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• Medicina clinica · Jul 2023

  Editorial

  Brown fat.

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• Medicina clinica · Jul 2023

  Letter

  Insulinoma and subsequent Zollinger-Ellison syndrome as an expression of phenotype exchange in a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor.

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• Medicina clinica · Jun 2023

  Case Reports Observational Study

  Non-tuberculosis mycobacterial lung disease: Analyses of 62 cases.

  The objective of our study was to evaluate the frequency of isolation of respiratory infection by non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) and to analyze the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of patients infected with NTM. ⋯ One in 7 patients with NTM isolation meets infection criteria. The main role of the species of Mycobacterium avium complex is corroborated, and the relevance of lung structural damage in the development of lung disease due to NTM.

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• Medicina clinica · Jun 2023

  Predictive value of C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and interleukin-6 on 30-day mortality in patients with bloodstream infections.

  We aimed to assess the predictive performance of C-reactive protein (hsCRP), procalcitonin (PCT), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) at different times points of bloodstream infections (BSI) management. ⋯ PCT-5 is more valuable for the prognosis of 30-day mortality in patients with BSI compared to the other inflammatory biomarkers.

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• Medicina clinica · Jun 2023

  Comment Letter

  Considerations for clinical ultrasound in patients with heart failure treated in home hospitalization.

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