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Internal and Emergency Medicine

Issue 8/2016

Content (25 Articles)

IM - COMMENTARY

Vertigo: Dr Jekyll or Mr Hyde? A video tutorial for assessment of nystagmus in the emergency room

Simone Vanni, Paolo Vannucchi, Pietro Amedeo Modesti

IM - REVIEW

Anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies in migraine: current perspectives

Maria Adele Giamberardino, Giannapia Affaitati, Martina Curto, Andrea Negro, Raffaele Costantini, Paolo Martelletti

IM - ORIGINAL

Portal vein thrombosis relevance on liver cirrhosis: Italian Venous Thrombotic Events Registry

Francesco Violi, Roberto Gino Corazza, Stephen Hugh Caldwell, Francesco Perticone, Angelo Gatta, Mario Angelico, Alessio Farcomeni, Michela Masotti, Laura Napoleone, Annarita Vestri, Valeria Raparelli, Stefania Basili

IM - ORIGINAL

Androgen receptor GGC repeat might be more involved than CAG repeat in the regulation of the metabolic profile in men

Giacomo Tirabassi, Melissa Cutini, Benedetta Beltrami, Nicola delli Muti, Andrea Lenzi, Giancarlo Balercia

IM - ORIGINAL

The influence of age on the clinical implications of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in acute coronary syndrome

Fang-Yang Huang, Bao-Tao Huang, Jia-Yu Tsauo, Yong Peng, Tian-Li Xia, Chen Zhang, Rui-Shuang Liu, Zhi-Liang Zuo, Peng-Ju Wang, Yue Heng, Wei Liu, Xiao-Bo Pu, Yi-Yue Gui, Shi-Jian Chen, Yan-Biao Liao, Ye Zhu, Mao Chen

IM - ORIGINAL

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis a rare disease with severe bone fragility

Carla Caffarelli, Stefano Gonnelli, Maria Dea Tomai Pitinca, Valentina Francolini, Annalisa Fui, Elena Bargagli, Rosa Metella Refini, David Bennett, Ranuccio Nuti, Paola Rottoli

IM - ORIGINAL

The management of patients with venous thromboembolism in Italy: insights from the PREFER in VTE registry

Francesco Guercini, Valeria Mommi, Giuseppe Camporese, Chiara Tonello, Davide Imberti, Raffaella Benedetti, Giuseppe De Bartolomeo, Livio Di Lecce, Fabio Romeo, Giancarlo Agnelli

EM - REVIEW

Contemporary management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Ajay Yadlapati, Mark Gajjar, Daniel R. Schimmel, Mark J. Ricciardi, James D. Flaherty

EM - ORIGINAL

Development and implementation of an asynchronous emergency medicine residency curriculum using a web-based platform

Joshua G. Kornegay, Katrina A. Leone, Clare Wallner, Matthew Hansen, Lalena M. Yarris

EM - ORIGINAL

Variation in opioid prescribing patterns between ED providers

Peter B. Smulowitz, Chris Cary, Katherine L. Boyle, Victor Novack, Liudvikas Jagminas

CE - ORIGINAL

The Italian Society of Internal Medicine choosing wisely campaign

Nicola Montano, Giorgio Costantino, Giovanni Casazza, Rodolfo Sbrojavacca, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Lorenzo Falsetti, Annasanta Guzzo, Raffaele Majo, Francesco Perticone, Gino Roberto Corazza

CE - PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS

An unusual case of vertigo: the usefulness of nystagmus examination

Carlotta Casati, Matteo Castelli, Andrea Pavellini, Cosimo Caviglioli, Rudi Pecci

CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

A catastrophic cervical necrotizing fasciitis after tooth extraction

Wei-Lin Lin, Ta-Chuan Yeh, Chueng-He Lu, Hsu-Kai Huang, Wen-Yi Chiu

CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Massive ascites mimicking acute urinary retention

Sheng-Huei Wang, Kuang-Yu Wei, Kuan-Yu Chen, Wei-Lin Lin, Wei-Shiang Lin

Open Access CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Lancisi sign: giant C-V waves of tricuspid regurgitation

Bartosz Hudzik, Lech Poloński, Mariusz Gąsior

CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Edematous face

Stewart James Dandorf, Joseph James Bradley, Joshua Blake Gaither, Richard Amini

CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Postoperative dyspnea mimicking pulmonary embolism as a result of regional nerve block

Zachary David Levy, Hannah Steinhoff

CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Older adults in Emergency Departments: the challenge of undertriage

Beatrice Gasperini, Antonio Cherubini, Andrea Fazi, Gianfranco Maracchini, Emilia Prospero

CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Durán Madonna (c. 1435–1438) by Rogier van der Weyden: a case of congenital goiter

Michele Augusto Riva, Cecilia Ferretti, Fabio Pagni

CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR

In vivo dissolution of levothyroxine soft gel capsules

Giulia Fiorini, Danilo Ribichini, Renato Pasquali, Dino Vaira

Obituary

Obituary

Domenico Prisco, Peter Rosen

Erratum

Erratum to: Portal vein thrombosis relevance on liver cirrhosis: Italian Venous Thrombotic Events Registry

Francesco Violi, Gino Roberto Corazza, Stephen Hugh Caldwell, Francesco Perticone, Angelo Gatta, Mario Angelico, Alessio Farcomeni, Michela Masotti, Laura Napoleone, Annarita Vestri, Valeria Raparelli, Stefania Basili

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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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