Hospital Medicine

  • It is not the critic’s voice that should count
    Kevin C. Giordano, ESQ
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2016, 83 (3) 174-176; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15105

    Lawsuits often confront physicians with incidental imperfections in the care they provided or with errors in their documentation.

  • The emotional impact of a malpractice suit on physicians: Maintaining resilience
    Susan J. Rehm, MD and Bradford L. Borden, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2016, 83 (3) 177-178; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.16004

    Resilient people can face reality, see a better future, put things into perspective, and bounce back from adversity.

  • A tale of two sisters with liver disease
    Mohamad A. Hanouneh, MD, Ari Garber, MD, EdD, Anthony S. Tavill, MD, FAASLD, Nizar N. Zein, MD, FAASLD and Ibrahim A. Hanouneh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 109-115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15048

    A young woman presents with acute liver failure. What is the cause? Is her sister at risk?

  • Common neurologic emergencies for nonneurologists: When minutes count
    Mohan Kottapally, MD and S. Andrew Josephson, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 116-126; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14121

    Recognizing and treating acute stroke, status epilepticus, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and others.

  • Can patients opt to turn off implantable cardioverter-defibrillators near the end of life?
    M. Motaz Baibars, MD, M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP, Amjad Kabach, MD and Marc Pritzker, MD, FACC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 97-98; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15007

    Yes, it is reasonable to consider deactivation near the end of life if the patient or family wishes.

  • The ethics of ICDs: History and future directions
    Martin L. Smith, STD and Eric Kodish, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 99-100; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15122

    There is no ethical requirement that treatment, once started, must continue against the patient’s wishes.

  • Preoperative testing (October 2015)
    Cynthia Point, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 16; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.01003

    Readers comment on vitamin B12 defi ciency (July 2015) and on preoperative testing (October 2015).

  • Alcohol withdrawal syndrome in medical patients
    Justine S. Gortney, PharmD, BCPS, Joshua N. Raub, PharmD, BCPS, Pragnesh Patel, MD, Lianne Kokoska, PharmD, Mae Hannawa, PharmD and Amy Argyris, PharmD, BCPS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 67-79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14061

    Deprived of alcohol while in the hospital, many alcoholic patients go into withdrawal. Clinicians should be ready.

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