17 articles in this issue
Claudio Pascale
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Attilia Maria Pizzini, Daniela Galimberti, Stefano De Pietri, Mauro Silingardi, Maria Cristina Leone, Annamaria Ferrari, Ido Iori
The diagnostic pathway of pulmonary embolism, both in the Emergency Department and in the Medical Unit, is not a standardized one. Pulmonary embolism, often but not always complicating surgery, malignancies, different medical diseases, sometimes but not o... see more
Giancarla Scalone, Giampaolo Niccoli, Filippo Crea
Restoring blood flow to ischemic but viable myocardium and reducing infarct size constitute the goals of reperfusion therapy with fibrinolytic drugs or primary percutaneous intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). ... see more
Ada Maffettone, Massimo Rinaldi, Luigi Ussano, Andrea Fontanella
The number of people with diabetes mellitus worldwide is expected to be more than double from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030. Approximately 25% of all hospital inpatient days are affected by diabetes. In Italy there are more than 12,000 hospit... see more
Andrea Montagnani, Roberto Nardi, Michela Cercignani, Valerio Verdiani
Vitamin D and calcium are essential for bone health. An adequate calcium-phosphorus product determines a high quality mineralization long lifetime. In older people, both calcium and vitamin D levels may be lower causing osteomalacia and/or osteoporosis wi... see more
Antonio Asti, Alessandra D'Alessandro, Francesco Paolo Zito, Salvatore Nardi, Giovanni Sarnelli, Giorgio Maresca, Giuseppe D’Alessandro
Sitagliptin and saxagliptin are oral hypoglycemic agents inhibitors of DPP-4, indicated in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus in combination with metformin, in patients who have not achieved adequate glycemic control. In our study we enrolled 128 d... see more
Ciro Manzo, Maria Teresa Russo
Inadequate intake of calcium via the diet is very common in patients taking drugs for osteoporosis. We have evaluated 302 consecutive elderly patients (68.6 median age) attending our Rheumatological and Orthopedic Outpatient Clinics using a questionnaire ... see more
Pasquale Mansueto, Aurelio Seidita, Salvatore Iacono, Antonio Carroccio
Short bowel syndrome refers to the malabsorptive state caused by loss of significant portions of the small intestine, whose clinical framework is characterized by malnutrition, diarrhea, dehydration, weight loss, and low-weight-related symptoms/signs. The... see more
Carlo Di Donato, Monica Vecchi, Vincenzo Ferrari, Giampaolo Papi, Cristina Gozzi
The definition of neutropenia is the reduction in the absolute number of neutrophils below 1.5×109. The chapter about acquired neutropenias affecting the adult population is of particular interest to the internist. PC, 75 years old man, was hospitalized b... see more
Mansoor C. Abdulla, Jemshad Alungal
Endocarditis due to melioidosis is rare. A 60-year-old male was admitted with upper abdominal pain and vomiting for one month. Contrast enhancing computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed multiple hepatic, splenic and pancreatic nonenhancing cystic l... see more
Davide Tizzani, Silvia Totaro, Valentina Laura Crudo, Andrea Viola, Vittorio Gallo, Franco Veglio
Q fever is an infectious disease caused by Coxiella burnetii. Its clinical presentation is often nonspecific and the serological diagnosis difficult to make, especially in the absence of specific and suspected medical history. This article presents a case... see more
Kamal Kishore Pandita, Khalid Javid Bhat, Sushil Razdan, Rattan Parkash Kudyar
The original algorithmic approach, as outlined by de Kleijn and colleagues and practiced commonly, envisages performing computed tomography (CT) of chest, abdomen, and pelvis in patients with classical fever of unknown origin (FUO), in whom no potentially... see more
Ozturk Ates, Fatma Bugdayci Basel, Nazan Bozdogan, Bulent Aksel, Omur Berna Oksuzoglu
Ewing sarcoma (ES) is a member of small round cell tumors of which contains Wilms’ tumor, neuroblastoma, rhabdomyosarcoma and lymphoblastic lymphoma. ES occurs most commonly in the bone but infrequently occurs in the soft tissues without involvement of th... see more
Ozturk Ates, Kemal Kosemehmetoglu, Gunes Guner, Yusuf Bayraktar
A 69-year-old man noticed abdominal pain located on right upper quadrant. Physical examination showed hepatosplenomegaly and icteric discoloration of sclera. On evaluation, patient was diagnosed to have hepatic amyloidosis related monoclonal gammopathy of... see more
Vitorino Modesto dos Santos, Christiane Aires Teixeira, Ana Carla Andrade de Almeida, Giovana Ferraz Cavalcanti, Tereza Cristina Batista da Mota, Ana Carolina Vieira Cançado
A young Brazilian woman was admitted to the Emergency Division for localized pain in the left hemithorax and dyspnea worsened by movement for three months, without cough or fever. She was previously healthy and denied allergy, use of alcohol beverages, to... see more
Vitorino Modesto dos Santos
Paola Gnerre, Cecilia Politi