Erectile dysfunction is associated with severe retinopathy in diabetic men.

Objective: Erectile dysfunction (ED) and retinopathy are prevalent in diabetic men. However, the association between ED and diabetic retinopathy (DR) with relation to DR severity levels has never been studied.

Materials And Methods: For this cross-sectional study, data were obtained prospectively at the retina clinic of a tertiary medical center.

C-reactive protein velocity following antibiotics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and community acquired pneumonia.

Introduction: Distinguishing community acquired pneumonia (CAP) from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation is a challenging task, since fever, productive cough, dyspnea, and leukocytosis are all common features of both conditions. Moreover, chest X-ray might not be sensitive enough. It is therefore quite common for physicians to prescribe unnecessary antibiotics for COPD exacerbation, leading to resistant bacteria and other related adverse affects.

Drug-induced torsades de pointes in patients aged 80 years or more.

Objective: We studied all English-written peer-reviewed reports on drug-induced torsades de pointes (TdP) in patients aged 80 years or more in order to characterize the clinical circumstances leading to this serious complication.

Methods: Our literature search yielded 24 reports on 25 patients aged 80-95 years with drug-induced TdP. We systematically reviewed each report and recorded the non-modifiable risk factors for drug-induced TdP (i.