1. Management of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with chronic kidney disease: position statement of the joint committee of Italian association for the study of the liver (AISF), Italian society of internal medicine (SIMI), Italian society of infectious and tropical disease (SIMIT) and Italian society of nephrology (SIN)

   • Roberto Minutolo
   • Alessio Aghemo
   • the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI)

   POSITION PAPERS AND GUIDELINES 25 September 2018 Pages: 1139 - 1166

   

2. Chronic hyponatremia in a patient with renal salt wasting and without cerebral disease: relationship between RSW, risk of fractures and cognitive impairment

   • Vittoriano Della Corte
   • Antonino Tuttolomondo
   • Antonio Pinto

   Points of View 13 August 2018 Pages: 1167 - 1171

   

3. Extreme hypomagnesemia: underrecognized and underappreciated

   • Michael Wei Da Tsai
   • Charles Qiyao Yang
   • Christopher Myles Stark

   IM - COMMENTARY 31 August 2018 Pages: 1173 - 1174

4. Hazelnut-enriched chocolate improves flow-mediated artery dilatation via inhibition of oxidative stress

   • Matteo Becatti
   • Claudia Fiorillo

   IM - COMMENTARY 08 September 2018 Pages: 1175 - 1177

5. Reducing carbapenem prescribing in high-use settings: it is possible, and it is good to talk

   • Nicola Jane Fawcett

   IM - COMMENTARY 06 October 2018 Pages: 1179 - 1180

6.  Antithrombotic therapy and intracranial bleeding in subjects with sporadic brain arteriovenous malformations: preliminary results from a retrospective study

   • Cindy Tiseo
   • Antonio Carolei

   IM - COMMENTARY 07 November 2018 Pages: 1181 - 1183

7. Perioperative care of cardiac patient’s candidate for non-cardiac surgery: a critical appraisal of emergent evidence and international guidelines

   • Felice Gragnano
   • Davide Cattano
   • Paolo Calabrò

   IM - REVIEW 22 August 2018 Pages: 1185 - 1190

8. Polypharmacy in older people: lessons from 10 years of experience with the REPOSI register

   • Pier Mannuccio Mannucci
   • Alessandro Nobili
   • REPOSI Collaborators (REPOSI is the acronym of REgistro POliterapie SIMI, Società Italiana di Medicina Interna)

   IM - REVIEW 31 August 2018 Pages: 1191 - 1200

   

9. Extreme hypomagnesemia: characteristics of 119 consecutive inpatients

   • Geoffrey Cheminet
   • Gabrielle Clain
   • Jean-Benoît Arlet

   IM - ORIGINAL 27 June 2018 Pages: 1201 - 1209

   

10. Hazelnut and cocoa spread improves flow-mediated dilatation in smokers

    • Lorenzo Loffredo
    • Ludovica Perri
    • Francesco Violi

    IM - ORIGINAL 20 July 2018 Pages: 1211 - 1217

    

11. Antimicrobial stewardship in an Internal Medicine ward: effects on antibiotic consumption and on the use of carbapenems

    • Alberto Fortini
    • Antonio Faraone
    • Loredana Rabatti

    IM - ORIGINAL 21 July 2018 Pages: 1219 - 1226

    

12. Antithrombotic therapy and intracranial bleeding in subjects with sporadic brain arteriovenous malformations: preliminary results from a retrospective study

    • Carmelo Lucio Sturiale
    • Fabrizio Pignotti
    • Sporadic AVMs-HHT Study Group

    IM - ORIGINAL 30 July 2018 Pages: 1227 - 1232

13. An unusual diagnosis in a 31-year-old man with abdominal pain and hyponatremia

    • Federica Depetri
    • Massimo Cugno
    • Maria Domenica Cappellini

    IM - CASE RECORD 17 March 2018 Pages: 1233 - 1238

    

14. Detecting aberrant opioid behavior in the emergency department: a prospective study using the screener and Opioid Assessment for Patients with Pain-Revised (SOAPP^®-R), Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM)™, and provider gestalt

    • Shawn M. Varney
    • Crystal A. Perez
    • Vikhyat S. Bebarta

    EM - ORIGINAL 03 March 2018 Pages: 1239 - 1247

    

15. An external validation of the HEART pathway among Emergency Department patients with chest pain

    • Joshua James Oliver
    • Matthew Jay Streitz
    • Michael David April

    EM - ORIGINAL 06 March 2018 Pages: 1249 - 1255

    

16. Media messaging in diagnosis of acute CXR pathology: an interobserver study among residents

    • Guy S. Handelman
    • Ailin C. Rogers
    • Morgan P. McMonagle

    EM - ORIGINAL 28 April 2018 Pages: 1257 - 1263

    

17. Clinical features of Haff disease and myositis after the consumption of boiled brackish water crayfish: a retrospective study of 96 cases at a single centre

    • Fei He
    • Jun Ni
    • Jun Wang

    EM - ORIGINAL 08 May 2018 Pages: 1265 - 1271

    

18. Fatigue-related risk management in the emergency department: a focus-group study

    • Pierre Bérastégui
    • Mathieu Jaspar
    • Anne-Sophie Nyssen

    EM - ORIGINAL 18 May 2018 Pages: 1273 - 1281

    

19. Fluid intake and chronic kidney disease: effect of coaching an increase in fluid intake on kidney function decline

    • Viviana Bozzano
    • Elena Abati
    • Gruppo di Autoformazione Metodologica (GrAM)

    THE CUTTING EDGE: RESEARCH UPDATE 22 September 2018 Pages: 1283 - 1285

20. Secondary prevention of cryptogenic stroke in patients with patent foramen ovale: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    • Elisa Maria Fiorelli
    • Tiziana Carandini
    • Monica Solbiati

    CE - SYSTEMATIC REVIEW 21 July 2018 Pages: 1287 - 1303

    

21. In-flight cardiac arrest and in-flight cardiopulmonary resuscitation during commercial air travel: consensus statement and supplementary treatment guideline from the German Society of Aerospace Medicine (DGLRM)

    • Jochen Hinkelbein
    • Lennert Böhm
    • Christopher Neuhaus

    CE - ORIGINAL 05 May 2018 Pages: 1305 - 1322

    

22. Metronidazole-associated encephalopathy: a reversible condition

    • Imran Rizvi
    • Ravindra Kumar Garg
    • Hardeep Singh Malhotra

    CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 29 June 2018 Pages: 1323 - 1325

    

23. Beware the bright basilar artery: an early and specific CT sign of acute basilar artery thrombosis

    • Mougnyan Cox
    • Dong Kim
    • Bryan Pukenas

    CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 03 July 2018 Pages: 1327 - 1328

    

24. An unusual cause of acute thoracic pain: left ventricular pseudoaneurysm

    • Felice D’Antuono
    • Arnaldo Stanzione
    • Pietro Venetucci

    CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 18 July 2018 Pages: 1329 - 1331

    

25. Bertolotti’s syndrome: a transitional anatomic cause of low back pain

    • Paul Benvenuto
    • Nathan Benvenuto

    CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 18 July 2018 Pages: 1333 - 1334

    

26. A spontaneous rectus sheath hematoma

    • Ami Schattner
    • Livnat Uliel
    • Ina Dubin

    CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION 02 August 2018 Pages: 1335 - 1336

    

27. Vitamin D and tyrosine kinase inhibitors in chronic myeloid leukemia

    • Leonardo Campiotti
    • Elena Bolzacchini
    • Luigina Guasti

    RESEARCH LETTER TO THE EDITOR 25 September 2018 Pages: 1337 - 1339

    

28. A spontaneous rectus sheath hematoma

    • Kamal Kant Sahu
    • Sandhya Maradana
    • Iryna Chastain

    CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 29 August 2018 Pages: 1341 - 1343

    

29. Cardiometabolic impact of changing internal time during daylight saving time: a window for a deleterious role within sleep-related breathing disorders

    • Miguel Meira e Cruz
    • Dario Acuña-Castroviejo

    CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR 27 August 2018 Pages: 1345 - 1346

30. Correction to: Changes in global longitudinal strain in renal transplant recipients following 12 months of exercise

    • Enrico Minetti
    • Riggs Klika
    • Laura Stefani

    Correction 09 July 2018 Pages: 1347 - 1347

31. Correction to: Major adverse cardiovascular events in non-valvular atrial fibrillation with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the ARAPACIS study

    • Valeria Raparelli
    • Daniele Pastori
    • ARAPACIS Study Collaborators

    Correction 03 August 2018 Pages: 1349 - 1349