Low-dose azithromycin prophylaxis is associated with improved outcomes in people suffering frequent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the use of macrolides in patients with cardiovascular disease has been debated.
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Tommaso Bucci, Dennis Wat, Sarah Sibley, Dan Wootton, David Green, Pasquale Pignatelli, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Freddy Frost
We assess the prognostic role of patent foramen ovale (PFO) for the estimation of 30-day mortality and risk of 48-h clinical deterioration since admission, in intermediate–high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE) patients. A post-hoc analysis of …
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Marco Zuin, Gianluca Rigatelli, Claudio Bilato, Amedeo Bongarzoni, Pietro Zonzin, Franco Casazza, Loris Roncon
The association of cigarette smoking with several severe and very severe diseases (oncological, cardiovascular, respiratory) which have dramatic epidemiological, medical, and financial impact, is a well-known public threat. Asthma and chronic …
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Paola Andreozzi, Gualberto Gussoni, Giorgio Sesti, Nicola Montano, Antonello Pietrangelo, the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI) Council Member Group
Patients with acute stroke often require venous access to facilitate diagnostic investigations or intravenous therapy. The primary aim of this study was to describe the rate and type of complications associated with the placement of a short …
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Daniele Privitera, Annalisa Geraneo, Greta Li Veli, Giorgio Parravicini, Annamaria Mazzone, Michela Rossini, Marianna Sanfilippo, Alessandro Gubertini, Chiara Airoldi, Nicolò Capsoni, Erica Busca, Erika Bassi, Thomas Langer, Alberto Dal Molin
Previous studies have linked the lactate/albumin (L/A) ratio to poor outcomes in various conditions, but its connection to mortality in patients with both heart failure (HF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains unclear. Using data from 1537 …
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Yang Chen, Junhui Ba, Chaoquan Peng, Hui Peng, Shaomin Li, Weiyan Lai
The effect of digoxin and beta-blockers on cardiovascular outcomes and mortality remains unclear. The study aimed to determine differences in cardiovascular (CV) outcomes and death rates among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who were …
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Steven Ho Man Lam, Giulio Francesco Romiti, Brian Olshansky, Tze-Fan Chao, Menno V. Huisman, Gregory Yoke Hong Lip
Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an effective tool for diagnosing acute heart failure (AHF). However, several imaging protocols currently exist and how to best use LUS remains undefined. We aimed at developing a lung ultrasound-based model for AHF …
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Stefano Coiro, Claire Lacomblez, Kevin Duarte, Luna Gargani, Tripti Rastogi, Tahar Chouihed, Nicolas Girerd
In July 2022, a 44-year-old woman with a history of undifferentiated connective tissue disease, presented with fever and night sweats. A CT/PET scan showed diffuse, glucose-avid lymphadenopathies, raising suspicion of a lymphoproliferative …
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Addolorata Truma, Andrea Artoni, Juri Alessandro Giannotta, Monica Caronni, Flora Peyvandi
Heart failure (HF) is a growing health problem, prevalence ranges from about 1.5 to 4% in developed countries [ 1 ]. Despite important pharmacological innovations in recent years, the prognosis of HF patients remains poor with a mortality rate of …
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Giuseppe Armentaro, Valentino Condoleo, Carlo Alberto Pastura, Maria Grasso, Angelo Frasca, Domenico Martire, Velia Cassano, Raffaele Maio, Leonilde Bonfrate, Daniele Pastori, Tiziana Montalcini, Francesco Andreozzi, Giorgio Sesti, Francesco Violi, Angela Sciacqua
Respiratory failure (RF) is frequent in hospitalized older patients, but was never systematically investigated in large populations of older hospitalized patients. We conducted a retrospective administrative study based on hospitalizations of a …
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Filippo Luca Fimognari, Antonio De Vincentis, Andrea Arone, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Roberto Ricchio, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi
The global increase of aging with the related increase of multiple noncommunicable diseases is inevitably accompanied by the associated issue of multimorbidity and polypharmacy. The latter is not without peculiar consequences on health, because it …
High-Dependency care Units (HDUs) have been introduced worldwide as intermediate wards between Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and general wards. Performing a comparative assessment of the quality of care in HDU is challenging because there are no …
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Giovanni Porta, Fabiola Signorini, Marcella Converso, Giulia Cavalot, Valeria Caramello, Carlotta Rossi, Franco Aprà, Angela Beltrame, Adriana Boccuzzi, Riccardo Boverio, Mario Calci, Ersilia Castaldo, Michele Covella, Patrizia Cuppini, Giulia Irene Ghilardi, Enrico Mirante, Paola Noto, Lucia Pierpaoli, Paolo Pinna Parpaglia, Alberto Ricchiardi, Michele Zanetti, Daniela Zatelli, Giovanni Nattino, Guido Bertolini
