Hospital Medicine

  • Glycemic control in the critically ill: Less is more
    Ghaith Alhatemi, MD, Haider Aldiwani, MD, Rafal Alhatemi, MD, Marwah Hussein, MD, Suzan Mahdai, MD and Berhane Seyoum, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 191-199; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.20171

    The authors discuss findings from key trials, metrics of glycemic control, and recommendations of professional societies for target blood glucose ranges in critically ill patients.

  • Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Will new agents deliver on their promise?
    Anemia of chronic kidney disease: Will new agents deliver on their promise?
    Tarek Souaid, MD, Jonathan Taliercio, DO, James F. Simon, MD, MBA, Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd and Georges N. Nakhoul, MD, MEd
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 212-222; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21100

    A review of the pathophysiology of anemia of chronic kidney disease, major clinical trials, and novel therapies.

  • Does my hospitalized patient need an NPO-after-midnight order preoperatively?
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2022, 89 (4) 223;

    The following article in the February 2022 issue contained an error: Chapman T, Sinz E, McGillen B. Does my hospitalized patient need an NPO-after-midnight order preoperatively? Cleve Clin J Med 2022; 89(2):69–70. doi:10.3949/ccjm.89a.21061

  • Does my hospitalized patient need an NPO-after-midnight order preoperatively?
    Tyler Chapman, DO, Elizabeth Sinz, MD, MEd and Brian McGillen, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2022, 89 (2) 69-70; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21061

    Delays and postponements of surgical procedures are common, and NPO-after-midnight orders in these situations can result in prolonged periods without oral intake.

  • Recurrent anemia in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia
    Sassine Ghanem, MD and Jason Gonsky, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2022, 89 (2) 91-98; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21025

    New episodes of anemia do not automatically imply disease progression, and each should be evaluated completely.

  • Sometimes the look is worth the walk
    Brian F. Mandell, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2022, 89 (1) 4-5; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89b.01022

    We do not routinely look at blood smears today. The need for expediency and efficiency limit the time spent on activities with a low yield for influencing care. And yet, for some conditions in some patients, going back to the basics can be clinically rewarding, and even memorable.

  • Cardiac considerations in liver transplantation
    Cardiac considerations in liver transplantation
    Vikram Sharma, MD, MD(Res), Cerise Kleb, MD, Chirag Sheth, MD, Beni Rai Verma, MD, Vardhmaan Jain, MD, Ruchi Sharma, MD, MS, Parth Parikh, MD, Jacek Cywinski, MD, K. V. Narayanan Menon, MD, FAASLD, Jamak Modaresi Esfeh, MD, Bijan Eghtesad, MD, Cristiano Quintini, MD, Teresa Diago Uso, MD, Michael Z. Y. Tong, MD, Ravi Nair, MD, Ajay Bhargava, MD and Maan Fares, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2022, 89 (1) 46-55; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21006

    Today’s transplant patients are older and more likely to have cardiac comorbidities, and effects of advanced liver disease on the circulatory system pose challenges in perioperative management.

  • Megaloblastic anemia due to severe vitamin B12 deficiency
    Nellowe Candelario, MD and Catherine Klein, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2022, 89 (1) 8-9; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21041

    The 75-year-old patient presenting with altered mental status and pancytopenia had a history of peptic ulcer disease and subtotal gastrectomy.

  • Fungus among us: A poster child for diagnostic stewardship
    Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2021, 88 (10) 541-542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21065

    When interpreting the significance of Aspergillus species in respiratory culture, first ask if the culture was clinically indicated, or if this was an incidental finding.

  • Is Aspergillus isolated from respiratory cultures clinically significant?
    Firas El-Baba, MD, Donovan Watza, PhD and Ayman O. Soubani, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2021, 88 (10) 543-546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20188

    Aspergillus is ubiquitous, so the significance of the finding depends on the patient’s symptoms, underlying lung condition, immune status, and radiologic fi ndings.

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