Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

  • Cleveland Clinic—A century of progress
    John D. Clough, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 9-10; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20185

    No one in their right mind would want to return to the “good old days.”

  • 2020: A year like no other
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 710-711; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.12020

    Veracity and bias are issues we address on a daily basis.

  • In Reply: COVID-19 coagulopathy
    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 December 2020, 87 (12) 712; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/cjm.87c.12002

    An attempt to balance the potential risks and benefits of intensified prophylaxis.

  • 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.

  • Assessing stable coronary artery disease
    Taher Modarressi, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 713; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12003

    Differences between the coronary calcium score and CT coronary angiography

  • In Reply: Assessing stable coronaryartery disease
    Vinayak Nagaraja, MD and A. Michael Lincoff, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 714; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12004

    CT angiography is the appropriate test to exclude left main disease.

  • Dexamethasone or hydrocortisone in COVID-19?
    Chia Siang Kow and Syed Shahzad Hasan
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 715; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12005

    Dexamethasone should be favored over hydrocortisone.

  • Hypothyroidism, eyelash loss
    Hiroki Matsuura, MD and Yu Suganami, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20009

    Testing showed high TSH, low T4, and antithyroid antibodies.

  • Air embolism after peripheral IV contrast injection
    Justin Goodwin, MS and Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD, MS, FHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 718-720; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20001

    As little as 2 to 3 mL of air in the cerebral circulation can be fatal.

  • 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.

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