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  • Flu vaccine and gout attacks
    Shih-Wei Lai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 76; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.02003
  • Type of diabetes mellitus: Does it matter to the clinician?
    Byron J. Hoogwerf, MD, FACP, FACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 100-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19020

    Understanding the many faces of diabetes can make a difference in how clinicians select glucose-lowering therapy.

  • Sigmoid volvulus: Coffee bean sign, whirl sign
    Yusaku Kajihara, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 81-82; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19064

    A 79-year-old man with cortical cerebellar atrophy presented with progressive abdominal distention and constipation.

  • In reply: Barrett esophagus: Definition, treatment
    Tavankit Singh, MD, Vedha Sanghi, MD and Prashanthi N. Thota, MD, FACG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 75-76; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.02002
  • Gene therapy in sickle cell disease: Possible utility and impact
    Susanna A. Curtis, MD, MS and Niketa C. Shah, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2020, 87 (1) 28-29; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19124

    CRISPR-Cas9 makes it possible to edit the patient’s own genes, but questions remain.

  • Fever in a traveler returning from Ethiopia
    Ken Koon Wong, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2020, 87 (1) 31-42; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19017

    His symptoms began about 10 days after returning and had been going on for 11 days. What was the cause?

  • In reply: How should diabetic dyslipidemia be treated?
    Ting-I Lee, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2020, 87 (1) 11; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.01004
  • Are we all clear? Unintended shocks to caregivers during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
    David R. Lowery, MD, FASA, Maj, MC, USA, Daniel Cantillon, MD, FACC, FHRS and Donn Marciniak, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2020, 87 (1) 16-18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19022

    Defibrillators are designed to affect electrical activity in the patient’s heart. Caregivers, be careful!

  • Modifying genetic diseases: Promises to be realized?
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2020, 87 (1) 7-8; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.01020

    Genetic engineering offers hope to patients and families who previously had little.

  • Sickle cell disease: A primary care update
    Grace Onimoe, MD and Seth Rotz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2020, 87 (1) 19-27; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.18051

    Survival has improved, but patients still face multiorgan damage, chronic anemia, and debilitating pain crises.

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