Usefulness of procalcitonin level as an outcome predictor of adult bacterial meningitis.

abstract：:General concepts about medical disasters, public health and triage are outlined. Triage is described in the context of public health emergencies and disaster settings, and the main ethical values at stake in triage are discussed. Possible conflicts between competing values are outlined. Special attention is given to p...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Petrini C

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abuse of opioid prescription drugs has become an epidemic across the developed world. Despite the fact that emergency physicians overall account for a small proportion of total opioids prescribed, the number of prescriptions has risen dramatically in the past decade and, to some degree, contributes to the available su...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Smulowitz PB,Cary C,Boyle KL,Novack V,Jagminas L

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:There is a need for more information on the quality of life (QoL) in patients undergoing chemotherapy. We wanted to investigate the perception of health status in colon cancer patients before, 3 and 6 months after chemotherapy. A secondary purpose was to assess the different perceptions of QoL between men and women du...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Domati F,Luppi G,Reggiani-Bonetti L,Zironi S,Depenni R,Fontana A,Gelsomino F,de Leon MP

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Septic arthritis (SA) is commonly associated with Staphylococcal or Streptococcal infections. Overtime, there has been a global increase in the distribution of antimicrobial resistance within both Gram-positive bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Gram-negative bacteria such as exten...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Ben-Chetrit E,Zamir A,Natsheh A,Nesher G,Wiener-Well Y,Breuer GS

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pain treatment in Italy is far from being optimal. In order to improve this situation, the reporting of a complete assessment of pain in the clinical record became compulsory by law. Pain-related cancer protocols (143) were selected from the National Monitoring Centre of Clinical Trials Database and reviewed. Our data...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Lucenteforte E,Maggini V,Maione R,Fabbroni V,Tomino C,Mugelli A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary study objective is to compare the outcomes of patients taking oral anticoagulant medications in two distinct populations treated according to different management models (comprehensive vs. usual care). (Design: regional prospective cohort study; setting: hospital admission data from two regions). Eligible ...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Tosetto A,Testa S,Palareti G,Paoletti O,Nichele I,Catalano F,Morandini R,Di Paolo M,Tala M,Esteban P,Cora' F,Mannino S,Maroni A,Sessa M,Castaman G

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence shows an association between high lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels and atherothrombotic diseases. Lp(a) trait is largely controlled by kringle-IV type 2 (KIV-2) size polymorphism in LPA gene, encoding for apo(a). Environmental factors are considered to determinate minor phenotypic variability in Lp(a)...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Sereni A,Sticchi E,Gori AM,Magi A,Della Latta D,Volta A,Murri A,Jamagidze G,Chiappino D,Abbate R,Gensini GF,Marcucci R,Sofi F,Giusti B

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is a common condition characterized by proliferation of endometrial tissue outside the uterus, both in the pelvis and in other extra-pelvic sites. The clinical picture of endometriosis is widely heterogeneous. A correct diagnostic work-up of these patients can sometimes be very difficult, since there are...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Montalto M,Santoro L,D'Onofrio F,Gallo A,Campo S,Campo V,Gasbarrini A,Gasbarrini G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data on the presence of subclinical fibrosis across multiple organs in patients with idiopathic lung fibrosis (IPF) are lacking. Our study aimed at investigating through hepatic transient elastography (HTE) the prevalence and clinical impact of subclinical liver fibrosis in a cohort of patients with IPF. Patients refe...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Cocconcelli E,Tonelli R,Abbati G,Marchioni A,Castaniere I,Pelizzaro F,Russo FP,Vegetti A,Balestro E,Pietrangelo A,Richeldi L,Luppi F,Spagnolo P,Clini E,Cerri S

更新日期：2020-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxic alcohols are a group of substances containing a hydroxyl group not meant to be ingested. They are the cause of a significant number of accidental and non-accidental exposures. Toxic alcohol poisoning can be associated with a significant degree of morbidity and mortality if not promptly recognized and treated. Th...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Ng PC,Long BJ,Davis WT,Sessions DJ,Koyfman A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Postprandial lipemia is generally studied after a test meal that provides most of the calories as fat and that does not reflect the common food intake. We investigated postprandial changes in serum triglycerides (TG) and in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) concentration and composition after a regular meal poor...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Branchi A,Torri A,Berra C,Colombo E,Sommariva D

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 50 years, the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection has fallen as standards of living improved. The changes in the prevalence of infection and its manifestations (peptic ulcer disease and gastric mucosal lesions) were investigated in a large cohort of Sardinians undergoing upper endoscopy for dyspe...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Dore MP,Marras G,Rocchi C,Soro S,Loria MF,Bassotti G,Graham DY,Malaty HM,Pes GM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing the effects of an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) implemented in a 78-bed Internal Medicine ward of an Italian mid-sized acute care hospital of 296 beds (26,820 bed days/year in 2015 and 26,653 in 2016). The ASP, implemented in May 2016, included: (a) formulation and dissemination of local guidelines...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Fortini A,Faraone A,Di Pietro M,Cappugi C,Magnante G,Boccadori C,Bartolini S,Rabatti L

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of cardiometabolic comorbidities and the changes in left ventricular geometry and function in 135 subjects subgrouped according to low or normal total adiponectin plasma (ADPN) levels. Left ventricular (LV) internal diameter/height, total LV mass (LVM) and LVM index (...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Di Chiara T,Argano C,Scaglione A,Duro G,Corrao S,Scaglione R,Licata G

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined as an elevated mean pulmonary artery pressure at rest (mPAP ≥ 25 mmHg), evaluated by right heart catheterization (RHC). The aim of the present study was to evaluate HRCT findings in relation to transthoracic echocardiographic data to better characterize PH in IPF patients and to ...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Refini RM,Bettini G,Kacerja E,Cameli P,d'Alessandro M,Bergantini L,De Negri F,Rottoli P,Sestini P,Bargagli E,Mazzei MA

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to investigate the association between first attempt success and intubation-related complications in the Intensive Care Unit after the widespread adoption of video laryngoscopy. We further sought to characterize and identify the predictors of complications that occur despite first...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Hypes C,Sakles J,Joshi R,Greenberg J,Natt B,Malo J,Bloom J,Chopra H,Mosier J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and incidence of diabetes is similar in the two sexes but the long-term impact of diabetes on vascular and non-vascular complications is more gender specific. Men, in comparison with women, seem to be at higher risk for micro-vascular complications, such as severe retinopathy and nephropathy. On the oth...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Abbate R,Mannucci E,Cioni G,Fatini C,Marcucci R

更新日期：2012-10-01 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：: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：:Prescription of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) requires an assessment of renal function (RF) and the Cockcroft-Gault (CG) equation is traditionally recommended. The objective of the study was to evaluate the potential changes in NOACs management using different equations for estimating RF. In a p...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Malavasi VL,Pettorelli D,Fantecchi E,Zoccali C,Laronga G,Trenti T,Lip GYH,Boriani G

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, thanks to the development of miniaturized ultrasound devices, comparable to personal computers, tablets and even to smart phones, we have seen an increasing use of bedside ultrasound in internal medicine departments as a novel kind of ultrasound stethoscope. The clinical ultrasound-assisted approach h...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Arienti V,Di Giulio R,Cogliati C,Accogli E,Aluigi L,Corazza GR,Ultrasound SIMI Study Group.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is recognized as the most common and emerging chronic liver disease in western countries. The disease has been traditionally interpreted as a possibly progressing condition to liver fibrosis and cirrhosis. However, recently, a large number of publications have demonstrated that people...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Del Ben M,Baratta F,Polimeni L,Angelico F

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease and cancer incidence and prevalence have risen over the past few decades to become the leading causes of death. On the one hand, cancer patients will be treated with cardiotoxic chemotherapies; on the other, cardiovascular patients will receive a new diagnosis of cancer and will have to face tre...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Prisco D,D'Elios MM,Cenci C,Ciucciarelli L,Tamburini C

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTPH) is a potential complication of pulmonary embolism (PE). Only few studies have assessed the role of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension, and there are no data on the potential utility of BNP as a preclinical biomarker of CT...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Dentali F,Donadini M,Gianni M,Bertolini A,Lonn E,Venco A,Cattozzo G,Ageno W

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CORP (COlchicine for Recurrent Pericarditis) trial [7]is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, multicenter trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of colchicine (1.0–2.0 mg on the first day, followed by a maintenance dose of 0.5–1.0 mg/day for 6 months) in association with conventional ant...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Gianni F,Solbiati M,Gruppo di Autoformazione Metodologica (GrAM).

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In chronic heart failure (CHF), neurohumoral systems, which help to maintain circulatory homeostasis, are maladaptive and responsible for disease progression and congestion in the long term. The activation of sympathetic hormones and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS), in addition to non-osmotic vasopressin r...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Parrinello G,Torres D,Paterna S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term splanchnic vein thrombosis encompasses Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS), extrahepatic portal vein obstruction (EHPVO), and mesenteric vein thrombosis; the simultaneous involvement of additional regions is frequent, and clinical presentations and risk factors may be shared. The annual incidence of BCS and isolated m...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： De Stefano V,Martinelli I

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Patients with decompensated cirrhosis frequently require hospital admissions, which are associated with worse prognosis. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of TIPS on the need for hospital care. Secondary objectives were to assess the clinical and biological impact of TIPS and to identi...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Ballester MP,Lluch P,Gómez C,Capilla M,Tosca J,Martí-Aguado D,Guijarro J,Mínguez M

更新日期：2021-01-05 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