High Attendance Rate of Family Members During Physician Rounds Is Predictive of Worse Clinical Outcomes: A Historic Cohort Study.

Background: The prognosis of long-term clinical outcomes for each patient is of utmost importance.

Objectives: To evaluate the association between rates of family attendance during rounds and long-term outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a historic cohort study.

Screening for Asymptomatic Urinary Retention in Older Adult Men at Admission to the Internal Medicine Department: A Prospective Study.

Background: Screening for asymptomatic urinary retention (AUR) in older adult men at hospital admission to the internal medicine department has never been studied.

Objectives: To assess the incidence of AUR in older adult men at hospital admission, its risk factors, and its outcome.

Methods: The study comprised 111 older adult men aged ≥ 75 years who were admitted to three internal medicine departments.

Frailty and Sarcopenia Assessment upon HospitalAdmission to Internal Medicine Predicts Length ofHospital Stay and Re-Admission: A ProspectiveStudy of 980 Patients.

Background: Frailty and sarcopenia are associated with frequent hospitalizations and poor clinical outcomes in geriatric patients. Ascertaining this association for younger patients hospitalized in internal medicine departments could help better prognosticate patients in the realm of internal medicine.

Methods: During a 1-year prospective study in an internal medicine department, we evaluated patients upon admission for sarcopenia and frailty.

Baseline low ALT activity is associated with increased long-term mortality after COPD exacerbations.

Background: COPD exacerbations have negative impact on patients' survival. Several risk factors for grave outcomes of such exacerbations have been descried. Muscle dysfunction and mass loss were shown to impact negatively on prognosis and survival.

Risk of bacteremia in hospitalised patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a 9-year cohort study.

Background: Patients with inflammatory bowel disease might be at increased risk of invasive bacterial infections.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to identify the rate of bacteremia in hospitalised patients with inflammatory bowel disease and risk factors.

Methods: An observational cohort of hospitalised patients with inflammatory bowel disease, aged 16-80 years, from 2008 to 2017 in a large tertiary hospital.