Nicoletta Ronda

TL;DR: GI involvement increases the risk of relapse in CSS, whereas the prognostic significance of nasal S. aureus in terms of relapse seems to be opposite in patients with CSS and those with WG, where patients with cerebral, hepatic, and renal involvement have the poorest prognosis for survival.

TL;DR: It is suggested that an overall derangement of cell energy metabolism and acid-base equilibrium is present in severely hypercapnic-hypoxemic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and that in this condition skeletal muscle seems to metabolize anaerobically-even though, in addition to hypoxia, other factors interfering with both cell energy and lactate metabolism are likely to be present.

TL;DR: Challenges and controversies in the CVP in RA are focused on, such as thresholds for statin therapy, and recommendations based on the current evidence are proposed.

TL;DR: The present investigation revealed a high prevalence of hypophosphatemia among COPD patients as well as a defect in renal phosphate reabsorption secondary, at least in part, to pharmacologic therapy.

TL;DR: β2GPI interacts directly with TLR4 expressed on EC, and that such interaction may contribute to β1GPI-dependent aPL-mediated EC activation, and a threshold effect for the action of LPS, that is able to enhance anti-β2 GPI antibody EC binding only at cell activating concentrations.