July 2016

Editorial Board
Published in issue: July 2016
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Contents
Published in issue: July 2016
iii-iv

Narrative Reviews

Obese and diabetic patients with end-stage renal disease: Peritoneal dialysis or hemodialysis?
• Robert Ekart,
• Radovan Hojs
Published online: April 07, 2016
p1-6
Pregnancy in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
• Gabriella Moroni,
• Claudio Ponticelli
Published online: April 30, 2016
p7-12

Evidence-based clinical practice: Overview of threats to the validity of evidence and how to minimise them
• Silvio Garattini,
• Janus C. Jakobsen,
• Jørn Wetterslev,
• ...
• Cezary A. Szmigielski,
• Jacques Demotes-Mainard,
• Christian Gluud
Published online: May 07, 2016
p13-21
Narrative medicine and the personalisation of treatment for elderly patients
• C. Cenci
Published online: May 19, 2016
p22-25

Original Articles

General Internal Medicine

The impact of fever/hyperthermia in the diagnosis of Fabry: A retrospective analysis
• Elena Verrecchia,
• Anna Zampetti,
• Daniela Antuzzi,
• ...
• Claudio Feliciani,
• Lorenzo Dagna,
• Raffaele Manna
Published online: April 12, 2016
p26-30

Relationships of iron metabolism with insulin resistance and glucose levels in young and healthy adults
• Philipp Krisai,
• Stefanie Leib,
• Stefanie Aeschbacher,
• ...
• Martin Risch,
• Lorenz Risch,
• David Conen
Published online: April 21, 2016
p31-37

Geriatrics

Predictors of clinical events occurring during hospital stay among elderly patients admitted to medical wards in Italy
• Paolo Dionigi Rossi,
• Claudio Bilotta,
• Dario Consonni,
• ...
• Pier Mannuccio Mannucci,
• Daniela Mari
• REPOSI Investigators
Published online: May 04, 2016
p38-42

Cardiovascular Medicine


Obesity or smoking: Which factor contributes more to the incidence of myocardial infarction?
• Dror Dicker,
• Becca S. Feldman,
• Maya Leventer-Roberts,
• Arriel Benis
Published online: April 14, 2016
p43-46

Differential associations between glomerular filtration rate and duration of obesity depending on the presence or absence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction
• Juan Ybarra,
• Joan Sánchez-Hernández,
• Ramon Vilallonga,
• June H. Romeo
Published online: February 27, 2016
p47-52

Recurrence of venous thromboembolism in patients with recent gestational deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism: Findings from the RIETE Registry
• Giovanni Barillari,
• Ambrogio P. Londero,
• Benjamin Brenner,
• ...
• Francisco Martín-Martos,
• Manuel Monreal
• the RIETE Investigators
Published online: March 10, 2016
p53-59

Endocrinology


Yield of workup for patients with idiopathic presentation of the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
• Daniel Shepshelovich,
• Chiya Leibovitch,
• Alina Klein,
• ...
• Benaya Rozen-zvi,
• Meir Lahav,
• Anat Gafter-Gvili
Published online: March 23, 2016
p60-64

Oncology


Mutation detection rates associated with specific selection criteria for BRCA1/2 testing in 1854 high-risk families: A monocentric Italian study
• Jacopo Azzollini,
• Giulietta Scuvera,
• Eleonora Bruno,
• ...
• Paolo Radice,
• Bernard Peissel,
• Siranoush Manoukian
Published online: April 06, 2016
p65-71

Cost-effectiveness and budget impact analysis of a population-based screening program for colorectal cancer
• L. Pil,
• M. Fobelets,
• K. Putman,
• J. Trybou,
• L. Annemans
Published online: May 02, 2016
p72-78

Gastroenterology


Metabolic syndrome and acute pancreatitis
• I. Mikolasevic,
• S. Milic,
• L. Orlic,
• ...
• A. Klanac,
• N. Kristo,
• D. Stimac
Published online: May 03, 2016
p79-83

Randomized clinical trial comparing ten day concomitant and sequential therapies for Helicobacter pylori eradication in a high clarithromycin resistance area
• Sotirios D. Georgopoulos,
• Elias Xirouchakis,
• Beatrice Martinez-Gonzales,
• ...
• Andreas Mentis,
• Panagiotis Kasapidis,
• Spyros Michopoulos
Published online: April 28, 2016
p84-90

Hepatology

Impact of long-term gastric acid suppression on spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in patients with advanced decompensated liver cirrhosis
• Kuang-Wei Huang,
• Yi-Chun Kuan,
• Jiing-Chyuan Luo,
• Cheng-Li Lin,
• Ji-An Liang,
• Chia-Hung Kao
Published online: April 29, 2016
p91-95

Nephrology


Effectiveness of sulodexide might be associated with inhibition of complement system in hepatitis B virus-associated membranous nephropathy: An inspiration from a pilot trial
• Yang Yang,
• Lu Ma,
• Chao Wang,
• Deyang Kong,
• YaPing Wang,
• Changlin Mei
Published online: May 05, 2016
p96-104

Internal Medicine Flashcards

Acute right iliac fossa pain: Beyond appendicitis
• Daniel Romeu Vilar,
• Daniel López Rey
Published online: February 20, 2016
e1-e2


Headache in a patient with renal cell carcinoma.
• Vivek Subbiah,
• Abhishek Maiti
Published online: February 21, 2016
e3-e4


An unusual adverse reaction to iodine-based contrast agent
• Mirta Menegatti,
• Mario Pirisi,
• Mattia Bellan
Published online: February 18, 2016
e5-e6


Transient ST-segment elevation during acute pancreatitis
• Ehab El-Khabiry,
• Hesham R. Omar,
• Enrico M. Camporesi
Published online: February 20, 2016
e7-e8

Letters to the Editor

The ICMJE editors' proposal on sharing individual data collected in clinical trials: Comments
• Gualtiero Palareti
Published online: May 13, 2016
e9

Sharing Clinical Data
• Francesco Violi
Published online: April 14, 2016
e10


Death is not the only healthcare outcome important to patients
• John Kellett
Published online: April 07, 2016
e11-e12


No correlation between health care expenditure and mortality in the European Union
• Giuseppe Lippi,
• Camilla Mattiuzzi,
• Gianfranco Cervellin
Published online: March 14, 2016
e13-e14

Watch out for diabetes: Less education but let’s get moving, let’s eat less!
• Christiano Argano,
• Raffaella Mallaci Bocchio,
• Salvatore Corrao
Published online: May 11, 2016
e15-e16

Is ACE–inhibitors cough a difficult diagnosis? 1100 general practitioners replies from four countries
• Xavier Humbert,
• Sophie Fedrizzi,
• Joachim Alexandre,
• ...
• Antoine Coquerel,
• Jean-Charles Robert,
• Lydia Guittet
Published online: April 13, 2016
e17-e18

Imatinib mesylate for unmutated hypereosinophilic syndromes: Does it work?
• Grzegorz Helbig
Published online: March 08, 2016
e19-e20

Validation of immune thrombocytopenia diagnosis code in the French hospital electronic database
• Guillaume Moulis,
• Johanne Germain,
• Daniel Adoue,
• ...
• Hélène Derumeaux,
• Laurent Sailler,
• Maryse Lapeyre-Mestre
Published online: March 21, 2016
e21-e22

First data from Latvian chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension registry
• Andris Skride,
• Kristaps Sablinskis,
• Ainars Rudzitis,
• Krista Lesina,
• Aivars Lejnieks
Published online: February 04, 2016
e23-e24

Safety and clinical effectiveness of propofol for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
• Aleksandar Knežević,
• Mirjana Stojšić,
• Ljiljana Gvozdenović
Published online: March 22, 2016
e25

Ventilation perfusion scan or computed tomography pulmonary angiography for the detection of pulmonary embolism?
• Sophy Hitchen,
• Jacqueline James,
• Jecko Thachil
Published online: January 18, 2016
e26-e27


How the art in Rome represented personages with goitre
• Antonio V. Sterpetti
Published online: April 12, 2016
e28-e29

Kounis syndrome: Aspects on pathophysiology and management
• George D. Soufras,
• Dimitrios Lianas,
• Nicholas Patsouras,
• Grigorios Tsigkas,
• Nicholas G. Kounis
Published online: February 18, 2016
e30-e31

Author's reply: Kounis syndrome: Aspects on pathophysiology and management
• Enrico Heffler,
• Filippo Fassio
Published online: February 25, 2016
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