Clozapine-Induced Cardiotoxicity Presenting as Sepsis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Mazin Khalid, Oluwole Jegede, Vijay Gayam, Ying Chi Yang, Binav Shrestha, Amrendra Mandal, Osama Mukhtar, Pavani Garlapati, Mowyad Khalid, Alix Dufresne

“…In view of the increased prevalence of psychiatric illnesses, internists should be aware of rare but potentially life-threatening side effects.…”
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Traumatic Brain Injury and Hypopituitarism by Gianluca Aimaretti, Ezio Ghigo

“…In addition, endocrinologists and internists must be educated about TBI-induced hypopituitarism and encouraged to actively share their expertise with other physicians.…”
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Direct-Acting Oral Anticoagulants in the Management of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis—Where Do We Stand? by Nikhil Vojjala, Supriya Peshin, Lakshmi Prasanna Vaishnavi Kattamuri, Rabia Iqbal, Adit Dharia, Jayalekshmi Jayakumar, Rafi Iftekhar, Shagun Singh, Mamtha Balla, Claudia S. Villa Celi, Ramya Ramachandran, Rishab Prabhu, Sumeet K. Yadav, Geetha Krishnamoorthy, Vijendra Singh, Karan Seegobin

“…Due to its myriad causative factors, protean presentation, and association with several systemic diseases, CVT is encountered not only by neurologists but also by emergency care practitioners, internists, hematologists, obstetricians, and pediatricians. …”
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Practical Recommendations of Scientific Society for the Study of Human Microbiome and the Russian Gastroenterological Association on Use of Probiotics, Prebiotics, Synbiotics and F... by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, D. I. Abdulganieva, S. A. Alekseenko, A. V. Gorelov, I. N. Zakharova, O. Yu. Zolnikova, N. Yu. Ivashkina, N. V. Korochanskaya, S. N. Mammayev, E. A. Poluektova, A. S. Trukhmanov, D. V. Usenko, Yu. P. Uspensky, V. V. Tsukanov, O. S. Shifrin, I. V. Berezhnaya, K. V. Ivashkin, T. L. Lapina, R. V. Maslennikov, S. V. Nikolaeva, N. G. Sugyan, A. I. Ulyanin

“…The practical guidelines are intended for primary care physicians, general practitioners, paediatricians, gastroenterologists and general internists to advance the treatment and prevention of gastroenterological diseases in adults and children in therapies with probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics and their enriched functional foods.Key points. …”
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Monitoring Guidelines for Home and Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy by Alain Y Martel

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HPV vaccination knowledge, attitude, and practices among physicians in a teaching hospital, Karachi by Sehrish Habib Memon, Bhombhal Swaleha Tariq

“…Results: Results show 22.4% males and 77.6% females participated in the study. 20% were internists, 35.2% were family physicians, 18.8% were pediatricians, and 26.1% were gynecologists. …”
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Clostridium difficile Peritonitis: An Emerging Infection in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients by Saira Chaughtai, Bhavika Gandhi, Zeeshan Chaughtai, Dana Tarina, Mohammad A. Hossain, Arif Asif

“…C. difficile infection is common and frequently internists are the first contact with such patients. …”
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ConciliaMed: an interactive mobile and web tool to reconcile chronic medications of patients undergoing elective surgery by Bernardo Santos-Ramos, Eva Rocío Alfaro-Lara, María Dolores Santos-Rubio, Pablo Ciudad-Gutiérrez, Paloma Suárez-Casillas, Ana Belén Guisado-Gil

“…Here, we present ConciliaMed, a mobile and web-based tool for healthcare professionals to reconcile the chronic medications of patients undergoing elective surgery.Methods A research team of pharmacists and internists worked together with a technology company to design and develop ConciliaMed. …”
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Predictive Factors Associated with Inappropriate Intravenous Proton Pump Inhibitors Use in Hospitalized Patients: A Case-Control Study by Niveen Khoury, David Stepensky, Naim Abu Freha, Mahmud Mahamid, Tawfik Khoury, Amir Mari

“…Two parameters were associated with inappropriate use: congestive heart failure (OR 1.77; <i>p</i> = 0.02) and prescription of IV PPIs by surgeons vs. internists (OR 1.53; <i>p</i> = 0.05). <i>Conclusions</i>: Inappropriate IV PPI use is still common in daily clinical practice. …”
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The Result of Timely Therapy for Whipple's Disease: a Clinical Case by S. N. Mekhtiev, O. A. Mekhtieva, E. Yu. Kalinina, V. E. Karev, A. V. Vanyan, O. M. Berko

“…Whipple's disease is a rare systemic infectious disease that internists, gastroenterologists, rheumatologists, and other physicians may encounter. …”
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Shorter versus longer durations of antibiotic treatment for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Gordon Guyatt, Arnav Agarwal, Mark Loeb, John Basmaji, Ya Gao, Maryam Ghadimi, Layla Bakaa, Luis Enrique Colunga Lozano, Saad Asif, Aninditee Das

“…The Instrument for assessing the Credibility of Effect Modification Analyses (ICEMAN) tool will inform assessments of credibility of subgroup effects based on severity of illness, drug class, duration of therapy, setting of CAP acquisition and RoB.Ethics and dissemination The results will be of importance to general practitioners and internists managing CAP, and may directly inform international clinical guidance. …”
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