Latest Articles

  • Genetic counselors: Your partners in clinical practice
    Jessica L. Mester, MS, CGC, Allison H. Schreiber, MS, CGC and Rocio T. Moran, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 560-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11091

    As our understanding of the human genome has grown, so too has the need for health care providers to help patients and families understand the implications of these discoveries.

  • Distinguishing cellulitis from its mimics
    Emily C. Keller, MD, Kenneth J. Tomecki, MD and M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 547-552; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11121

    Common imitators are stasis dermatitis, lipodermatosclerosis, contact dermatitis, lymphedema, eosinophilic cellulitis, and papular urticaria.

  • Atrial fibrillation: New drugs, devices, and procedures
    Bruce D. Lindsay, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 553-559; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79gr.12004

    An update on controversies in treating atrial fi brillation: new oral anticoagulants vs warfarin, rate control vs rhythm control, the safety of dronedarone, and the efficacy of ablation.

  • Synthetic legal intoxicating drugs
    Ravi N. Chandiramani, ND
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 534; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79c.08001

    Readers comment on synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (April 2012) and on the geriatric patient-centered medical home (May 2012).

  • In reply: Geriatric patient-centered medical home
    Amelia Gennari, MD, Kim Fedor, BSN, MBA, Eric Bakow, MA, MPM, RRT and Neil M. Resnick, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2012, 79 (8) 535; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79c.08004

    Readers comment on synthetic legal intoxicating drugs (April 2012) and on the geriatric patient-centered medical home (May 2012).

  • POLST: An improvement over traditional advance directives
    Patricia A. Bomba, MD, FACP, Marian Kemp, RN and Judith S. Black, MD, MHA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7) 457-464; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11098

    Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) is a process that translates a patient’s goals for care at the end of life into medical orders.

  • Challenges in the management of aortic stenosis
    Amar Krishnaswamy, MD and Brian P. Griffin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7) 483-486; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.12059

    Unfortunately, physicians who manage aortic stenosis do not encounter straightforward classic cases very often.

  • Managing the patient with newly diagnosed Parkinson disease
    Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, MD and Carlos Singer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7 suppl 2) S3-S7; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s2a.01
  • Nonmotor complications of Parkinson disease
    Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, MD and Hubert H. Fernandez, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7 suppl 2) S14-S18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s2a.03
  • Use of chemodenervation in dystonic conditions
    Hubert H. Fernandez, MD, Nestor Galvez-Jimenez, MD and Maurice Hanson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2012, 79 (7 suppl 2) S25-S29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79.s2a.05

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