December 2016

Editorial Board
Published in issue: December 2016
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Contents
Published in issue: December 2016
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Narrative Reviews

The complex interface between economy and healthcare: An introductory overview for clinicians
• Federica Liliana Ottolini,
• Laura Buggio,
• Edgardo Somigliana,
• Paolo Vercellini
Published online: August 28, 2016
p1-6

Brain-kidney cross-talk: Definition and emerging evidence
• Baris Afsar,
• Alan A. Sag,
• Can Ege Yalcin,
• ...
• David Goldsmith,
• Adrian Covic,
• Mehmet Kanbay
Published online: August 13, 2016
p7-12
Anemia management in cancer patients with chronic kidney disease
• Andras T. Deak,
• Katharina Troppan,
• Alexander R. Rosenkranz
Published online: September 15, 2016
p13-19

Original Articles

General Internal Medicine


Validation of PROFUND prognostic index over a four-year follow-up period
• M. Bernabeu-Wittel,
• L. Moreno-Gaviño,
• M. Ollero-Baturone,
• ...
• C. Ramos-Cantos,
• A. Fernández-Moyano
• on behalf of the PROFUND researchers
Published online: August 01, 2016
p20-24

CRONIGAL: Prognostic index for chronic patients after hospital admission
• Javier Suárez-Dono,
• Evelín Cervantes-Pérez,
• Marta Pena-Seijo,
• ...
• Jesús Díez-Manglano,
• Francisco Gude-Sampedro,
• Antonio Pose-Reino
Published online: October 10, 2016
p25-31

Association of glycated hemoglobin with hemoglobin levels in elderly nondiabetic subjects
• Alon Grossman,
• Anat Gafter-Gvili,
• Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss,
• Nira Koren-Morag,
• Yichayaou Beloosesky,
• Avraham Weiss
Published online: September 01, 2016
p32-35

Hyponatremia, all-cause mortality, and risk of cancer diagnoses in the primary care setting: A large population study
• Christian Selmer,
• Jesper Clausager Madsen,
• Christian Torp-Pedersen,
• Gunnar Hilmar Gislason,
• Jens Faber
Published online: August 13, 2016
p36-43

Time patterns in mortality after an emergency medical admission; relationship to weekday or weekend admission
• Richard Conway,
• Sean Cournane,
• Declan Byrne,
• Deirdre O'Riordan,
• Bernard Silke
Published online: August 18, 2016
p44-49

Blood cultures in the evaluation of uncomplicated cellulitis
• Sophie Bauer,
• Carole E. Aubert,
• Mischa Richli,
• Christian Chuard
Published online: August 12, 2016
p50-56

Cardiovascular Medicine


CHA2DS2-VASc score and clinical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome
• Zach Rozenbaum,
• Avishay Elis,
• Mony Shuvy,
• ...
• Ilan Goldenberg,
• Oded kimhi,
• David Pereg
Published online: October 01, 2016
p57-61
Venous thromboembolism in centenarians: Findings from the RIETE registry
• Beatriz Lacruz,
• Gregorio Tiberio,
• Manuel Jesús Núñez,
• ...
• José González,
• Manuel Monreal
• for the RIETE Investigators
Published online: August 02, 2016
p62-66

Pneumology


Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) predicts fatal outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia patients without evident coronary artery disease
• Manuel Ottiger,
• Manuela Nickler,
• Christian Steuer,
• ...
• Werner Zimmerli,
• Beat Mueller,
• Philipp Schuetz
Published online: August 24, 2016
p67-73

Impaired flow-mediated dilation in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia
• Lorenzo Loffredo,
• Roberto Cangemi,
• Ludovica Perri,
• ...
• Gloria Taliani,
• Stefano Trapè,
• Filippo Toriello
Published online: October 07, 2016
p74-80

Nephrology


Association between acute kidney injury and risk of Parkinson disease
• Shih-Yi Lin,
• Cheng-Li Lin,
• Wu-Huei Hsu,
• ...
• Cheng-Chieh Lin,
• Chih-Hsueh Lin,
• Chun-Hung Tseng
Published online: October 01, 2016
p81-86

Simultaneous control of glycemic, blood pressure, and lipid significantly reduce the risk of renal progression in diabetes patients
• Po-Ya Chang,
• Li-Nien Chien,
• Yuh-Feng Lin,
• Wen-Ta Chiu,
• Hung-Yi Chiou
Published online: October 02, 2016
p87-92

Internal Medicine Flashcards

Syncope with transient diffuse T-wave inversions
• Talal Alnabelsi,
• Vincent Figueredo
Published online: July 29, 2016
e1-e2


A painful skin lesion
• Keren Cohen-Hagai,
• Andy Kotliroff,
• Sydney Benchetrit
Published online: August 11, 2016
e3-e4


Joint effusion as an indication of a lung disease
• Frank Timo Beil,
• Michael Amling,
• Wolfgang Ruether
Published online: August 18, 2016
e5-e6


Hyperpigmented hand lesion – A woodland's souvenir
• Jameson Loyal,
• Joseph C. Pierson
Published online: August 16, 2016
e7-e8

Letters to the Editor

Integrated care in the management of chronic diseases: an Italian perspective
• Ilario Stefani,
• Francesca Scolari,
• Davide Croce,
• Antonino Mazzone
Published online: June 22, 2016
e9-e10


External validation of the modified Ottawa score for risk stratification of recurrent cancer-associated thrombosis
• Nolwenn Astruc,
• Jean-Christophe Ianotto,
• Jean-Philippe Metges,
• Karine Lacut,
• Aurélien Delluc
Published online: August 31, 2016
e11-e12

Risk of ischemic stroke varies by ethnicity in patients with atrial fibrillation: A Swedish national cohort study
• Jianguang Ji,
• Jan Sundquist,
• Kristina Sundquist
Published online: September 01, 2016
e13-e15


Nutritional risk screening 2002 should be used in hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with respiratory failure to determine prognosis: A validation on a large Chinese cohort
• Ruiqi Chen,
• Lu Xing,
• Chao You
Published online: August 30, 2016
e16-e17


Comparison of the Wells score with the revised Geneva score for assessing pretest probability of pulmonary embolism in hospitalized elderly patients
• Yuxia Ma,
• Jiale Huang,
• Yuliang Wang,
• ...
• Qijing Wu,
• Jialiang Hui,
• Yan Shi
Published online: September 17, 2016
e18-e19

Pulmonary hypertension in adults with congenital heart disease: First data from Latvian PAH registry
• Andris Skride,
• Kristaps Sablinskis,
• Aivars Lejnieks,
• Ainars Rudzitis
Published online: September 13, 2016
e20-e21

Non-conventional treatments within the Italian healthcare system. Epistemological and ethical issues
• Sara Patuzzo,
• Rosagemma Ciliberti
Published online: August 26, 2016
e22-e23

Additional clinical benefit independent of study result or trial arm allocation to participants in multi-center randomized controlled trials
• Shaul Atar
Published online: September 03, 2016
e24-e25

The efficacy and safety of selective granulocyte and monocyte apheresis for inflammatory bowel disease: A meta-analysis
• Zhenfei Liu,
• Xueliang Jiang,
• Chengcheng Sun
Published online: September 07, 2016
e26-e27


“From father to son”: Early onset gout in Guidobaldo I da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (1472–1508)
• R. Bianucci,
• A. Perciaccante,
• O. Appenzeller
Published online: August 04, 2016
e28-e30


Influence of thyroid volume on the effect of methimazole in Japanese subjects with mild Graves' disease
• Tomohiko Kimura,
• Michihiro Matsuki,
• Hideaki Kaneto,
• Tomoatsu Mune,
• Kohei Kaku
Published online: September 03, 2016
e31-e32


Difference in risk assessment for development of contrast-induced acute kidney injury using the MDRD versus CKD-EPI equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate
• Paul A. Rootjes,
• Willem A. Bax,
• Erik L. Penne
Published online: September 05, 2016
e33-e34

Validation of the qSOFA score for identification of septic patients: A retrospective study
• Mikkel Brabrand,
• Ulrik Havshøj,
• Colin A. Graham
Published online: September 15, 2016
e35-e36


Effects of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) on stem cell mobilization in patients with liver failure
• Cornelius Engelmann,
• Katrin Splith,
• Thomas Berg,
• Moritz Schmelzle
Published online: October 13, 2016
e37-e39