Preventive Care

  • The HPV vaccine: Understanding and addressing barriers to vaccination
    Pelin Batur, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 545-548; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20082

    Key steps include optimizing clinician-patient communication.

  • Thoracic aortic aneurysm: Optimal surveillance and treatment
    Tom Kai Ming Wang, MBCHB, MD(res), FRACP and Milind Y. Desai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 557-568; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19140-1

    Early detection, surveillance, and treatment are critical.

  • A seaworthy nautical tale and a pictured rash
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 453-454; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.08020

    In history’s first randomized controlled trial, James Lind gave 2 sailors lemons and oranges, and they got better.

  • DXA after menopause
    Michael Balkin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 457; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.08003
  • In Reply: DXA after menopause
    Kristi Tough DeSapri, MD and Rachel Brook, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 457-458; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.08004
  • Aspirin for primary prevention
    Elise Henning, MD, MEd
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 458; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.08005
  • In Reply: Aspirin for primary prevention
    Aldo L. Schenone, MD and A. Michael Lincoff, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 458-459; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.08006
  • Scurvy: Old, but still relevant
    Mohamed A. Elfeki, MD, MSc, Tyler Schwiesow, MD, FACP and Zeeshan Jawa, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 478-479; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19123

    A patient with alcohol use disorder presented with progressively worsening fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, and easy bruising.

  • Optimize your documentation to improve Medicare reimbursement
    Ecler Ercole Jaqua, MD, Robert Chi, MD, Wessam Labib, MD, MPH, Marcos Uribe, MD, Juan Najarro, MD and Mary Hanna, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 427-434; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19116

    There’s nothing more frustrating than not getting credit for work performed.

  • Procedures and devices to treat resistant hypertension in chronic kidney disease
    Procedures and devices to treat resistant hypertension in chronic kidney disease
    Rama Dilip Gajulapalli, MD, Johnny Chahine, MD, Florian Rader, MD and Ashish Aneja, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 435-443; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19099

    These treatments show potential. All but renal artery stenting are still experimental.

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