Concordance between risk scales for venous thromboembolism in patients treated in emergency departments.

Objective: To evaluate agreement between risk-assessment models for venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients hospitalized for medical conditions and to analyze variables associated with the decision to prescribe pharmacological thromboprophylaxis in hospital emergency departments (EDs). Conclusions.

Methods: Prospective observational multicenter cohort study.

Prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized patients admitted from Spanish emergency departments: the PROTESU II study.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of inappropriate use of prophylaxis to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with medical diseases admitted to hospital from the emergency department. To explore variables associated with inappropriate thromboprophylaxis.

Methods: Prospective multicenter cohort study in 15 hospital emergency departments.

Pancytopenia associated with levetiracetam in an epileptic woman.

Haematological toxicity due to antiepileptic drugs is uncommon, but the increased risk of aplastic anaemia has been reported. Few case reports have been published regarding pancytopenia associated with levetiracetam treatment, and its intrinsic pathogenesis is still unknown. We describe the case of a woman aged 77 years who presented with abdominal pain and loss of appetite.

Bacteraemia due to Parvimonas micra, a commensal pathogen, in a patient with an oesophageal tumour.

A man aged 53 years was admitted to our hospital due to general malaise, fever and chills for the past 24 hours. He had a history of chronic alcoholic liver disease. The blood tests showed leucocytosis with neutrophilia, lactic acidosis and acute-phase reactants.