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  • Lacrimal gland involvement in a patient with sarcoidosis
    Tanmayi Pai, MD, Mohamed S. Muneer, MD, Kafayat Oyemade, Diva R. Salomao, MD, Vivek Gupta, MD and Dana Harris, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 239-240; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21037

    The differential diagnosis included infection, malignancy, and inflammatory disorders such as immunoglobulin G4-related disease and sarcoidosis.

  • There should be more GOLD in the EMR
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 232-233; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89b.05022

    We can do better at making the clinical note a useful tool for communication in the electronic medical record.

  • A brownish erythematous patch in the nipple-areola complex
    Irene López Riquelme, MD, Elisabeth Gómez Moyano, MD, PhD, María Ayala Blanca, PhD and Leandro Martínez Pilar, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 241-242; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21059

    Biopsy revealed neoplastic cells throughout the epidermis and granular layer, with abundant pale cytoplasm, intraglandular extension, and chronic inflammation in the papillary dermis.

  • Does my hospitalized patient need an NPO-after-midnight order preoperatively?
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 223;

    The following article in the February 2022 issue contained an error: Chapman T, Sinz E, McGillen B. Does my hospitalized patient need an NPO-after-midnight order preoperatively? Cleve Clin J Med 2022; 89(2):69–70. doi:10.3949/ccjm.89a.21061

  • Glycemic control in the critically ill: Less is more
    Ghaith Alhatemi, MD, Haider Aldiwani, MD, Rafal Alhatemi, MD, Marwah Hussein, MD, Suzan Mahdai, MD and Berhane Seyoum, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 191-199; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.20171

    The authors discuss findings from key trials, metrics of glycemic control, and recommendations of professional societies for target blood glucose ranges in critically ill patients.

  • Capsule endoscopy in gastrointestinal disease: Evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment
    Basil Akpunonu, MD, Jeannine Hummell, CNP, Joseph D. Akpunonu and Shahab Ud Din, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 200-211; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.20061

    The procedure is mainly used to evaluate obscure bleeding in the small bowel, but it is also used in the evaluation and diagnosis of a wide range of gastrointestinal conditions.

  • Oral hyperpigmentation with weakness and salt-craving
    Joseph Zhou, MD and S. Sethu K. Reddy, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FACP, MACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 180-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21036

    The patient’s primary care physician had attributed the hyperpigmentation on the lower lip and inner cheek to pen ink.

  • Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Will new agents deliver on their promise?
    Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Will new agents deliver on their promise?
    Tarek Souaid, MD, Jonathan Taliercio, DO, James F. Simon, MD, MBA, Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd and Georges N. Nakhoul, MD, MEd
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 212-222; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21100

    A review of the pathophysiology of anemia of chronic kidney disease, major clinical trials, and novel therapies.

  • Treating anemia: It’s not just the EPO
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 174-175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89b.04022

    Long-term effects of treatment with the new oral inhibitors of prolyl hydroxylase will need to be carefully monitored, as prolyl hydroxylase is a key structural component of diverse proteins.

  • The devil is in the details: Approach to refractory hypokalemia
    Carmen Elena Cervantes, MD, Karthik Meiyappan Udayappan, MD and Duvuru Geetha, MBBS, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 182-188; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21013

    The authors illustrate a stepwise approach to the evaluation of acid-base disturbances.

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