1. The involvement of pharmacies in the screening of undiagnosed atrial fibrillation

   • Pietro Amedeo Modesti
   • Gianni Donigaglia
   • Maria Boddi

   Points of View 19 September 2017 Pages: 1081 - 1086

2. Vitamin K antagonists in the era of direct oral anticoagulants: is there still a room for their use?

   • Francesco Dentali
   • Silvia Galliazzo
   • Monica Gianni

   IM - COMMENTARY 04 August 2017 Pages: 1087 - 1089

3. Suboptimal use of statins for secondary cardiovascular prevention: a “planetary” issue

   • Alfonso Bellia
   • David Della-Morte
   • Davide Lauro

   IM - COMMENTARY 14 September 2017 Pages: 1091 - 1092

4. The benefit of angiotensin AT1 receptor blockers for early treatment of hypertensive patients

   • Bruno Trimarco
   • Ciro Santoro
   • Maurizio Galderisi

   IM - REVIEW 02 August 2017 Pages: 1093 - 1099

   

5. Chronic kidney disease and anticoagulation: from vitamin K antagonists and heparins to direct oral anticoagulant agents

   • Savino Sciascia
   • Massimo Radin
   • Dario Roccatello

   IM - REVIEW 19 September 2017 Pages: 1101 - 1108

6. Vitamin K antagonist therapy: changes in the treated populations and in management results in Italian anticoagulation clinics compared with those recorded 20 years ago

   • Gualtiero Palareti
   • Emilia Antonucci
   • On behalf of the centers participating in the FCSA-START-Register (The ISCOAT 2016 study: Italian Study on Complications of Oral Anticoagulant Therapy-2016)

   IM - ORIGINAL Open access 13 May 2017 Pages: 1109 - 1119

   

7. Trends in prescribing rate of statins at discharge and modifiable factors in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

   • Bao-tao Huang
   • Yong Peng
   • Mao Chen

   IM - ORIGINAL 08 June 2017 Pages: 1121 - 1129

   

8. Risk of developing pleural empyema in patients with stroke: a propensity-matched cohort study

   • Te-Chun Shen
   • Chi-Yu Lin
   • Fung-Chang Sung

   IM - ORIGINAL 11 July 2017 Pages: 1131 - 1138

   

9. Vaccination coverage and mortality after splenectomy: results from an Italian single-centre study

   • Antonio Di Sabatino
   • Marco Vincenzo Lenti
   • Gino Roberto Corazza

   IM - ORIGINAL 10 August 2017 Pages: 1139 - 1147

10. 2D longitudinal LV speckle tracking strain pattern in breast cancer survivors: sports activity vs exercise as prescription model

    • Giorgio Galanti
    • Gianni Pedrizzetti
    • Laura Stefani

    IM - ORIGINAL 05 September 2017 Pages: 1149 - 1157

    

11. Spleen dimensions are inversely associated with lysosomal acid lipase activity in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

    • Licia Polimeni
    • Daniele Pastori
    • Maria Del Ben

    IM - ORIGINAL 12 September 2017 Pages: 1159 - 1165

12. Hemoglobin concentration is associated with self-reported disability and reduced physical performance in a community dwelling population of nonagenarians: the Mugello Study

    • Francesca Cecchi
    • Silvia Pancani
    • Mugello Study Working Group

    IM - ORIGINAL Open access 25 October 2017 Pages: 1167 - 1173

13. The mystery of the old acid man

    • Cristina Cocino
    • Paola Tagliabue
    • Maja Caldato

    IM - CASE RECORD 20 June 2017 Pages: 1175 - 1178

    

14. The time-sensitive challenge of diagnosing spinal epidural abscess in the emergency department

    • Stephen Alerhand
    • Sumintra Wood
    • Alex Koyfman

    EM - REVIEW 04 August 2017 Pages: 1179 - 1183

    

15. The frequency of initial misdiagnosis of acute aortic dissection in the emergency department and its impact on outcome

    • Leili Pourafkari
    • Arezou Tajlil
    • Nader D. Nader

    EM - ORIGINAL 03 September 2016 Pages: 1185 - 1195

    

16. Creation and validation of the acute heart failure risk score: AHFRS

    • Susana Garcia-Gutierrez
    • José Maria Quintana
    • On behalf of AHFRS Group

    EM - ORIGINAL 11 October 2016 Pages: 1197 - 1206

    

17. Clinical outcomes in patients with acute hemodynamic collapse supported by extracorporeal life support

    • Toshiharu Fujii
    • Hirofumi Nagamatsu
    • Yuji Ikari

    EM - ORIGINAL 24 September 2016 Pages: 1207 - 1214

    

18. NIV by an interdisciplinary respiratory care team in severe respiratory failure in the emergency department limited to day time hours

    • Christian Michael Horvath
    • Martin Horvath Brutsche
    • Jochen Julius Rüdiger

    EM - ORIGINAL 08 October 2016 Pages: 1215 - 1223

    

19. Accidental hypothermia: factors related to long-term hospitalization. A retrospective study from northern Finland

    • Jari Pirnes
    • Tero Ala-Kokko

    EM - ORIGINAL 27 September 2016 Pages: 1225 - 1233

    

20. Failure to achieve first attempt success at intubation using video laryngoscopy is associated with increased complications

    • Cameron Hypes
    • John Sakles
    • Jarrod Mosier

    EM - ORIGINAL 13 October 2016 Pages: 1235 - 1243

    

21. Comparison of clinical-based and ECG-based triage of acute chest pain in the Emergency Department

    • Melanie Dechamps
    • Diego Castanares-Zapatero
    • Alessandro Manara

    EM - ORIGINAL 28 October 2016 Pages: 1245 - 1251

    

22. The predictive value of the modified early warning score with rapid lactate level (ViEWS-L) for mortality in patients of age 65 or older visiting the emergency department

    • Hasan Basri Cetınkaya
    • Ozlem Koksal
    • Ozlem Karasu

    EM - ORIGINAL 01 November 2016 Pages: 1253 - 1257

    

23. Prevalence of thoracic spine lesions masquerading as cauda equina syndrome: yield of a novel magnetic resonance imaging protocol

    • Katherine Stolper
    • James Clark Haug
    • Michael David April

    EM - ORIGINAL 04 November 2016 Pages: 1259 - 1264

    

24. Ethnographic analysis on the use of the electronic medical record for clinical handoff

    • Philippa Nelson
    • Anthony J. Bell
    • Philip D. Anderson

    EM - ORIGINAL 10 November 2016 Pages: 1265 - 1272

25. Is a mobile emergency severity index (ESI) triage better than the paper ESI?

    • Sorravit Savatmongkorngul
    • Chaiyaporn Yuksen
    • Yuwares Sittichanbuncha

    EM - ORIGINAL 22 November 2016 Pages: 1273 - 1277

26. Can non-invasive ventilation modify central venous pressure? Comparison between invasive measurement and ultrasonographic evaluation

    • Maurizio Zanobetti
    • Alessio Prota
    • Riccardo Pini

    EM - ORIGINAL 22 November 2016 Pages: 1279 - 1285

    

27. A multidimensional vector model measuring clinical complexity may increase effectiveness in patient assessment

    • Alvisa Palese
    • Silvio Brusaferro

    CE - COMMENTARY 04 August 2017 Pages: 1287 - 1289

28. Thromboprophylaxis with enoxaparin and direct oral anticoagulants in major orthopedic surgery and acutely ill medical patients: a meta-analysis

    • Claudio Cimminiello
    • Paolo Prandoni
    • Job Harenberg

    CE- Systematic Reviews 29 July 2017 Pages: 1291 - 1305

    

29. Non-invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure: the key “W” questions

    • Eliana Margutti
    • Ilaria Greco
    • Roberto Cosentini

    CE - Clinical Notes 14 August 2017 Pages: 1307 - 1311

    

30. A consensus for the development of a vector model to assess clinical complexity

    • Gino Roberto Corazza
    • Catherine Klersy
    • for the Consensus Panel

    CE - ORIGINAL 14 July 2017 Pages: 1313 - 1318

    

31. Spontaneous inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery pseudoaneurysm rupture

    • Heidi Dallara
    • Joseph Habboushe

    CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 09 March 2017 Pages: 1319 - 1321

    

32. Perched facets diagnosed in a neurologically intact patient 5 weeks after a fall

    • Brian Reed Curtis
    • Eric Curtis

    CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 16 March 2017 Pages: 1323 - 1325

    

33. Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome after intercontinental airplane travel

    • Sabrina Anticoli
    • Maria Cristina Bravi
    • Francesca Romana Pezzella

    CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 05 April 2017 Pages: 1327 - 1328

    

34. A very cool electrocardiogram: Osborn waves of hypothermia

    • Corey Shephard Miller
    • Blair Carl Schwartz

    CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 26 June 2017 Pages: 1329 - 1330

    

35. Combination of clinical and ECG criteria may increase validity of triage scales

    • Amir Mirhaghi

    CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 16 December 2016 Pages: 1331 - 1332

36. Combination of clinical and ECG criteria may increase validity of triage scales: authors’ reply

    • Melanie Dechamps
    • Diego Castanares-Zapatero
    • Alessandro Manara

    CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 01 February 2017 Pages: 1333 - 1334

37. Accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound to identify the source of infection in septic patients: a prospective study—comment

    • Carlo Tascini
    • Emanuela Sozio
    • Andrea Ripoli

    CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 04 August 2017 Pages: 1335 - 1336

38. The fever of Tommaso Campanella

    • Antonio Perciaccante
    • Alessia Coralli
    • Ludovico Abenavoli

    CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 01 September 2017 Pages: 1337 - 1338

    

39. Erratum to: NIV by an interdisciplinary respiratory care team in severe respiratory failure in the emergency department limited to day time hours

    • Christian Michael Horvath
    • Martin Hugo Brutsche
    • Jochen Julius Rüdiger

    Erratum 01 November 2016 Pages: 1339 - 1339

40. Obituary: Giovanni Davì (1948–2017)

    • Francesca Santilli
    • Domenico Prisco

    Obituary 12 October 2017 Pages: 1341 - 1342