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.

Safety of measles, rubella and mumps vaccines in adults: a prospective cohort study.

Background: In recent years, multiple outbreaks of measles associated with vaccine hesitancy occurred in high-income countries, where measles incidence had previously been low. Most safety data about the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine are derived from studies conducted among children, whereas evidence regarding the safety profile of the vaccine in adults is scarce.

Methods: In 2017, during an outbreak of measles in Europe, Israeli travellers to high-risk locations who were incompletely vaccinated, were urged to complete the two MMR vaccination schedule before their travel.

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.

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.

Low Blood ALT Activity and High FRAIL Questionnaire Scores Correlate with Increased Mortality and with Each Other. A Prospective Study in the Internal Medicine Department.

Background: Low blood ALT, Alanine aminotransferase activity and high FRAIL (Fatigue, Resistance, Ambulation, Illnesses and Loss of Weight) questionnaire scores were previously shown to be associated with frailty and increased risk of mortality. We aimed to correlate these tools with mortality and each other in patients hospitalized in an internal medicine department.

Methods: This is a prospective study in a large tertiary hospital.

Structured, Protocol-Based Pulse-Oximetry Measurement Improves the Evaluation of Hypoxemic Patients at Hospital Admission.

Background: Accurate pulse oximetry reading at hospital admission is of utmost importance, mainly for patients presenting with hypoxemia. Nevertheless, there is no accepted or evidence-based protocol for such structured measuring.

Objectives: To devise and assess a structured protocol intended to increase the accuracy of pulse oximetry measurement at hospital admission.