Safety of benzodiazepines in patients with acute heart failure: A propensity score-matching study.

Aim: Benzodiazepines (BZDs) are one of the most used drugs to control symptoms in patients with acute heart failure (HF). However, the evidence on its safety is inconclusive. The objective was to describe the characteristics of patients admitted for HF and treated with BZDs and to assess the relationship of this treatment and mortality.

[Syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus infection: an endemic infection in men who have sex with men].

Objective: to analyse epidemiological, clinical, and analytical features of HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) diagnosed with syphilis in the Infectious Diseases Unit (Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, Málaga, Spain) during 2004-2013.

Patients And Methods: An observational study was conducted on 196 syphilis episodes in 167 MSM infected with HIV (2004-2013). Epidemiological, clinical, and analytical data were collected.