Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine: 87 (11)

November 01, 2020; Volume 87,Issue 11

From the Editor

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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.

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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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COVID-19 and flu: Dual threat, dual opportunity
Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 651-655; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20161
Measures to combat COVID-19 can minimize the impact of flu, and vice versa.

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Does my healthy 65-year-old patient still need the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)?
Craig D. Nielsen, MD, FACP and Xian Wen Jin, MD, PhD, FACP
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 656-658; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20012
The short answer is no—but it is not that simple.

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Recognition and management of respiratory co-infection and secondary bacterial pneumonia in patients with COVID-19
Chao-Ping Wu, MD, Fatima Adhi, MD and Kristin Highland, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 659-663; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc015
Consider the presentation and trajectory of illness.
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Convalescent plasma for COVID-19: Promising, not proven
Simon R. Mucha, MD and NurJehan Quraishy, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 664-670; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc056
The evidence is suggestive but weak. Trials are ongoing.

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Using and interpreting electrodiagnostic tests
Matthew R. Ginsberg, MD, John A. Morren, MD and Kerry Levin, MD
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 671-682; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19154
They supplement a neurologic examination in a variety of neuromuscular conditions.
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Contrast media in patients with kidney disease: An update
Ali Mehdi, MD, MEd, Jonathan J. Taliercio, DO and Georges Nakhoul, MD, MEd
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 683-694; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20015
The risk of acute kidney injury is real, but lower than initially thought.
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The effect of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on vaccine immunogenicity in adults
Alvin Lee Day, MD, Kevin L. Winthrop, MD, MPH and Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MS, MPH
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 695-703; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20056
Patients can have variable responses to vaccines, depending on the vaccine and the DMARD.