Objectives To estimate COVID-19 infections and deaths in healthcare workers (HCWs) from
a global perspective during the early phases of the pandemic. Design Systematic review. …

The sacroiliac joints are involved in most cases of axial spondyloarthropathy, the first
manifestation usually being sacroiliitis. A finding of sacroiliitis at radiography is the classic …

Background The Global Point Prevalence Survey (Global-PPS) established an international
network of hospitals to measure antimicrobial prescribing and resistance worldwide. We …

OBJECTIVES We sought to establish what historical findings are predictive of the cause of
syncope. BACKGROUND The clinical features of the various types of syncope have not been …

Background In-hospital administration of flecainide and propafenone in a single oral loading
dose has been shown to be effective and superior to placebo in terminating atrial fibrillation…

Context: An association between germline aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP)
gene mutations and pituitary adenomas was recently shown. Objective: The objective of …

Aims The clinical features of the various types of neurally mediated reflex syncope have not
been systematically investigated and compared. We sought to assess and compare the …

Objectives : We hypothesized that isometric arm exercises were able to increase blood
pressure (BP) during the phase of impending vasovagal syncope and allow the patient to avoid …

Low-Gain Avalanche Diodes (LGAD) are silicon detectors with output signals that are about
a factor of 10 larger than those of traditional sensors. In this paper we analyze how the …

We present the FP420 R&D project, which has been studying the key aspects of the development
and installation of a silicon tracker and fast-timing detectors in the LHC tunnel at 420 m …