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Internal and Emergency Medicine

Issue 8/2019

Content (29 Articles)

Vasculitis Points of View

New perspectives in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA): report of the first meeting of the European EGPA Study Group

Chiara Marvisi, Renato Alberto Sinico, Carlo Salvarani, David Jayne, Domenico Prisco, Benjamin Terrier, Giacomo Emmi, Augusto Vaglio, Fabian Arndt, Allyson Egan, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert, Bernard Hellmich, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn, Anna Kernder, Alfred Mahr, Julian Mahrhold, Thomas Neumann, Franco Schiavon, Arianna Troilo, Maria L. Urban, Nils Venhoff

Benzodiazepine IM - COMMENTARY

Lormetazepam in oral solution: a formulation at risk of high-dose use

Fiammetta Cosci, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Vladan Starcevic, Guy Chouinard, Richard Balon

Enalapril IM - COMMENTARY

The nephroprotective effect of sacubitril/valsartan in heart failure: insights from the real-life clinical setting

Giuseppe Mulè, Alessandra Sorce, Emilio Nardi, Giulio Geraci, Santina Cottone

Cardiomyopathy IM - COMMENTARY

Left ventricular non-compaction in patients with β-thalassemia: structural remodeling or cardiomyopathy?

George Lazaros, Georgia Vogiatzi, Emilia Lazarou, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Dimitris Tousoulis

Probiotics IM - REVIEW

The lung microbiome: clinical and therapeutic implications

Alessio Fabbrizzi, Amedeo Amedei, Federico Lavorini, Teresa Renda, Giovanni Fontana

Dabigatran IM - ORIGINAL

Real-world 2-year outcome of atrial fibrillation treatment with dabigatran, apixaban, and rivaroxaban in patients with and without chronic kidney disease

Cosmo Godino, Francesco Melillo, Francesca Rubino, Luca Arrigoni, Alberto Cappelletti, Patrizio Mazzone, Paolo Mattiello, Paolo Della Bella, Antonio Colombo, Anna Salerno, Michela Cera, Alberto Margonato

Addiction IM - ORIGINAL

High-dose lormetazepam dependence: strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Marco Faccini, Stefano Tamburin, Rebecca Casari, Laura Morbioli, Fabio Lugoboni

Echocardiography IM - ORIGINAL

Focus on echocardiographic right ventricular strain analysis in cystic fibrosis adults without cardiovascular risk factors: a case–control study

Edoardo Sciatti, Enrico Vizzardi, Ivano Bonadei, Francesca Valentini, Elisa Menotti, Francesco Prati, Lucia Dallapellegrina, Marialma Berlendis, Piercarlo Poli, Rita Padoan, Marco Metra

Open Access Heart Failure IM - ORIGINAL

Renal effects of Sacubitril/Valsartan in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: a real life 1-year follow-up study

Francesco Spannella, Marco Marini, Federico Giulietti, Giulia Rosettani, Matteo Francioni, Gian Piero Perna, Riccardo Sarzani

Prevalence and prognostic impact of left ventricular non-compaction in patients with thalassemia

Rodolfo Bonamini, Massimo Imazio, Riccardo Faletti, Marco Gatti, Borejda Xhyheri, Marco Limone, Filomena Longo, Antonio Piga

Anticoagulant IM - ORIGINAL

The effect of management models on thromboembolic and bleeding rates in anticoagulated patients: an ecological study

Alberto Tosetto, Sophie Testa, Gualtiero Palareti, Oriana Paoletti, Ilaria Nichele, Francesca Catalano, Rossella Morandini, Maria Di Paolo, Maurizio Tala, Pilar Esteban, Francesco Cora’, Salvatore Mannino, Anna Maroni, Maria Sessa, Giancarlo Castaman

Petechiae IM - CASE RECORD

A 29-year-old woman with persistent thrombocytopenia

Irene Di Pasquale, Antonella Bertomoro, Fabrizio Vianello, Piero Marson, Francesca Boscaro, Fabrizio Fabris

Shock EM - ORIGINAL

Prognostic value of serial lactate levels in septic patients with and without shock

Francesca Innocenti, Federico Meo, Irene Giacomelli, Camilla Tozzi, Maria Luisa Ralli, Chiara Donnini, Irene Tassinari, Francesca Caldi, Maurizio Zanobetti, Riccardo Pini

Substance Abuse CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Intentional foreign body ingestion

Ranesh Kumar, Nikhil Soni, Suraj Bhardwaj, Rohit Bhoil, Suresh C. Gupta

Computed Tomography CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Emphysematous liver abscess with hepatic portal venous gas

Deng-Wei Chou, Keh-Cherng Wey

Lymphoma CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Plasmablastic lymphoma of the maxillary sinus

Ana Isabel Rodrigues, José Cabeçadas, Rita Martins Fernandes, Margarida Viana Coelho, Cristina Sousa

Ultrasound CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION

Lemierre’s syndrome: a possible cause of neck pain

Yu-Chang Liu, Wei-Jing Lee

Pruritus CE - Research Letter to the Editor

Randomized trial of two after-dialysis gabapentin regimens for severe uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients

Giovanni Maria Rossi, Mattia Corradini, Valentina Blanco, Silvia Mattei, Enrico Fiaccadori, Augusto Vaglio, Lucio Manenti

Urinary Tract Infection CE - Research Letter to the editor

Patterns of infections in older patients acutely admitted to medical wards: data from the REPOSI register

Raffaella Rossio, Ilaria Ardoino, Carlotta Franchi, Alessandro Nobili, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Flora Peyvandi, Domenico Prisco, Elena Silvestri, Giacomo Emmi, Alessandra Bettiol, Cenci Caterina, Gianni Biolo, Michela Zanetti, Martina Guadagni, Michele Zaccari, Massimiliano Chiuch, Michele Zaccari, Massimo Vanoli, Giulia Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Mauro Bernardi, Silvia Li Bassi, Luca Santi, Giacomo Zaccherini, Graziana Lupattelli, Elmo Mannarino, Vanessa Bianconi, Francesco Paciullo, Riccardo Alcidi, Ranuccio Nuti, Roberto Valenti, Martina Ruvio, Silvia Cappelli, Alberto Palazzuoli, Domenico Girelli, Fabiana Busti, Giacomo Marchi, Mario Barbagallo, Ligia Dominguez, Floriana Cocita, Vincenza Beneduce, Lidia Plances, Salvatore Corrao, Giuseppe Natoli, Salvatore Mularo, Massimo Raspanti, Federica Cavallaro, Marco Zoli, Ilaria Lazzari, Mattia Brunori, Elisa Fabbri, Donatella Magalotti, Raffaella Arnò, Franco Laghi Pasini, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi, Giuseppe Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Diletta Maira, Valeria Di Stefano, Giovanna Fabio, Sonia Seghezzi, Marta Mancarella, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia Scaramellini, Matteo Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah Damanti, Marta Clerici, Federica Conti, Giulia Bonini, Barbara Brignolo Ottolini, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Giovanni Murialdo, Alessio Marra, Federico Cattaneo, Roberto Pontremoli, Valentina Beccati, Giulia Nobili, Maria Beatrice Secchi, Davide Ghelfi, Luigi Anastasio, Lucia Sofia, Maria Carbone, Francesco Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Emanuele Valeriani, Ilaria Rossi, Gerardo Mancuso, Daniela Calipari, Mosè Bartone, Giuseppe Delitala, Maria Berria, Chiara Pes, Alessandro Delitala, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Alessio Molfino, Enrico Petrillo, Giuseppe Zuccalà, Gabriella D’Aurizio, Giuseppe Romanelli, Alessandra Marengoni, Alberto Zucchelli, Francesca Manzoni, Andrea Volpini, Antonio Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo Gallo, Chiara Dell’Unto, Giorgio Annoni, Maurizio Corsi, Giuseppe Bellelli, Sara Zazzetta, Paolo Mazzola, Hajnalka Szabo, Alessandra Bonfanti, Franco Arturi, Elena Succurro, Mariangela Rubino, Bruno Tassone, Giorgio Sesti, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Laura Gasbarrone, Maria Rosaria Sajeva, Antonio Brucato, Silvia Ghidoni, Fabrizio Fabris, Irene Bertozzi, Giulia Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Elisabetta Cosi, Paolo Scarinzi, Annalisa Amabile, Elisabetta Omenetto, Tancredi Prandini, Roberto Manfredini, Fabio Fabbian, Benedetta Boari, Alfredo De Giorgi, Ruana Tiseo, Roberto De Giorgio, Giuseppe Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudio Borghi, Enrico Strocchi, Eugenia Ianniello, Mario Soldati, Carlo Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia Suppressa, Pasquale Agosti, Andrea Schilardi, Francesca Loparco, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio Comitangelo, Emanuele Amoruso, Luigi Fenoglio, Andrea Falcetta, Christian Bracco, Anna L. Fracanzani Silvia Fargion, Silvia Tiraboschi, Annalisa Cespiati, Giovanna Oberti, Giordano Sigon, Flora Peyvandi, Raffaella Rossio, Barbara Ferrari, Giulia Colombo, Valter Monzani, Valeria Savojardo, Christian Folli, Giuliana Ceriani, Francesco Salerno, Giada Pallini, Franco Dallegri, Luciano Ottonello, Luca Liberale, Lara Caserza, Kassem Salam, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana Tognin, Giovanni Battista Bianchi, Sabrina Giaquinto, Francesco Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore Piro, Renzo Rozzini, Lina Falanga, Elena Spazzini, Camillo Ferrandina, Giuseppe Montrucchio, Paolo Petitti, Paolo Peasso, Edoardo Favale, Cesare Poletto, Raffaella Salmi, Piergiorgio Gaudenzi, Francesco Violi, Ludovica Perri, Raffaele Landolfi, Massimo Montalto, Antonio Mirijello, Luigina Guasti, Luana Castiglioni, Andrea Maresca, Alessandro Squizzato, Leonardo Campiotti, Alessandra Grossi, Marco Bertolotti, Chiara Mussi, Giulia Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Giulia Dondi, Elisa Pellegrini, Lucia Carulli, Matteo Galassi, Yasmine Grassi, Francesco Perticone, Maria Perticone, Rosa Battaglia, Marco FIlice, Raffaele Maio, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Eugenio Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea Salvi, Roberto Leonardi, Giampaolo Damiani, William Capeci, Armando Gabrielli, Massimo Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo Biondi, Pietro Pettinari, Riccardo Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore Minisola, Luciano Colangelo, Mirella Cilli, Giancarlo Labbadia, Antonella Afeltra, Benedetta Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro Castellino, Luca Zanoli, Samuele Pignataro, Alfio Gennaro, Julien Blanco, Valter Saracco, Marisa Fogliati, Carlo Bussolino, Francesca Mete, Miriam Gino, Antonio Cittadini, Carlo Vigorito, Michele Arcopinto, Andrea Salzano, Emanuele Bobbio, Alberto Maria Marra, Domenico Sirico, Guido Moreo, Francesca Gasparini, Silvia Prolo, Gloria Pina, Alberto Ballestrero, Fabio Ferrando, Sergio Berra, Simonetta Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno Graziella, Stefano Baldassarre, Salvatore Fragapani, Gabriella Gruden, Giorgio Galanti, Gabriele Mascherini, Cristian Petri, Laura Stefani, Margherita Girino, Valeria Piccinelli, Francesco Nasso, Vincenza Gioffrè, Maria Pasquale, Giuseppe Scattolin, Sergio Martinelli, Mauro Turrin, Leonardo Sechi, Cristina Catena, Gianluca Colussi, Nicola Passariello, Luca Rinaldi, Franco Berti, Giuseppe Famularo, Patrizia Tarsitani, Roberto Castello, Michela Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta Morganti, Andrea Artoni, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide Firinu, Francesca Losa, Giovanni Paoletti, Giulia Costanzo, Giuseppe Montalto, Anna Licata, Valentina Malerba, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Antonino Lasco, Giorgio Basile, Antonino Catalano, Lorenzo Malatino, Benedetta Stancanelli, Valentina Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella Caruso, Patrizia Mecocci, Carmelinda Ruggiero, Virginia Boccardi, Tiziana Meschi, Fulvio Lauretani, Andrea Ticinesi, Antonio Nouvenne, Pietro Minuz, Luigi Fondrieschi, Mario Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele Sola, Massimo Porta, Piero Riva, Roberto Quadri, Erica Larovere, Marco Novelli, Giorgio Scanzi, Caterina Mengoli, Stella Provini, Laura Ricevuti, Emilio Simeone, Rosa Scurti, Fabio Tolloso, Roberto Tarquini, Alice Valoriani, Silvia Dolenti, Giulia Vannini, Alberto Tedeschi, Lucia Trotta, Riccardo Volpi, Pietro Bocchi, Alessandro Vignali, Sergio Harari, Chiara Lonati, Mara Cattaneo, Federico Napoli

Dabigatran CE - Research Letter to the Editor

Direct oral anticoagulants in factor VII deficiency patient

Fulvio Pomero, Laura Spadafora, Salvatore D’Agnano, Francesco Dentali, Luigi Maria Fenoglio

CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Is it worth it?

Christian Bracco, Marco Badinella Martini, Matteo Traversa, Chiara Fulcheri, Luigi Fenoglio

Hypoparathyroidism CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Fahr’s syndrome: a case of unwanted calcium in the brain

Kamal Kant Sahu, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Amos Lal, Rahul Gandhi

Antibiotic CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Vincenzo Tiberio (1869–1915) and the dawn of the antibiotic age

Antonio Perciaccante, Alessia Coralli, Donatella Lippi, Otto Appenzeller, Raffaella Bianucci

Live Webinar | 27-06-2024 | 18:00 (CEST)

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

Live: Thursday 27th June 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)

WHO estimates that half of all patients worldwide are non-adherent to their prescribed medication. The consequences of poor adherence can be catastrophic, on both the individual and population level.

Join our expert panel to discover why you need to understand the drivers of non-adherence in your patients, and how you can optimize medication adherence in your clinics to drastically improve patient outcomes.

Prof. Kevin Dolgin
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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.

Developed by: Springer Medicine

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.