Internal and Emergency Medicine

Article	Citations
A 57-year-old woman with unexplained refractory shock	251
Primary signet ring cell carcinoma of the lung in patient with superior vena cava syndrome and lymphangitic carcinomatosis: a case report	87
Hospitalization for carbon monoxide poisoning is associated with substance use and mood disorders	73
Strengthening team cohesion in the emergency department through a color-coded well-being check-in: are you ‘ready to roll?’	58
A nomogram based on trauma-induced coagulopathy for predicting hospital mortality in multi-trauma patients: a retrospective study	48
Food contamination and cardiovascular disease: a narrative review	45
Connecting the dots in a case of multiple lymphadenopathies: IgG4-related disease or Castleman disease?	41
COVID-19 vaccines and thrombosis	41
Acute dyspnea in the emergency department: a clinical review	41
Prognostic value of respiratory parameters for COVID-19 patients in the emergency department: results from the EC-COVID study	38
Factors triggering familial mediterranean fever attacks, do they really exist?	37
Trends in mortality related to venous thromboembolism in the European Union, 2012–2020	37
Message from the New Editor-in-Chief of Internal and Emergency Medicine	37
Sclerosing mesenteritis: a rare disease involving the adipose tissue of the bowel mesentery	35
Facing overcrowding in the emergency departments	33
Education to increase efficiency in senior emergency medicine residents: too little, too late?	33
Pharmaceutical patenting in the European Union: reform or riddance	31
Intravenous paracetamol compared to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids for acute pain in emergency departments	31
Competitive interaction between smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for explaining renal function reduction in hypertensive patients	30
Sex differences in the association between d-dimer and the incidence of acute kidney injury in patients admitted with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a retrospective observational study	30
Non-invasive fibrosis markers are useful in predicting the presence of varices in compensated cirrhosis and variceal bleeding in decompensated cirrhosis	29
“Large-vessel vasculitis following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine”: comment	28
Frequency of emergency medical service contacts after hospital admissions	27
Does CHA2DS2-VASc score predict mortality in chronic kidney disease?	27
The Crystalloid Liberal or Vasopressors Early Resuscitation in Sepsis (CLOVERS) randomized clinical trial	27

Efficacy and safety of direct oral anticoagulants in older adults with atrial fibrillation: a prospective single-centre cohort study	27
The variable relationship between the National Early Warning Score on admission to hospital, the primary discharge diagnosis, and in-hospital mortality	25
Asterixis in the lower extremities	23
Lower albumin levels are associated with 1-year mortality in older patients hospitalized for acute heart failure: THE ALBIMED-HF study	22
Comanagement of surgical patients between neurosurgeons and internal-medicine clinicians: observational cohort study	22
Physical activity in liver transplant recipients: a large multicenter study	21
Iatrogenic fever of unknown origin	21
Cell and cytokine analyses from bronchoalveolar lavage in non-critical COVID-19 pneumonia	21
Progress in the management of acute colchicine poisoning in adults	20
Correction: Raising the curtain: from the gut lumen to human health and disease—the point of interest for internal medicine	20
The association between albumin corrected anion gap and ICU mortality in acute kidney injury patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy	20
Direct oral anticoagulants in patients with a left-sided bioprosthetic heart valve: a systematic review and meta-analysis	19
Antiphospholipid syndrome: are old school VKAs still the best choice?	18
Henoch–schonlein purpura following exposure to SARS-CoV2 vaccine or infection: a systematic review and a case report	18
Appropriateness of blood transfusions in the ED—is it all about the money?	18
The effect of relative hypotension on 30-day mortality in older people receiving emergency care	18
Crucial safety issues on Janus kinase inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis might be associated with the lack of LDL-cholesterol management: a reasoned literature analysis	17
4C mortality score and COVID-19 mortality risk score: an analysis in four different age groups of an Italian population	17
Uncommon presentation of systemic capillary leak syndrome: a case report with pulmonary embolism	17
Variability of the anticoagulant effect according to body weight in patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants	17
Estimated plasma volume status adds prognostic value to hemodynamic parameters in advanced heart failure	16
Critical care management of acute intoxications, dynamics and changes over time: a cohort study	16
Non-dipper blood pressure pattern and glycemic alterations: does post-prandial glucose rise predict lack of nocturnal pressure drop?	16
High versus low chloride load in adult hyperglycemic emergencies with acute kidney injury: a multicenter retrospective cohort study	16
Why we all need Choosing Wisely?	16
Evaluation of point-of-care ultrasound use in the diagnostic approach for right upper quadrant abdominal pain management in the emergency department: a prospective study	16
Fibrosis-4 index is closely associated with clinical outcomes in acute cardioembolic stroke patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation	16
Evaluation of use and identification of predictive factors for nonuse of peripheral venous catheters in the emergency department	16
Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with connective tissue diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis	15
Time-efficiency principle applied to an unusual presentation: what is hidden behind a lymphedema?	15
Development and validation of prognostic nomogram for cirrhotic patients with acute kidney injury upon ICU admission	15
Early association between respiratory mechanics and radiological changes in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients with COVID-19	15
Rifaximin in diverticulosis and diverticular disease: a national survey among Italian gastroenterologists and general practitioners	14
Prognostic role of serum albumin levels in patients with chronic heart failure	14
High-dose steroids for the treatment of severe COVID-19	14
Rethinking the first-aid research agenda from the perspective of community access to emergency medical services	14
Diaphragmatic ultrasound evaluation in acute heart failure: clinical and functional associations	14
Statin treatment and outcomes after embolic stroke of undetermined source	14
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	14
How accurate are the references generated by ChatGPT in internal medicine?	14
Putative invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in apparently immunocompetent patients within medical wards and intensive care units	13
IgM anti-SARS-CoV-2-specific determination: useful or confusing? Big Data analysis of a real-life scenario	13
Immune thrombocytopenia following COVID-19 mRNA vaccine: casuality or causality?	13
Painted in black: deciphering the cornerstones of a challenging case	13
Echocardiographic diagnosis of hepatopulmonary syndrome: a valuable tool to remember	13
Prehospital point-of-care medication burden as a predictor of poor related outcomes in unselected acute diseases	13
Pulmonary embolism after a long-haul flight	13
High flow Nasal Cannula oxygen therapy: the Columbus egg that helps us understand the clinical meaning of dyspnea	13
Lung ultrasound presentation of covid-19 patients: phenotypes and correlations—comment	13
Early echocardiographic findings in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia: a prospective, single center study	13

Metabolic risks remain a serious threat to cardiovascular disease: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	12
Correction to: Surveillance of COVID-19 using a keyword search for symptoms in reports from emergency medical communication centers in Gironde, France: a 15 year retrospective cross-sectional study	12
Impact of cardiovascular disease on clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with Covid-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Evaluation of a patient-centered integrated care program for individuals with frequent hospital readmissions and multimorbidity	12
Impact of body mass index on the outcome of elderly patients treated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation	12
Psychiatric patients at the emergency department: factors associated with length of stay and likelihood of hospitalization	12
The promise of machine learning models in cardiovascular risk prediction	12
Shorten the door-to-antibiotics time in acute bacterial meningitis using a glucometer to measure the cerebrospinal fluid/blood glucose ratio	11
Clinical profile and evolution of patients with juvenile-onset Behçet’s syndrome over a 25-year period: insights from the AIDA network	11
Carlo Tortoni (1640–1700) and the Early Use of Microscope in Medical Experimentation	11
Mandatory referral for unplanned hospital admissions led to a 9.4% reduction in attendances	11
Delirium is common in patients hospitalized with COVID-19	11
(Our) Awakenings	11
Daily estimates of individual discharge likelihood with deep learning natural language processing in general medicine: a prospective and external validation study	11
Effect of regional cooperative rescue systems based on chest pain centers for patients with acute myocardial infarction in a first-tier city in China	11
Out-of-hospital onset versus in-hospital onset for clinical outcomes in spontaneous intramuscular hematoma diagnosed by computed tomography: a retrospective cohort study	10
Editorial Expression of Concern: Breaking the diagnosis: ankylosing spondylitis evidenced by cervical fracture following spine manipulation	10
Correlation of SpO2/FiO2 and PaO2/FiO2 in patients with symptomatic COVID-19: An observational, retrospective study	10
Impact of sleeve gastrectomy compared to Roux-en-y gastric bypass upon hedonic hunger and the relationship to post-operative weight loss	10
Peripheral artery disease in patients with stable coronary artery disease in general practice: results from an Italian nationwide study—PAD & CAD study	10
Clinical factors associated with death in 3044 COVID-19 patients managed in internal medicine wards in Italy: comment	10
Urgent need of novel biomarkers of acute dyspnea	10
The impact of lesion complexity on predicting mortality of coronary artery disease patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	10
High LACE index scores are associated with disproportionate excess deaths in hospital amongst patients with COVID-19	10
Clinical impact of vital sign abnormalities in patients admitted with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an observational study using continuous wireless monitoring	10
Large-vessel vasculitis following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine	10
Comparison between standard and ultrasound-integrated approach for risk stratification of syncope in the emergency department	10
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	10
Added value of inflammatory markers to vital signs for predicting mortality in patients with suspected infection: external validation and model development	10
Machine learning versus traditional methods for the development of risk stratification scores: a case study using original Canadian Syncope Risk Score data	10
NAFLD determined by Dallas Steatosis Index is associated with poor outcomes in COVID-19 pneumonia: a cohort study	10
Immediate coronary angiography and systematic targeted temperature management are associated with improved outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest	10
Prevalence of hypothermia and its associated clinical and biological features (such as thrombocytopenia) in emergency department patients: a case series	10
Non-invasive phenotyping of fatty liver: clues for management and prevention	10
Clinical profile, inhaler technique, and predictors of inhaler adherence among asthma and COPD patients who attended the outpatient emergency department for acute exacerbation	10
Protecting effects of smoking against COVID-19: a community-based retrospective cohort study in middle- and older-aged adults	10
Influenza vaccination for elderly, vulnerable and high-risk subjects: a narrative review and expert opinion	9
Evaluation of the HEFESTOS scale to predict outcomes in emergency department acute heart failure patients	9
Bidirectional association between pneumonia and intestinal infection: an analysis of the MIMIC-IV database	9
Ergogenic value of oxygen supplementation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	9
Management of acute exacerbations of COPD in the emergency department and its associations with clinical variables	9
Role of prognostic scores in predicting in-hospital mortality and failure of non-invasive ventilation in adults with COVID-19	9
Aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio and clinical outcomes after acute ischemic stroke: the CNSR-III registry	9
SARS-CoV-2 vs smallpox: mass vaccinations in the mirror	9
Computational modeling method to estimate secondhand exposure potential from exhalations during e-vapor product use under various real-world scenarios	9
Mortality and its association with chronic alcohol-related diseases in patients admitted to the emergency department for acute alcoholic intoxication: retrospective cohort study	9
The BaSICS randomized clinical trial	9
A man with diarrhea	9
Correction: Unveiling cancer risk in ANCA-associated vasculitis: result from the Turkish Vasculitis Study Group (TRVaS)	9
Smart-working policies during COVID-19 pandemic: a way to reduce work-related traumas?	9
Emergency department length of stay (ED-LOS) as synonymous with critical and clinical risk	8
“Smoke on the water”: a challenging case of pneumonia	8
Interventions to reduce burnout in emergency medicine: a national inventory of the Canadian experience to support global implementation of wellness initiatives	8
Current management of cancer-associated venous thromboembolism in patients with thrombocytopenia: a retrospective cohort study	8
Correction to: A 61-years-old man with facial swelling and severe pain	8
When pulmonary arterial hypertension complicates connective tissue diseases: we still have not found what we are looking for	8
Routine color doppler ultrasonography for the early diagnosis of cranial giant cell arteritis relapses	8
Short term effect of sacubitril/valsartan on comprehensive geriatric assessment in chronic heart failure: a real life analysis	8
Do we need pre-hospital resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) in the civilian helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS)?	8
Outcomes for patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction in the United States: insights from the National Inpatient Sample	8
POST-discharge thromboprophylaxis in patients with COVID-19: a single-center experience	8
Remdesivir-induced bradycardia in patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV2 infection: a possible vagally-mediated mechanism	8
A curious case of pancytopenia and fever in a patient with Erdheim–Chester disease	8
Acceptance and publication times in high-impact general medical journals	8
Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) in the early diagnosis of novel coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) in a first-level emergency department during a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Italy: a real-life analysis	8
Using real-time machine learning to prevent in-hospital hypoglycemia: a prospective study	8
Basilar artery occlusion presenting with reduced level of consciousness: a diagnosis not to miss	8
Serum lactate is associated with an ICU admission in patients presenting with seizure at the emergency department	8
Clinical testing of the cardiovascular effects of e-cigarette substitution for smoking: a living systematic review	8
Comparison of the characteristics, morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 between first and second/third wave in a hospital setting in Lombardy: a retrospective cohort study	8
The everchanging framework of autoinflammation	8
Progress and prospects for artificial intelligence in clinical practice: learning from COVID-19	8
Gut microbiota, intestinal permeability, and systemic inflammation: a narrative review. Comment	8
Lung ultrasound national report (LUNARE PROJECT) by the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI)	8
PEGALUS and other patient predictive scores of COVID-19 patients	8
Incidence and factors associated with out-of-hospital peri-intubation cardiac arrest: a secondary analysis of the CURASMUR trial	7
New-generation nicotine delivery products require new approaches to research	7
Clinical presentation of celiac disease in adult patients: current real-life experience	7
Recommendations for the management of hyperkalemia in patients receiving renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors	7
Deviating vital signs in continuous monitoring prior to discharge and risk of readmission: an observational study	7

Fib-4 score is able to predict intra-hospital mortality in 4 different SARS-COV2 waves	7
Spur cells in liver cirrhosis are predictive of acute-on-chronic liver failure and liver-related mortality regardless of severe anaemia	7
Clinical evaluation of patients living with obesity	7
Ischemic stroke while on NOAC therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: suggested treatment strategies	7
Beware the IBM SPSS statistics® in multiple ROC curves analysis	7
Awareness of sex and gender dimensions among physicians: the European federation of internal medicine assessment of gender differences in Europe (EFIM-IMAGINE) survey: comment	7
Asthma in patients admitted to emergency department for COVID-19: prevalence and risk of hospitalization	7
The impact of cognitive aids on resuscitation performance in in-hospital cardiac arrest scenarios: a systematic review and meta-analysis	7
Clinical and microbiological characteristics of bloodstream infections caused by Enterococcus spp. within internal medicine wards: a two-year single-centre experience	7
A family with gallstone disease: defining inherited risk in the era of clinical genetic testing	7
Laboratory markers of severity across three COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia: has Omicron and vaccinations changed disease presentation?	7
Endothelial dysfunction is associated with reduced myocardial mechano-energetic efficiency in drug-naïve hypertensive individuals	7
Lung ultrasound in the COVID-19 era: a lesson to be learned for the future	7
Radiological lung sequelae, functional status and symptoms in older patients 3 and 6 months after hospitalization for COVID-19 pneumonia	7
Sex differences in clinical outcomes amongst 1105 patients admitted with hip fractures	7
A novel scoring system for early prediction of massive transfusion requirement in trauma patients	7
Acid sphingomyelinase deficiency (ASMD): addressing knowledge gaps in unmet needs and patient journey in Italy—a Delphi consensus	7
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on visits to the hospital emergency service in two hospitals in Spain, from March 14, 2020 to June 21, 2020	7
The possible use of ethyl alcohol to prevent cardiac arrest by retaining consciousness in hypothermia	7
A mediastinal tumor with massive pericardial effusion	7
Role of age, sex, and specific provoking factors on the distal versus proximal presentation of first symptomatic deep vein thrombosis: analysis of the SWIss Venous ThromboEmbolism Registry (SWIVTER)	7
Surveillance of COVID-19 using a keyword search for symptoms in reports from emergency medical communication centers in Gironde, France: a 15 year retrospective cross-sectional study	7
Characteristics and retention of emergency department patients who left without being seen (LWBS)	7
Post-critical ictal bradycardia: the risks of tricky timing	7
A fistful of candies for hypertension	7
Correction to: Antibiotic prescriptions in the context of suspected bacterial respiratory tract superinfections in the COVID-19 era: a retrospective quantitative analysis of antibiotic consumption and	7
Correction to: NAFLD, MAFLD, and beyond: one or several acronyms for better comprehension and patient care	7
Correction to: A 39‑year‑old woman with non‑follicular pustules on targetoid plaques during treatment for in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer	7
Minimal is not minor also in patients with mild traumatic brain injury on oral direct anticoagulant therapy	7
VEXAS syndrome: a new paradigm for adult-onset monogenic autoinflammatory diseases	6
Current approach to the treatment of vasovagal syncope in adults	6
The comparison of endotracheal intubation and laryngeal tube insertion with face-to-face method in in-vehicle traffic accidents	6
6 and 12 month outcomes in patients following COVID-19-related hospitalization: a prospective monocentric study	6
Relationship between proton pump inhibitor prescription and asthma exacerbation among adult patients: a self-controlled case series study	6
Global, regional and national burden of alcohol cardiomyopathy from Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	6
Multidimensional versus unidimensional pain scales for the assessment of analgesic requirement in the emergency department: a systematic review	6
Umbilical hernia with uncommon content; herniated paraumbilical collateral veins	6
Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) Index and mortality in COVID-19 patients admitted to the emergency department	6
Correction to: Direct oral anticoagulants in patients with a left‑sided bioprosthetic heart valve: a systematic review and meta‑analysis	6
Low-molecular-weight heparin for the prevention of clinical worsening in severe non-critically ill COVID-19 patients: a joint analysis of two randomized controlled trials	6
Use of nicotine products, prescription drug products, and other methods to stop smoking by US adults in the 2022 National Health Interview Survey	6
Causes and predictors of recurrent unplanned hospital admissions in heart failure patients: a cohort study: a comment	6
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with higher risks for SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 severity: a retrospective case–control study	6
Prevalence of low skeletal muscle quantity and quality and their associated factors in patients before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation	6
Holding breath	6
Low eGFR and albuminuria independently predict all-cause mortality in high-risk subjects undergoing coronary arteriography	6
Prognostic tools for elderly patients with sepsis: in search of new predictive models	6
Chronic massive pericardial effusion	6
Integrated care: easy in theory, harder in practice?	6
Raising the curtain: from the gut lumen to human health and disease—the point of interest for internal medicine	6
Rapid response system and mortality in intensive care unit: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea	6
Acute hypereosinophilia in emergency department: variables associated with a 3-month mortality	6
Maglio study: epidemiological analysis on invasive meningococcal disease in Italy: focus on hospitalization from 2015 to 2019: comment	6
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with delirium in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: are immigrants a vulnerable group?	6
Fibrosis‑4 (FIB‑4) index and mortality in COVID‑19 patients admitted to the emergency department: a new interesting predictive index for patients with COVID-19 disease?	6
Utility of pulmonary echography with a handheld ultrasound device in patients with acute coronary syndrome	6
A comparison of machine learning algorithms in predicting COVID-19 prognostics	6
Rise and fall of troponin in the emergency department: do we overlook an important group at risk?	6
Reduced coronary flow velocity reserve and blunted heart rate reserve identify a higher risk group in patients with chest pain and negative emergency department evaluation	6
Accuracy of a sequential algorithm based on FIB-4 and ELF to identify high-risk advanced liver fibrosis at the primary care level	5
Renal arterial resistive index versus novel biomarkers for the early prediction of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury	5
Racial differences in triage assessment at rural vs urban Maine emergency departments	5
A tale of flawed e-cigarette research undetected by defective peer review process	5
A COVID-19 specific multiparametric and ECG-based score for the prediction of in-hospital mortality: ELCOVID score	5
Nodular fasciitis. A rare, rapidly growing lesion of the parotid gland	5
New race-free creatinine- and cystatin C-based equations for the estimation of glomerular filtration rate and association with cardiovascular mortality in the AtheroGene study	5
Further data on use of NSAIDs for the home-care therapy of COVID-19	5
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	5
High versus low chloride load in adult hyperglycemic emergencies with acute kidney injury, a multicenter retrospective cohort study: COMMENT	5
A right wire in the wrong place	5
Clinical outcomes of clostridioides difficile infection in the very elderly	5
Awake pronation with helmet CPAP in early COVID-19 ARDS patients: effects on respiratory effort and distribution of ventilation assessed by EIT	5
Fasting hyperglycaemia and fatty liver drive colorectal cancer: a retrospective analysis in 1145 patients	5
Incidence and clinical outcomes of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: 11 year experience in a tertiary care university hospital	5
Prediction of flare following glucocorticoids withdrawal in rheumatoid arthritis patients with continuation of csDMARDs: a real-life study	5
Prescription appropriateness of anti-diabetes drugs in elderly patients hospitalized in a clinical setting: evidence from the REPOSI Register	5
Brain lesions: is there a role for internist?	5
A program to improve sepsis management in the Emergency Department: a multicenter prospective study in France	5
Parinaud’s syndrome: a stroke chameleon	5
An uncommon case of isolated elevation of aspartate aminotransferase in a young male	5
Deciphering cytopenias in internal medicine: a single-center observational study	5
Clinical factors associated with death in 3044 COVID-19 patients managed in internal medicine wards in Italy: results from the SIMI-COVID-19 study of the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI)	5
The impact of a non-restrictive Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in the emergency department of a secondary-level Italian hospital	5
Paraneoplastic syndrome as a manifestation small cell carcinoma of the prostate: a rare presentation within a rare tumor	5
Association between endotoxemia and blood no in the portal circulation of cirrhotic patients: results of a pilot study	5
Cardiac arrest-related lung edema: examining the role of downtimes in transpulmonary thermodilution analysis—comment	5
Hemophilia patients: are they naturally anticoagulated?	5
Global burden and risk factors of MASLD: trends from 1990 to 2021 and predictions to 2030	5
Emergency department crowding: an overview of reviews describing measures, causes and harms—comment	5
Assessing prescriber adherence with Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guideline-recommended reliever therapy	5
Predictors of short-term COPD readmission	5
Glucose variability predicts 6-month mortality in patients hospitalized with acute heart failure	5
DOACs levels in patients with hip fracture: is there a relation with renal function and time from last drug intake?	5
Hyperactive delirium during emergency department stay: analysis of risk factors and association with short-term outcomes	5
Assessing risk of major adverse cardiac event among COVID-19 patients using HEART score	5