

  • Steroids in the acutely ill: Evolving recommendations and practice
    Stephen M. Pastores, MD, MACP, FCCP, FCCM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2022, 89 (9) 505-511; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89gr.22002

    New information has been generated with regard to what causes critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency, how to diagnose it, who should receive corticosteroid treatment, and what regimens to use.

  • Mucinous ascites: Pseudomyxoma peritonei
    Sansrita Nepal, MD, Adam Schwertner, MD and John M. Cunningham, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2022, 89 (9) 491-493; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21086

    A 59-year-old man presented with progressive abdominal distention that limited daily activities and oral intake. The ascitic fluid was markedly viscous and jelly-like.

  • Cirrhotic coagulopathy: A rebalanced hemostasis
    Cirrhotic coagulopathy: A rebalanced hemostasis
    Achintya D. Singh, MD, MBBS, Simon R. Mucha, MD and Christina C. Lindenmeyer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2022, 89 (9) 523-533; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21018

    Cirrhosis affects all 3 phases of coagulation, leading to a delicate new equilibrium, easily disturbed and tipped toward either bleeding or thrombosis by acute events such as infection, renal failure, and invasive procedures.

  • Nasal herpes simplex virus infection
    Nina L. Tamashunas, MD, Robert Simonds, MD and Sarah Young, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2022, 89 (9) 495-496; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21096

    Skin changes on the nose in a 37-year-old patient that began after a scratch were concerning for extensive nasal skin necrosis.

  • Unilateral atrophic kidney in a 45-year-old woman
    Mohammad A. Sohail, MD, John Sedor, MD, Lee Kirksey, MD, MBA, Steven C. Blaha, MD and Heather Hofmann, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2022, 89 (8) 465-471; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21015

    The patient presented with 2 days of constant, sharp, nonradiating flank pain on the right side, worse with movement and coughing, and severe enough to limit ambulation.

  • The double-tongue sign
    Nami Yoshimura, MD, Takashi Watari, MD, MHQS, MCTM, PhD, Keisuke Misao, MD, Toshihiro Imada, MD and Junji Mashino, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2022, 89 (8) 435-436; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21080

    Computed tomography showed enlarged mylohyoid and geniohyoid muscles, surrounding inflammatory findings, and small gas retentions.

  • Circulating lipids are not all bad: An LDL mimic that may be only skin deep
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2022, 89 (8) 422-423; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89b.08022

    Although lipoprotein-X separates out by density in the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) fraction and thus may appear as LDL in the laboratory report, it is biologically unique.

  • An unexpected turn
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2022, 89 (8) 455;

    The following article in the July 2022 issue contained an error: Ganeshan S, Kelemen B, Dhaliwal G, Zier L. An unexpected turn: A 71-year-old man with myocardial infarction. Cleve Clin J Med. 2022;89(7):401–407. doi:10.3949/ccjm.89a.21030

  • Xanthomas: Differentiating atherogenic from nonatherogenic
    Vy Mai, MD and Hossein Akhondi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2022, 89 (8) 429-431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21088

    The patient had tendinous xanthomas on the dorsal joints of the hand and eruptive xanthomas on the buttock, as well as xanthoma striatum palmare on the volar aspect of the hand.

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