Pulmonology

  • Tumoral calcinosis
    Hiroyuki Yano, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 208-209; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20084

    A 47-year-old woman on peritoneal dialysis presented with dyspnea and hip pain.

  • Is it safe to start steroids at home for a COPD exacerbation after virtual assessment in the COVID-19 era?
    Achintya D. Singh, MBBS, MD, Agrima Mian, MD and James K. Stoller, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 213-215; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20194

    Yes. Corticosteroids are beneficial, and virtual visits are appropriate, especially in this pandemic.

  • A cutaneous clue to HIV infection
    Stephen Chan, MD and Paul Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 145-146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20042

    A retired trucker presented with fever, cough, dyspnea, and a rash on his forehead.

  • Not all wheezing is COPD
    Vipul Patel, MD and Nikhil Madan, MD, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 147-149; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20101

    A missed diagnosis led to inappropriate referral for lung transplant.

  • All that wheezes…
    Aparna Bhat, MD and Rendell W. Ashton, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 150-153; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20198

    All that wheezes is not asthma, but it is airway obstruction of one kind or another.

  • Precision treatment for metastatic non–small cell lung cancer: A conceptual overview
    Precision treatment for metastatic non–small cell lung cancer: A conceptual overview
    CME article
    Tristan Lee, MD, Jeffrey M. Clarke, MD, Deepali Jain, MD, Sendhilnathan Ramalingam, MD and Vishal Vashistha, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 117-127; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19148

    Targeted therapy has revolutionized treatment of patients with advanced solid tumors.

  • Severe chemical pneumonitis from tetrahydrocannabinol ‘vaping’ and ‘dabbing’
    Alisha Kamboj, MD, MBA, Tony Kamel, MD, Martin Burbank, MD, Melisa Esposito, MD and Russell Shaen Harvey, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 77-79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20071

    THC products have been implicated in an outbreak of lung injury.

  • Reversal of direct oral anticoagulants: Highlights from the Anticoagulation Forum guideline
    Haeshik S. Gorr, MD, Lucy Yun Lu, PharmD, MS and Eric Hung, PharmD, CACP, AE-C
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 98-103; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19133

    Clear instructions on how to manage DOAC-associated bleeding.

  • Cryptosporidiosis in an immunosuppressed patient with persistent diarrhea
    Firas Bahdi, MD, Shilpa Jain, MD and Suneal Kumar Agarwal, MD, FACG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 24-26; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20016

    A 29-year-old lung transplant recipient presents with diarrhea lasting 1 month.

  • COVID-19 coagulopathy
    Anup Katyal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 712; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12001

    Skepticism of high-intensity prophylaxis for patients with D-dimer ≥ 3.0 µg/mL.

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