Brachial plexus injuries, in all their severity and complexity, have been extensively studied. Although brachial plexus injuries are associated with serious and often definitive sequelae, many concepts have changed since the 1950s, when this pathological condition began to be treated more aggressively. Looking back over the last 20 years, it can be seen that the entire approach, from diagnosis ...

OBJECTIVE To assess changes in the epidemiology of nosocomial candidemia in the post-fluconazole era among hospitalized patients using a case-control study design. DESIGN Candidemia case-patients were matched 1:1 on diagnosis, age, and length of stay with control-patients. Conditional logistic regression was used to determine predictors and outcomes of candidemia. Treatment regimens and compl...

1. Official Impact Factor of the Circulation Journal Has Reached 4.124 The Circulation Journal has earned its official 2015 impact factor (IF) from Journal Citation Reports®, placing the Journal 31st among the 124 journals in the Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems category in the 2015 JCR Science Edition. This digit was attained by the significant collaboration of the many contributors to the Jou...

Food allergy in general, and CMA in particolar, are an unique case in which a systematic approach can be applied even to single cases. As the disease involves not only the patient, but the whole family and her social supports, these can be protagonist of the diagnosis itself. As in any field of medicine, diagnosis starts from the suspicion. In patients reports for milk allergic reactions, an ac...

We confront a variety of medium-scale regime-switching DSGE models against U.S. macroeconomic time series data. Our goal is to employ a uni ed Bayesian framework for these models to test empirical evidence of regime changes in the Federal Reserve's in ation target in the post-war period when heteroscedastic shock disturbances are properly taken into account.

Diabetic foot complications are increasing in prevalence worldwide. Care and attention to these complications have improved greatly. Many advanced therapies are now being investigated or taken through final stages of clinical studies worldwide. However, the data upon which assumptions regarding morbidity, healing, and mortality have been based are grossly outdated. The purpose of this brief art...