Hospital Medicine

  • In Reply: Acid-base disturbances January 2017
    Gregory W. Rutecki, MD and Shylaja Mani, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03004

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • Acid-base disturbances January 2017
    Michael Emmett, MD, MACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 181; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84c.03003

    Readers comment on caring for international patients (November 2016) and on acid-base disorders (January 2017).

  • Altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance January 2017
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2017, 84 (3) 214;

    Errors occurred in: Mani S, Rutecki GW. A patient with altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance. Cleve Clin J Med 2017; 84:27–34.

  • Blending classic clinical skills with new technology
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 266-267; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.04017

    Back “in the day,” the giants of medicine relied on old-fashioned skills; today, we have an upgraded set of tools.

  • A patient with altered mental status and an acid-base disturbance
    Shylaja Mani, MD and Gregory W. Rutecki, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2017, 84 (1) 27-34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16042

    Acid-base disorders can be diagnosed and characterized using a systematic, fi ve-step approach.

  • Cardiogenic shock: From ECMO to Impella and beyond
    Cardiogenic shock: From ECMO to Impella and beyond
    Mehdi H. Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD, Nader Moazami, MD, Michael Z.-Y. Tong, MD, MBP, Shinya Unai, MD, W. H. Wilson Tang, MD and Edward G. Soltesz, Md, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2017, 84 (4) 287-295; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84gr.17002

    Several devices can serve as a bridge to recovery, transplant, or a long-term device.

  • 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.

  • Optimizing diagnostic testing for venous thromboembolism
    Patrick Rendon, MD, Taylor Goot, MD, Allison E. Burnett, PharmD, PhC, CACP, Michael B. Streiff, MD and Jessica Zimmerberg-Helms, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2017, 84 (7) 545-554; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16049

    A thoughtful approach to diagnosing venous thromboembolism and screening for thrombophilic disorders.

  • Delirium in hospitalized patients: Risks and benefits of antipsychotics
    Robyn Pauline Thom, MD, Clare Kelleher Mock, MD and Polina Teslyar, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 616-622; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16077

    No drug is approved for delirium, but antipsychotics can be used in certain situations.

  • Necrotizing pancreatitis: Diagnose, treat, consult
    Tiffany Y. Chua, MD, R. Matthew Walsh, MD, FACS, Mark E. Baker, MD and Tyler Stevens, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2017, 84 (8) 639-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16052

    Patients may need intensive care, nutritional support, antibiotics, and radiologic, endoscopic, or surgical interventions.

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