Pain

  • Promoting physical activity in older women to maximize health
    CME article
    Augustine Chavez, MD, Robert Scales, PhD and Juliana M. Kling, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2021, 88 (7) 405-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20170

    The optimal type, intensity, and level required to achieve specific health outcomes depend on the disease the patient and clinician are trying to prevent or manage.

  • Heightening awareness of blistering disorders
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 308-309; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.06021

    The spectrum of associated disorders ranges from annoying to life-threatening.

  • New bullous lesions in a 72-year-old woman
    Hadrian Mendoza, MD, Justin Goodwin, MS, Jeffrey Gehlhausen, MD, Ian Odell, MD, PhD, Jennifer McNiff, MD and Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 319-324; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20180

    Her history included psoriasis, chronic lower-extremity edema, and hypertension.

  • Update on medical management of acute hip fracture
    CME article
    Lily Ackermann, MD, ScM, Eric S. Schwenk, MD, Yair Lev, MD and Howard Weitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 237-247; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20149

    Emphasis is on prompt surgery, multimodal analgesia, and enhanced recovery pathways.

  • Median arcuate ligament syndrome: Incidental finding or real problem?
    Bayarmaa Mandzhieva, MD, Hammad Zafar, MD, Akriti Jain, MD and Manoucher Manoucheri, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 140-142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20052

    A woman was admitted with pain in the epigastrium and right upper quadrant that radiated to the back, as well as nausea and dry heaves.

  • Median arcuate ligament syndrome: A clinical dilemma
    John H. Rodriguez, MD, FACS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 143-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21001

    Patients with chronic abdominal pain can benefit from a multidisciplinary evaluation.

  • Frequently asked questions about managing cancer pain: An update
    CME article
    Renato V. Samala, MD, MHPE, FACP, FAAHPM, Ruth L. Lagman, MD, MPH, MBA, FACP, FAAHPM, Sina Najafi, DO and Flannery Fielding, CNP, MSN
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 183-191; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20107

    Pain management can involve pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies.

  • Does this young adult patient need a hip radiograph?
    Christina Stull, MD, MBA and Alejandro Moreno, MBBS, MPH, JD, MACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 721-722; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20011

    Hip fractures are uncommon in adults under age 50.

  • The role of ISCHEMIA in stable ischemic heart disease
    Nikolaos Spilias, MD, Benjamin Zorach, MD, Kara Denby, MD and Stephen Ellis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 401-409; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20033

    Decisions regarding treatment of stable ischemic heart disease must remain individualized.

  • Stable coronary artery disease: Intervene or not?
    Vinayak Nagaraja, MBBS, MS, MMed (Clin Epi), FRACP and A. Michael Lincoff, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 410-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20048

    Stable coronary artery disease needs a patient-centered approach, and one size does not fit all.

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