November 2018

Editorial Board
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Contents
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Narrative Review

Cardiovascular disease risk unmasked by pregnancy complications
• Rosie Jasper,
• Kimberly Skelding
Published online: July 25, 2018
p1-6

Review Article

The added value of health indicators to mortality predictions in old age: A systematic review
• Sasmita Kusumastuti,
• Maarten Pieter Rozing,
• Rikke Lund,
• Erik Lykke Mortensen,
• Rudi G.J. Westendorp
Published online: July 15, 2018
p7-18

Special Article

English and Italian national health services: Time for more patient-centered primary care?
• Livio Garattini,
• Anna Padula
Published online: September 29, 2018
p19-21

Series on Grantsmanship

Grantsmanship: What? Who? How?
• R. Michelle Sauer,
• Chiara Gabbi
Published online: November 02, 2018
p22-24

Original Articles

General Internal Medicine


Living alone as an independent predictor of prolonged length of hospital stay and non-home discharge in older patients
• P. Agosti,
• M. Tettamanti,
• F.S. Vella,
• ...
• P.M. Mannucci,
• C. Sabbà
• REPOSI Investigators
Published online: June 19, 2018
p25-31

Association between reduced renal function and cardiovascular mortality in patients hospitalized with infection: A multi-center cohort study
• Guobin Su,
• Yanjun Xu,
• Xiaojun Xu,
• ...
• David W. Johnson,
• Juan-Jesus Carrero,
• Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Published online: June 27, 2018
p32-38

Impaired fasting glucose is associated with lower glomerular filtration rate decline among men but not women –a large cohort study from Israel
• Idan Goldberg,
• Eytan Cohen,
• Elad Goldberg,
• Tzippy Shochat,
• Ilan Krause
Published online: July 18, 2018
p39-43

Cardiovascular Medicine


Added value of the DIC score and of D-dimer to predict outcome after successfully resuscitated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
• N. Buchtele,
• A. Schober,
• C. Schoergenhofer,
• ...
• F. Sterz,
• B. Jilma,
• M. Schwameis
Published online: June 26, 2018
p44-48
Open Access

Mortality and morbidity for cardiopulmonary diseases attributed to PM_2.5 exposure in the metropolis of Rome, Italy
• Alessandra De Marco,
• Patrick Amoatey,
• Yusef Omidi Khaniabadi,
• Pierre Sicard,
• Philip K. Hopke
Published online: August 16, 2018
p49-57
The new bedside ROCky score to predict the complications in patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism
• Elena A. Kochmareva,
• Valentin A. Kokorin,
• Ivan G. Gordeev
Published online: June 01, 2018
p58-60

Is the clinical presentation of chronic heart failure different in elderly versus younger patients and those with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction?
• Eva Steinmann,
• Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca,
• Micha T. Maeder,
• Beat A. Kaufmann,
• Matthias Pfisterer,
• Peter Rickenbacher
Published online: June 13, 2018
p61-69

Pneumology


Prediction of prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with respiratory failure: A comparison of three nutritional assessment methods
• Ruiqi Chen,
• Lu Xing,
• Chao You,
• Xuemei Ou
Published online: June 12, 2018
p70-75
Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized patients with COPD in Spain (2001–2015)
• Javier de Miguel-Díez,
• Ana López-de-Andrés,
• María D. Esteban-Vasallo,
• ...
• José M. de Miguel-Yanes,
• Manuel Méndez-Bailón,
• Rodrigo Jiménez-García
Published online: July 02, 2018
p76-82

Gastroenterology and Hepatology


The association between bowel obstruction and the management of cholelithiasis and cholecystitis in elderly patients: A population-based cohort study
• Yen-Chun Peng,
• Cheng-Li Lin,
• Hong-Zen Yeh,
• Chi-Sen Chang,
• Chia-Hung Kao
Published online: July 09, 2018
p83-90

Endocrinology


Prognostic significance of high free T4 and low free T3 levels in non-thyroidal illness syndrome
• Hayriye Esra Ataoğlu,
• Süleyman Ahbab,
• Mustafa Kemal Serez,
• ...
• Şaban Seçmeler,
• Fuat Şar,
• Mustafa Yenigün
Published online: July 17, 2018
p91-95

Immunology


Tocilizumab as an add-on therapy to glucocorticoids during the first 3 months of treatment of Giant cell arteritis: A prospective study
• Maxime Samson,
• Hervé Devilliers,
• Kim Heang Ly,
• ...
• Raphaèle Seror,
• Xavier Mariette,
• Bernard Bonnotte
Published online: July 24, 2018
p96-104

Internal Medicine Flashcards

An elderly woman with progressive odynophagia, epigastralgia and nausea
• Yusaku Kajihara
Published online: March 01, 2018
e1-e2


A young man with acute onset epigastric pain after the ingestion of Japanese sushi
• Yusaku Kajihara
Published online: March 01, 2018
e3-e4


An unusual esophageal endoscopic appearance
• Jean-Philippe Le Mouel,
• Mathurin Fumery,
• Richard Delcenserie
Published online: March 03, 2018
e5


Woman with headache and retro-orbital pain
• Pierrick Le Borgne,
• Claudia Brunhuber
Published online: May 12, 2018
e6-e7

Letters to the Editor

Funding is not enough
• Silvio Garattini,
• Vittorio Bertele'
Published online: July 15, 2018
e8

Therapeutic role of monoclonal antibodies in Migraine: A new paradigm
• Kumar Ashish,
• Mohammed Faisaluddin,
• Dhrubajyoti Bandyopadhyay,
• Kartik Dhaduk,
• Anupam Baral
Published online: July 18, 2018
e9-e10


Anti-PD1 therapy-associated cutaneous leucocytoclastic vasculitis: A case series
• Alessandro Tomelleri,
• Corrado Campochiaro,
• Giacomo De Luca,
• Giulio Cavalli,
• Lorenzo Dagna
Published online: August 01, 2018
e11-e12

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of imported malaria in adults in Milan, Italy, 2010–2015
• Spinello Antinori,
• Maria Napolitano,
• Romualdo Grande,
• ...
• Nadia Zanchetta,
• Laura Cordier,
• Giuliano Rizzardini
Published online: July 28, 2018
e13-e16

Are journals following the ICMJE recommendations complying with conflicts of interest disclosure policies
• Rafael Dal-Ré,
• Ana Marušić
Published online: August 01, 2018
e17-e19


Minor salivary gland biopsy is more effective than normal appearing skin biopsy for amyloid detection in systemic amyloidosis: A prospective monocentric study
• Aude Lecadet,
• Claude Bachmeyer,
• David Buob,
• Alexandre Cez,
• Sophie Georgin-Lavialle
Published online: August 01, 2018
e20-e21


Lymphocytic variant hypereosinophilia: a challenging diagnosis of a rare disease with pleomorphic clinical picture
• Nicola Orofino,
• Veronica Mattiello,
• Giuseppina Luisa Schinco,
• Umberto Gianelli,
• Alessandra Iurlo
Published online: August 09, 2018
e22-e24


Utility of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI to assess small bowel perfusion in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria before and after eculizumab
• Wilma Barcellini,
• Giulio Pezzetti,
• Bruno Fattizzo,
• Francesca Cavallaro,
• Francesco De Cobelli
Published online: August 17, 2018
e25-e27

Association between ankylosing spondylitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Taiwan
• Shih-Wei Lai,
• Cheng-Li Lin
Published online: August 08, 2018
e28-e29

Can semen protect human from ZIKV infection?
• Weili Kong
Published online: August 22, 2018
e30


Transcatheter patent foramen ovale closure versus standard medical therapy for prevention of recurrent stroke: Updated Meta-analysis with an importance on shunt size
• Krunalkumar Patel,
• Rajkumar Doshi,
• Hemant Goyal,
• Priyank Shah,
• Perwaiz Meraj
Published online: August 23, 2018
e31-e33

Prevalence of thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis upon acute hospital admission to internal medicine units. A cross-sectional study in Denmark
• Guillaume Moulis,
• Christian Fynbo Christiansen,
• Bianka Darvalics,
• Mette Nørgaard
Published online: August 31, 2018
e34-e37


Torsemide versus furosemide in heart failure patients: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
• Priyank Shah,
• Hiten Patel,
• Priyam Mithawala,
• Rajkumar Doshi
Published online: August 31, 2018
e38-e40

PoliFIT-INFOcus: A pilot study exploring how to promote physical activity in older people
• S. Damanti,
• D. Azzolino,
• S. Riva,
• A. Cano,
• M. Marcucci
• The FOCUS Project collaborators
Published online: September 26, 2018
e41-e42

Aquagenic wrinkling and cystic fibrosis carriership: A dubious relationship
• Carlo Castellani,
• Attilio L. Boner
Published online: September 20, 2018
e43