Latest Articles

  • Tinea incognito
    Soniya Shony, MBBS, Carol Lobo, MBBS, MD and Sowmya Kaimal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2025, 92 (5) 271-272; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24099

    This atypical form of dermatophyte infection is caused by local immune suppression from systemic or topical corticosteroids.

  • New atrial fibrillation guideline: Modify risk, control rhythm, prevent progression
    CME article
    Laura A. Campbell, MD, Jessica P. Ammon, DO, Rachana Kombathula, MD, Naa’irah Muhammad, MD and Christopher D. Jackson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2025, 92 (5) 291-296; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24067

    Key updates in the new American guideline include recommendations for aggressive lifestyle and risk-factor modifications, annual assessment of thromboembolic risk, and early rhythm control.

  • In Reply: In defense of the anion gap
    Paloma Rodriguez Alvarez, MD, Vicente T. San Martin, MD and Oscar L. Morey-Vargas, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2025, 92 (5) 269-270; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92c.05002
  • Does my adult patient need a measles vaccine?
    Kaitlyn R. Rivard, PharmD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2025, 92 (5) 279-282; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.25038

    Possibly. Adults without acceptable presumptive evidence of immunity to measles should receive 1 dose of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, and 2 doses are recommended for adults in special situations.

  • Do I need to treat supine hypertension in my hospitalized patient?
    Katherine Sherman, MD and Robert Lichtenberg, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2025, 92 (5) 285-289; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24092

    Inpatients with an elevated supine blood pressure should be evaluated for orthostatic changes before treatment is considered.

  • In defense of the anion gap
    Michael Emmett, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2025, 92 (5) 269; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92c.05001
  • Subclinical hypothyroidism: What’s in a name?
    Jennifer S. Mammen, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2025, 92 (4) 233-235; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.25028

    Clinicians should remain thoughtful about the variability in aging biology and not be blinded by a name.

  • Psychedelics, spirituality, and existential distress in patients at the end of life
    Nicole Cornish, PharmD, Tara Coles, MD, M. Jennifer Cheng, MD, Claudia Ruiz Sotomayor, MD, DBe, Aaron Wolfgang, MD and Christopher Spevak, MD, MPH, JD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2025, 92 (4) 248-254; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24100

    The authors explore the role of psychedelics in addressing patients’ spiritual and existential suffering at the end of life from a medical, ethical, and legal perspective.

  • Prolonged venous filling time and dependent rubor in a patient with peripheral artery disease
    Scott L. Hagan, MD and Jeffrey W. Redinger, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2025, 92 (4) 205-206; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24056

    Physical examination in a man who presented with foot pain revealed absent bilateral posterior tibial and dorsalis pedis pulses and dusky erythema of both feet.

  • 2024 ACC/AHA guideline on perioperative cardiovascular management before noncardiac surgery: What’s new?
    Steven L. Cohn, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2025, 92 (4) 213-219; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.92a.24125

    The author highlights key changes and recommendations of the new guideline, how they differ from previous and other society guidelines, and ongoing challenges and unresolved issues in perioperative care.

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