Latest Articles

  • Disparities in cardiovascular care: Past, present, and solutions
    Quentin R. Youmans, MD, Lindsey Hastings-Spaine, MD, Oluseyi Princewill, MD, MPH, Titilayo Shobayo, BS and Ike S. Okwuosa, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2019, 86 (9) 621-632; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18088

    Cardiovascular disease makes no distinction in race, sex, age, or socioeconomic status, and neither should clinicians.

  • ACE inhibitors and ARBs: Managing potassium and renal function
    Tasnim Momoniat, MBCHB, MRCP (UK), Duha Ilyas, MBBS, MRCP (UK) and Sunil Bhandari, MBCHB, FRCP, PhD, M CLIN EDU, FHEA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2019, 86 (9) 601-607; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18024

    Concern about hyperkalemia and a decline in renal function has led to underuse of these drugs.

  • Diabetic dyslipidemia with eruptive xanthoma
    Yu-Chun Hsueh, MD, Chuan-Liang Chou, MD and Ting-I. Lee, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2019, 86 (9) 575-576; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18104

    Off medications for 1 year, her triglyceride level was 10,250 mg/dL, hemoglobin A1c 12.4%.

  • Are daily chest radiographs and arterial blood gas tests required in ICU patients on mechanical ventilation?
    Shyam Ganti, MD, Ravinder D. Bhanot, MD, Jasleen Kaur, MD, Cassondra Cramer-Bour, MD and Ayman O. Soubani, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2019, 86 (9) 582-585; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18141

    Although routine testing is common, it has low diagnostic yield and is unlikely to alter patient management.

  • Primary care: Practice meets technology
    Cristina I. Pravia, MD, FACP, MBA and Yvonne M. Diaz, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 525-528; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18122

    Technology has infiltrated all parts of our lives. Physicians need to adapt and adjust.

  • Should we stop aspirin before noncardiac surgery?
    Anbazhagan Prabhakaran, MD, MRCP (Edin), FACP and Christopher Whinney, MD, SFHM, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 518-521; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18075

    It depends on the type of surgery and the reason the patient is taking aspirin.

  • Osteonecrosis of the femoral head with subchondral collapse
    Nicolas S. Piuzzi, MD, Hiba K. Anis, MD and George F. Muschler, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 511-512; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19004

    A 45-year-old woman had been taking corticosteroids long-term after organ transplant.

  • In reply: Gastroparesis
    Ahmad Muneer Sharayah, MD, Noor Hajjaj, MD, Ramy Osman, MD and Douglas Livornese, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 514; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86c.08002
  • Running in place: The uncertain future of primary care internal medicine
    Craig Nielsen, MD, FACP and Pelin Batur, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 530-534; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19075

    If we don’t demand change, who will be there to take care of us when we grow old?

  • An unusual cause of bruising
    Tahani Atieh, DO and Alan Lichtin, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2019, 86 (8) 535-542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18119

    The coagulation assay, particularly the prothrombin time and aPTT, is key in initially assessing a bleeding abnormality.

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