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  • Hyperactive delirium in hospitalized older adults: Balancing medication choices and QTc prolongation risk

    Emily Hao, MD, Tamara Lhungay, MD, Jessica Arabi, PharmD, BCCCP, Colin J. Harrington, MD and Iva Neupane, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2026, 93 (6) 325-330;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.25092

    • Medications for managing delirium symptoms, particularly antipsychotics, are associated with prolongation of the QT interval, which is a risk factor for the development of fatal arrhythmias.

  • Disseminated coccidioidomycosis masquerading as bacterial cellulitis

    Santana Maria Bachaalany, DO, Nelson Nicolasora, MD, Lindsay Ackerman, MD, Ghassan Ibrahim, MD and Trent Smith, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2026, 93 (6) 321-323;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.25096

    • The patient exhibited signs of sepsis along with progressive left breast erythema, induration, and pain.

  • Reversing fibrosis in metabolic dysfunction–associated steatohepatitis—beyond telling patients to lose weight

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    Leandro Sierra, MD, Lily Liu, MD, Akash Khurana, MD, Roma Patel, MD, Arjun Chatterjee, MD, Stephen Firkins, MD and Roberto Simons-Linares, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2026, 93 (5) 279-286;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.25082

    • Weight loss of at least 10% is associated with fibrosis regression in most patients, but losing this amount of weight and keeping it off is challenging, making pharmacologic and procedural interventions essential tools in clinical practice.

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    Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and heart disease: What every internist needs to know

    Ohad Oren, MD, MPH, Abhay Singh, MD, Hetty E. Carraway, MD, MBA, Luke J. Laffin, MD and Steven E. Nissen, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2026, 93 (5) 289-295;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.26003

    • Clonal hematopoiesis is increasingly recognized as a driver of different types of heart disease, including ischemic heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and nonischemic cardiac inflammation.

  • Fighting ageism: Preserving patient agency in critical care

    Astefanos Al-Dalakta, MD, Ruth Diana Lee, MD, Chadi Tabaja, MD, Issam Motairek, MD and Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2026, 93 (5) 263-265;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.25105

    • To avoid falling into ageism bias, we must maintain a framework grounded in respect for the patient, one that deliberately centers on the patient’s voice.

  • FINEARTS-HF: Improving outcomes in heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction

    Salman Salahuddin, MD, DM, MRCP(UK)
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2026, 93 (5) 273-277;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.25081

    • FINEARTS-HF established finerenone as an effective medical therapy to reduce hospitalizations for heart failure in patients with HFpEF or HFmrEF.

  • Sex-specific risk factors for stroke in women: Focus on the 2024 AHA/ASA guideline

    Paru S. David, MD, MSCP, Hannah Nordhues, MD, MSCP and Suneela Vegunta, MD, MSCP
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2026, 93 (5) 297-303;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.25049

    • Sex-specific factors like adverse pregnancy outcomes and premature and early menopause play a critical and often underrecognized role in shaping lifetime stroke risk in women.

  • Iris roseola: A diagnostic clue in neurosyphilis

    Victor Alegre-Ituarte, MD, PhD and Elena Franz-Lacomba, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2026, 93 (5) 259-260;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.25047

    • The patient had a 3-week history of decreased vision in the left eye, with a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/100.

  • Varicella-zoster virus transmission from herpes zoster exposure

    Ayano Takeiri, MD, Kentaro Ishikura, MD and Yoshitaka Tomoda, MD, PhD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2026, 93 (5) 261-262;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.25068

    • Two weeks before the patient developed fever and a rash, his mother had developed herpes zoster on her torso.

  • Unexplained liver injury: Searching for the cause

    Mohamed Eldib, MD, William D. Carey, MD and Blazenka Skugor, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2026, 93 (5) 267-272;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.93a.25099

    • The patient presented with persistent low back pain, nausea, poor appetite, and an unintentional weight loss of more than 30 lb over the previous 6 weeks.

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