Geriatrics

  • Recognizing a retirement, and a calcium deposition syndrome
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 197-198; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.04021

    Personnel changes at CCJM, and underrecognition of calcium deposition in the cervical spine.

  • Crowned dens syndrome: Caution about asymptomatic calcification
    Junki Mizumoto, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 204-205; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20184

    An 88-year-old man developed fever, headache, and posterior neck pain resistant to initial therapy.

  • Update on medical management of acute hip fracture
    CME article
    Lily Ackermann, MD, ScM, Eric S. Schwenk, MD, Yair Lev, MD and Howard Weitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 237-247; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20149

    Emphasis is on prompt surgery, multimodal analgesia, and enhanced recovery pathways.

  • Male and female pattern hair loss: Treatable and worth treating
    Nina L. Tamashunas, BS and Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD, FAAD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 173-182; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20014

    Early recognition and treatment can help preserve as much hair as possible.

  • How should you assess glycemic control if the hemoglobin A1c is inaccurate or uninterpretable?
    Wendy O. Henderson, MD, Mary H. Parker, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, BCPS, BCCP and Bryan C. Batch, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 81-85; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19135

    Hemoglobin A1c is the standard but is not perfect. Alternatives are available.

  • Hypothyroidism, eyelash loss
    Hiroki Matsuura, MD and Yu Suganami, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20009

    Testing showed high TSH, low T4, and antithyroid antibodies.

  • Does this young adult patient need a hip radiograph?
    Christina Stull, MD, MBA and Alejandro Moreno, MBBS, MPH, JD, MACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 721-722; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20011

    Hip fractures are uncommon in adults under age 50.

  • Optimal surveillance and treatment of renal and splenic artery aneurysms
    Optimal surveillance and treatment of renal and splenic artery aneurysms
    CME article
    Tom Kai Ming Wang, MBCHB, MD(res), FRACP and Milind Y. Desai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 755-758; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19140-2

    Indications for repair are based on aneurysm location and risk factors for rupture.

  • COVID-19 and flu: Dual threat, dual opportunity
    Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 651-655; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20161

    Measures to combat COVID-19 can minimize the impact of flu, and vice versa.

  • Does my healthy 65-year-old patient still need the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)?
    Craig D. Nielsen, MD, FACP and Xian Wen Jin, MD, PhD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 656-658; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20012

    The short answer is no—but it is not that simple.

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