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  • Cardiac mass: Tumor or thrombus? (July 2017)
    Mahmoud Abdelghany, MD, Moustafa Elsheshtawy, MD and Hani Kozman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 659; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.09003

    Readers comment on cardiac masses (July 2017).

  • Channeling the flow of medical information
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 178-179; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.03017

    Accesssing information today is like drinking from a firehose. We need some kind of valve to adjust the flow.

  • Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy: Uncommon presentation of lung cancer
    M. Amrutha, MBBS and T. P. Rajagopal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 270-272; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15167

    The patient presented with bilateral ankle joint pain, swelling of the ankles and wrists, and digital clubbing.

  • A broken pacemaker lead in a 69-year-old woman
    Belal Kaseer, MD, Mhd Yassin Al Mouslmani, MD, David S. Hirsh, MD and Muhammad Hammadah, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 346-347; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16075

    The patient presented with fatigue, cough, light-headedness, and a heart rate of 30 beats per minute.

  • Update on the management of venous thromboembolism
    John R. Bartholomew, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 3) 39-46; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s3.04
  • Apps and fitness trackers that measure sleep: Are they useful?
    Meghna P. Mansukhani, MD and Bhanu Prakash Kolla, MD, MRCPsych
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 451-456; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15173

    In general, they have major shortcomings and limited utility.

  • Postexposure management of infectious diseases
    Mazen S. Bader, MD, MPH, Annie Brooks, BScPhm, PharmD, Deborah V. Kelly, PharmD, FCSHP, AAHIVP and Jocelyn A. Srigley, MD, MSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 65-80; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15049

    People who have been exposed to an infectious disease should be evaluated promptly and systematically.

  • In reply: Opioid therapy and sleep apnea (June 2016)
    Marissa C. Galicia-Castillo, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.02002
  • Metastatic pulmonary calcification and end-stage renal disease
    James M. Walter, MD, Marion Stanley, MD and Benjamin D. Singer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 668-669; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16132

    CT may show diffusely calcified nodules, high-attenuation areas of consolidation, or fluffy ground-glass nodules.

  • Vulvovaginitis: Find the cause to treat it
    Oluwatosin Goje, MD, MSCR, FACOG and Jessian L. Munoz, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 215-224; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15163

    The cause is usually infectious, but noninfectious causes should also be considered, and differentiating them can be challenging.

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