European journal of internal medicine
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · May 2019
Letter Observational StudyRelative fat mass (RFM) as abdominal obesity criterion for metabolic syndrome.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · May 2019
Trigger factors in takotsubo syndrome - A systematic review of case reports.
Takotsubo syndrome is an acute heart failure syndrome often preceded by a trigger factor of physical or emotional origin, although the proportion is unclear. The aim of the present study was to determine how common different trigger factors are in takotsubo syndrome divided by sex and age in women. ⋯ A physical trigger factor is more common than an emotional trigger factor in takotsubo syndrome. Physical triggers includes drugs, surgery and central nervous system conditions. Furthermore, females ≤50 years of age and males more often have an evident trigger factor and it is more often physical, compared to the most common patient, a female >50 years of age.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · May 2019
Venous thromboembolism in young adults: Findings from the RIETE registry.
Little is known on the clinical characteristics, risk factors and outcomes during anticoagulation in young patients with acute venous thromboembolism (VTE). ⋯ VTE is associated with low risk of short-term mortality in young adults. Noticeable gender differences exist in the risk factor profile and the risk of VTE recurrences and major bleeding in the course of anticoagulation.
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Eur. J. Intern. Med. · May 2019
Factors associated with length of stay in hospital for men and women aged 85 and over: A quantile regression approach.
Explore characteristics of hospital use for adults aged 85 and over in their last year of life and examine factors associated with cumulative overnight length of stay (LOS). ⋯ Poor health behaviours were a major driver of highest LOS among older men, pointing to opportunities to achieve health care savings through prevention. For older women, influenza was associated with shorter LOS, which could be an indicator of the high and rapid mortality rates at older ages, and may be easily prevented. Other factors associated with LOS among women, included where they lived before they were admitted, and discharge destination.