Latest Articles

  • Perioperative management of diabetes: Translating evidence into practice
    Luigi F. Meneghini, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (10 suppl 4) S53-S59; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.09
  • Giving anesthesiologists what they want: How to write a useful preoperative consult
    David Lubarsky, MD, MBA and Keith Candiotti, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (10 suppl 4) S32-S36; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.06
  • Case studies in perioperative management: Challenges, controversies, and common ground
    Steven L. Cohn, MD and Bobbiejean Sweitzer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (10 suppl 4) S72-S78; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.12
  • Perioperative fluid management: Progress despite lingering controversies
    Mark A. Hamilton, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (10 suppl 4) S28-S31; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.05
  • Current therapies to shorten postoperative ileus
    Michael D. Johnson, MD and R. Matthew Walsh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (11) 641-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.09051

    Rather than merely wait for bowel sounds to return after patients undergo surgery, we can try to get the gut working again sooner.

  • Nuts and bolts of preoperative clinics: The view from three institutions
    Angela M. Bader, MD, MPH, Bobbiejean Sweitzer, MD and Ajay Kumar, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (10 suppl 4) S104-S111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.17
  • Autoimmune pancreatitis: A mimic of pancreatic cancer
    Ryan Law, DO, Mary Bronner, MD, David Vogt, MD and Tyler Stevens, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2009, 76 (10) 607-615; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.09039

    The accurate and timely diagnosis of this benign disease may preempt the misdiagnosis of cancer and decrease the number of unnecessary pancreatic resections.

  • Nephrolithiasis: Treatment, causes, and prevention
    Phillip M. Hall, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2009, 76 (10) 583-591; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.09043

    Kidney stones are not all the same, and neither are their treatment, causes, or prevention. Paradoxically, calcium restriction is not warranted for patients who have calcium stones, and may even be harmful.

  • A middle-aged man with progressive fatigue
    Anna M. McDivit, MD and Arman T. Askari, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2009, 76 (10) 564-574; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08114

    He has been taking good care of himself, but 1 year ago his ejection fraction was 60% and now it is 35%. He also has a new left bundle branch block. What is the cause?

  • No pig in a poke
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2009, 76 (10) 561; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/76a.10001

    As we approach the 2009 flu season, “swine flu” presents a real and distinct concern for patients, clinicians, and public health officials.

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