Pulmonology

  • Unilateral pulmonary edema
    Yoshihiro Harano, MD and Mikio Nakajima, MD, MPH, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2022, 89 (3) 124-125; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21046

    Three weeks after discharge from hospitalization for COVID-19, the patient noted progressively worsening exertional dyspnea and fatigue.

  • Common skin signs of COVID-19 in adults: An update
    Samantha Polly, MD and Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2022, 89 (3) 161-167; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21126

    Cutaneous findings can be clues to the diagnosis and infection severity in viral illnesses, including COVID-19.

  • Anaphylaxis: Highlights from the practice parameter update
    Katherine N. Weller, MD and Fred H. Hsieh, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2022, 89 (2) 106-111; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21076

    The update addresses diagnostic criteria, treatment options, prevention of recurrences, and patient education on avoiding triggers and using self-injectable epinephrine.

  • Anaphylaxis: Expanding our perspective
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2022, 89 (2) 65; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89b.02022

    Anaphylaxis is not always the extreme scenario we learned about in medical school. There is a range of far milder allergic infusion reactions that are nonetheless anaphylaxis.

  • Exanthem and enanthem with fever and dyspnea
    George D. Liatsos, MD, PhD and Emmanouil Koullias, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2021, 88 (12) 653-655; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21047

    The patient presented with high fever, productive cough, dyspnea, generalized myalgias, conjunctivitis, and whitish elevations with an erythematous base on the buccal mucosa.

  • Another influenza season in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic
    Another influenza season in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic
    Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2021, 88 (11) 594-597; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21095

    Flu season is upon us at the ominous milestone of more than 722,000 US deaths from COVID-19.

  • 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.

  • The initial viral infection may be only part of the story
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2021, 88 (9) 476-477; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.09021

    We clearly see that the coronavirus elicits syndromes far afield from respiratory tissues. But a virus eliciting effects seemingly distinct from the primary infection is nothing new.

  • Dermatomyositis-related interstitial lung disease mimicking COVID-19 pneumonia
    Satoshi Hayano, MD, Kenichiro Tokunaga, MD, Yusuke Imamura, MD and Hideto Oshikawa, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2021, 88 (9) 484-486; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20204

    A subtype of myositis with characteristic skin rashes and ulcers, amyopathic or hypomyopathic symptoms, and rapidly progressive ILD.

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