A commentary: To screen for calf DVT or not to screen? The highly variable practice among italian centers highlights this important and still unresolved clinical opinion. Results from the italian MASTER registry

Gender-differences in disease distribution and outcome in hospitalized elderly: data from the REPOSI study.

none 330 Women live longer and outnumber men. On the other hand, older women develop more chronic diseases and conditions such as arthritis, osteoporosis and depression, leading to a greater number of years of living with disabilities. The aim of this study was to describe whether or not there are gender differences in the demographic profile, disease distribution and outcome in a population of hospitalized elderly people.Retrospective observational study including all patients recruited for the REPOSI study in the year 2010. Analyses are referred to the whole group and gender categorization was applied.A total of 1380 hospitalized elderly subjects, 50.5\% women and 49.5\% men, were conside…

Low ankle-brachial index predicts an adverse 1-year outcome after acute coronary and cerebrovascular events

The MASTER registry on venous thromboembolism: description of the study cohort.