Latest Articles

  • Dysmorphic red blood cell formation
    José Lucas Daza, MD, Marcelo De Rosa, MD and Graciela De Rosa, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 12-13; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17029

    A 23-year-old woman presented with hematuria and dysmorphic red blood cells in the urinary sediment.

  • Do cardiac risk stratification indexes accurately estimate perioperative risk in noncardiac surgery patients?
    Rohan Mandaliya, MD, FACP and Geno Merli, MD, MACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 35-39; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16117

    Neither of the 2 indexes most often used is completely accurate, and neither is better than the other.

  • High users of healthcare: Strategies to improve care, reduce costs
    Neil Siekman, MD and Rick Hilger, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 25-31; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16082

    A minority of patients called “high users” consume a lot of healthcare, especially in the emergency department. But therein lies an opportunity.

  • ADHD: Overdiagnosed and overtreated, or misdiagnosed and mistreated?
    Michael J. Manos, PhD, Kimberly Giuliano, MD and Eric Geyer, BA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 873-880; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15051

    Combined behavioral and drug therapy is best.

  • Scapular rash and endocrine neoplasia
    Muhammed Razmi T, MD, DNB, Debajyoti Chatterjee, MD and Davinder Parsad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 831-832; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16121

    A woman in her 30s presents with an itchy skin-colored rash over her scapula of 8 years’ duration.

  • Can effective obesity counseling fit into the 20-minute appointment?
    John A. Zambrano, MD, MHS and Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 835-837; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16034

    Information from a previsit questionnaire lays the foundation for effective and reimbursable counseling and interventions.

  • Chronic kidney disease in African Americans: Puzzle pieces are falling into place
    Chronic kidney disease in African Americans: Puzzle pieces are falling into place
    Joseph V. Nally, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 855-862; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17007

    African Americans are disproportionately affected; genetic variants in APOL1 provide an important explanation.

  • Toward understanding chronic kidney disease in African Americans
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 824-825; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.11017

    African Americans respond differently to some treatments than the white male patients who participated in the clinical trials.

  • Abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea in a 32-year-old woman
    Neha Agrawal, MD, Amandeep Singh, MD, Thomas Plesec, MD, David Liska, MD, Bradley Confer, DO, Jessica Philpott, MD, PhD and Florian Rieder, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 847-854; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16085

    The patient also has numerous painful ulcerations on her skin and in her mouth.

  • 2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered
    Ryan Munyon, MD, 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 November 2017, 84 (11) 863-872; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17068

    Topics: cardiac risk assessment, surgery after percutaneous intervention, statins, sleep apnea, bridging anticoagulation, and frailty.

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