Issue 7/2021
Content (45 Articles)
Does CHA2DS2-VASc score predict mortality in chronic kidney disease?
Christos Goudis, Stylianos Daios, Panagiotis Korantzopoulos, Tong Liu
Early antibiotic treatment in emergency department: the critical balance
Alessandro Russo, Mario Venditti, Giancarlo Ceccarelli, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Gabriella d’Ettorre
What is the role of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of COVID-19?
Bernadette Corica, Giovanni Talerico, Giulio Francesco Romiti
Estimating renal function for drug dosing in critically ill patients with persistent inflammation, immunosuppression and catabolism syndrome
Kevin James Downes, Erin Frazee Barreto
Mazzini at 150: the Italian death of a London exile
Salvatore Mangione, Luca Borghi, Raffaella Bianucci
The everchanging framework of autoinflammation
Raffaele Manna, Donato Rigante
Percutaneous pericardiocentesis for pericardial effusion: predictors of mortality and outcomes
Andrea Pennacchioni, Giulia Nanni, Fabio Alfredo Sgura, Jacopo Francesco Imberti, Daniel Enrique Monopoli, Rosario Rossi, Giuseppe Longo, Salvatore Arrotti, Marco Vitolo, Giuseppe Boriani
Combined lung and cardiac ultrasound in COVID-related acute respiratory distress syndrome
Chiara Lazzeri, Manuela Bonizzoli, Stefano Batacchi, Filippo Socci, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Adriano Peris
Prevalence and clinical correlates of hyperkalemia in stable kidney transplant recipients
Elisabetta Bussalino, Laura Panaro, Luigina Marsano, Diego Bellino, Maura Ravera, Ernesto Paoletti
The natural history of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in a large European population: the role of age, sex and comorbidities
Antonella Caminati, Fabiana Madotto, Sara Conti, Giancarlo Cesana, Lorenzo Mantovani, Sergio Harari
Epidemiology of hyperkalemia in CKD patients under nephrological care: a longitudinal study
Vincenzo Panuccio, Daniela Leonardis, Rocco Tripepi, Maria Carmela Versace, Claudia Torino, Giovanni Tripepi, Graziella D’Arrigo, Francesca Mallamaci, Carmine Zoccali
Hypocalcemia is associated with adverse clinical course in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding
Alexander Korytny, Amir Klein, Erez Marcusohn, Yaacov Freund, Ami Neuberger, Aeyal Raz, Asaf Miller, Danny Epstein
A double blind randomized controlled trial investigating efficacy and safety of varenicline for smoking cessation in patients with type 2 diabetes: study protocol
C. Russo, P. Caponnetto, F. Cibella, M. Maglia, A. Alamo, D. Campagna, L. Frittitta, M. Di Mauro, C. Leotta, E. Mondati, A. Krysiński, E. Franek, R. Polosa
Association of early antibiotic therapy and in-hospital mortality in adult mild-to-moderate acute aspiration pneumonitis: a cohort study
Masaharu Aga, Toru Naganuma, Yusuke Ohashi, Hiroki Matsuzawa, Suguru Matsuzaka, Ivor Cammack, Gen Yamada, Yoshimoto Serizawa
Effect of influenza vaccine on COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective study
Marcello Candelli, Giulia Pignataro, Enrico Torelli, Antonio Gullì, Enrico Celestino Nista, Martina Petrucci, Angela Saviano, Debora Marchesini, Marcello Covino, Veronica Ojetti, Massimo Antonelli, Antonio Gasbarrini, Francesco Franceschi
Bronchoalveolar lavage in suspected COVID-19 cases with a negative nasopharyngeal swab: a retrospective cross-sectional study in a high-impact Northern Italy area
Caterina Barberi, Elena Castelnuovo, Andrea Dipasquale, Federica Mrakic Sposta, Giulia Vatteroni, Lorenzo Maria Canziani, Marco Alloisio, Michele Ciccarelli, Carlo Selmi, Giorgio Maria Ferraroli
Choice of bronchoscopic intervention working channel for benign central airway stenosis
Hui Chen, Jie Zhang, Xiaojian Qiu, Juan Wang, Yinghua Pei, Yuling Wang, Ting Wang
Long-term echocardiographic findings after TAVR: 5-year follow-up in 400 consecutive patients
Miroslava Stolcova, Francesco Meucci, Carolina Moretti, Niccolò Chiriatti, Chiara Marcelli, Alessio Mattesini, Nevio Taglieri, Francesca Ristalli, Nazzareno Galiè, Tullio Palmerini, Carlo Di Mario, Francesco Saia
Cystatin C and/or creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate for prediction of vancomycin clearance in long-stay critically ill patients with persistent inflammation, immunosuppression and catabolism syndrome (PICS): a population pharmacokinetics analysis
Jingjing Huang, Xiaoli Wang, Chenxia Hao, Wanhua Yang, Weixia Zhang, Jialin Liu, Hongping Qu
Depression and hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in a multiethnic population in the Netherlands: HELIUS study
Florence Fernald, Marieke Snijder, Bert-Jan van den Born, Anja Lok, Ron Peters, Charles Agyemang
Ileus in Acute Pancreatitis Correlates with Severity of Pancreatitis, Not Volume of Fluid Resuscitation or Opioid Use: Observations from Mid-West Cohort
Syed Mobashshir Alam, Haitam Buaisha, Mohammed Qasswal, Muhammad Zubair Ashfaq, Ryan William Walters, Subhash Chandra
High-dose dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19 severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective study
Alessandra Vecchié, Alberto Batticciotto, Flavio Tangianu, Aldo Bonaventura, Benedetta Pennella, Alessia Abenante, Rossana Corso, Stefano Grazioli, Nicola Mumoli, Ombretta Para, Andrea Maria Maresca, Daniela Dalla Gasperina, Francesco Dentali
The Torino Pericarditis Score: a new-risk stratification tool to predict complicated pericarditis
Massimo Imazio, Alessandro Andreis, Marta Lubian, George Lazaros, Emilia Lazarou, Antonio Brucato, Yehuda Adler, Carla Giustetto, Mauro Rinaldi, Gaetano Maria De Ferrari
Progressive and atypical neurological symptoms in refractory systemic AL amyloidosis
Federico Perfetto, Silvia Casagrande, Alessandro Barilaro, Massimo Di Gioia, Raffaella Santi, Marco Allinovi, Stefano Romoli, Andrea Boschi, Ilaria Desideri, Giulia Taborchi, Andrea Ungar, Francesco Cappelli
The impact of an outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT) clinic for adults with cellulitis: an interrupted time series study
Krishan Yadav, Amanda M. S. Mattice, Ryan Yip, Hans Rosenberg, Monica Taljaard, Marie-Joe Nemnom, Robert Ohle, Justin Yan, Kathryn N. Suh, Ian G. Stiell, Debra Eagles
Electrolyte imbalance in COVID-19 patients admitted to the Emergency Department: a case–control study
Hugo De Carvalho, Marie Caroline Richard, Tahar Chouihed, Nicolas Goffinet, Quentin Le Bastard, Yonathan Freund, Antoine Kratz, Marine Dubroux, Damien Masson, Lucile Figueres, Emmanuel Montassier
The value of trauma patients’ centralization: an analysis of a regional Italian Trauma System performance with TMPM-ICD-9
Paola Fugazzola, Vanni Agnoletti, Silvia Bertoni, Costanza Martino, Matteo Tomasoni, Federico Coccolini, Emiliano Gamberini, Emanuele Russo, Luca Ansaloni
Role of ROX index in the first assessment of COVID-19 patients in the emergency department
Alice Gianstefani, Gabriele Farina, Veronica Salvatore, Francesca Alvau, Maria Laura Artesiani, Sara Bonfatti, Francesca Campinoti, Ilaria Caramella, Michele Ciordinik, Andrea Lorusso, Sara Nanni, Daniela Nizza, Stefano Nava, Fabrizio Giostra
And if we had to do it all over again, would we send medical students to the emergency departments during a pandemic? Lessons learned from the COVID-19 outbreak
Thierry Pelaccia, Jean Sibilia, Élodie Fels, Lucas Gauer, Audrey Musanda, François Severac, Milena Abbiati
Impact of cardiovascular disease on clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with Covid-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ernesto Maddaloni, Luca D’Onofrio, Antonio Siena, Cecilia Luordi, Carmen Mignogna, Rocco Amendolara, Ilaria Cavallari, Francesco Grigioni, Raffaella Buzzetti
Incysting transformation
Raffaele Borriello, Maria Grazia Massaro, Andrea Contegiacomo, Rossella Cianci, Giovanni Gambassi
Inferior vena cava atresia presenting with bilateral deep-vein thrombosis in a 53-years-old male: it’s never too late
Alberto Calabrese, Marta Quintavalla, Federico Pasin
Delirium is common in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Leiv Otto Watne, Kristian Tonby, Aleksander Rygh Holten, Theresa Mariero Olasveengen, Luis Georg Romundstad, Bjørn Erik Neerland
The clinical course of COVID-19 in systemic sclerosis patients, report from 150 patients
Zahra Tamartash, Ali Javinani, Farhad Gharibdoost, Reza Atef Yekta, Amirmohammad Mohammadzadegan, Hoda Kavosi
Jugular vein ultrasound for estimating changes in blood volume: a new tool for all physicians
Basile Henriot, Alexandre Scanff, Martine Sebillot, Florent Lautredoux, Patrick Jego
Interns’ anticipatory anxiety about cardiopulmonary resuscitation: reducing it while bolstering confidence with psychological skills training
Michael Joseph Asken, Isha Shrimanker, Sandeep Bhattarai, Vanessa Hortian, Victoria Slaven, Vinod Nookala
Shorten the door-to-antibiotics time in acute bacterial meningitis using a glucometer to measure the cerebrospinal fluid/blood glucose ratio
Geoffroy Rousseau, Lola Gonzalez, Antoine Guillon, Leslie Grammatico-Guillon, Said Laribi
Managing anticoagulation in the COVID-19 era between lockdown and reopening phases: Comment
Arianna Magon, Cristina Arrigoni, Serena Barello, Guendalina Graffigna, Rosario Caruso
Medical wards, the worst of the class for “never events”: considerations and actions
Micaela La Regina, Michela Tanzini, Francesco Orlandini, Enrica Cantinotti, Riccardo Tartaglia
Cerebral infarction following cyanoacrylate endoscopic therapy of duodenal varices in a patient with a patent foramen ovale: comment
Rosa Talerico, Alberto Tosoni, Fabio Pilato, Giovanni Addolorato, Giuseppe Marrone
SIADH and severe COVID-19 pneumonia in elderly patients: a therapeutic challenge in developing countries
Marcio Jose Concepción Zavaleta, Sofia Pilar Ildefonso Najarro, Diego Martin Moreno Marreros, Luis Alberto Concepción Urteaga
Telemedicine and the risk of overshadowing children with Kawasaki disease in a worldwide coronavirus pandemic climate
Donato Rigante
SARS-CoV-2 vs smallpox: mass vaccinations in the mirror
Raffaella Bianucci, Andreas G. Nerlich, Emanuele Cigliuti, Simon T. Donell, Antonio Perciaccante