European journal of internal medicine
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · May 2020
Randomized Controlled TrialMild to moderate hyponatremia at discharge is associated with increased risk of recurrence in patients with community-acquired pneumonia.
Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder in hospitalized patients with pneumonia. Different studies have shown an association of hyponatremia on admission and worse patient's outcome. Yet, the impact of hyponatremia at discharge or of hyponatremia correction on patient's prognosis is unknown. ⋯ Mild to moderate hyponatremia at discharge is associated with an increased risk of recurrence in hospitalized patients with pneumonia. This association is particularly strong for patients who are hyponatremic both on admission and at discharge, emphasizing the importance of hyponatremia correction during hospitalization.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · May 2020
Left atrial diameter thresholds and new incident atrial fibrillation in embolic stroke of undetermined source.
We analyzed consecutive patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) from three prospective stroke registries to compare the prognostic performance of different LAD thresholds for the prediction of new incident AF. ⋯ The LAD threshold of 40 mm has the best prognostic performance among other LAD values to predict new incident AF after ESUS. The diagnostic yield of prolonged cardiac rhythm monitoring in patients with LAD ≤ 40 mm seems low; therefore, such patients may have lower priority for prolonged cardiac monitoring.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · May 2020
ReviewNAFLD and autoimmune hepatitis: Do not judge a book by its cover.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease (almost 25% of the general population). Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a relatively rare liver disease of unknown aetiology characterized by female predominance and large heterogeneity regarding epidemiology, clinical manifestations, genetics, serology and liver pathology. ⋯ Patients with NAFLD/AIH coincidence have significantly more frequently hypertension, diabetes, obesity, older age, lower transaminases, bilirubin and simplified score for AIH diagnosis but no female predominance compared to AIH patients only. The true outcome of NAFLD/AIH patients is practically unknown while their management is quite problematic because official clinical practice guidelines for this condition are missing.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · May 2020
The association between education level and chronic liver disease of any etiology.
The potential link between educational level and chronic liver diseases (CLD) were explored using the mortality records of liver cirrhosis, which lack accuracy and are unable to identify the different etiological factors of liver cirrhosis. Information on the association of low educational level with the severity of CLD is lacking. ⋯ These findings show an independent association linking education level with viruses and alcohol-related CLD. Low educational level is associated with the severity of CLD.