{"title":"Clinical applicability considerations for depot-specific miRNA profiling in gastrointestinal cancer.","authors":"Xiuzhi Cao, Lu Li, Ming Zhuang","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106919","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"106919"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monica Rubio-Ardanaz, Miguel Sogbe, Juan Felipe Lucena
{"title":"Multiple hepatic lesions and vascular lakes.","authors":"Monica Rubio-Ardanaz, Miguel Sogbe, Juan Felipe Lucena","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106929","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106929","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"106929"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richard Conway, Declan Byrne, Deirdre O'Riordan, Bernard Silke
{"title":"Specialist or generalist management of emergency medical admissions - immediate and long-term outcomes.","authors":"Richard Conway, Declan Byrne, Deirdre O'Riordan, Bernard Silke","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106923","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To study whether the admission of unselected emergency medical patients, under either a Consultant with General Medicine (GIM) or Specialist accreditation, influenced either short or longer-term all-cause mortality.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We report an observational cohort study of all emergency medical admissions admitted over 14 years between January 2011 and October 2024. The 30-day in-hospital and long-term all-cause mortality (10 year), were related to Consultant primary accreditation (GIM vs. Specialist), using logistic multiple variable regression or Cox proportional hazard models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 76,464 admissions in 42,104 unique patients over the period, with care delivered by 162 Consultants of whom 34 (21%) had a major GIM accreditation. The specialist load/on-call averaged 7.0 cases (IQR: 4.4, 9.0) in contrast to GIM at 12.1 cases (IQR: 11.7, 14.5). Over 14 years 30-day in-hospital all-cause mortality (per unique patient) declined from 2012 at 9.6% (95%CI: 8.4, 10.9) to 2024 at 2.9% (95%CI: 2.5, 3.4). Acute hospital mortality marginally favoured Specialty at 3.71% (95%CI: 3.54, 3.87) rather than GIM care GIM 4.10% (95%CI: 3.86, 4.34) with OR 1.12 (95%CI: 1.03, 1.22). Longer-term adjusted mortality was lower for the GIM admission cohort - HR 0.33 (95%CI: 0.24, 0.46) and for those admitted under Consultants with a higher volume (>5 cases) throughput - HR 0.77 (95%CI: 0.64, 0.94).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These data suggest merits for GIM and Specialty care; short-term care favoured Specialist supervision, but overall long-term care proved better for GIM or higher volume Consultants.</p>","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"106923"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emerging evidence from combination therapy reinforces the role of β-blockers in resistant hypertension.","authors":"Stefano Masi, Claudio Borghi","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106922","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":" ","pages":"106922"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147823188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of ANOCA and suspected microvascular angina: integration of plaque-directed and functional strategies","authors":"Lukasz Szarpak , Zbigniew Siudak , Andrea Denegri","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106713","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106713","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":"147 ","pages":"Article 106713"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147756686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing cardiorenal protection in HFrEF: From pharmacological mechanisms to clinical implementation","authors":"Miao Yuan","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106699","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106699","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":"147 ","pages":"Article 106699"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145960687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pau Llàcer , Marina García Melero , María Ángeles Fernández , Pedro Torres , Luis Manzano
{"title":"Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the elderly: Clinical, imaging, and biomarker profiles according to global longitudinal strain by cardiac magnetic resonance","authors":"Pau Llàcer , Marina García Melero , María Ángeles Fernández , Pedro Torres , Luis Manzano","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2025.106653","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejim.2025.106653","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":"147 ","pages":"Article 106653"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145769745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brian M. Portela , Ryan M. Shan , Lahar Miriyapalli , Vinay Pasupuleti , Carlos Diaz-Arocutipa , Adrian V. Hernandez
{"title":"Efficacy and harms of polypills for cardiovascular disease prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials","authors":"Brian M. Portela , Ryan M. Shan , Lahar Miriyapalli , Vinay Pasupuleti , Carlos Diaz-Arocutipa , Adrian V. Hernandez","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106775","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106775","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>To systematically evaluate polypill effects on cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, CV outcomes, and adverse events in CV disease (CVD) prevention populations.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Systematic searches were conducted in five databases from inception to November 7, 2025, for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed the effects of polypills for prevention of primary or secondary CVD. Three reviewers independently screened articles, extracted data, assessed risk of bias (RoB) and evaluated GRADE quality of evidence (QoE). Inverse variance meta-analyses were conducted. Primary outcomes included all-cause mortality (ACM), CV death, all-cause hospitalization (ACH), and CV hospitalization (CVH).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Thirteen RCTs (n = 27,836) were included. Seven RCTs investigated primary prevention, three secondary preventions, and three in both populations. When compared to controls, polypills had little to no effect on ACM (RR 0.93, 95 %CI 0.82-1.05, 9 RCTs), stroke (RR 0.61, 95 %CI 0.46-0.81, 4 RCTs), heart failure (RR 0.94, 95 %CI 0.57-1.53, 4 RCTs) and revascularization (RR 0.73, 95 %CI 0.49-1.10, 2 RCTs) and may slightly reduce CV death (RR 0.69, 95 %CI 0.57-0.83, 5 RCTs), CVH (RR 0.80, 95 %CI 0.60-1.06, 2 RCTs), and ACH (RR 0.89, 95 %CI 0.77-1.03, 3 RCTs). Polypills probably reduced MI slightly (RR 0.69, 95 %CI 0.50-0.95, 2 RCTs). Polypills had small, significant reductions of SBP, DBP, total cholesterol, and LDL, and small, non-significant increases of adverse events (AEs), serious AEs and adherence. Subgroup analyses were mostly consistent with main analyses.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>In primary and secondary prevention settings, polypills had moderate reductions of CV outcomes, small effects on CV risk factors, and small increases of AEs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":"147 ","pages":"Article 106775"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146259985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giulia Sartori, Lorenzo Calabria, Ernesto Crisafulli
{"title":"Beyond acute severity: Age as a determinant of in-hospital mortality in acute respiratory failure requiring non-invasive respiratory support in an intermediate care unit","authors":"Giulia Sartori, Lorenzo Calabria, Ernesto Crisafulli","doi":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106821","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejim.2026.106821","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50485,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Internal Medicine","volume":"147 ","pages":"Article 106821"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147437102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}