The Risk of Rectal Temperature Measurement in Neutropenia.

Background: Avoiding rectal thermometry is recommended in patients with neutropenic fever. Permeability of the anal mucosa may result in a higher risk of bacteremia in these patients. Still, this recommendation is based on only a few studies.

Genetic anticipation of breast cancer among BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers: A retrospective study.

Objective: To study the anticipation phenomenon among hereditary breast cancer patients, by evaluating trends in age at diagnosis and phenotype of breast cancer across two successive generation pairs of BRCA1/2 mutation carriers/non-carriers with breast cancer after reports of an earlier age of diagnosis in successive generations among BRCA1/2 mutation carrier families.

Method: A retrospective cohort study. Patient characteristics, pathologic data and survival were compared between mothers and daughters and between carriers and non-carriers.

Predictors and outcomes of recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis in Israeli adults.

Aims: To identify risk factors for recurrent episodes of DKA that may allow the development of an effective prevention strategies.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of admissions for DKA in adult patients between 2004, and 2017 in a tertiary hospital. The clinical characteristics and outcomes of DKA of patients were stratified into an isolated episode of DKA (group 1) and recurrent episodes (group 2).

Outcomes of diabetic ketoacidosis in a tertiary centre with restricted intensive care unit bed capacity.

Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute metabolic condition, sometimes requiring admission to an intensive care unit (ICU).

Aims: To investigate the outcomes of DKA patients admitted to a hospital with restricted ICU capacity.

Methods: We included all DKA patients above age 18 who were admitted to a tertiary hospital during 2004-2017.

Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Older Adults.

Objectives: Much of the research previously done on diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) was based on a young population with type 1 diabetes mellitus (type 1 DM). But substantial numbers of DKA episodes occur in patients with a prior history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM). There is a lack of Data are lacking about DKA in older adults.