Longitudinal Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Retinal Microcirculation and Target Organ Damage: the BASTOD Study.

Purpose: Obesity is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Bariatric surgery (BS) improves the clinical and metabolic profile. Retinal caliber changes could precede cardiovascular events.

Predictive risk factors for death in elderly patients after hospitalization for acute heart failure in an internal medicine unit.

To determine the predictive factors of mortality after hospitalization for acute heart failure (AHF) in an internal medicine department. Retrospective observational analysis conducted on 164 patients hospitalized for AHF in 2016-2017. Demographic, clinical and biological characteristics were assessed during hospitalization.

Relevance and feasibility of a systematic screening of multimorbidities in patients with chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

Objectives: EULAR recently proposed to screen multimorbidities in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases. The aims of the study were to define the most common multimorbidities in chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases, compare the screening approach performed in the clinic with the recent EULAR recommendations, validate the points to consider for the systematic standardized multimorbidity screening proposed by EULAR and assess feasibility of such a screening in a daily clinic.

Methods: Data were collected prospectively during a 1-day multimorbidity clinic.

Sodium excretion is higher in patients with rheumatoid arthritis than in matched controls.

Objective: It was shown that sodium can promote auto-immunity through the activation of the Th17 pathway. We aimed to compare sodium intake in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) vs. matched controls.