Issue 3/2019
Content (26 Articles)
Driving the route of laboratory medicine: a manifesto for the future
Mario Plebani, Michael Laposata, Giuseppe Lippi
High-sensitivity troponin allows accurate rapid diagnosis and discharge but it is not a substitute for a comprehensive patient evaluation
Antonio Martellini, Carlo di Mario
Drug–drug interaction knowledge to save the patient from iatrogenic disease and to improve the diagnostic process
Enrica Cecchi
Iron replacement in inflammatory bowel diseases: an evolving scenario
Fabiana Busti, Giacomo Marchi, Domenico Girelli
Risk factors for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriales infection: are they the same in neutropenic and non-neutropenic patients?
Filippo Lagi, Giampaolo Corti
Landmark trials in thrombotic vascular disease: a critical appraisal of potential practice-changing trials in 2016–2017
Andrea Cervi, James Demetrios Douketis
Risk factors for heart disease in transfusion-dependent thalassemia: serum ferritin revisited
Giorgio Derchi, Carlo Dessì, Patrizio Bina, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Antonio Piga, Silverio Perrotta, Immacolata Tartaglione, Marianna Giuditta, Filomena Longo, Raffaella Origa, Antonella Quarta, Valeria Pinto, Gian Luca Forni
Epidemiological changes in potential heart donors after brain death: a retrospective 15 year cohort study
Adriano Peris, Chiara Lazzeri, Lorenzo D’Antonio, Marco Bombardi, Manuela Bonizzoli, Cristiana Guetti, Massimo Maccherini, Maria Luisa Migliaccio
Short- vs long-course antibiotic therapy for pneumonia: a comparison of systematic reviews and guidelines for the SIMI Choosing Wisely Campaign
Ludovico Furlan, Luca Erba, Lucia Trombetta, Roberto Sacco, Giorgio Colombo, Giovanni Casazza, Monica Solbiati, Nicola Montano, Chiara Marta, Rodolfo Sbrojavacca, Francesco Perticone, Gino Roberto Corazza, Giorgio Costantino
Comparison of CHA2DS2-VASc and AHEAD scores for the prediction of incident dementia in patients hospitalized for heart failure: a nationwide cohort study
Wei-Syun Hu, Cheng-Li Lin
Rapid rule-out of suspected acute coronary syndrome in the Emergency Department by high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T levels at presentation
Andrea Fabbri, Cristina Bachetti, Filippo Ottani, Alice Morelli, Barbara Benazzi, Sergio Spiezia, Marco Cortigiani, Romolo Dorizzi, Allan S. Jaffe, Marcello Galvani
Drug–drug interactions in patients with acute coronary syndrome across phases of treatment
Ana V. Pejčić, Slobodan M. Janković, Goran Davidović
Safety and efficacy of sucrosomial iron in inflammatory bowel disease patients with iron deficiency anemia
Gianluca Abbati, Federica Incerti, Chiara Boarini, Francesca Pileri, Davide Bocchi, Paolo Ventura, Elena Buzzetti, Antonello Pietrangelo
Risk factors for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae infection causing septic shock in cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced febrile neutropenia
Youn-Jung Kim, Sung Min Jung, Jihoon Kang, Seung Mok Ryoo, Chang Hwan Sohn, Dong-Woo Seo, Kyoung Soo Lim, Jin Won Huh, Sung-Han Kim, Won Young Kim
An unusual calf lesion in an immunocompromised patient
Maddalena Gili, Flavia Chiacchiarini, Stefania Morra di Cella, Elisabetta Baglioni, Maria Felice Brizzi, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Massimo Porta
Hypocalcemia and hypophosphatemia after treatment with zoledronic acid in a patient with AL amyloidosis
Antonella Tufano, Domenico Rendina, Paolo Conca, Beniamino Matani, Giovanni Di Minno
Is there a role for lumbar puncture in early detection of subarachnoid hemorrhage after negative head CT?
Matti Tulla, Tessa Tillgren, Kalle Mattila
Prognostic value of sepsis-induced coagulation abnormalities: an early assessment in the emergency department
Francesca Innocenti, Anna Maria Gori, Betti Giusti, Camilla Tozzi, Chiara Donnini, Federico Meo, Irene Giacomelli, Maria Luisa Ralli, Alice Sereni, Elena Sticchi, Michela Zari, Francesca Caldi, Irene Tassinari, Maurizio Zanobetti, Rossella Marcucci, Riccardo Pini
Pitfalls in the triage and evaluation of patients with suspected acute ethanol intoxication in an emergency department
Sarah Dugas, Thierry Favrod-Coune, Pierre-Alexandre Poletti, Tibor Huwyler, Hélène Richard-Lepouriel, Josette Simon, François P. Sarasin, Olivier T. Rutschmann
Assessment of the feasibility of a partial oral regimen for antibiotic therapy of endocarditis
Pietro Bellone, Serena Serafino, Marco Fontana, Elisa Gesu
Facial palsy associated with Epstein–Barr infection in an adult patient: case report
Vincenzo G. Menditto, Giulio Guerrieri, Francesca Riccomi, Lorenzo Nobili
An uncommon cause of acute flank pain: renal infarction
Giuseppe De Matteis, Federica Cutillo, Andrea Contegiacomo, Angelo Santoliquido, Giovanni Gambassi
A young male with progressive dyspnea: Ebstein’s anomaly
Edgar Francisco Carrizales-Sepúlveda, Raymundo Vera-Pineda, Ramiro Flores-Ramírez, Alejandro Ordaz-Farías
Chronic diarrhea: an unusual clinical presentation of vitamin B12 deficiency?
Fernando Miguel Mendonça, Maria João Leitão, Gabriel Faria-Costa, Gilberto Pires Da Rosa, Jorge Almeida