Latest Articles

  • Introducing two new deputy editors
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 137; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80b.03013

    Women’s health expert Pelin Batur, MD and hospitalist James Pile, MD join the Journal staff, replacing Tim Gilligan, MD.

  • Frailty in older adults: Implications for end-of-life care
    Katalin Koller, MD, FRCP and Kenneth Rockwood, MD, FRCPC, FRCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 168-174; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12100

    By recognizing and measuring frailty, clinicians can better engage patients and their loved ones in difficult discussions about prognoses and plans, and can ultimately give better palliative care.

  • Bilateral adrenal masses (December 2012)
    Maya Estephan, MD and Justin Moore, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 186-187; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.03003

    Readers comment on emergency contraception (November 2012), adrenal masses (December 2012), and the use of statins for primary prevention in women (December 2012).

  • Septic shock: The initial moments and beyond
    Simon W. Lam, PharmD, Seth R. Bauer, PharmD and Jorge A. Guzman, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 175-184; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12002

    Evidence-based protocols have improved the outcomes of septic shock. The authors review the evidence.

  • Giant inverted T waves
    Surabhi Madhwal, MD, Vijaiganesh Nagarajan, MD, MRCP, FACP and Donald A. Underwood, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 138-139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.11139

    A 48-year-old man has large, inverted T waves in the lateral and midprecordial leads. What is the cause?

  • Emergency contraception (November 2012)
    Chris Kahlenborn, MD and Walter B. Severs, PhD, FCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.03001

    Readers comment on emergency contraception (November 2012), adrenal masses (December 2012), and the use of statins for primary prevention in women (December 2012).

  • A 67-year old man with an abdominal aortic aneurysm
    A 67-year old man with an abdominal aortic aneurysm
    Allison LaBoon, MD and Tara Marie Mastracci, MD, MSc, FRCSC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 161-167; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12156

    Who should be screened, what is the benefit, and how should patients found to have an aneurysm be treated?

  • Sex, statins, and diabetes (December 2012)
    Holly L. Thacker, MD, FACP, NCMP, CCD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2013, 80 (3) 187; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80c.03004

    Readers comment on emergency contraception (November 2012), adrenal masses (December 2012), and the use of statins for primary prevention in women (December 2012).

  • A weirder than weird story, and yet…
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2013, 80 (2) 73; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80b.02013

    Fecal microbiota transplantation is an evolving story that may seem weird but is worth following.

  • It’s all in the P wave
    Sridhar Venkatachalam, MD, MRCP and Curtis Rimmerman, MD, MBA, FACC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2013, 80 (2) 80-82; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12044

    A 49-year-old man with rheumatic mitral valve stenosis presents with worsening exertional dyspnea, fatigue, and cough. What can his electrocardiogram tell us?

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