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  • Consumer-grade wearable cardiac monitors: What they do well, and what needs work
    Consumer-grade wearable cardiac monitors: What they do well, and what needs work
    Abdilahi Mohamoud, MBBS, Joseph Jensen, MD and Kevin G. Buda, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2024, 91 (1) 23-29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.91a.23030

    The authors review common consumer-grade wearables, including the accuracy of these monitors compared with medical-grade devices, and present an approach to managing rate or rhythm abnormalities identified on at-home monitoring.

  • When should we consider SGLT-2 inhibitors in patients with acute decompensated heart failure?
    Osamah Z. Badwan, MD, Lorenzo Braghieri, MD, Warren Skoza, MD, Ankit Agrawal, MD, Venu Menon, MD and W. H. Wilson Tang, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2024, 91 (1) 47-51; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.91a.23034

    Evidence from clinical trials supports starting these medications as early as possible in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure who do not have clear contraindications to them.

  • 2023 Update in ambulatory general internal medicine
    Jason T. Alexander, MD, Simran K. Singh, MD, Sachin D. Shah, MD, Brianna Lambert, MD and Jeremy P. Smith, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2024, 91 (1) 40-46; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.91a.23056

    Topics reviewed include prevention of chronic kidney disease progression, diet for preventing secondary cardiovascular disease, prevention of kidney-stone recurrence, drug therapy for weight loss, and cholesterol management.

  • Should my patients take their blood pressure medications in the evening to enhance cardiovascular benefit?
    Elias Bassil, MD, George Thomas, MD, Jagmeet Dhingra, MD and Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd, FACP, FASN
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2023, 90 (12) 725-727; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23043

    The focus should be to achieve blood pressure control and facilitate adherence, regardless of the timing of the medications.

  • Stiff hands in a man with type 1 diabetes
    Rhea Ahuja, MD and Purn Pragya, MBBS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2023, 90 (12) 721-722; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23046

    The patient had been on injectable insulin for the past 6 years, with frequent dose titrations because of poor control. A recent hemoglobin A1c was 7.2%.

  • Treatments for obstructive sleep apnea: CPAP and beyond
    Treatments for obstructive sleep apnea: CPAP and beyond
    Loutfi S. Aboussouan, MD, Aparna Bhat, MD, Todd Coy, DMD and Alan Kominsky, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2023, 90 (12) 755-765; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23032

    Options include behavioral interventions, oral appliances, nasal expiratory positive airway pressure, negative pressure interventions, and surgical procedures. Certain drugs are also promising.

  • Contemporary surgical and procedural management of benign prostatic hyperplasia
    Ayodeji E. Sotimehin, MD, Eiftu Haile, MD and Bradley C. Gill, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2023, 90 (12) 745-753; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23026

    The authors provide an overview of currently available and guideline-backed treatments.

  • Why I, as a rheumatologist, am happy to make the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2023, 90 (12) 712-713; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90b.12023

    Why should a rheumatologist have special interest in this disorder? The answer lies in 2 major reasons patients are referred for a rheumatology consultation: fatigue and inflammation.

  • Oral lichen planus
    Sanjana Mathew, MBBS, Carol Lobo, MBBS, MD and Meryl Antony, MBBS, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2023, 90 (12) 717-718; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23048

    Risk factors include medications, dental materials, and viral infections such as hepatitis C.

  • Hey, Doc: Could the 2023–2024 cold and flu season finally be the calm after the storm?
    Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2023, 90 (12) 729-734; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23088

    The author answers questions patients may have about the currently available influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus vaccines.

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