Cognitive impairment in patients hospitalized for congestive heart failure: data from the RICA Registry.

abstract：:Thrombosis is "haemostasis in the wrong place", and there is increasing evidence that haemostatic factors are associated with increased risk of atherothrombotic events. Increasing plasma levels of fibrinogen are associated with increased risks of coronary heart disease, stroke and peripheral arterial disease, and with...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Lowe G

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In chronic heart failure (CHF) due to systemic cardiovascular disease, obese patients have better survival. Bodyweight versus survival was analyzed post hoc in subjects with limited scleroderma (SSc) and isolated pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH), i.e. with CHF due to pulmonary vascular disease. Rheumatologists refe...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Marini C,Formichi B,Bauleo C,Michelassi C,Airò E,Rossi G,Giuntini C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high cardiovascular risk burden in low- and middle-income countries is expected to lead to an explosive increase in chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, population data on CKD from these countries are scarce. Therefore, we assessed kidney health in Suriname. In the Healthy Life in Suriname (HeliSur) study, a ran...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Nannan Panday R,Haan Y,Diemer F,Punwasi A,Rommy C,Heerenveen I,van Montfrans GA,Brewster LM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have investigated the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) and short-term mortality following an activated STEMI and stroke alert at a tertiary referral and academic center. A single center, retrospective chart review of STEMI and stroke activation patients from January 2010 to March 2012. Data was colle...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Marchick MR,Allen BR,Weeks EC,Shuster JJ,Elie MC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to prospectively assess the prevalence, predictors and prognostic significance of microalbuminuria in a large cohort of consecutive acute cardiac patients, admitted to an intensive cardiac care unit from 1 January 2008 to 30 June 2009. In 815 acute cardiac patients, microalbuminuria is ...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Valente S,Lazzeri C,Chiostri M,Alterini B,Ognibene A,Giglioli C,Pigozzi C,Gensini GF

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictors of short-term readmission after ischemic stroke have been previously identified, but few studies analyzed predictors of long-term readmission, namely early imaging findings and treatment with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT). To characterize predictors of hospital readmission during the first year after hospi...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Leitão A,Brito A,Pinho J,Alves JN,Costa R,Amorim JM,Ribeiro M,Pinho I,Ferreira C

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of body mass index (BMI) on intubation success rates and complications during emergency airway management. We retrospectively analyzed an airway registry at an academic medical center. The primary outcomes were the incidence of difficult intubation and complication rates, stratified by BMI. We ...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Dargin JM,Emlet LL,Guyette FX

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial bruits (ICB) are faint, high-pitched, and mostly heard on the orbit in the systolic phase of the cardiovascular cycle. This report discusses a case of Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in a 17-month-old male patient in whom ICB were auscultated. ICB is thought to be caused by compression of blood vessels ...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Sugiura K,Ihara T

更新日期：2021-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic ovary syndrome, the most common endocrine disorder of reproductive age women, is often associated with insulin resistance and associated disorders. The frequency of type 2 diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cardiac risk markers, structural vascular disease, and clinical disease events are increased in this populatio...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Cobin RH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microorganisms and plants produce bioactive metabolites that are potentially useful in the treatment of disease. We have designed and synthesized DHMEQ as a specific inhibitor of NF-κB based on the structure of epoxyquinomicin. It directly binds to NF-κB components to inhibit DNA-binding and was shown to be endowed wi...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Sidthipong K,Todo S,Takei I,Kojima I,Umezawa K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In marathon runners changes in red blood cell count, haematocrit and haemoglobin in relation to haemodilution have been reported. Moreover, it has been hypothesized that strenuous exercise induces oxidant stress through several different mechanisms. This study investigated the haematological variables, iron s...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Duca L,Da Ponte A,Cozzi M,Carbone A,Pomati M,Nava I,Cappellini MD,Fiorelli G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly patients are under-represented in trials assessing strategies of early coronary revascularization in acute myocardial infarction, though they are the fastest growing segment of our population. The aims of the present investigation, performed in 357 elderly (≥75 years) patients with ST elevation myocardial infa...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Lazzeri C,Valente S,Chiostri M,Picariello C,Gensini GF

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute aortic syndromes (AASs) are deadly cardiovascular emergencies involving the thoracic aorta. AASs are relatively rare conditions, have unspecific signs and symptoms (including truncal pain, syncope, neurologic deficit and limb ischemia) and require contrast-enhanced tomography angiography (CTA) of the chest and a...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Morello F,Santoro M,Fargion AT,Grifoni S,Nazerian P

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inconsistent findings in the studies have been observed concerning the higher dose of statins use in the acute phase of ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA). Therefore, we performed a systematic review to assess this issue. A computerized literature search in PubMed, Cochrane Library databases, and EMBA...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Fang JX,Wang EQ,Wang W,Liu Y,Cheng G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthracyclines are extensively used in oncologic patients, in particular for breast cancer and hematological malignancies. Cardiac injury is a potentially dangerous side effect of these drugs. In this systematic review, we analyzed published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess if potential cardioprotective d...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Caspani F,Tralongo AC,Campiotti L,Asteggiano R,Guasti L,Squizzato A

更新日期：2020-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Extreme hypomagnesemia (hypoMg) can be encountered in many situations, but little data currently exist. Our aim is to describe the epidemiological, clinical, etiological characteristics, and the biological abnormalities of consecutive inpatients with extreme hypomagnesemia. In our observational monocentric study, betw...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Cheminet G,Clain G,Jannot AS,Ranque B,Passeron A,Michon A,De Luna G,Diehl JL,Oudard S,Cellier C,Karras A,Vedié B,Prot-Bertoye C,Pouchot J,Arlet JB

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to evaluate potential drug-drug interactions (pDDIs) and risk factors for pDDIs in three phases of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treatment: from the point of first medical contact to the coronary angiography (first phase), after coronary angiography to the last day of hospitalization ...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Pejčić AV,Janković SM,Davidović G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes is associated with high morbidity and mortality, mostly due to the acute and chronic complications of the disease. Restoration of the lost beta cell mass by pancreas transplantation is the treatment of choice in selected type 1 diabetic patients. Growing data show that successful pancreas transplantati...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Marchetti P,Occhipinti M,Rondinini L,Mariotti R,Amorese G,Barsotti M,Vistoli F,Boggi U

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017, between 1990 and 2017, Italy experienced a more attenuate reduction in cardiovascular deaths than Western Europe. When considering risk factors, our Country experienced a reduction in the prevalence of hypertension in the last few decades, especially in women. On t...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Modesti PA,Jarraya F,Mascherini G,Perticone F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension and diabetes are known risk factors for obesity-related thrombosis, but several studies have shown that obesity is characterised by a potentially prothrombotic inflammatory state because of activated coagulation and impaired fibrinolysis. In order to verify if obese patients-unaffected by hypertension, di...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Cugno M,Castelli R,Mari D,Mozzi E,Zappa MA,Boscolo-Anzoletti M,Roviaro G,Mannucci PM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Halitosis is a generic term used to describe unpleasant odor emanating from the mouth air and breath, independent of the source where the odor substances originate. It affects between 50 and 65% of the population, but despite its frequency, this problem is often unaccepted and declared as taboo. Ninety percent of pati...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Campisi G,Musciotto A,Di Fede O,Di Marco V,Craxì A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its rarity, infliximab-related hepatitis constitutes a cutting edge and challenging problem. In December 2004, a drug warning was issued by the Food and Drug Administration to alert healthcare professionals to the risk of hepatotoxicity in course of infliximab therapy. Subsequently, several reports of probable...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Mancini S,Amorotti E,Vecchio S,Ponz de Leon M,Roncucci L

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical therapy in patients with more than one pathology means using more pharmaceuticals, which results in a higher risk of drug interactions which are modifications in the action of one drug when it is administered in the presence of another. The consequences can be diminished therapeutic effect or increased adverse...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Mazzei T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ulcerative colitis, one of the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease, is characterized by inflammation of the large bowel with constant involvement of the rectum, and a possible continuous retrograde distribution up to the cecum. Typical macroscopic lesions are mucosal ulcerations, with immune cell infiltration...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Di Sabatino A,Biancheri P,Rovedatti L,Macdonald TT,Corazza GR

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overcrowding in the emergency department (ED) has become an increasingly significant worldwide public health problem in the last decade. It is a consequence of simultaneous increasing demand for health care and a deficit in available hospital beds and ED beds, as for example it occurs in mass casualty incidents, but a...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Di Somma S,Paladino L,Vaughan L,Lalle I,Magrini L,Magnanti M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unconscious patients admitted to critical care units after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are at high risk for death, and neurologic deficits are common among those who survive. The target temperature management (TTM), 33 vs. 36 °C, after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest trial was conducted to assess the benefits and ha...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Granberg B,McGillis E,Solbiati M,Gruppo di Autoformazione Metodologica (GrAM).

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the influenza season, most patients suspected of having influenza undergo rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) in Japan despite their low sensitivity. However, the physician's actual rationale for prescribing antivirals, besides the results of RIDTs, remains poorly understood. Our study sought to identify t...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Nakajima K,Akebo H,Tsugihashi Y,Ishimaru H,Sada R

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Oral anticoagulants (OAs) are significantly more effective than Aspirin in the prevention of cerebrovascular accidents among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Several studies, however, showed OAs to be widely underused in these patients. OBJECTIVE:To assess the appropriateness of antithrombotic ther...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Ferro D,Loffredo L,Polimeni L,Violi F

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE), the management of this disorder in clinical practice is often not standardized, given the different degree of compliance with official recommendations by the various involved specialists. The aim of this con...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Imberti D,Becattini C,Bernardi E,Camporese G,Cuccia C,Dentali F,Paretti D

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum potassium homeostasis play an important role in myocardial function, but the impact of serum potassium levels on long-term mortality has not been well evaluated. In the current study, we investigated patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and analyzed the relationship between admission serum potassium level...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Peng Y,Huang FY,Liu W,Zhang C,Zhao ZG,Huang BT,Liao YB,Li Q,Chai H,Luo XL,Ren X,Chen C,Meng QT,Huang DJ,Wang H,Chen M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00