Pulmonology

  • Verrucous plaques on the face, dysphagia, and limb weakness
    Kerry Hennessy, MD and Mahmoud Shorman, MD, MHA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 587-589; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19151

    An itchy bump on the upper lip rapidly grew and spread.

  • Miliary tuberculosis in a patient with end-stage liver disease
    Victoria Poplin, MD, Brent Harbaugh, DO, MA, Matthias Salathe, MD and Nathan C. Bahr, MD, MA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 590-593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19143

    Chest radiography showed patchy left basilar consolidation with subtle, diffuse interstitial opacities.

  • Hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: Diagnosis, management, and prevention
    Anita Rae Modi, MD and Christopher S. Kovacs, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 633-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19117

    Better diagnosis, management, and prevention are needed.

  • Management of patients with COVID-19 in the MICU
    Chao Ping Wu, MD, Mani Latifi, MD and Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 526-531; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc017

    The main goals are to ensure caregiver safety and provide the highest quality care.

  • Managing adult asthma: The 2019 GINA guidelines
    Yael Mauer, MD, MPH and Rachel Metzger Taliercio, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 569-575; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19136

    All patients should take inhaled corticosteroids daily or as needed.

  • Coagulopathy in COVID-19: Manifestations and management
    Simon R. Mucha, MD, Siddharth Dugar, MD, Keith McCrae, MD, Douglas Joseph, DO, John Bartholomew, MD, Gretchen L. Sacha, PharmD, RPh, BCCCP and Michael Militello, PharmD, RPh, BCPS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 461-468; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc024

    Prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism is recommended for all patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

  • Thoracic imaging in COVID-19
    Thoracic imaging in COVID-19
    Ruchi Yadav, MD, Debasis Sahoo, MD, FCCP and Ruffin Graham, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 469-476; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc032

    Typical findings include bilateral multifocal parenchymal opacities, predominantly in the peripheral and lower zones.

  • Pneumonia and alcohol use disorder: Implications for treatment
    Niyati M. Gupta, MD, Abhishek Deshpande, MD, PhD and Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 493-500; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19105

    Patients with alcohol use disorder are at increased risk for Streptococcus pneumoniae but not resistant gram-negative infections.

  • Cytokines and the still-baffling clinical biology of COVID-19
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 381-382; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.07020

    The primary culprit is not certain. Is it all immune damage, or is the continued persistence of coronavirus playing a role?

  • Clinical presentation and course of COVID-19
    Ryan Miller, DO and Kristin Englund, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 384-388; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc013

    Information about the clinical presentation and course of COVID-19 is rapidly evolving.

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