Physician in triage improves emergency department patient throughput.

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：:Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) represents a very effective treatment of complications of portal hypertension. Established indications to TIPS in cirrhotic patients include portal hypertensive bleeding and refractory ascites. Over the years additional indications have been proposed, such as the tr...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Vizzutti F,Schepis F,Arena U,Fanelli F,Gitto S,Aspite S,Turco L,Dragoni G,Laffi G,Marra F

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims at evaluating the prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in a group of 319 hypertensive patients with stage 3b-4-5 chronic kidney disease (according to Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes classification), compared with 216 patients with essential hypertension and normal renal functio...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Nardi E,Mulè G,Nardi C,Geraci G,Giammanco A,Bentivegna R,Averna M

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：: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：:Direct thrombin inhibitors (DTIs) are a class of anticoagulants that bind selectively to thrombin and block its interaction with its substrates. Dabigatran etexilate and AZD0837, the new generation of DTIs, are now under intense development, and are potentially of great interest for internists. Dabigatran etexilate is...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Squizzato A,Dentali F,Steidl L,Ageno W

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:Objective measurement of simulation performance requires a validated and reliable tool. However, no published Italian language assessment tool is available. Translation of a published English language tool, the Ottawa Crisis Resource Management Global Rating Scale (GRS), may lead to a validated and reliable tool. Afte...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Franc JM,Verde M,Gallardo AR,Carenzo L,Ingrassia PL

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment (CogI) in patients hospitalized for congestive heart failure, and the influence of CogI on mortality and hospital readmission. This is a multicenter cohort study of patients hospitalized for congestive heart failure enrolled in the RICA...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： García Bruñén JM,Povar Echeverria M,Díez-Manglano J,Manzano L,Trullàs JC,Romero Requena JM,Salamanca Bautista MP,González Franco Á,Cepeda Rodrigo JM,Montero-Pérez-Barquero M,RICA Investigators Group.

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A difficult airway may lead to hypoxia and brain damage. The WEI Nasal Jet Tube (WNJ) is a new nasal pharyngeal tube that applies supraglottic jet oxygenation and ventilation (SJOV) for patients during tracheal intubation without the need for mask ventilation. We evaluated the effectiveness and safety of SJOV-assisted...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Wu C,Wei J,Cen Q,Sha X,Cai Q,Ma W,Cao Y

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive ventilatory support is frequently used in patients with severe respiratory failure (SRF), but is often limited to intensive care units (ICU). We hypothesized that an instantaneous short course of NIV (up to 2 h), limited to regular working hours as an additional therapy on the emergency department (ED) wo...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Horvath CM,Brutsche MH,Schoch OD,Schillig B,Baty F,vonOw D,Rüdiger JJ

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：:Although ketamine has been used for procedural sedation and analgesia, some researchers have assessed ketamine-propofol as a better alternative because of its reduced adverse events. The goal of this review was to compare adverse events between ketamine-propofol and ketamine for procedural sedation and analgesia in ch...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Hu Y,Xu W,Cao F

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (cHP) is a fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD) resulting from inhalation of different organic substances and chemical compounds determining an inflammatory and immunological response in sensitized individuals. KL-6, a human mucin protein expressed by type 2 pneumocytes, has be...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Lanzarone N,Gentili F,Alonzi V,Bergantini L,d'Alessandro M,Rottoli P,Refini RM,Pieroni M,Vietri L,Bianchi F,Mazzei MA,Volterrani L,Perrone A,Cameli P,Bargagli E,Sestini P

更新日期：2020-10-01 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 occurrence of heart failure during the whole pre-discharge course of coronary revascularization, as far as its influence on subsequent prognosis, is poorly understood. The present study examined the effect of transient heart failure (THF) developing in the acute and rehabilitative phase on survival after coronary ...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Ambrosetti M,Griffo R,Tramarin R,Fattirolli F,Temporelli PL,Faggiano P,De Feo S,Vestri AR,Giallauria F,Greco C

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryoablation (CA) emerged as an alternative procedure to radiofrequency (RF). The aim of this study was to compare haemostatic system alterations in patients undergoing RF or CA for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia ablation. von Willebrand factor (vWF), spontaneous whole blood platelet aggregation, prothro...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Pieragnoli P,Gori AM,Ricciardi G,Carrassa G,Checchi L,Michelucci A,Priora R,Cellai AP,Marcucci R,Padeletti L,Abbate R

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The idea of using small RNA fragments (oligonucleotides) for therapeutic purposes dates back to the 1990s, following the landmark discoveries on the mechanisms of gene silencing and RNA-interference (RNA-i). However, the first applications in medicine were hampered by difficulties in chemical stabilization and efficie...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Girelli D,Busti F,Marchi G,Martinelli N,Olivieri O

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to compare the diagnostic accuracy of heart, lung and inferior vena cava (IVC) ultrasonography modalities, alone and combined, for possible added accuracy in diagnosing acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), in a group of patients with the final diagnosis of ADHF based on plasma level of B-type nat...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Farahmand S,Abdolhoseini A,Aliniagerdroudbari E,Babaniamansour S,Baratloo A,Bagheri-Hariri S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute heart failure is a common condition among adults presenting with dyspnea in the Emergency Department (ED), still the diagnosis is challenging as objective standardized criteria are lacking. First line work-up, other then clinical findings, is nowadays made with lung ultrasound imaging study, chest X-ray study an...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Sartini S,Frizzi J,Borselli M,Sarcoli E,Granai C,Gialli V,Cevenini G,Guazzi G,Bruni F,Gonnelli S,Pastorelli M

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：: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：:The aim of this study was to relate in-hospital mortality (IHM), cardiovascular events (CVEs) and non-immunologic comorbidity evaluated on the basis of International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codification, in Italian kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). We evaluated IHM...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Fabbian F,De Giorgi A,Manfredini F,Lamberti N,Forcellini S,Storari A,Todeschini P,Gallerani M,La Manna G,Mikhailidis DP,Manfredini R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent pericarditis is one of the most frequent pericardial diseases, affecting up to 30% of the patients who have experienced acute pericarditis. While the diagnosis of acute pericarditis is sometime straight forward, its etiology and therapeutic management are still a challenge for physicians. In developed countr...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Brucato A,Emmi G,Cantarini L,Di Lenarda A,Gattorno M,Lopalco G,Marcolongo R,Imazio M,Martini A,Prisco D

更新日期：2018-06-01 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：: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：:Use of etomidate in severe sepsis and septic shock has been challenged in recent literature due to its link to adrenal insufficiency and suspected increased mortality. We hypothesized that etomidate does not contribute to mortality in this patient population. A retrospective chart review of 230 intubated, severe sepsi...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Ehrman R,Wira C,Lomax A,Hayward A,Marcelin J,Ellis T,Przyklenk K,Volturo G,Mullen M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between religion and hypertension, as well as the theoretical mechanism through which religion exerts effect on hypertension. A MEDLINE literature search was performed on articles describing religion and hypertension (N = 543) excluding unqualified ones ...

journal_title：Internal and emergency medicine

authors： Meng Q,Zhang X,Shi R,Liao H,Chen X

更新日期：2019-03-01 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