December 2019
16 ArticlesNo Section
Nutritional status is associated with physical function and disability in older adults with chronic heart failure
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
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
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
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
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Trends in mechanical ventilation use and mortality over time in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in Spain from 2001 to 2015.
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
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?
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
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
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
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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
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?
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
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
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?
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