Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a chronic autoimmune disease mainly characterised by the inflammation of exocrine glands; however, a broad spectrum of systemic manifestations may characterise the disease. Recently, pSS has been the object of considerable immunologic and clinical research which has led to significant advances in the diagnosis, prognostic assessment and management of the dise...

Non-invasive cardiac imaging is pivotal for the diagnosis and decision making of patients with cardiovascular diseases. Recent innovations in echocardiography, nuclear imaging, computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance have provided novel pathophysiological insights that may impact on the clinical management of patients. The current review provides a summary of selected articles on te...

Neonatal respiratory care practices have changed with breathtaking speed in the past few years. It is critical for the respiratory therapist and others caring for neonates to be up to date with current recommendations and evolving care practices. The purpose of this article is to review papers of particular note that were published in 2015 and address important aspects of newborn respiratory care.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a modified form of cardiopulmonary bypass. Although early trials were plagued by severe bleeding and high rates of death, subsequent experience with neonates found good survival, and ECMO became an important tool in the care of critically ill infants with respiratory failure. Since the 1980s, expansion to other groups (children, patients with cardia...

Svrha SERVE-HF istraživanja bila je da se procijene učinci adaptivne servoventilacije (ASV) koja pruža servokontroliranu potporu udisajnoga tlaka povrh pozitivnoga izdisajnog tlaka u pacijenata s umjerenim do ozbiljnim stupnjem ZS-a i EF < 45 % koji su imali većinom centralnu apneju u snu.1 U ovoj je studiji 1325 pacijenata bilo randomizirano u skupine liječene ASV-om (666) i kontrolnom terapij...

The Year in Cardiology 2015: Prevention M. John Chapman1,2, Stefan Blankenberg3, Ulf Landmesser4,5 National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), Pesquisa em Dislipidemia e Aterosclerose, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital1, Paris FR-75651, France; University of Pierre and Marie Curie2, Paris, França; Clinic for Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, German Center for Car...