The Rescue of the Romanian Health System by the Emergency Departments during the Fourth Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the confrontation of the health system with the need to identify solutions for providing medical care to a very large number of patients. The main objective of our study was to describe the measures taken to provide optimal medical care to patients who presented themselves in one of the large emergency hospitals of Romania in the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and Methods: We conducted a retrospective, observational study on a group of 1417 patients.

Efficacy of Endobiliary Radiofrequency Ablation in Preserving Survival, Performance Status and Chemotherapy Eligibility of Patients with Unresectable Distal Cholangiocarcinoma: A Case-Control Study.

Background: Cholangiocarcinoma is the most common malignancy of the bile ducts causing intrahepatic, hilar, or distal bile duct obstruction. Most jaundiced patients are diagnosed with unresectable tumors in need for palliative bile duct drainage and chemotherapy. Endobiliary radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an adjuvant technique that may be applied prior to biliary stenting.

The Prevalence and Predictors of Restless Legs Syndrome in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis.

Introduction And Aim: Sleep disorders are highly prevalent in patients with liver cirrhosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS), as well as its risk factors and possible predictors, in a cohort of patients with liver cirrhosis.

Material And Methods: We performed a cross-sectional prospective study over a period of 14 months and enrolled 69 patients with liver cirrhosis, after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria.

EUS-Guided Transgastric Drainage of Intraabdominal Fluid Collections.

Intraabdominal fluid collections can be a significant cause of morbi-mortality among patients with acute pancreatitis and those who underwent surgery, especially oncological ones. Nowadays, the treatment tends to be minimally invasive, so that the patient's recovery would be shorter and the quality of life higher. EUS (endoscopic ultrasound) has emerged in the last decade to fulfill that demand, alongside percutaneous and surgical drainage in the management of perigastric collections.