Usefulness of NIHSS score as a predictor of non-neurological in-hospital complications in stroke.

Introduction: Patients with stroke are at risk of developing non-neurological in-hospital complications (NNIHC) during hospitalization. The NIHSS is a scale used and validated to determine stroke severity, treatment, and prognosis. We evaluated the relationship between the NIHSS score obtained on admission and the development of NNIHC during hospital stay.

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumonia.

Introduction: Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is the infectious disease with the highest number of deaths worldwide. Several studies have shown an association between vitamin D deficiency and increases susceptibility to respiratory tract infections.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels in hospitalized adults in general room with CAP.

New diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia: Here to stay?

Objectives: To assess the percentage of patients that fulfill the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1990 as well as the ACR 2010 classification criteria, to evaluate whether there is a correlation between tender points and the Widespread Pain Index (WPI) as well as signs and symptoms that predict a fibromyalgia (FM) subtype and to identify those which have greater impact on functioning.

Materials And Methods: We performed a cross-sectional comparative study of 206 patients with previous clinical diagnosis of FM. The studied variables were age, sex, years of disease, tender points, control points, WPI, Symptom Severity Score, subtype of FM, presence of other rheumatic disorders and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) score.

[Disseminated histoplasmosis and AIDS in an Argentine hospital: clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment].

We describe 16 HIV-infected patients with disseminated histoplasmosis (14 men, mean age 28 +/- 7.84 years), diagnosed at Hospital Eva Perón in Argentina during the period of October 1993 to July 2000. Disseminated histoplasmosis occurred in 5.