Ricerc@Sapienza

Background: Systemic hemodynamic characteristics of patients with suspected acute ischemic stroke are poorly
described. The objective of this study was to identify baseline hemodynamic characteristics of emergency department
(ED) patients with suspected acute stroke.
Methods: This was a planned analysis of the stroke cohort from a multicenter registry of hemodynamic profiling of
ED patients. The registry prospectively collected non-invasive hemodynamic measurements of patients with suspicion

Objectives: To derive and validate a predictive algorithm integrating a nomogram-based prediction of the pretest probability of infection with a panel of serum biomarkers, which could robustly differentiate sepsis/septic shock from noninfectious systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Design: Multicenter prospective study. Setting: At emergency department admission in five University hospitals. Patients: Nine-hundred forty-seven adults in inception cohort and 185 adults in validation cohort. Interventions: None.

Background: Various scores have been derived for the assessment of syncope patients in the emergency department (ED) but stay inconsistently validated. We aim to compare their performance to the one of a common, easy-to-use CHADS2 score. Methods: We prospectively enrolled patients ? 40 years old presenting with syncope to the ED in a multicenter study. Early clinical judgment (ECJ) of the treating ED-physician regarding the probability of cardiac syncope was quantified. Two independent physicians adjudicated the final diagnosis after 1-year follow-up.

Aim: Febrile seizures (FS) involve 2–5% of the paediatric population, among which Complex FS (CFS) account for one third of accesses for FS in Emergency Departments (EDs).
The aim of our study was to define the epidemiology, the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic approach to FS and CFSs in the Italian EDs.
Methods: A multicenter prospective observational study was performed between April 2014 and March 2015.