Index by author
Mascitelli, Luca
- You have accessAortic aneurysm: Fluoroquinolones, genetic counseling, June 2018Mark R. Goldstein, MD, FACP and Luca Mascitelli, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 661; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.09001
Readers comment on the pathogenesis and management of aortic aneurysm (June 2018).
Matsuura, Hiroki
- You have accessFournier gangreneHiroki Matsuura, MD and Kazuki Iwasa, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 664-665; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18036
The patient died of rapidly progressive necrotizing fasciitis of the perineum 2 hours after hospital admission.
Pak, Stella
- You have accessBrain abscesses in a 60-year-old manStella Pak, MD, Shawn Marein, DO, Victor Valencia, Damian Valencia, MD, Jessica Uhler, BS and Adam Fershko, MD, FACPCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 672-674; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17130
The lesions were not from compromised immunity, but from septic hematogenous spread of an odontogenic infection.
Pantalone, Kevin M.
- You have accessObesity: Are shared medical appointments part of the answer?Kelly Shibuya, BS, Kevin M. Pantalone, DO, ECNU, FACE and Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 699-706; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18006
Shared medical appointments allow multiple patients to be managed together by a multidisciplinary team.
Parikh, Parth
- You have accessCoronary artery calcium scoring: Its practicality and clinical utility in primary careParth Parikh, MD, Nishant Shah, MD, Haitham Ahmed, MD, MPH, Paul Schoenhagen, MD and Maan Fares, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 707-716; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17097
It outperforms other risk-stratifi cation tools. Drawbacks include the possibility of unnecessary testing and incidental fi ndings.
Prasad, Megha
- You have accessShortness of breath, fever, cough, and more in an elderly womanBrody D. Slostad, MD, Megha Prasad, MD and Nandan S. Anavekar, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 685-692; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18030
The patient’s many problems include ventricular tachycardia, requiring an implanted cardioverter-defi brillator and amiodarone.
Reid, Ian R.
- You have accessCalcium and vitamin D: To supplement or not?Ian R. Reid, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 693-698; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18026
Current evidence suggests little reason to prescribe calcium, and vitamin D should be for patients with low levels.
Roselli, Eric E.
- You have accessIn reply: Aortic aneurysm: Fluoroquinolones, genetic counselingVidyasagar Kalahasti, MD, Frank Cikach, MD, Milind Y. Desai, MD, FACC, FAHA, FESC and Eric E. Roselli, MD, FACSCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 662; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85c.09003
Rothberg, Michael B.
- You have accessCoronary artery calcium scoring: A valuable tool in primary careMichael B. Rothberg, MD, MPHCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 717-719; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18077
Coronary calcium scoring is safe and accurate, but who should be tested?
Rutecki, Gregory W.
- You have accessShortness of breath, fever, cough, and more in an elderly womanBrody D. Slostad, MD, Megha Prasad, MD and Nandan S. Anavekar, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2018, 85 (9) 685-692; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.18030
The patient’s many problems include ventricular tachycardia, requiring an implanted cardioverter-defi brillator and amiodarone.