Covid-19

  • The perfect storm: An unseasonably early RSV annual epidemic, a severe annual flu epidemic, and a smoldering COVID-19 pandemic

    Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2023, 90 (5) 297-306;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.23007
    • The author presents scenarios illustrating the overlapping clinical manifestations of respiratory viral infections that challenge clinical diagnosis.

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    Update in cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19: Special populations

    Samantha Polly, MD, Inga M. Muser, MD and Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2023, 90 (1) 43-52;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22013
    • Recognition of skin reactions and their implications is beneficial to clinicians in shaping patient counseling and anticipatory guidance. An illustrated guide.

  • Common skin signs of COVID-19 in adults: An update

    Samantha Polly, MD and Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2022, 89 (3) 161-167;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21126
    • Cutaneous findings can be clues to the diagnosis and infection severity in viral illnesses, including COVID-19.

  • Neuropsychiatric assessment and management of the ICU survivor

    Erin A. Dean, MD, Michelle Biehl, MD, Kathryn Bash, APRN, CNP, Jeremy Weleff, DO and Leopoldo Pozuelo, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 669-679;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20169
    • Post-intensive care syndrome occurs in 50% to 70% of ICU survivors. The authors examine various facets of this syndrome and emphasize the role of post-ICU recovery clinics.

  • COVID-19 vaccine-induced cellulitis and myositis

    Sathishkumar Ramalingam, MD, Harkesh Arora, MD, Susan Lewis, MD, Kulothungan Gunasekaran, MD, Maheswari Muruganandam, MD, Sivakumar Nagaraju, MD and Priyesh Padmanabhan, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 648-650;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21038
    • The day after receiving the second dose of the mRNA vaccine, redness and pain developed at the injection site, eventually involving the whole left arm and shoulder.

  • A perspective on discussing COVID-19 vaccines: Efficacy and adverse effects

    Brian F. Mandell, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 644-645;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.12021
    • Physicians should be vigilant and open-minded regarding possible adverse reactions to the vaccines, and should take time to discuss the demonstrated efficacy of vaccines with patients.

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    Another influenza season in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic

    Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 594-597;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21095
    • Flu season is upon us at the ominous milestone of more than 722,000 US deaths from COVID-19.

  • The initial viral infection may be only part of the story

    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2021, 88 (9) 476-477;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.09021
    • We clearly see that the coronavirus elicits syndromes far afield from respiratory tissues. But a virus eliciting effects seemingly distinct from the primary infection is nothing new.

  • Dermatomyositis-related interstitial lung disease mimicking COVID-19 pneumonia

    Satoshi Hayano, MD, Kenichiro Tokunaga, MD, Yusuke Imamura, MD and Hideto Oshikawa, MD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2021, 88 (9) 484-486;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20204
    • A subtype of myositis with characteristic skin rashes and ulcers, amyopathic or hypomyopathic symptoms, and rapidly progressive ILD.

  • COVID-19: An unwelcome guest that won’t leave

    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    • Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 254-255;
    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.05021
    • Long-lasting economic and societal effects, and lingering post-infection symptoms.

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