December 2019

16 Articles

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Nutritional status is associated with physical function and disability in older adults with chronic heart failure

21 December 2019
Author(s): Diana Lelli, Stefano Tolone, Giovanni Pulignano, Maria Denitza Tinti, Donatella Del Sindaco, Giulia Dipasquale Mazzilli, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi, Claudio Pedone

Heart failure (HF) has a high prevalence worldwide, that increases with age [1], and a natural history characterized, beside hospitalizations [3] and death, also by a progressive functional decline [... more

Mobile Intensive Care Unit versus Hospital walk-in patients, in the treatment of first episode ST- elevation myocardial infarction

21 December 2019
Author(s): Rubén Viejo-Moreno, Alberto Cabrejas-Aparicio, Noemí Arriero-Fernández, Manuel Quintana-Díaz, Enrique Galván-Roncero, María de las Nieves Gálvez-Marco, Cristina Carriedo-Scher, Javier Balaguer-Recena, Carlos Marian-Crespo

Ischemic heart disease (IHD) continues to be a major public health problem worldwide [1]. It generates a huge social impact in terms of disability; potential years of life lost, and constitutes the... more

Long term clinical outcomes in survivors after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

19 December 2019
Author(s): Juan R Rey, Juan Caro-Codón, Laura Rodríguez Sotelo, Esteban López-de-Sa, Sandra O. Rosillo, Óscar González Fernández, Jaime Fernández de Bobadilla, Ángel M. Iniesta, Laura Peña Conde, Isabel Antorrena Miranda, Eduardo Armada, José Ruiz Cantador, José Luis López-Sendón

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains a first order public health problem. In recent studies about 90% of OHCA die prior to hospital admission, only 10% are admitted to an emergency unit and... more

Impact of left ventricular dysfunction and fluid balance on the outcomes of patients with sepsis

13 December 2019
Author(s): Jun Young Hong, Jungho Shin, Won-Young Kim

Sepsis is a common and severe disorder characterized by life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host responses to infection and has high morbidity and mortality [1]. Along with... more

The dark age of Italian general practice research – An Italian matter

13 December 2019
Author(s): Marco Badinella Martini, Fabrizio D’Ascenzo, Augusto Zaninelli, Livio Garattini, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci

Dear Editor,

Trends in mechanical ventilation use and mortality over time in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in Spain from 2001 to 2015.

7 December 2019
Author(s): Javier de-Miguel-Díez, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Jose J Zamorano-Leon, Rosa Villanueva-Orbaiz, Romana Albaladejo-Vicente, Ana López-de-Andrés

Mechanical ventilation continues to be a cornerstone of supportive management of patients with acute respiratory failure [1]. Patients receiving this life supporting modality often have an increased... more

Prospective blinded Evaluation of the smartphone-based AliveCor Kardia ECG monitor for Atrial Fibrillation detection: The PEAK-AF study

2 December 2019
Author(s): Felix K. Wegner, Simon Kochhäuser, Christian Ellermann, Philipp S. Lange, Gerrit Frommeyer, Patrick Leitz, Lars Eckardt, Dirk G. Dechering

Stroke is the second leading cause of death worldwide and causes significant morbidity, especially if the source is a cardiogenic embolism [1,2]. Atrial fibrillation (AF) substantially increases an... more

Commentary

Can we predict mortality in the emergency department?

18 December 2019
Author(s): Alessandro Jachetti, Giorgio Costantino

Conway et al. performed a retrospective study using administrative data to assess the utility of two parameters to predict 30-day mortality during an emergency department (ED) visit [1]. They... more

Editorial

Comprehensive heart failure assessment: A challenge to modify the course of heart failure

5 December 2019
Author(s): F. Javier Martín-Sánchez

Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome linked to ageing that entails poor health outcomes [1]. HF patients usually present a high number of comorbidities [1]. Grade of comorbidity is increased with age and... more

Letter to the Editor

Medication reconciliation in hospital patients over the age of 65: How long does it take and how much does it cost? A time-motion study in an internal medicine ward

17 December 2019
Author(s): L. Alix, E. Bajeux, J. Hubert, B. Cador, J.M. Josselin, S. Tuffier, V. Gicquel, D. Somme, P. Jego, A. Bacle, B. Hue

Hospitalization is associated with a higher risk of medication errors [1]. Indeed, many of the patient's usual prescriptions may be modified on admission, during the hospital stay itself, and/or on... more

Invasive disease due to Streptococcus pyogenes: A household cluster in Northwest Spain

13 December 2019
Author(s): Hortensia Álvarez, Susana Méndez-Lage, María Fernanda Peña-Rodríguez, José Francisco García-Rodríguez

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Original Article

Point-of-care ultrasound in internal medicine: A position paper by the ultrasound working group of the European federation of internal medicine

12 December 2019
Author(s): J. Torres-Macho, T. Aro, I. Bruckner, C. Cogliati, O.H. Gilja, A. Gurghean, E. Karlafti, M. Krsek, Z. Monhart, A. Müller-Marbach, J. Neves, R. Sabio, C. Serra, N. Smallwood, C. Tana, O.A. Uyaroğlu, F. Von Wowern, F.H. Bosch, EFIM´s ultrasound working group.

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is based on the systematic application of ultrasound as an extension to conventional physical examination. It helps with anatomical visualization, and detecting... more

Cardiovascular target organ damage in premenopausal systemic lupus erythematosus patients and in controls: Are there any differences?

9 December 2019
Author(s): Massimo Salvetti, Anna Paini, Laura Andreoli, Deborah Stassaldi, Carlo Aggiusti, Fabio Bertacchini, Claudia Agabiti Rosei, Silvia Piantoni, Franco Franceschini, Angela Tincani, Maria Lorenza Muiesan

Since 1976 the bimodal pattern of mortality in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) was described: the first peak (3 years after diagnosis) due to active disease and the later peak (4–20... more

Rivaroxaban for extended antithrombotic prophylaxis after laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer. Design of the PRO-LAPS II STUDY

6 December 2019
Author(s): Cecilia Becattini, Ugo Pace, Fabio Rondelli, Paolo Delrio, Graziano Ceccarelli, Michela Boncompagni, Luigina Graziosi, Adriana Visonà, Damiano Chiari, Giampiero Avruscio, Stefania Frasson, Gualberto Gussoni, Alessia Biancafarina, Giuseppe Camporese, Annibale Donini, Andrea Fares Bucci, Giancarlo Agnelli

The incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after cancer surgery is about two-fold higher than after similar non-cancer surgery, with an incidence of fatal pulmonary embolism that is about three-... more

Treating periodontal disease in patients with myocardial infarction: A randomized clinical trial

4 December 2019
Author(s): Marcelo G. Lobo, Marcia M. Schmidt, Renato D. Lopes, Thiago Dipp, Ivan P. Feijó, Karine E.S. Schmidt, Cristina A. Gazeta, Mariana L. Azeredo, Melissa Markoski, Lucia C. Pellanda, Carlos A.M. Gottschall, Alexandre S. Quadros

Periodontitis has been associated with coronary artery disease, but the impact of a periodontal treatment on the endothelial function of patients with a recent ST-segment elevation myocardial... more

Review Article

Natriuretic peptides in acute kidney injury – A sojourn on parallel tracks?

4 December 2019
Author(s): Bhagwan Dass, Thomas M. Beaver, Michiko Shimada, Kawther F. Alquadan, Abhilash Koratala, Girish Singhania, Amardeep Singh, A. Ahsan Ejaz

In 1981, de Bold reported that injection of supernatants of atrial and ventricular myocardial homogenates into rats resulted in 30-fold increase of sodium and chloride excretions and 10-fold increase... more

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