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  • Diabetes management
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 760;

    Information was omitted from Table 1 on page 596 of the article, Makin V, Lansang MC. Diabetes management: Beyond hemoglobin A1c. Cleve Clin J Med 2019; 86(9):595–600. doi:10.3949/ccjm.86a.18031

  • Low-dose steroids for acute exacerbations of COPD in a non-ICU setting: Worth consideration
    Asim Kichloo, MD, Michael M. Aljadah and Hassan H. Beiz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 717-718; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19027

    Despite the guidelines, most patients still receive high intravenous doses for acute exacerbations.

  • Current management of Barrett esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Current management of Barrett esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma
    Tavankit Singh, MD, Vedha Sanghi, MD and Prashanthi N. Thota, MD, FACG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 724-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18106

    Risk factors: reflux symptoms > 5 years, male sex, age > 50, white race, central obesity, and smoking.

  • SEEDS for success: Lifestyle management in migraine
    Jennifer Robblee, MD, MSc and Amaal J. Starling, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 741-749; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19009

    Lifestyle counseling can be based on the mnemonic SEEDS: sleep, exercise, eat, diary, and stress.

  • Fissured tongue
    Satvinder Singh Bakshi, MS, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 714; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19060

    A 43-year-old man presented with halitosis and deep fissures on his tongue.

  • Appropriate laboratory testing in Lyme disease
    Appropriate laboratory testing in Lyme disease
    Teny M. John, MD and Alan J. Taege, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 751-759; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19029

    Testing for Lyme disease is challenging and if done incorrectly can lead to unnecessary treatment.

  • Atraumatic splenic rupture in acute myeloid leukemia
    Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 715-716; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19042

    Atraumatic splenic rupture is rare but potentially life-threatening, especially if the diagnosis is delayed.

  • An overview of endoscopy in neurologic surgery
    Luigi Rigante, MD, Hamid Borghei-Razavi, MD, Pablo F. Recinos, MD, Faans and Florian Roser, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 16ME-24ME; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86.me.18142
  • Myopathy for the general internist: Statins and much more
    Chester V. Oddis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 656-664; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86gr.19001

    How to evaluate and manage muscle complaints in patients taking a statin, interpret creatine kinase test results, and recognize common as well as potentially dangerous myopathies.

  • Vulvar and gluteal manifestations of Crohn disease
    Anna Camille Moreno, DO, NCMP, Oluwatosin Goje, MD, MSCR, FACOG, Melissa Peck Piliang, MD, FAAD and Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 645-646; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19062

    Crohn disease is associated with extraintestinal manifestations in up to 45% of patients.

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