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  • The Leser-Trélat sign
    Christopher Sardon, MD, MPH and Timothy Dempsey, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 918; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17021

    The patient presented with night sweats, dry cough, weight loss, and sudden onset of “itchy moles” on her back.

  • Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease and the heart and brain
    Vinod Krishnappa, MBBS, Poornima Vinod, MD, Divya Deverakonda and Rupesh Raina, MD, FAAP, FACP, FASN, FNKF
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2017, 84 (6) 471-481; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16107

    Early-onset hypertension is common. Other complications include heart disease and intracranial aneurysm.

  • CABG: A continuing evolution
    Faisal Bakaeen, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12 suppl 4) e15-e19; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84.s4.04
  • Swelling of both arms and chest after push-ups
    Kiyoshi Shikino, MD, PHD, Yusuke Hirota, MD and Masatomi Ikusaka, MD, PHD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7) 508-509; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16030

    Symptoms of rhabdomyolysis: myalgia, muscle weakness, dark urine, and, in some, muscle swelling.

  • What is the role of roflumilast in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
    Chris Lau, MD, Atul C. Mehta, MD and Umur Hatipoglu, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 13-15; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15150

    It has been shown to reduce acute exacerbations in patients with severe disease.

  • Concussion: Evaluation and management
    Concussion: Evaluation and management
    Alexandra Stillman, MD, Michael Alexander, MD, Rebekah Mannix, MD, Nancy Madigan, PhD, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD and William P. Meehan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 623-630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16013

    Initial therapy involves several days of cognitive and physical rest, then a gradual return to activities.

  • Urinary leakage: What are the treatment options?
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 159; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84pe.02001
  • Postoperative delirium in a 64-year-old woman
    Matthew Imm, MD, Luis F. Torres, MD and Mohan Kottapally, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2017, 84 (9) 690-698; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16102

    Nine days after surgery, her mental status takes an abrupt turn for the worse. What is going on?

  • Altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance January 2017
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 214;

    Errors occurred in: Mani S, Rutecki GW. A patient with altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance. Cleve Clin J Med 2017; 84:27–34.

  • Use and misuse of opioid agonists in opioid addiction
    Use and misuse of opioid agonists in opioid addiction
    Vania Modesto-Lowe, MD, MPH, Katie Swiezbin, BS, Margaret Chaplin, MD and Gabriela Hoefer
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2017, 84 (5) 377-384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16091

    Methadone and buprenorphine can reduce craving and opioid use but remain misunderstood and underused.

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