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Day of week and myocardial infarction. "we don't like Monday too"
No full textThe increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and cardiovascular death on Monday is discussed
D-dimer for the diagnosis of acute venous thromboembolism in the emergency department: a Janus-face marker
No full textInvited commentary to discuss this topic
To smoke or not to smoke: this is the question.
No full textThe hazards of cigarette smoking are discussed
Metabolismo degli urati.
No full textIl capitolo riassume le linee generali del metabolismo dell'acido urico e le principali indagini di laboratorio, descrive i principali disordini dell'acido urico e fornisce un approccio diagnostico e clinico-laboratoristico per tali patologie
Medical fiction could be misleading
No full textTV medical fiction may provide false information and produce misleading effects in young people and medical students
Seasonal variation in serum cholesterol levels: Another piece in the puzzle of the winter excess of cardiovascular deaths? [10]
No full textIn this letter to the editor, the hypothesis of an association between the seasonal variation in cholesterol levels and the increased winter risk for cardiovascular diseases is discussed
Seasonal variation in the occurrence of delirium in patients admitted to medical units of a general hospital in Italy
No full textObjective
Delirium syndrome is common in the hospitalized population. However, data on its etiological factors are scarce. Clinical observations suggest a relationship between delirium occurrence and seasons. The aim of study was to determine whether a seasonal variation exists in the occurrence of delirium events in-hospital patients.
Methods
The study included all admissions to the Medical Units of the Hospital of Ferrara, Italy, between January 2002 to December 2010. On the basis of date admission, cases have been analysed for seasonal variation (4 three-month intervals by seasons) by means of conventional statistics. Moreover, cases categorized into 12 one-month intervals were also analyzed by means of a validated chronobiologic inferential method (single cosinor) to search for cyclic variability.
Results
During the analyzed period, the hospital database contained 74,379 records referring to 42,625 subjects (52.7% females). Delirium diagnoses were 1,300 (1.7% of total sample), 668 of whom in females (51,4%), and 632 in males (48,6%). Events of delirium were more frequent in winter and autumn (26.6% and 26.5%, respectively) than in spring (23.5%) and summer (23.4%). Chronobiological analysis yielded a significant peak of delirium events in January, when considering both the total raw number of cases or the percent of admissions.
Conclusions
The study seems to indicate in patients hospitalized in Medical Units, a higher rate of occurrence of delirium in autumn-winter, similar to that reported for acute medical diseases. The role of possible underlying favoring or triggering factors deserves further research
Impact of time to treatment on mortality after prehospital fibrinolysis or primary angioplasty
No full textIn this letter to the editor is discussed the hypothesis that time of myocardial infarction onset may have influence on effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy
Emergency department, weekends, and temporal pattern of occurrence of acute medical diseases.
No full textThe higher isk of occurrence of acute medical diseases during weekends is discussed
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