Internal and Emergency Medicine

Article	Citations
Education to increase efficiency in senior emergency medicine residents: too little, too late?	599
Frequency of emergency medical service contacts after hospital admissions	89
Food contamination and cardiovascular disease: a narrative review	89
Minimal is not minor also in patients with mild traumatic brain injury on oral direct anticoagulant therapy	74
Bidirectional association between pneumonia and intestinal infection: an analysis of the MIMIC-IV database	59
Outcomes for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction in the United States: insights from the National Inpatient Sample	59
Correction to: A 39‑year‑old woman with non‑follicular pustules on targetoid plaques during treatment for in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer	58
Prevalence of hypothermia and its associated clinical and biological features (such as thrombocytopenia) in emergency department patients: a case series	54
Appropriateness of blood transfusions in the ED—is it all about the money?	53
Connecting the dots in a case of multiple lymphadenopathies: IgG4-related disease or Castleman disease?	48
Sclerosing mesenteritis: a rare disease involving the adipose tissue of the bowel mesentery	47
PEGALUS and other patient predictive scores of COVID-19 patients	46
Correction to: A 61-years-old man with facial swelling and severe pain	43
A case of diabetic foot with severe vascular disease in an elderly no-option patient undergoing lower limb arterialization: a clinical case report	41
A nomogram based on trauma-induced coagulopathy for predicting hospital mortality in multi-trauma patients: a retrospective study	40
Hospitalization for carbon monoxide poisoning is associated with substance use and mood disorders	40
‘E-cigarette smoking’ is a misleading term: a critical review of its use in academic literature	34
Estimated plasma volume status adds prognostic value to hemodynamic parameters in advanced heart failure	32
Trends in mortality related to venous thromboembolism in the European Union, 2012–2020	31
Iatrogenic fever of unknown origin	31
Primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the lung in patient with superior vena cava syndrome and lymphangitic carcinomatosis: a case report	31
The effect of relative hypotension on 30-day mortality in older people receiving emergency care	30
NAFLD determined by Dallas Steatosis Index is associated with poor outcomes in COVID-19 pneumonia: a cohort study	30
Cell and cytokine analyses from bronchoalveolar lavage in non-critical COVID-19 pneumonia	30
Emergency department length of stay (ED-LOS) as synonymous with critical and clinical risk	29

Radiological lung sequelae, functional status and symptoms in older patients 3 and 6 months after hospitalization for COVID-19 pneumonia	29
Association between time to geriatric ward admission and change in functional status in older adults after an emergency department visit: a prospective cohort study	29
Letter to the editor “Improving acute care outcome in internal medicine: the role of early stabilization and intermediate care unit”	29
Clinical presentation of celiac disease in adult patients: current real-life experience	28
Recommendations for the management of hyperkalemia in patients receiving renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors	27
A comparison of machine learning algorithms in predicting COVID-19 prognostics	26
Remdesivir-induced bradycardia in patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV2 infection: a possible vagally-mediated mechanism	26
An unusual presentation of sex cord-stromal tumors	24
Predictors for the prescription of pharmacological prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism during hospitalization in Internal Medicine: a sub-analysis of the FADOI-NoTEVole study	24
Extraosseous effects of vitamin D: a role in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19?	24
Publisher Correction: Logistic and cognitive-emotional barriers experienced by first responders when alarmed to get dispatched to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest events: a region-wide survey	22
Response to BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers in Italy: a 3-month follow-up—Reply	21
Early sclerostin assessment in frail elderly patients with sepsis: insights on short- and long-term mortality prediction	21
An uncommon case of isolated elevation of aspartate aminotransferase in a young male	19
Threaded enigma: unraveling the diagnostic maze	19
Multiple pancreaticoduodenal artery aneurysms and retroperitoneal bleeding in a patient with celiac artery compression syndrome	19
Subclinical hypothyroidism predicts outcome in heart failure: insights from the T.O.S.CA. registry	18
Inaccurate and misleading meta-analysis of E-cigarettes and population-based diseases	18
A tale of flawed e-cigarette research undetected by defective peer review process	18
A machine learning diagnostic model for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with severe pneumonia	18
Novel perspectives on trunk-to-peripheral fat ratio in hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	17
Hypertension diagnosis and control in Italy. Combining forces in the same direction	17
Assessing risk of major adverse cardiac event among COVID-19 patients using HEART score	17
Short and long-term outcomes after cardiac surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses patients: a case–control study	17
Modulating patient output: rethinking the role of EM in the healthcare system	17
Predictors of short-term COPD readmission	17
Interdisciplinary approach to opportunistic infections: staphylococcal meningitis in a patient with multiple sclerosis on treatment with dimethyl fumarate	17
Rapid response system and mortality in intensive care unit: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea	17
A therapeutic cooperation by bempedoic acid and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitors in statin intolerance inherited dyslipidemias	16
6 and 12 month outcomes in patients following COVID-19-related hospitalization: a prospective monocentric study	16
Current approach to the treatment of vasovagal syncope in adults	16
Emergency department crowding: an overview of reviews describing measures, causes and harms—comment	16
Patient safety implications of wearing a face mask for prevention in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and consensus recommendations	16
Chronic treatment with SGLT-2 inhibitors is associated with ICU admission and disease severity in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis: a propensity score–matched cohort study	16
Echocardiographic predictors of mortality in intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism	16
Development and validation of a multivariable predictive model for Emergency Department Overcrowding based on the National Emergency Department Overcrowding Study (NEDOCS) score	15
Increased epicardial adipose tissue thickness as a sign of subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ıts relationship with disease activity ındices	15
Evaluation of simple diagnostic parameters in acute kidney injury in hospitalized patients—diagnostic recommendations for non-nephrologists	15
Blind eyes	15
Long-term left ventricular thrombosis resolution in patients receiving vitamin K antagonists: comment	15
Preload matters: visualizing fluid responsiveness by TEE during hypovolemic cardiac arrest	15
The rhythm of sweet swings	15
Efficacy and safety in ketamine-guided prehospital analgesia for abdominal pain	14
Violence in emergency services and preventative measures: results from an online survey from Germany	14
Hospital characteristics associated with COVID-19 mortality: data from the multicenter cohort Brazilian Registry	14
Factors triggering the progressive detachment of nurses toward the fundamental needs of patients: findings from a qualitative study	14
Rise and fall of troponin in the emergency department: do we overlook an important group at risk?	14
Green urine in an unconscious patient	14
Hospital admission from the emergency department of adult patients affected by immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a multidimensional retrospective analysis of an hospital-based cohort	14
Assessing triage efficiency in Italy: a comparative study using simulated cases among nurses: reply	14

Efficacy of mobile health-technology integrated care based on the ‘Atrial fibrillation Better Care’ (ABC) pathway in relation to sex: a report from the mAFA-II randomized clinical trial	14
Use of resources in elderly patients consulting the emergency department: analysis of the Emergency Department and Elder Needs Cohort (EDEN-21)	14
Life-course obesity and heart failure: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study	14
Enhanced prognosis and regional cooperative rescue systems for acute myocardial infarction: insights from chest pain centers in Ningxia, China	13
Some concerts about incidence and outcomes of in-hospital cardiac arrest in obstetric setting	13
Persistent asthma hospitalisations and deaths require a national asthma prevention plan	13
Toward a common clinical lexicon of consciousness	13
Do we consider enough the presence of triggering factors in the evaluation of patients with FMF? Triggering factors are highly prevalent in colchicine-resistant FMF patients	13
Clarkson disease in critically and non-critically ill patients: insights from the Italian IRIS-CLS registry	13
Predicting hospital readmissions in older patients with heart failure with advanced bioinformatics tools: focus on the role of vulnerability and frailty	13
Gallstone ileus	13
Impact of intraoperative goal-directed therapy on perioperative outcomes in kidney transplantation: a multicenter randomized controlled trial	13
Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of patient safety in European emergency departments: a comparative analysis of survey results	13
Exploring IL-1 inhibition in chronic refractory idiopathic myocarditis: emerging insights and perspectives	13
Guidelines for the appropriate choice of fluid therapy for resuscitation of critically ill patients	13
Considering frailty and meaningful outcomes in geriatric emergency care	13
Clinical and laboratory features associated with macrophage activation syndrome in Still’s disease: data from the international AIDA Network Still’s Disease Registry	13
Influence of chest wall conformation on spirometry parameters and outcome in mild-to-moderate idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis	12
Restructuring the role of emergency departments in the healthcare systems: a vector to improving physician resilience	12
Telemedicine in Italy, the starting point	12
Correction to: Asthma in patients admitted to emergency department for COVID‑19: prevalence and risk of hospitalization	12
The COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to move healthcare system from hospital-centered care to patient-centered care: do black swans really exist?	12
Clinical characterization of aortitis and periaortitis: study of 134 patients from a single university hospital	12
Ultrasound screening for asymptomatic deep vein thrombosis in critically ill patients: a pilot trial	11
Overnight stay in Spanish emergency departments and mortality in older patients	11
Comorbidity and medication patterns in atrial fibrillation patients: association with adverse clinical outcomes	11
Point-of-care ultrasound improves clinical outcomes in patients with acute onset dyspnea: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Antibiotics in COPD exacerbations requiring mechanical ventilation: a dogma to be re-evaluated	11
Ulcerative colitis in the elderly	11
Sepsis in Brazilian emergency departments	11
The global burden of lower respiratory infections attributable to respiratory syncytial virus in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	11
Superficial cervical plexus block in Emergency Departments: rationale for its use in incision and drainage of neck skin abscesses	11
Crohn’s disease and breast cancer: a literature review of the mechanisms and treatment	11
Treat and release: an observational study of non-conveyed high-acuity dispatches in a Danish emergency medical system	11
A European national health and social service model: a few rules of the game	11
Reviewers 2024	11
The potential of smoke-free products to reduce harm for smokers: what does the toxicological evidence say?	11
Systemic thrombolysis in patients with acute stroke and active cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	11
Assessing the utility of frailty scores in triage: a comparative study of validated scales	11
Total cholesterol and bilirubin levels are associated with neurologic outcomes in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	11
Dyspnoea after epileptic seizures: beyond aspiration pneumonia	10
A new score to predict Clostridioides difficile infection in medical patients: a sub-analysis of the FADOI-PRACTICE study	10
High-dose intravenous vitamin C decreases rates of mechanical ventilation and cardiac arrest in severe COVID-19	10
Longitudinal medical subspecialty follow-up of critically and non-critically ill hospitalized COVID-19 survivors up to 24 months after discharge	10
Correction to: The diagnostic role of pathergy test in patients with Behçet’s disease from the Western Europe	10
Impact of thyroid function screening in a large cohort of patients admitted to an emergency department	10
Beyond hospitalizations: uncovering underdiagnosed hepatocellular carcinoma during COVID-19	10
Factors influencing patients’ experience of communication with the medical team of the emergency department	10
YEARS rule combined with the age-adjusted d-dimer threshold in patients with suspected pulmonary embolism	10
Further clinical data on the more rapid achievement of remission without the use of steroids with tocilizumab compared to methotrexate in giant-cell arteritis	10
Ultrasound-guided nerve blocks: expert opinion statement on patient monitoring in the emergency department setting	10
Sepsis mortality and ICU length of stay after the implementation of an intensive care team in the emergency department	10
Lung ultrasound in pneumonia: a guide for effective implementation	9
Is it time to update our defibrillation strategies for refractory ventricular fibrillation?	9
Obstructive shock due to thoracic aortic aneurysm	9
Sex based disparities in glycemic control and hospitalization outcomes of medical patients with diabetes mellitus—a historical cohort study	9
Life on a table: the stories that the bedside table of a patient can tell us	9
Incidence of long COVID-19 in people with previous SARS-Cov2 infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 120,970 patients	9
Handgrip strength is associated with adverse outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19-associated pneumonia	9
Thiazides for the prevention of kidney stone recurrence: are they really effective?	9
Opioid-induced constipation in internal medicine: recognition and management pathways	9
Negative 18F-FDG-PET imaging in fever and inflammation of unknown origin: now what?	9
Immune disturbance leads to pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 more than classical risk factors: a clinical and histological study	9
Development and validation of an audit tool for fluid management in non-critically ill adults in the emergency department	9
Prescription of ACE-Is/ARBs in patients with cardio-renal disease: a multicenter retrospective cohort study from the REPOSI registry	9
Left gastric artery pseudoaneurysm mimicking a giant gastric subepithelial lesion	9
Cardiac vagal control and inflammation are upregulated in exceptional human longevity	9
Optimal antiplatelet therapy for patients after antiplatelet therapy induced gastrointestinal bleeding: timing	9
Trends in sudden cardiac death mortality in Italy, 2013–2019	9
Association between post-arrest 12-lead electrocardiographic features and neurologically intact survival for patients of in-hospital cardiac arrest	9
Association of appropriateness for ICU admission with resource use, organ support and long-term survival in critically ill cancer patients	9
Hospital mortality and failure of non-invasive ventilation in COVID-19: looking inside the predictive scores	9
Simultaneous pachymeningeal and cerebral parenchymal involvement by alveolar echinococcosis	9
Empowering the vulnerable in internal medicine: a narrative review on physical exercise as a tool to tackle frailty	9
Clinical features and outcomes of elderly hospitalised patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure or both	9
Evaluating cardiovascular risk in metabolic steatosis with precision medicine non-invasive approaches: insights from a cohort study	9
Contrasting obesity: is something missing here?	9
Hyperamylasemia in COVID-19 patients: pancreatic involvement or secondary epiphenomenon?	8
The association of fatty liver index and metabolic syndrome with cardiovascular outcomes, liver-related mortality, and all-cause mortality, a nationwide cohort study:comment	8
Barriers associated with emergency medical service activation in patients with ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes	8

An atypical adverse reaction to iron infusion: a case report	8
Long-term left ventricular thrombosis resolution in patients receiving vitamin K antagonists: reply to comment	8
Bridging innovation and clinical impact: advances and challenges in beta cell replacement therapies	8
Prevalence of new-onset atrial fibrillation in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
Current antithrombotic prophylaxis in nephrotic syndrome: results from an Italian survey	8
Practical approach to acute pancreatitis: from diagnosis to the management of complications	8
The impact of lactose intolerance diagnosis: costs, timing, and quality-of-life	8
Awareness of sex and gender dimensions among physicians: the European federation of internal medicine assessment of gender differences in Europe (EFIM-IMAGINE) survey	8
Vascular smooth muscle cell dysfunction in patients with hemochromatosis	8
Integrative assessment of congestion in heart failure using ultrasound imaging	8
Metabolic dysfunction-associated gallstone disease: expecting more from critical care manifestations	8
Weather information improves a predictive model of emergency department arrivals	8
Radiographic assessment of lung edema (RALE) score is associated with clinical outcomes in patients with refractory cardiogenic shock and refractory cardiac arrest after percutaneous implantation of e	8
Why so many different specialty training programmes in general practice in Europe?	8
COVID-19 mRNA vaccine safety, immunogenicity, and effectiveness in a hospital setting: confronting the challenge	8
Ceftriaxone 1 g versus 2 g per day, for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study—comment	8
Reassessing proton pump inhibitor safety: a comment	8
Fostering interconnected care in heart failure: a call to action for a comprehensive assessment and management of the patient’s journey	8
To clarify the safety profile of paracetamol for home-care patients with COVID-19: a real-world cohort study, with nested case–control analysis, in primary care	7
Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in heart failure patients across the range of body mass index: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	7
The application of pleural ultrasound features in different lung diseases characterized by B-lines of lung ultrasound in hemodialysis patients	7
Faster steroid-free remission with tocilizumab compared to methotrexate in giant cell arteritis: a real-life experience in two reference centres	7
A risk score for patients with ischemic heart disease in the emergency department	7
Augmented reality smart glasses: a new resuscitation training tool or a worthless gadget?	7
Health technology assessment for pharmaceuticals in the European Union: what lessons after two decades?	7
Letter to: Utility of pulmonary echography with a handheld ultrasound device in patients with acute coronary syndrome	7
Validation and clinical correlates of the Turkish version of the methotrexate intolerance and severity assessment (MISA) questionnaire in rheumatoid arthritis	7
Diabetes mellitus in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: a post hoc analysis from the WARCEF trial	7
Characteristics of a revised quick sequential organ failure assessment score (RqSOFA) to predict in-hospital mortality of patients visiting the emergency department via ambulance: an observational coh	7
Drug prescription appropriateness in hospitalized older patients: 15-year results and lessons from a countrywide register	7
Interventions to improve the quality of low back pain care in emergency departments: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Monitoring and modulation of respiratory drive in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in spontaneous breathing	7
Optimizing oxygen targets in COVID-19: cutting-edge insights from the HOT-COVID trial	7
Differences in the efficacy and safety of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in males and females. Does only sex matter?	7
Rethinking scientific and medical affairs to support the tobacco industry transformation	7
Hyperkalemia: do you forget something?	7
Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and liver fibrosis scores as COVID-19 outcome predictors: a machine-learning application	7
Low-dose azithromycin prophylaxis in patients with atrial fibrillation and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	7
The impact of chronic conditions on emergency department length of stay	7
When pregnancy-associated hypertriglyceridemia goes above and beyond the risk of pancreatitis	7
Case report: a case of pelvic retroperitoneal aggressive fibromatosis misdiagnosed as ovarian cystadenoma	7
Conceptualizing a model for European health systems: the institutional framework	7
The association between emergency department length of stay and hospital length of stay: an observational multi-centre cohort study	7
SGLT-2 inhibitors and diabetic ketoacidosis	7
“To clarify the safety profile of paracetamol for home-care patients with COVID-19: a real-world cohort study, with nested case–control analysis, in primary care”—Reply	7
Overnight bridge crossing troubled waters	7
Selecting patients for ICU up-grade from general wards: role of prognostic tools	7
A rare presentation of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction	7
Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on comprehensive geriatric assessment and cognitive function in elderly patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: comment	7
Giant aortic aneurism diagnosed by lung ultrasound	7
Development and validation of prognostic nomogram for cirrhotic patients with acute kidney injury upon ICU admission	6
Management of acute exacerbations of COPD in the emergency department and its associations with clinical variables	6
Non-invasive fibrosis markers are useful in predicting the presence of varices in compensated cirrhosis and variceal bleeding in decompensated cirrhosis	6
A novel scoring system for early prediction of massive transfusion requirement in trauma patients	6
Medical devices in Europe, all but drugs: time to radically change their regulation?	6
Intravenous paracetamol compared to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids for acute pain in emergency departments	6
Diaphragmatic ultrasound: approach, emerging evidence, and future perspectives in non-ICU patients	6
Antibody to hepatitis B virus core antigen positivity is a predictor of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease severity	6
Biologics for immunoglobulin A vasculitis: targeting vasculitis or comorbid disease?	6
Spur cells in liver cirrhosis are predictive of acute-on-chronic liver failure and liver-related mortality regardless of severe anaemia	6
Early association between respiratory mechanics and radiological changes in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients with COVID-19	6
Umbilical hernia with uncommon content; herniated paraumbilical collateral veins	6
Physical activity in liver transplant recipients: a large multicenter study	6
Routine color doppler ultrasonography for the early diagnosis of cranial giant cell arteritis relapses	6
Post-critical ictal bradycardia: the risks of tricky timing	6
Gut microbiota, intestinal permeability, and systemic inflammation: a narrative review	6
Rare nodal involvement as the initial presentation of lymphomatoid granulomatosis, mimicking metastatic carcinoma	6
Biological age is superior to chronological age in predicting hospital mortality of the critically ill	6
Rifaximin in diverticulosis and diverticular disease: a national survey among Italian gastroenterologists and general practitioners	6
Combination therapy of beta-blockers and digoxin is associated with increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation: a report from th	6
Prehospital point-of-care medication burden as a predictor of poor related outcomes in unselected acute diseases	6
A 57-year-old woman with unexplained refractory shock	6
Patient adherence and comprehension of take-home anticoagulant regimens prescribed at the emergency department: preliminary findings from a randomized controlled trial and implications for patient saf	6
Serum lactate is associated with an ICU admission in patients presenting with seizure at the emergency department	6
Message from the New Editor-in-Chief of Internal and Emergency Medicine	6
Non-dipper blood pressure pattern and glycemic alterations: does post-prandial glucose rise predict lack of nocturnal pressure drop?	6
Improving technical and non-technical skills of emergency medicine residents through a program based on high-fidelity simulation	6
Lung ultrasound in the COVID-19 era: a lesson to be learned for the future	6
Various effects of nutritional status on clinical outcomes after intracerebral hemorrhage	6
Recurrent headache mimicking cluster headache: a diagnostic challenge	5
HFpEF and HFmrEF in acute heart failure: isolated diastolic dysfunction or alternative cardiac pathologies?	5
Incidence and clinical outcomes of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: 11 year experience in a tertiary care university hospital	5
Echocardiographic clues of the “atrial pump mechanism” during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: comment	5
Short-term evolocumab-induced tendon xanthomas regression in an elderly patient with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia	5
Associations between emergency call stroke triage and pre-hospital delay, primary hospital admission, and acute reperfusion treatment among early comers with acute ischemic stroke	5
The potential pathogenic role of gut microbiota in rheumatic diseases: a human-centred narrative review	5
Holding breath	5
A rare case of abdominal lymphadenopathy and fever	5
Use of non-invasive respiratory supports in high-intensity internal medicine setting during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency in Italy: a multicenter, real-life experience	5
Mechanical dispersion predicts survival of dialysis-dependent patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction	5
Impact of diabetes and on-arrival hyperglycemia on short-term outcomes in acute heart failure patients	5
Causes and predictors of recurrent unplanned hospital admissions in heart failure patients: a cohort study: a comment	5
Frailty at ICU admission: a potential alternative to scoring systems based on clinical observation	5
Bioelectrical impedance analysis parameters are superior to liver enzymes in predicting metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in young adults	5
Cancer, the new and hackneyed unknowns	5