November 2016
18 ArticlesNo Section
Corrigendum to “The role of sodium intake in nephrolithiasis: Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and future directions” [Eur J Intern Med 35 (2016) 16–19]
The authors regret that in the article “The role of sodium intake in nephrolithiasis: epidemiology, pathogenesis, and future directions” (EJINME-03278), we omitted a piece of information that we wish... more
Letter to the Editor
Applicability of the modified CHA2DS2-VASc score for stroke risk stratification in Caucasian atrial fibrillation patients
Since 2010, guidelines recommend the use of the CHA2DS2-VASc score to estimate stroke risk in non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) patients [1]. The CHA2DS2-VASc is a simple, clinical risk factor-... more
Delirium: Time to climb this babylon tower
The word “Delirium” (D) was first used to describe mental disorders occurring during fever or head trauma. Over time this term has evolved to describe a transient, reversible syndrome that is acute... more
Healthcare in the 21st century
To the Editor: Recently, many healthcare-associated problems have significantly increased. Therefore, strategies need to be developed in order to solve these problems and transform healthcare. This... more
Poor sleeping has underrepresented medical, healthcare, and social costs?
Endemic in Western societies (~18–23%), sleep disorders are often co-morbid and rank as a major risk factor for psychiatric, cerebro-cardiovascular, metabolic or hormonal diseases [1]. They also... more
More on air pollution and venous thromboembolism
We read with interest the letter by Vreugdenhil [1] who, referring to our systematic review recently published in this Journal on the association between particulate matter (PM) and venous... more
Anemia and frailty in the elderly hospitalized in an acute unit: Preliminary results
Anemia is a frequent reason for hospitalization in acute geriatric units. The elderly are particularly susceptible and can condition the prognosis in cases of poor tolerance. The main objective is to... more
Electric vehicles. A small step towards improving air quality and mortality?
“Forbid selling of cars with an exhaust pipe after 2025….” proposed a Dutch politician recently in parliament. Ridiculous and far from reality? Wishful thinking versus the present opinion driven by... more
Differences in predictors of one-year mortality between patients with hypertensive and non-hypertensive acute heart failure: Usefulness of E/E′ in hypertensive heart failure
High blood pressure (BP) is an important factor causing acute decompensated heart failure (HF). An abrupt increase in BP has been associated with a surge in neurohormonal and cytokine activation,... more
Letters to the Editor
Statins for inflammatory bowel disease: Can off-label drug help it?
Current medications for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) do not work for all patients and sometimes stop working after one year. Looking for new cures, clinicians believe the most promising ones are... more
Original Article
Transition of care: A set of pharmaceutical interventions improves hospital discharge prescriptions from an internal medicine ward
Continuity of care between hospitals and community pharmacies needs to be improved to ensure medication safety. This study aimed to evaluate whether a set of pharmaceutical interventions to prepare... more
ADAMTS13-specific circulating immune complexes as potential predictors of relapse in patients with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare thrombotic microangiopathy due to the development of autoantibodies against the VWF-cleaving protease ADAMTS13. ADAMTS13-specific... more
Different impact of aspirin on renal progression in patients with predialysis advanced chronic kidney disease with or without previous stroke
The benefit of reducing the risk of stroke against increasing the risk of renal progression associated with antiplatelet therapy in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is... more
Acute medical units: The way to go? A literature review
Acute healthcare chains in the Netherlands are increasingly under pressure because of rising emergency department (ED) admissions, relative bed shortages and government policy changes. In order to... more
Characteristics of liver cirrhosis in Italy: Evidence for a decreasing role of HCV aetiology
Previous cross-sectional studies have shown that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection had been the main agent associated with liver cirrhosis in Italy.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver and the severity of acute pancreatitis
To explore the effect of nonalcoholic fatty liver as a hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome on the severity of acute pancreatitis. We hypothesized that patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver... more
Red cell distribution width and the risk of cerebral vein thrombosis: A case–control study
Red cell distribution width (RDW) is a marker of cardiovascular diseases and venous thromboembolism, but its role in cerebral vein thrombosis (CVT) is unknown.
Increased expression of markers of early atherosclerosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Recent studies documented an increased cardiovascular risk in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Our study aimed at investigating the prevalence of intima-media thickness (IMT) of the... more