Hemolytic Anemia Linked to Epstein-Barr Virus Infectious Mononucleosis: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

: In Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis, hemolytic anemia occasionally occurs. : To characterize hemolytic anemia linked to Epstein-Barr virus infectious mononucleosis, we performed a systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42024597183) in the United States National Library of Medicine, Excerpta Medica, and Web of Science with no restrictions on language. Only reports published since 1970 were included.

Mortality at 30 and 90 days in elderly patients with pulmonary embolism: a retrospective cohort study.

Pulmonary Embolism (PE) incidence increases with age. Data on mortality and prognosis in elderly patients with suspected PE are lacking. (1) To assess 30- and 90-day mortality in subjects with PE from an elderly population seen in the emergency department (ED); (2) to test the prognostic accuracy of a simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index (sPESI) coupled to a highly sensitive cardiac Troponin T (hs-cTnT) level.

A higher d-dimer threshold safely rules-out pulmonary embolism in very elderly emergency department patients.

Introduction: D-dimer is commonly used in the workup of suspected Pulmonary Embolism (PE), but its specificity decreases with age. We evaluated whether using a higher cutoff value for D-dimer could increase the test specificity without reducing its sensitivity for ruling-out PE in elderly and very elderly patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED).

Material And Methods: All patients with D-dimer and pulmonary Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) performed in the ED of Vimercate Hospital, from 2010 through 2012 for clinical suspicion of PE were included in this retrospective cohort study.