Women's Health

  • Pregnancy in a woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
    Pregnancy in a woman with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
    Sarah A. Goldstein, MD, Lisa Sorenson, CNP, Jeffrey B. Chapa, MD and Richard A. Krasuski, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 228-236; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20136

    She presents with nausea and emesis 7 weeks after her last menstrual period.

  • Median arcuate ligament syndrome: Incidental finding or real problem?
    Bayarmaa Mandzhieva, MD, Hammad Zafar, MD, Akriti Jain, MD and Manoucher Manoucheri, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 140-142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20052

    A woman was admitted with pain in the epigastrium and right upper quadrant that radiated to the back, as well as nausea and dry heaves.

  • Median arcuate ligament syndrome: A clinical dilemma
    John H. Rodriguez, MD, FACS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 143-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21001

    Patients with chronic abdominal pain can benefit from a multidisciplinary evaluation.

  • 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.

  • Vaccination in pregnancy: A call to all providers for help
    Jonathan D. Emery, MD and Daniel Moussa, BS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 157-162; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20111

    Vaccination in pregnancy is a public health priority that is often neglected.

  • Male and female pattern hair loss: Treatable and worth treating
    Nina L. Tamashunas, BS and Wilma F. Bergfeld, MD, FAAD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 173-182; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20014

    Early recognition and treatment can help preserve as much hair as possible.

  • Cardiac surveillance for anti-HER2 chemotherapy
    Patrick Collier, MD, PhD, FASE, FESC, FACC, Muzna Hussain, MD, Zoran B. Popovic, MD, PhD and Brian P. Griffin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2021, 88 (2) 110-116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.19150

    A more focused approach is advocated.

  • Perioperative management of pregnant women undergoing nonobstetric surgery
    CME article
    Moises Auron, MD, FAAP, FACP, SFHM, Marina Y. Duran Castillo, MD, FACP and Omar Felipe Duenas Garcia, MD, MPH, FACOG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 27-34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.18111

    If surgery during pregnancy is unavoidable, special management considerations apply.

  • Prescribing testosterone and DHEA: The role of androgens in women
    CME article
    Taryn Smith, MD, NCMP and Pelin Batur, MD, FACP, NCMP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 35-43; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20030

    Androgens play an important physiologic role and can promote sexual health.

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