Emergency Medicine

  • What are my obligations to my incarcerated patient?
    Farah Acher Kaiksow, MD, MPP, Deval Patel, MD and Norman Fost, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2023, 90 (1) 18-21; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.90a.22003

    A court order authorizes a blood transfusion, but the incarcerated patient refuses the transfusion. As the caregiver, am I obligated to follow the court order against the patient’s wishes?

  • Appendicitis management: Is it time for a change?
    Anthony DeRoss, MD, FACS, FAAP and Alisan Fathalizadeh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2022, 89 (6) 309-313; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21012

    Antibiotic therapy has been a successful alternative to surgery for more than 60 years, but surgery is still the primary treatment.

  • Hampton hump in acute pulmonary embolism
    Sovik De Sirkar, MD, Joshua Newman, MD, Sorcha Allen, MB, BCh, BAO, Ahmed Elkaryoni, MD, Alexandru Marginean, MD and Amir Darki, MD, MSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 236-238; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21058

    A 50-year-old patient presented with worsening dyspnea and cough with bilateral swelling of the lower extremities, with left-side swelling greater than right-side swelling.

  • Lacrimal gland involvement in a patient with sarcoidosis
    Tanmayi Pai, MD, Mohamed S. Muneer, MD, Kafayat Oyemade, Diva R. Salomao, MD, Vivek Gupta, MD and Dana Harris, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 239-240; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21037

    The differential diagnosis included infection, malignancy, and inflammatory disorders such as immunoglobulin G4-related disease and sarcoidosis.

  • Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure: An empathetic, practical approach
    Becky Bikat S. Tilahun, PhD and Jocelyn F. Bautista, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 252-259; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21109

    Barriers to care include clinician misperceptions, lack of acceptance of the diagnosis, poor patient engagement with treatment, and lack of access to care.

  • Psychogenic nonepileptic seizure: A neurologist’s perspective
    Elaine Wyllie, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2022, 89 (5) 260-261; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21129

    Confirming the diagnosis is only the start of the journey. The greater challenge and opportunity lie in how physicians present the diagnosis to the patient and family.

  • Oral hyperpigmentation with weakness and salt-craving
    Joseph Zhou, MD and S. Sethu K. Reddy, MD, MBA, FRCPC, FACP, MACE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 180-181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21036

    The patient’s primary care physician had attributed the hyperpigmentation on the lower lip and inner cheek to pen ink.

  • The devil is in the details: Approach to refractory hypokalemia
    CME article
    Carmen Elena Cervantes, MD, Karthik Meiyappan Udayappan, MD and Duvuru Geetha, MBBS, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 182-188; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21013

    The authors illustrate a stepwise approach to the evaluation of acid-base disturbances.

  • Glycemic targets in the ICU: A look back, and ahead
    Keren Zhou, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 189-190; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21127

    Much work is still needed to understand the nuances of glycemic targets in critically ill patients, and to learn how to take advantage of evolving technology to improve glycemic control.

  • Glycemic control in the critically ill: Less is more
    CME article
    Ghaith Alhatemi, MD, Haider Aldiwani, MD, Rafal Alhatemi, MD, Marwah Hussein, MD, Suzan Mahdai, MD and Berhane Seyoum, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 191-199; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.20171

    The authors discuss findings from key trials, metrics of glycemic control, and recommendations of professional societies for target blood glucose ranges in critically ill patients.

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