Gender medicine: an up-date [PDF]
Women get sick more, use more health services, take more drugs, and have a higher frequency of serious adverse reactions. Despite this, the drugs we use are little studied in women: both clinical studies and pre-clinical experiments are carried out ...
Cecilia Politi +11 more
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International alliance and AGREE-ment of 71 clinical practice guidelines on the management of critical care patients with COVID-19: a living systematic review. [PDF]
Objective: We aimed to systematically identify and critically assess the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the management of critically ill patients with COVID-19 with the AGREE II instrument.
Amer YS +28 more
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The expert in hemostasis and thrombosis in the Italian health system: role and requirements for a specific clinical and laboratory expertise [PDF]
Hemorrhagic and thrombotic diseases are highly heterogeneous disorders that may affect a large proportion of the population, as in the case of patients taking antithrombotic drugs.
Bruno Biasioli +11 more
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Abstracts of the 14th International Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society: 10-12 October 2018, Berlin, Germany. [PDF]
Azzopardi Vella, Roberta +10 more
europepmc +3 more sources
How physicians can empower patients with digital tools: A joint study of the Italian Scientific Society of Internal Medicine (FADOI) and the European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM) [PDF]
Background: While there is broad consensus that the use of digital tools would significantly improve patient empowerment, to date, an improvement in health outcomes has been elusive. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess how to improve the
Affinito L. +3 more
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Awareness of sex and gender dimensions among physicians: the European federation of internal medicine assessment of gender differences in Europe (EFIM-IMAGINE) survey [PDF]
Sociocultural gender is a complex construct encompassing different aspects of individuals' life, whereas sex refers to biological factors. These terms are often misused, although they impact differently on individuals' health. Recognizing the role of sex
Ambrosino Immacolata +20 more
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Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and outcomes for new-onset atrial fibrillation in ICU patients : the CAFE scoping review and database analyses [PDF]
Background New-onset atrial fibrillation occurs in around 10% of adults treated in an intensive care unit. New-onset atrial fibrillation may lead to cardiovascular instability and thromboembolism, and has been independently associated with increased ...
Bedford, Jonathan +11 more
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A decalogue for end-of-life care in Internal Medicine [PDF]
Since a large number of patients with chronical medical diseases die in hospital, often in an internal medicine ward, internists are urged to improve their expertise in end-of-life (EOL) care, which is a neglected part of their academic education ...
Andrea Fontanella +6 more
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Book of the XXIV Congresso Nazionale della Società Scientifica FADOI, Firenze, 11-14 maggio 2019.
Presidente: A. Fontanella
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