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  • Preoperative testing (October 2015)
    Cynthia Point, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 16; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.01003

    Readers comment on vitamin B12 defi ciency (July 2015) and on preoperative testing (October 2015).

  • Bony bumps in the mouth
    Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 17-18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15033

    Torus palatinus and torus mandibularis are benign bony overgrowths arising from cortical bone.

  • Eventration of the diaphragm presenting as spontaneous pneumothorax
    Pauline Go, MD and Zane Hammoud, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 19-20; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14175

    A 25-year-old man presents with sudden onset of right-sided back and chest pain and shortness of breath.

  • Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
    Autoantibody-mediated encephalitis: Not just paraneoplastic, not just limbic, and not untreatable
    Adham Jammoul, MD, Yuebing Li, MD, PhD and Alexander Rae-Grant, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 43-53; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14112

    Suspect these syndromes in cases of unexplained seizure, encephalitis, or acute-onset psychiatric syndromes.

  • Alcohol withdrawal syndrome in medical patients
    Justine S. Gortney, PharmD, BCPS, Joshua N. Raub, PharmD, BCPS, Pragnesh Patel, MD, Lianne Kokoska, PharmD, Mae Hannawa, PharmD and Amy Argyris, PharmD, BCPS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 67-79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14061

    Deprived of alcohol while in the hospital, many alcoholic patients go into withdrawal. Clinicians should be ready.

  • Managing interstitial lung disease detected on CT during lung cancer screening
    Brian D. Southern, MD, Rachel G. Scheraga, MD and Ruchi Yadav, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 55-65; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14157

    How to distinguish among the most common forms, and the role of the primary care physician in managing them.

  • Obstructive sleep apnea: Who should be tested, and how?
    Mahesh B. Manne, MD, MPH and Gregory Rutecki, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 25-27; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14074

    Only 10% of people with obstructive sleep apnea are diagnosed—a dismal statistic, considering the consequences.

  • Vitamin B12 deficiency (July 2015)
    Kenneth R. Phillips, MS, MD, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 15; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.01001

    Readers comment on vitamin B12 defi ciency (July 2015) and on preoperative testing (October 2015).

  • Not all abdominal pain is gastrointestinal
    Mena Boules, MD, Madonna Michael, MD, Julietta Chang, MD, Bruce Vrooman, MD, Matthew Kroh, MD and Maged Rizk, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 29-35; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14082

    A 31-year-old woman presents with right mid-abdominal pain that began 1 day ago.

  • In reply: Vitamin B12 deficiency (July 2015)
    Douglas L. Nguyen, MD, Shelly Maithel, Alex K. Duong and Jonathan Zhang, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 15; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.01002

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