Most cited article(s)

  • Respiratory tract infections: Another reason not to smoke
    Susan Murin, MD, MSc and Kathryn Smith Bilello, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2005, 72 (10) 916-920;

    Patients who smoke need to be informed about the benefits of being vaccinated and stopping smoking.

  • Heart failure in African Americans: Disparities can be overcome
    Alok Sharma, MD, Monica Colvin-Adams, MD, MS and Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2014, 81 (5) 301-311; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.81a.13045

    African Americans are disproportionately affected by heart failure, but discrepant outcomes can be minimized.

  • When patients on warfarin need surgery
    Amir K. Jaffer, MD, Daniel J. Brotman, MD and Nkem Chukwumerije, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2003, 70 (11) 973-984;

    How to manage anticoagulation in the perioperative period is controversial; we offer our approach.

  • Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: A menace to our most vulnerable patients
    Federico Perez, MD and David Van Duin, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2013, 80 (4) 225-233; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.80a.12182

    The emergence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) highlights the importance of effective antibiotics to maintain the safety of our health care system. Clinicians will encounter CRE as a cause of difficult-to-treat and often fatal infections in hospitalized patients. We review the mechanisms of carbapenem resistance, the dissemination and clinical impact of these resistant organisms, and challenges to their detection, treatment, and control.

  • Home monitoring for COVID-19
    Michelle Medina, MD, Christopher Babiuch, MD, Michelle Card, MSN, RN-BC, CCCTM, Ruthann Gavrilescu, MSN, MEd, RN, William Zafirau, MD, Eric Boose, MD, Kimberly Giuliano, MD, Alice Kim, MD, Robert Jones, MD and Adrienne Boissy, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc028
  • Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: A manifestation of the metabolic syndrome
    Chin Hee Kim, MD and Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2008, 75 (10) 721-728;

    As we get heavier, our livers get fattier. Despite an explosion of research on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and gains in understanding its epidemiology and pathogenesis, a number of issues remain unresolved, including how to treat it.

  • The effect of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on vaccine immunogenicity in adults
    Alvin Lee Day, MD, Kevin L. Winthrop, MD, MPH and Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MS, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 695-703; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20056

    Patients can have variable responses to vaccines, depending on the vaccine and the DMARD.

  • C-reactive protein elevation can be caused by conditions other than inflammation and may reflect biologic aging
    Irving Kushner, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2001, 68 (6) 535-537;

    CRP elevations are a sensitive test for inflammation, hut are not specific.

  • Inpatient hyperglycemia management: A practical review for primary medical and surgical teams
    M. Cecilia Lansang, MD, MPH and Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD, CDE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2016, 83 (5 suppl 1) S34-S43; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83.s1.06
  • Shared medical appointments: Increasing patient access without increasing physician hours
    David L. Bronson, MD and Richard A. Maxwell, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2004, 71 (5) 369-377;

    Physicians meet with a group of patients simultaneously during a 90-minute visit. Patients get improved access and education, and physicians improve productivity.

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