Gastroenterology

  • Perioperative infection: Are we sure what to focus on?
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 317-318; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.06020

    Which immunosuppressive drugs pose the greater danger in the perioperative period: the newer biologics or corticosteroids?

  • Is it safe to continue biologic agents during surgery in patients with inflammatory bowel disease?
    Zain Moosvi, MD, Alexander Abadir, MD, Jacqueline Duong, BS and Douglas Nguyen, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 343-346; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19071

    Patients taking monoclonal antibodies can continue taking them, but small-molecule drugs should be withheld.

  • Recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection: Recognition, management, prevention
    Constantine Tsigrelis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 347-359; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87gr.20001
  • Cutaneous adverse effects of biologic medications
    Selena R. Pasadyn, BA, Daniel Knabel, MD, Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD and Christine B. Warren, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 288-299; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19119

    These therapies have revolutionized medicine but come with many unique adverse effects.

  • The under- and overrecognized, and the elephant in the room
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 189; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.04020

    We internists must recognize the pine cones without losing our vision of the forest.

  • Gastroenteritis gone rogue
    Jason Russ, MD and Areeba Kara, MD, MS, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 139-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19007

    A 56-year-old woman presented with 2 weeks of vomiting and diarrhea. Her troubles were just beginning.

  • Endoscopic ultrasonography: An inside view
    Endoscopic ultrasonography: An inside view
    C. Roberto Simons-Linares, MD, Praneet Wander, MD, John Vargo, MD and Prabhleen Chahal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 175-183; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19003

    Endoscopic ultrasonography has evolved from a diagnostic tool to a therapeutic procedure for a wide range of conditions.

  • Barrett esophagus: Definition, treatment
    Shih-Wei Lai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 75; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.02001
  • 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
  • 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.

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