Latest Articles

  • Perioperative management of obstructive sleep apnea: Ready for prime time?
    Shirin Shafazand, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (10 suppl 4) S98-S103; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.16
  • In Reply: Menopause, vitamin D, and oral health (August 2009)
    Maria Clarinda A. Buencamino, MD, Leena Palomo, DDS, MSD and Holly L. Thacker, MD, CDD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (11) 629-630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76c.11002

    Readers comment on how vitamin D deficiency may affect oral health in menopause (August 2009), and on whether drugs for prostate cancer prevention are equivalent (August 2009).

  • Perioperative management of warfarin and antiplatelet therapy
    Amir K. Jaffer, MD, FHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (10 suppl 4) S37-S44; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.07
  • Prostate cancer prevention (August 2009)
    David L. Keller, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (11) 630; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76c.11003
  • Postoperative pulmonary complications: An update on risk assessment and reduction
    Gerald W. Smetana, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (10 suppl 4) S60-S65; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.10
  • The role of testing in the preoperative evaluation
    David L. Hepner, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2009, 76 (10 suppl 4) S22-S27; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76.s4.04
  • Autoimmune pancreatitis: A mimic of pancreatic cancer
    Ryan Law, DO, Mary Bronner, MD, David Vogt, MD and Tyler Stevens, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2009, 76 (10) 607-615; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.09039

    The accurate and timely diagnosis of this benign disease may preempt the misdiagnosis of cancer and decrease the number of unnecessary pancreatic resections.

  • Nephrolithiasis: Treatment, causes, and prevention
    Phillip M. Hall, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2009, 76 (10) 583-591; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.09043

    Kidney stones are not all the same, and neither are their treatment, causes, or prevention. Paradoxically, calcium restriction is not warranted for patients who have calcium stones, and may even be harmful.

  • A middle-aged man with progressive fatigue
    Anna M. McDivit, MD and Arman T. Askari, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2009, 76 (10) 564-574; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.76a.08114

    He has been taking good care of himself, but 1 year ago his ejection fraction was 60% and now it is 35%. He also has a new left bundle branch block. What is the cause?

  • No pig in a poke
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2009, 76 (10) 561; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm/76a.10001

    As we approach the 2009 flu season, “swine flu” presents a real and distinct concern for patients, clinicians, and public health officials.

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