Latest Articles

  • Overcoming health care disparities via better cross-cultural communication and health literacy
    Anita D. Misra-Hebert, MD, FACP and J. Harry Isaacson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 127-133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11006

    Health care disparities have multiple causes. Poor communication is a cause that can be modified.

  • Chest pain followed by sudden collapse
    Hesham R. Omar, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 110-112; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10050

    A 51-year-old man, resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation, has ST elevation in leads V1 and V2. What is the likely cause?

  • New and future therapies for lupus nephritis
    Gerald B. Appel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 134-140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78gr.11004

    Clinical trials show that less-toxic drugs, such as mycophenolate mofetil, are as effective as older, more-toxic ones.

  • Deep brain stimulation: What can patients expect from it?
    Deep brain stimulation: What can patients expect from it?
    Andre Machado, MD, PhD, Hubert H. Fernandez, MD and Milind Deogaonkar, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 113-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78gr.11006

    Its indications (particularly movement disorders), risks, and benefits, and what is involved before, during, and after implantation.

  • A 48-year-old woman with an ecchymotic rash
    Soumya Chatterjee, MD, MS, FRCP and Ralph J. Tuthill, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 102-105; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.10173

    Her test results satisfied the criteria for a lupus anticoagulant. What is the most likely diagnosis?

  • Finding the cause of acute kidney injury: Which index of fractional excretion is better?
    Jonathan Gotfried, MD, Jonathan Wiesen, MD, Rupesh Raina, MD, PhD, FACP, FAAP and Joseph V. Nally, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 121-126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11030

    In patients on diuretics, fractional excretion of urea should be used in preference to fractional excretion of sodium.

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide in veterans
    Leo Sher, MD, María Dolores Braquehais, MD, PhD and Miquel Casas, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2012, 79 (2) 92-97; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11069

    In military veterans, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and suicidal thoughts are common and closely linked.

  • Overcoming barriers to hypertension control in African Americans
    Taiye Odedosu, MD, Antoinette Schoenthaler, EdD, Dorice L. Vieira, MLS, MPH, MA, Charles Agyemang, PhD and Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2012, 79 (1) 46-56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11068
  • Diffuse reticulonodular infiltrates
    Maria Giselle S. Velez, MD, FACP and Vicente Jose M. Velez, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2012, 79 (1) 16-17; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.78a.11009
  • Managing community-acquired pneumonia during flu season
    Sarah Haessler, MD and Jennifer J. Schimmel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2012, 79 (1) 67-78; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.79a.11108

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