The dissimilarity between myocardial infarction patients' and spouses' illness perception and its relation to patients' lifestyle.

Aim And Objectives: To examine the dissimilarity between Chinese myocardial infarction (MI) patients' and spouses' illness perceptions (IPs), and to explore the relationship between patients' IP, differences in couples' IP and patients' lifestyle after discharge.

Background: An individual's IP is affected and moderated by several factors, including the social context. One of the most influential members of the social network of patients is the spouse.

Prognostic factors for severe Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia of non-HIV patients in intensive care unit: a bicentric retrospective study.

Background: Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) in non-HIV patients is still a challenge for intensivists. The aim of our study was to evaluate mortality predictors of PJP patients requiring Intensive care unit (ICU) admission.

Methods: Retrospectively review medical records of patients with diagnosis of PJP admitted to four ICUs of two academic medical centers from October 2012 to October 2015.