Table of Contents

November 01, 2017; Volume 84,Issue 11

From the Editor

  • Toward understanding chronic kidney disease in African Americans
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 824-825; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.11017

    African Americans respond differently to some treatments than the white male patients who participated in the clinical trials.

The Clinical Picture

  • Scapular rash and endocrine neoplasia
    Muhammed Razmi T, MD, DNB, Debajyoti Chatterjee, MD and Davinder Parsad, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 831-832; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16121

    A woman in her 30s presents with an itchy skin-colored rash over her scapula of 8 years’ duration.

  • Iliopsoas abscess
    Yu Li, MD, Hiraku Funakoshi, MD, MPH, PhD, Takashi Shiga, MD, MPH and Shigeki Fujitani, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 833-834; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17002

1-Minute Consult

  • Can effective obesity counseling fit into the 20-minute appointment?
    John A. Zambrano, MD, MHS and Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 835-837; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16034

    Information from a previsit questionnaire lays the foundation for effective and reimbursable counseling and interventions.

Editorial

  • Obesity counseling: Beyond ‘eat less, move more’
    W. Scott Butsch, MD, MSc, FTOS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 838-839; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17099

    Not all cancers are treated the same, and not all patients with diabetes are treated the same. The same should go for patients with obesity.

Im Board Review

  • Fever after recent travel
    Habib Rehman, MBBS, FRCPC, FRCPI, FRCP (GLAS), FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 840-846; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16046
  • Abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea in a 32-year-old woman
    Neha Agrawal, MD, Amandeep Singh, MD, Thomas Plesec, MD, David Liska, MD, Bradley Confer, DO, Jessica Philpott, MD, PhD and Florian Rieder, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 847-854; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.16085

Addressing Disparities in Healthcare

Review

  • 2017 Update in perioperative medicine: 6 questions answered
    Ryan Munyon, MD, Steven L. Cohn, MD, FACP, SFHM, Barbara Slawski, MD, MS, SFHM, Gerald W. Smetana, MD, MACP and Kurt Pfeifer, MD, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 863-872; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17068

    Topics: cardiac risk assessment, surgery after percutaneous intervention, statins, sleep apnea, bridging anticoagulation, and frailty.

  • ADHD: Overdiagnosed and overtreated, or misdiagnosed and mistreated?
    Michael J. Manos, PhD, Kimberly Giuliano, MD and Eric Geyer, BA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 873-880; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.15051

    Combined behavioral and drug therapy is best.

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