Hematology

  • ‘Non-criteria’ antiphospholipid antibodies and thrombosis (February 2018)
    Satish Maharaj, MBBS, Simone Chang, MBBS and Marwan Shaikh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 431-432; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.06001

    Readers comment on antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (February 2018).

  • In reply: ‘Non-criteria’ antiphospholipid antibodies and thrombosis (February 2018)
    Maya Serhal, MD, Heather Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI and Natalie Evans, MD, RPVI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2018, 85 (6) 432; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.06002
  • Primary livedo reticularis of the abdomen
    Michael Chew, MD and Paul Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 181-183; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17047

    Livedo reticularis can be the manifestation of a wide range of conditions—or not.

  • Methemoglobinemia in an HIV patient
    Riva Raiker, MD, William C. Lippert, MD, MPH and Romil Chadha, MD, MPH, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 186-187; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17004

    He had restarted his home dapsone prophylaxis, but his dyspnea worsened and his urine became dark.

  • A 75-year-old with abdominal pain, hypoxia, and weak pulses in the left leg
    Maya Serhal, MD, Natalie Evans, MD, RPVI and Heather L. Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2018, 85 (2) 145-154; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16069

    Workup revealed the patient had both arterial and venous thrombosis. What was the cause?

  • Thrombotic microangiopathies: Similar presentations, different therapies
    Gerald B. Appel, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2017, 84 (2) 114-130; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17001

    Effective management depends on prompt diagnosis and targeted therapy.

  • Parsimonious blood use and lower transfusion triggers: What is the evidence?
    Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, Marina Y. Duran Castillo, MD, FACP and Ajay Kumar, MD, MRCP, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 43-51; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15134

    Cumulative data have confi rmed the safety of a conservative approach to transfusion.

  • Anemia of chronic kidney disease (August 2016)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2016, 83 (10) 739;

    An error appeared in “Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Treat it, but not too aggressively” by Drs. Georges Nakhoul and James F. Simon (Cleve Clin J Med 2016; 83:613–624).

  • An abnormal peripheral blood smear and altered mental status
    Supakanya Wongrakpanich, MD, Moiz Salahuddin, MD and Priyanka Mittar, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 643-644; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15152

    Therapeutic plasma exchange has greatly increased the survival rate in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

  • Erythrocytosis due to presumed polycythemia vera
    Rushad Patell, MD, Karl Theil, MD and Alan Lichtin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2016, 83 (9) 648-653; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15154

    Erythrocytosis has a variety of potential causes.

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