Message from the New Editor-in-Chief of Internal and Emergency Medicine Piero Portincasa EDITOR’S PAGE 18 March 2022 Pages: 315 - 316
Type 2 myocardial infarction: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in contemporary cardiology Andrea Carlo MerloRoberta Della BonaItalo Porto IM-Point of view 14 February 2022 Pages: 317 - 324
COVID-19 mRNA vaccine safety, immunogenicity, and effectiveness in a hospital setting: confronting the challenge Janet SultanaGrazia CaciVincenza Gianfredi IM - COMMENTARY 27 January 2022 Pages: 325 - 327
Possible harm from glucocorticoid drugs misuse in the early phase of SARS-CoV-2 infection: a narrative review of the evidence Riccardo SarzaniFrancesco SpannellaAndrea Giacometti IM - REVIEW Open access 31 October 2021 Pages: 329 - 338
Internal medicine physician embedded in an orthopedic service in a level 1 hospital: clinical impact Sagi ShasharVera PolischukTai Friesem IM - ORIGINAL 26 April 2021 Pages: 339 - 348
Diagnostic yield of small bowel capsule endoscopy in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: a real-world prospective study Samanta RomeoBenedetto NeriLivia Biancone IM - ORIGINAL Open access 27 June 2021 Pages: 349 - 358
Viral load and disease severity in COVID-19 Rahul Dnyaneshwar PawarLakshman BalajiMichael William Donnino IM - ORIGINAL 16 June 2021 Pages: 359 - 367
Impact of body mass index on the outcome of elderly patients treated with transcatheter aortic valve implantation Fabio Alfredo SguraSalvatore ArrottiGiuseppe Boriani IM - ORIGINAL 24 July 2021 Pages: 369 - 376
Evaluation of medication reconciliation process in internal medicine wards of an academic medical center by a pharmacist: errors and risk factors Shadi ZiaieGholamhossein MehralianZahra Talebi IM - ORIGINAL 03 August 2021 Pages: 377 - 386
ALERT-LDL: adherence to guidelines in the treatment of patients with dyslipidemia Giorgio BossoMariarosaria De LucaUgo Oliviero IM - ORIGINAL Open access 24 July 2021 Pages: 387 - 395
Reductions in biomarkers of exposure to selected harmful and potentially harmful constituents following exclusive and partial switching from combustible cigarettes to myblu™ electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) Paul MorrisSimon McDermottGrant O’Connell IM - ORIGINAL Open access 26 August 2021 Pages: 397 - 410
Daily estimates of individual discharge likelihood with deep learning natural language processing in general medicine: a prospective and external validation study Stephen BacchiToby GilbertSimon Koblar IM - ORIGINAL 31 July 2021 Pages: 411 - 415
The visceral adiposity index predicts the severity of hyperlipidaemic acute pancreatitis Weizhi XiaHuajun YuLiuzhi Shi IM - ORIGINAL 02 August 2021 Pages: 417 - 422
A novel scoring system to predict therapeutic intervention for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding Nobuhito ItoKohei FunasakaMitsuhiro Fujishiro IM - ORIGINAL 07 August 2021 Pages: 423 - 430
Bacterial infections in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 Víctor Moreno-TorresCarmen de Mendozathe Puerta de Hierro COVID-19 working group IM - ORIGINAL Open access 18 August 2021 Pages: 431 - 438
Structured pain-free exercise progressively improves ankle-brachial index and walking ability in patients with claudication and compressible arteries: an observational study Fabio ManfrediniLuca TrainaNicola Lamberti IM - ORIGINAL Open access 09 September 2021 Pages: 439 - 449
Prevalence of low skeletal muscle quantity and quality and their associated factors in patients before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation Shinya YoshidaGoro SakuraiTetsutaro Yahata IM - ORIGINAL 13 August 2021 Pages: 451 - 456
Lung cancer and interstitial lung diseases: the lack of prognostic impact of lung cancer in IPF Loredana CarobeneDonatella SpinaPaola Rottoli IM - ORIGINAL Open access 15 September 2021 Pages: 457 - 464
Correction to: Lung cancer and interstitial lung diseases: the lack of prognostic impact of lung cancer in IPF Loredana CarobeneDonatella SpinaPaola Rottoli Correction 08 October 2021 Pages: 465 - 466
Association between air pollution and COVID-19 mortality and morbidity Karolina Semczuk-KaczmarekAnna Rys-CzaporowskaAnna Edyta Platek IM - ORIGINAL Open access 12 October 2021 Pages: 467 - 473
Long-term safety of rituximab in rheumatic patients with previously resolved hepatitis B virus infection Michele BaroneVincenzo VeneritoGiuseppe Lopalco IM - ORIGINAL 02 September 2021 Pages: 475 - 480
Response to BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers in Italy: a 3-month follow-up Domenico PonticelliFabiana MadottoLorenzo G. Mantovani IM - ORIGINAL Open access 12 October 2021 Pages: 481 - 486
A patient with severe anemia and body weight loss: unveiling what was behind Alessio MolfinoEmanuele PossenteMaurizio Muscaritoli IM - CASE RECORD 15 February 2021 Pages: 487 - 490
Urgent need of novel biomarkers of acute dyspnea Bianca BeghéEnrico CliniLeonardo M. Fabbri EM - COMMENTARY 23 November 2021 Pages: 491 - 493
Elevation of the d-dimer cut-off level might be applicable to rule out pulmonary embolism for active cancer patients in the emergency department Hyojeong KwonYoun-Jung KimYoon-Seon Lee EM - ORIGINAL 10 April 2021 Pages: 495 - 502
How the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic changed the patterns of healthcare utilization by geriatric patients and the crowding: a call to action for effective solutions to the access block Gabriele SavioliIride Francesca CeresaEnrico Oddone EM - ORIGINAL Open access 09 June 2021 Pages: 503 - 514
A predictive score at admission for respiratory failure among hospitalized patients with confirmed 2019 Coronavirus Disease: a simple tool for a complex problem Antonio LaluezaJaime Lora-TamayoCOVID+12 group EM - ORIGINAL 29 April 2021 Pages: 515 - 524
l-arginine, asymmetric and symmetric dimethylarginine for early outcome prediction in unselected cardiac arrest victims: a prospective cohort study Beata CsiszarZsolt MartonTihamer Molnar EM - ORIGINAL Open access 03 June 2021 Pages: 525 - 534
Exposures and suspected intoxications during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: preliminary results from an Italian poison control centre Giada CrescioliCecilia LanziNiccolò Lombardi EM - ORIGINAL Open access 06 June 2021 Pages: 535 - 540
Bioactive adrenomedullin a prognostic biomarker in patients with mild to moderate dyspnea at the emergency department: an observational study Kevin BrontonTorgny WessmanOlle Melander EM - ORIGINAL Open access 26 June 2021 Pages: 541 - 550
Characteristics and retention of emergency department patients who left without being seen (LWBS) Nathan RobyHayden SmithNicholas Kluesner EM - ORIGINAL 13 June 2021 Pages: 551 - 558
Associations between biomarkers of multimorbidity burden and mortality risk among patients with acute dyspnea Torgny WessmanRafid TofikOlle Melander EM - ORIGINAL Open access 20 August 2021 Pages: 559 - 567
Type II minocycline-induced cutaneous and scleral hyperpigmentation Zaw MinVikram SainiNitin Bhanot CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 21 September 2021 Pages: 569 - 571
Twiddler’s syndrome with abdominal pulsations Hung-Lin HsuWei-Jing LeeYu-Chang Liu CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 18 November 2021 Pages: 573 - 574
Identifying individual-specific baseline anion gap is of little benefit to acid–base assessment Masayuki Tanemoto CE-Research Letter to the Editor 13 August 2021 Pages: 575 - 576
Interstitial pneumonia associated with autoimmune diseases: a possible mimicker of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia Maria Rosa PozziPaola FaverioFabrizio Luppi CE-Research Letter to the Editor 12 October 2021 Pages: 577 - 581
Gastrointestinal symptoms at the acute COVID-19 phase are risk factors for developing gastrointestinal post-COVID symptoms: a multicenter study César Fernández-de-las-PeñasJosé Martín-GuerreroOscar Pellicer-Valero CE-Research Letter to the Editor 12 October 2021 Pages: 583 - 586
COVID-19 vaccines and thrombosis Giuseppe Famularo CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 12 October 2021 Pages: 587 - 588
Safety of antithrombotic therapy in East Asian patients: comment Lizzy Maritza Brewster CE - Letter to the Editor 15 September 2021 Pages: 589 - 591
Oxygen–ozone treatment and COVID-19: antioxidants targeting endothelia lead the scenery Angelica VaresiSalvatore ChirumboloGiovanni Ricevuti CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 22 October 2021 Pages: 593 - 596
Monitoring COVID-19 patients in an internal medical ward: chest radiography, chest CT or POCUS? Nicola FlorChiara Cogliati CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 15 October 2021 Pages: 597 - 598
Cryptococcal meningitis: a review for emergency clinicians—comment Spinello AntinoriGiacomo CasaliniAndrea Giacomelli CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 23 October 2021 Pages: 599 - 600
Vaccination as a nativity scene Antonio PerciaccanteVictor AsensiRaffaella Bianucci CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 14 March 2022 Pages: 601 - 602
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 Cédric Gil-JardinéGabrielle ChenaisEmmanuel Lagarde EM - ORIGINAL 29 July 2021 Pages: 603 - 608
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 Cédric Gil-JardinéGabrielle ChenaisEmmanuel Lagarde Correction 25 August 2021 Pages: 609 - 609
Incidence and factors associated with out-of-hospital peri-intubation cardiac arrest: a secondary analysis of the CURASMUR trial Cédric Gil-JardinéPatricia JabreXavier Combes EM - ORIGINAL 17 January 2022 Pages: 611 - 617
Correction to: Incidence and factors associated with out-of-hospital peri-intubation cardiac arrest: a secondary analysis of the CURASMUR trial Cédric Gil-JardinéPatricia JabreXavier Combes Correction 12 February 2022 Pages: 619 - 619
Correction to: Management of patients with cervical spine trauma in the emergency department: a systematic critical appraisal of guidelines with a view to developing standardized strategies for clinical practice Elisa GesuPietro BelloneGiorgio Costantino Correction 20 December 2021 Pages: 627 - 627