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Internal and Emergency Medicine

Issue 1/2024

Content (35 Articles)

Editorial

Reducing the risks of nuclear war—the role of health professionals

Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert, Richard Horton, Robert Mash, Carlos Monteiro, Elena N. Naumova, Eric J. Rubin, Peush Sahni, James Tumwine, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski, Arun Mitra, Tilman Ruff, Andy Haines, Ira Helfand

Open Access IgA Vasculitis IM - REVIEW

Henoch–schonlein purpura following exposure to SARS-CoV2 vaccine or infection: a systematic review and a case report

Federica Di Vincenzo, Sara Ennas, Marco Pizzoferrato, Stefano Bibbò, Serena Porcari, Gianluca Ianiro, Giovanni Cammarota

Open Access IM - REVIEW

Quantitative research assessment: using metrics against gamed metrics

John P. A. Ioannidis, Zacharias Maniadis

Development and validation of prognostic nomogram for cirrhotic patients with acute kidney injury upon ICU admission

Tianbao Liao, Yanyan Lu, Tingting Su, Liyuan Bei, Xian Li, Yang Lu, Shuang Ren, Lina Huang, Lu-Huai Feng

COVID-19 IM - ORIGINAL

Low-molecular-weight heparin for the prevention of clinical worsening in severe non-critically ill COVID-19 patients: a joint analysis of two randomized controlled trials

Maddalena Alessandra Wu, Cinzia Del GIovane, Riccardo Colombo, Giovanni Dolci, Massimo Arquati, Roberto Vicini, Umberto Russo, Diego Ruggiero, Valeria Coluccio, Alba Taino, Erica Franceschini, Pietro Facchinetti, Pasquale Mighali, Lucia Trombetta, Francesca Tonelli, Claudia Gabiati, Chiara Cogliati, Roberto D’Amico, Marco Marietta, Spinello Antinori, Daniela Aschieri, Antonio Brucato, Lucio Brugioni, Giacomo Casalini, Enrico Clini, Mauro Codeluppi, Elena Condorelli, Silvia Di Stasi, Augusto B Federici, Cosimo Franco, Marco Gemma, Annita Gozzi, Antonella Ielpo, Davide Imberti, Andrea Magnacavallo, Marianna Meschiari, Cristina Mussini, Manuela Nebuloni, Chiara Picchi, Antonello Pietrangelo, Giovanni Pinelli, Giuliano Rizzardini, Pierachille Santus, Luca Sarti, Matteo Silva, Paola Vandelli, Maddalena Alessandra Wu

Open Access Insulins IM - ORIGINAL

Association between non-dipping blood pressure pattern and different glucometabolic profile during oral glucose tolerance test

Valentino Condoleo, Raffaele Maio, Velia Cassano, Leonilde Bonfrate, Corrado Pelaia, Giuseppe Armentaro, Sofia Miceli, Teresa Vanessa Fiorentino, Maria Perticone, Elena Succurro, Francesco Andreozzi, Giorgio Sesti, Angela Sciacqua

Open Access Irritable Bowel Syndrome IM - ORIGINAL

Diagnostic delay in symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease: an Italian tertiary referral centre study

Giovanni Santacroce, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Giulia Maria Abruzzese, Giacomo Alunno, Francesco Di Terlizzi, Carmine Frenna, Antonella Gentile, Mario Andrea Latorre, Clarissa Petrucci, Damiano Ruggeri, Simone Soriano, Nicola Aronico, Carlo Maria Rossi, Annalisa De Silvestri, Gino Roberto Corazza, Antonio Di Sabatino

Open Access COVID-19 IM - ORIGINAL

A global analysis of implants and replacements of pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillators before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy

Massimo Zecchin, Enrico Ciminello, Veronica Mari, Alessandro Proclemer, Antonio D’Onofrio, Gabriele Zanotto, Roberto De Ponti, Teresa Maria Capovilla, Paola Laricchiuta, Alessia Biondi, Letizia Sampaolo, Simona Pascucci, Gianfranco Sinagra, Giuseppe Boriani, Eugenio Carrani, Marina Torre

Misdiagnosis of thrombotic microangiopathy in the emergency department: a multicenter retrospective study

Isaure de Boisriou, Sami Ellouze, Christian Kassasseya, Anne-Laure Feral-Pierssens, Camille Gerlier, Anthony Chauvin, Sebastien Beaune, Evelyne Dubreucq, Laurent Pereira, Richard Chocron, Mehdi Khellaf, Éric Mariotte, Lara Zafrani, Olivier Peyrony

Post-COVID Syndrome IM - ORIGINAL

Haematological sequelae in the post-acute phase of symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection

Gaetano Bergamaschi, Chiara Barteselli, Francesca Calabretta, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Stefania Merli, Carlo Maria Rossi, Antonio Di Sabatino

IM - CASE RECORD

An uncommon case of isolated elevation of aspartate aminotransferase in a young male

Cai’e Wang, Ran Wang, Xiao Tian, Baocheng Deng, Zhenjiao Gao, Wenwen Zhang, Xuantong Liu, Yunhui Li, Xingshun Qi

Pericardiectomy IM - CASE RECORD

Look at the moon not (only) at the fingers

Elisa Ceriani, Borroni Vittorio, Pentiricci Samuele, Giulia Rizzi, Daniela Torzillo

Nystagmus IM - PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

Parinaud’s syndrome: a stroke chameleon

Francesco Barbato, Roberto Allocca, Giorgio Bosso, Fabio Giuliano Numis

Open Access COVID-19 EM- REVIEW

Awake prone positioning for patients with COVID-19-related respiratory failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Mara Graziani, Andrea Galeazzo Rigutini, Diletta Bartolini, Laura Traballi, Lorenzo Luzi, Rossana Regina, Francesco Bossi, Carla Caponi, Cecilia Becattini

Open Access EM - ORIGINAL

Emergency department crowding increases 10-day mortality for non-critical patients: a retrospective observational study

Anna Eidstø, Jari Ylä-Mattila, Jalmari Tuominen, Heini Huhtala, Ari Palomäki, Teemu Koivistoinen

Open Access COVID-19 EM - ORIGINAL

Two-year cardio-pulmonary follow-up after severe COVID-19: a prospective study

Paola Faverio, Giuseppe Paciocco, Elena Tassistro, Paola Rebora, Emanuela Rossi, Anna Monzani, Marta Tundo, Chiara Milano, Martina Messa, Raffaele Marocchi, Alberto Pesci, Giuseppe Foti, Nicola Squillace, Viola Cogliandro, Maddalena Lettino, Maria Grazia Strepparava, Giuseppe Bellelli, Carlo Ferrarese, Maria Grazia Valsecchi, Paolo Bonfanti, Fabrizio Luppi, Ester Pollastri, Ilaria Caramma, Anna Cappelletti, Luca Bonaffini, Laura Valagussa, Valerio Salvarani, Matteo Pozzi, Simone Beretta, Silvia Mori, Emanuela Rossi

Open Access Acute Pulmonary Embolism EM - ORIGINAL

Early discharge and home treatment of patients with acute pulmonary embolism in the tertiary care setting

Stephan Nopp, Julia Bohnert, Thomas Mayr, Daniel Steiner, Helmut Prosch, Irene Lang, Wilhelm Behringer, Karin Janata-Schwatczek, Cihan Ay

Open Access Myocardial Infarction HTA-ORIGINAL

Prognostic value of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin in non-cardiac surgical patients in intensive care units

Jitain Sivarajah, Michael Toolis, Samantha Seminoff, Jesse Smith, Vikram Bhalla, Eldho Paul, Ravindranath Tiruvoipati

Antiphospholipid Syndrome The Cutting Edge: Research Update

Antiphospholipid syndrome: are old school VKAs still the best choice?

Marta Chiara Sircana, Giulia Crisci, Federica Giardino, Chiara Pisetta, Nicola Bonadia

Heart Failure CE - COCHRANE'S CORNER

Reducing the hospitalization epidemic of chronic heart failure by disease management programs

Anna Belfiore, Rosa Stranieri, Maria Elena Novielli, Piero Portincasa

CE-Methodological Notes

A European National Health and Social Service model: the S of social

Livio Garattini, Alessandro Nobili, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci

Salaam-Tic CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Brain lesions: is there a role for internist?

Chiara Sonato, Luciano Colangelo, Veronica Cecchetti, Walter Gianni, Salvatore Minisola

Endogenous panophthalmitis after colonoscopy

Yukichika Yamamoto, Kohei Oguni, Hideharu Hagiya, Fumio Otuska

Ileus CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Gallstone ileus

Xiaobin Liu, Jing Zhang, Guojie Wang

Constipation CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Chilaiditi’s syndrome: about a case of apparent pneumoperitoneum

Filipe Silva Vilela, Rita Pinto, Luís Dias, Vânia Gomes, Céu Rodrigues

Open Access Emergency Medicine Correction

Correction: Clinical and laboratory features associated with macrophage activation syndrome in Still’s disease: data from the international AIDA Network Still’s Disease Registry

Paola Triggianese, Antonio Vitale, Giuseppe Lopalco, Henrique Ayres Mayrink Giardini, Francesco Ciccia, Ibrahim Al-Maghlouth, Piero Ruscitti, Petros Paul Sfikakis, Florenzo Iannone, Isabele Parente de Brito Antonelli, Martina Patrone, Kazi Nur Asfina, Ilenia Di Cola, Katerina Laskari, Carla Gaggiano, Abdurrahman Tufan, Paolo Sfriso, Lorenzo Dagna, Roberto Giacomelli, Andrea Hinojosa-Azaola, Gaafar Ragab, Lampros Fotis, Haner Direskeneli, Veronica Spedicato, Marilia Ambiel Dagostin, Daniela Iacono, Hebatallah Hamed Ali, Paola Cipriani, Jurgen Sota, Riza Can Kardas, Sara Bindoli, Corrado Campochiaro, Luca Navarini, Stefano Gentileschi, Eduardo Martín-Nares, Jiram Torres-Ruiz, Moustafa Ali Saad, Katerina Kourtesi, Fatma Alibaz-Oner, Gizem Sevik, Annamaria Iagnocco, Joanna Makowska, Marcello Govoni, Sara Monti, Maria Cristina Maggio, Francesco La Torre, Emanuela Del Giudice, José Hernández-Rodríguez, Elena Bartoloni, Giacomo Emmi, Maria Sole Chimenti, Armin Maier, Gabriele Simonini, Giovanni Conti, Alma Nunzia Olivieri, Maria Tarsia, Amato De Paulis, Alberto Lo Gullo, Ewa Więsik-Szewczyk, Ombretta Viapiana, Benson Ogunjimi, Samar Tharwat, Sukran Erten, Rossana Nuzzolese, Anastasios Karamanakos, Micol Frassi, Alessandro Conforti, Valeria Caggiano, Achille Marino, Gian Domenico Sebastiani, Antonio Gidaro, Enrico Tombetti, Francesco Carubbi, Giovanni Rubegni, Alessandra Cartocci, Alberto Balistreri, Claudia Fabiani, Bruno Frediani, Luca Cantarini

Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.