Issue 1/2021
Content (45 Articles)
Echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle in COVID -related acute respiratory syndrome
Chiara Lazzeri, Manuela Bonizzoli, Stefano Batacchi, Adriano Peris
Community and hospital pharmacists in Europe: encroaching on medicine?
Livio Garattini, Anna Padula, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci
Interpreting procalcitonin in patients undergoing hemodialysis: a reliable or a misleading marker?
Marco Falcone, Giusy Tiseo, Francesco Menichetti
Which preoperative screening tool should be applied to older patients undergoing elective surgery to predict short-term postoperative outcomes? Lessons from systematic reviews, meta-analyses and guidelines: heart and non-cardiac surgery need a different approach?
Carlo Rostagno
Reperfusion treatments for acute ischemic stroke in nonagenarians
Diana Degan, Antonio Carolei
Plant-based kidney diets prescribed in nutrition clinics: clinical advantages with low risks of hyperkalemia
Maurizio Gallieni, Monique Buskermolen, Anna Boggio, Cristina De Salvo, Carla Camerotto
When awareness makes the difference: diagnosing and treating the acute hepatic porphyrias
Paolo Ventura
“Cardiovascular dementia” reappraisal of an old concept and Giambattista Vico’s course and recourse theory: is history repeating itself?
Enrica Cecchi, Claudio Pedone
Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis: having giant steps; but there are still unanswered questions
Omer Karadag, Emine Duran
Which preoperative screening tool should be applied to older patients undergoing elective surgery to predict short-term postoperative outcomes? Lessons from systematic reviews, meta-analyses and guidelines
Rachel Aitken, Nur-Shirin Harun, Andrea Britta Maier
The Refeeding Syndrome: a neglected but potentially serious condition for inpatients. A narrative review
Valentina Ponzo, Marianna Pellegrini, Iolanda Cioffi, Luca Scaglione, Simona Bo
Anticoagulation in patients with advanced liver disease: an open issue
Francesco Violi, Lorenzo Loffredo, Daniele Pastori
Cancer in adult patients with inflammatory arthritis is associated with high ascending aortic stiffness and left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction
Giovanni Cioffi, Ombretta Viapiana, Luigi Tarantini, Federica Ognibeni, Giovanni Orsolini, Angelo Fassio, Davide Gatti, Maurizio Rossini, Alessandro Giollo
The application of non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation in the first episode of acute respiratory failure
Cheng-Chi Huang, Chih-Hsin Muo, Tain-Fung Wu, Tung-Yun Chi, Te-Chun Shen, Te-Chun Hsia, Chuen-Ming Shih
Idiopathic acute pancreatitis: a single-center investigation of clinical and biochemical features
Giovanna Del Vecchio Blanco, Cristina Gesuale, Diana Giannarelli, Marzia Varanese, Diego Fiume, Giovanni Monteleone, Omero Alessandro Paoluzi
Outcomes of reperfusion therapy for acute ischaemic stroke in patients aged 90 years or older: a retrospective study
Clara Gomes, Vanessa Barcelos, Verónica Guiomar, Mariana Pintalhão, Jorge Almeida, Luísa Fonseca
SMASH-U classification: a tool for aetiology-oriented management of patients with acute haemorrhagic stroke
Maria Giulia Mosconi, Maurizio Paciaroni, Giancarlo Agnelli, Martino Marzano, Andrea Alberti, Michele Venti, Monica Acciarresi, Fabrizio Ruffini, Valeria Caso
The incidence and outcome of severe hyperlactatemia in critically ill patients
Amin Gharipour, Rouzbeh Razavi, Mojgan Gharipour, Reza Modarres, Pouya Nezafati, Nooshin Mirkheshti
Prevalence and correlates of hyperkalemia in a renal nutrition clinic
Claudia D’Alessandro, Andrea Cumetti, Erica Pardini, Claudia Mannucci, Piera Serio, Riccardo Morganti, Adamasco Cupisti
The clinical importance of early acute hepatic porphyria diagnosis: a national cohort
Yonatan Edel, Rivka Mamet, Sharon Cohen, Daniel Shepshelovich, Assi Levi, Iftach Sagy
Cognitive impairment in patients hospitalized for congestive heart failure: data from the RICA Registry
José Miguel García Bruñén, Marina Povar Echeverria, Jesús Díez-Manglano, Luis Manzano, Joan Carles Trullàs, Jorge Manuel Romero Requena, Mª Prado Salamanca Bautista, Álvaro González Franco, José María Cepeda Rodrigo, Manuel Montero-Pérez-Barquero
Safety and effectiveness of biosimilar of Rituximab CT-P10 in the treatment of cryoglobulinemic vasculitis: the MARBLe study (Mixed cryoglobulinemiA Rituximab BiosimiLar)
Caterina Vacchi, Marcella Visentini, Laura Gragnani, Paolo Fraticelli, Antonio Tavoni, Davide Filippini, Francesco Saccardo, Gianfranco Lauletta, Stefania Colantuono, Fabiola Atzeni, Pietro Pioltelli, Andreina Manfredi, Milvia Casato, Anna Linda Zignego, Giuseppe Monti, Maurizio Pietrogrande, Massimo Galli, Marco Sebastiani
An “unmodifiable” risk factor that has been modified
Vincenzo Ronca, Gian Marco Podda, Marco Cattaneo
Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction: a syndrome due to many causes
Costantino Caroselli, Gian Alberto Soardi, Eleonora Zaccaria, Guglielmo Bruno
Anemia and iron deficiency in heart failure: extending evidences from chronic to acute setting
Giacomo Marchi, Fabiana Busti, Alice Vianello, Domenico Girelli
Diagnosis and management of acute aortic syndromes in the emergency department
Fulvio Morello, Marco Santoro, Aaron Thomas Fargion, Stefano Grifoni, Peiman Nazerian
Association between anemia and outcome in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure syndromes: findings from Beijing Acute Heart Failure Registry (Beijing AHF Registry)
Shao-dong Ye, Si-Jia Wang, Guo-Gan Wang, Lin Li, Zhi-wei huang, Jian Qin, Chun-Sheng Li, Xue-Zhong Yu, Hong Shen, Li-Pei Yang, Yan Fu, Ya-An Zheng, Bin Zhao, Dong-Min Yu, Fu-Jun Qin, De-Gui Zhou, Ying Li, Fu-Jun Liu
The predictive value of the HEART and GRACE scores for major adverse cardiac events in patients with acute chest pain
Zhenhua Huang, Keke Wang, Daya Yang, Qianlin Gu, Qiuxia Wei, Zhen Yang, Hong Zhan
TMAO as a biomarker of cardiovascular events: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Luigina Guasti, Silvia Galliazzo, Marta Molaro, Eleonora Visconti, Benedetta Pennella, Giovanni Vincenzo Gaudio, Alessandro Lupi, Anna Maria Grandi, Alessandro Squizzato
The use of whole blood in traumatic bleeding: a systematic review
Mario Cruciani, Massimo Franchini, Carlo Mengoli, Giuseppe Marano, Ilaria Pati, Francesca Masiello, Eva Veropalumbo, Simonetta Pupella, Stefania Vaglio, Vanessa Agostini, Giancarlo Maria Liumbruno
Diaphragmatic rupture after vigorous exercise
Rui Osório, Teresa Salero, Sérgio Pina, Ramiro Sá Lopes, Hugo Calderón
A deep vein thrombosis in a young man
Maria Giulia Tinti, Luca Pazienza, Maria Teresa Santoliquido, Graziella D’Amico, Vincenzo Carnevale
An unusual cause of large bowel perforation: ingestion of a clam valve
Alessia Urru, Nicola Romano, Enrico Francesco Melani, Gian Andrea Rollandi
Paralytic ileus after planned abdominal surgery in a patient on treatment with erenumab
Ilaria Frattale, Raffaele Ornello, Francesca Pistoia, Valeria Caponnetto, Enrico Colangeli, Simona Sacco
Interstitial lung disease associated with psoriatic arthritis: a new disease entity?
Elena Bargagli, Francesca Bellisai, Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Edoardo Conticini, Lorenzo Alderighi, Paolo Cameli, Giovanni Biasi, Laura Bergantini, Susanna Guerrini, Miriana d’Alessandro, Bruno Frediani
Systematic review of the prevalence of current smoking among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China: could nicotine be a therapeutic option? Reply
Konstantinos Farsalinos, Anastasia Barbouni, Raymond Niaura
A rare case of prothrombin time prolongation
Eleonora Camilleri, Niccolò Maggini, Matteo Piccica, Annarita Botta, Daniela Poli
In a patient with shock, melena can be much delayed
Ina Dubin, Ami Schattner
The death of Raphael: a reflection on bloodletting in the Renaissance
Michele Augusto Riva, Maria Emilia Paladino, Marco Motta, Michael Belingheri
Correction to: Methodological aspects of superiority, equivalence, and non-inferiority trials
Stefanos Roumeliotis, Graziella D’Arrigo, Giovanni Tripepi
Correction to: Treat all COVID 19‑positive patients, but do not forget those negative with chronic diseases
Mauro Viganò, Lorenzo Mantovani, Paolo Cozzolino, Sergio Harari
Correction to: Current treatment of COVID-19 in renal patients: hope or hype?
Roberto Palumbo, Francesco Londrino, Emanuela Cordova, Giorgia Gambardella, Pasquale Niscola, Sara Dominijanni
Correction to: COVID‑19: The crucial role of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis
Sergio Coccheri