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Internal and Emergency Medicine

Issue 5/2019

Special Section: The Behçet's syndrome

Content (25 Articles)

IM - REVIEW

Vascular Behçet’s syndrome: an update

Giacomo Emmi, Alessandra Bettiol, Elena Silvestri, Gerardo Di Scala, Matteo Becatti, Claudia Fiorillo, Domenico Prisco

Colchicine IM - REVIEW

Update on the treatment of Behçet’s syndrome

Sinem Nihal Esatoglu, Gulen Hatemi

IM - ORIGINAL

Does illness perception associate with disease symptoms in Behçet’s disease?

Gonca Mumcu, Fedayi Yağar, Fatma Alibaz-Öner, Nevsun İnanç, Haner Direskeneli, Tulin Ergun

Eye Examinations IM - ORIGINAL

Pathergy testing: prospective comparison of dermatoscopic evaluation and naked eye examination

Aysegul Sevim Kecici, Zekayi Kutlubay, Server Serdaroglu, Yalcin Tuzun

IM - ORIGINAL

Distribution of rs17482078 and rs27044 ERAP1 polymorphisms in a group of Italian Behçet’s syndrome patients: a preliminary case–control study

Maria Carmela Padula, Pietro Leccese, Emanuela Pellizzieri, Angela Anna Padula, Michele Gilio, Teresa Carbone, Nancy Lascaro, Giuseppina Tramontano, Giuseppe Martelli, Salvatore D’Angelo

Research Letter to the Editor

Long-term effectiveness and safety of switching from originator to biosimilar infliximab in patients with Behçet’s disease

Giuseppe Lopalco, Vincenzo Venerito, Luca Cantarini, Giacomo Emmi, Domenico Prisco, Florenzo Iannone

Shock Im-Point of View

Handling shock in idiopathic systemic capillary leak syndrome (Clarkson’s disease): less is more

Maddalena Alessandra Wu, Riccardo Colombo, Gian Marco Podda, Marco Cicardi

Colchicine IM - COMMENTARY

Acute pericarditis or a systemic disease with pleuropulmonary involvement?

Maddalena Alessandra Wu, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, Silvia Maestroni, Antonio Brucato

Hepatic Encephalopathy IM - COMMENTARY

Is vitamin D deficiency predictor of complications development in patients with HCV-related cirrhosis?

Anna Licata, Maria Giovanna Minissale, Filippo A. Montalto, Maurizio Soresi

Splenectomy IM - REVIEW

From sadness to stiffness: the spleen’s progress

Michele Augusto Riva, Federica Ferraina, Andrea Paleari, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Antonio Di Sabatino

Pleural Effusion IM - ORIGINAL

Clinical significance of pleural effusions and association with outcome in patients hospitalized with a first episode of acute pericarditis

George Lazaros, Alexios S. Antonopoulos, Massimo Imazio, Eirini Solomou, Emilia Lazarou, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Yehuda Adler, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Dimitris Tousoulis

Associated vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for the complication of HCV-related liver cirrhosis including hepatic encephalopathy and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Monkez Moteih Yousif, Ayman Magd Eldin Mohammad Sadek, Hesham Ahmad Farrag, Fayrouz Othman Selim, Emad Fawzi Hamed, Rasha Ibrahim Salama

IM - CASE RECORD

Progressive splenomegaly and mild thrombocytosis in beta-thalassaemia trait and coexisting hereditary hemochromatosis: possible confounders for a subsequent hematological diagnosis

Serena Pelusi, Federica Iuculano, Rosa Lombardi, Paolo Francione, Umberto Gianelli, Anna Ludovica Fracanzani, Silvia Fargion

EM - ORIGINAL

Detecting delirium in elderly medical emergency patients: validation and subsequent modification of the German Nursing Delirium Screening Scale

Jochen Brich, Verena Baten, Judith Wußmann, Miriam Heupel-Reuter, Evgeniy Perlov, Stefan Klöppel, Hans-Jörg Busch

Care EM - ORIGINAL

Emergency department visits by patients with an internal medicine specialist: understanding the role of specialists in reducing ED crowding

Emily L. Aaronson, Jungyeon Kim, Gregory A. Hard, Brian J. Yun, Haytham M. A. Kaafarani, Sandhya K. Rao, Jeffery B. Weilburg, Jarone Lee

Care EM - ORIGINAL

Early predictors for the diagnosis of liver abscess in the emergency department

Dennis Wen Jie Chia, Win Sen Kuan, Weng Hoe Ho, Tiong Beng Sim, Mui Teng Chua

THE CUTTING EDGE: RESEARCH UPDATE

The impact of different models of resident supervision on patient safety and resident education

Marco Barchiesi, Federica Leidi

Care CE - ORIGINAL

Information flow during pediatric trauma care transitions: things falling through the cracks

Peter Leonard Titus Hoonakker, Abigail Rayburn Wooldridge, Bat-Zion Hose, Pascale Carayon, Ben Eithun, Thomas Berry Brazelton III, Jonathan Emerson Kohler, Joshua Chud Ross, Deborah Ann Rusy, Shannon Mason Dean, Michelle Merwood Kelly, Ayse Pinar Gurses

Mood Disorders CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

The de Winter ECG pattern occurred after ST-segment elevation in a patient with chest pain

Rex Pui Kin Lam, Arthur Chi Kin Cheung, Abraham Ka Chung Wai, Ronald Tat Ming Wong, Tak Sun Tse

Pneumothorax CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Unusual radiographic presentation of pneumonia in adults with chronic kidney disease

Jorge Rafael Violante-Cumpa, Karla Alejandra Violante-Cumpa, Edgar Francisco Carrizales-Sepúlveda

Osteomyelitis CE - Research Letter to the editor

Goebbels´ clubfoot: a case of osteomyelitis?

Victor Asensi, Philippe Charlier, Donatella Lippi, Jean-Claude Brisard, Otto Appenzeller, Raffaella Bianucci

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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.

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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.