Annalisa Biffi

TL;DR: Obesity and overweight are characterized by sympathetic overactivity which mirrors the severity of the clinical condition and reflects metabolic alterations, with the exclusion of glucose/insulin profile.

TL;DR: The results of this meta-analysis have to be taken with caution because even though an increased risk of cerebrovascular and acute heart disease was observed respectively in SSRIs and TCA users, the estimates are characterized by a high between study heterogeneity.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the clinical implications of discontinuing the use of statins while maintaining other drugs in a cohort of older patients receiving polypharmacy and find that discontinuing statins was associated with an increase in the long-term risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular outcomes.

TL;DR: Definitive evidence of sex differences in adherence to AHT therapy cannot be drawn, and little knowledge about factors affecting adherence, in particular of sex effect among elderly, urgently requires high-quality studies investigating these issues.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a systematic review assessing the clinical efficacy and safety of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) in patients with non-compressible torso injuries and uncontrolled haemorrhagic shock.