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  • 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.

  • Is regular oxygen supplementation safe for obese postoperative patients?
    Roop Kaw, MD and Anthony G. Doufas, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 723-727; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19051

    Caution for some, but no evidence to support withholding it altogether.

  • Neurologic complications of COVID-19
    Catherine E. Hassett, DO, Aron Gedansky, MD, Ibrahim Migdady, MD, Adarsh Bhimraj, MD, Ken Uchino, MD and Sung-Min Cho, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 729-734; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc058

    Human coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, can be neurotropic.

  • Fever in a lung transplant recipient
    Graham Walter, MD, Hanna Lyubetska, MD, MSc and Aditya Sharma, MD, FRCPC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 735-741; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19132

    A 36-year-old woman presents with high fevers, chills, nausea, decreased oral intake, and diarrhea.

  • Acute pancreatitis secondary to hypertriglyceridemia
    Michael A. Munoz, MD, Kaviya Sathyakumar, MD and Benson A. Babu, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 742-750; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19156

    A man presents with acute severe abdominal pain and triglycerides 5,250 mg/dL.

  • Autonomous sensory meridian response: Your patients already know, do you?
    Neha V. Reddy and Arya B. Mohabbat, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 751-754; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20005

    People are actively seeking it out as a type of complementary therapy.

  • Optimal surveillance and treatment of renal and splenic artery aneurysms
    Optimal surveillance and treatment of renal and splenic artery aneurysms
    Tom Kai Ming Wang, MBCHB, MD(res), FRACP and Milind Y. Desai, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 755-758; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19140-2

    Indications for repair are based on aneurysm location and risk factors for rupture.

  • Long-term consequences of prematurity
    Cristina I. Pravia, MD and Merline Benny, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 759-767; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19108

    Survivors of premature birth may have adverse health effects later in life.

  • Double the reasons for giving the flu vaccine in 2020
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 647-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.11020

    Limiting the impact of other diseases, possibly including COVID-19.

  • Spur-cell anemia
    Satish Maharaj, MD, Drew Murray, MD, Simone Chang, MD and Kamila Cisak, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 649-650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20044

    A man with liver disease presents with dizziness and fatigue.

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