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Roberto Fonte

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The histological or ultrasonographic detection of steatosis affects the performance of LSM in patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 infection

2014

Pathologymedicine.medical_specialtyHepatologyHcv genotype 1business.industryGastroenterologyMedicineIn patientSteatosisbusinessmedicine.diseaseDigestive and Liver Disease
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Management of suspected COVID-19 patients in a low prevalence region

2020

The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 infection among population has imposed a re-organization of healthcare services, aiming at stratifying patients and dedicating specific areas where patients with suspected COVID-related respiratory disease could receive the necessary health care assistance while waiting for the confirmation of the diagnosis of COVID-19 disease. In this scenario, the pathway defined as a “grey zone” is strongly advocated. We describe the application of rules and pathways in a regional context with low diffusion of the infection among the general population in the attempt to provide the best care to respiratory patients with suspected COVID-19. To date, this process has avoided t…

MaleRespiratory Tract DiseasesDiseaseClinical Laboratory Technique0302 clinical medicineCOVID-19 TestingHealth carePrevalence030212 general & internal medicinehealth-care managementeducation.field_of_studyrespiratory symptomsOrganizational InnovationGrey zoneCritical PathwayItalyCritical PathwaysFemaleCoronavirus InfectionsHumanPulmonary and Respiratory Medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)PopulationPneumonia ViralContext (language use)Settore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioDiagnosis Differential03 medical and health sciencesBetacoronavirusmedicineHumansIntensive care medicineeducationPandemicsAgedrespiratory symptomInfection ControlBetacoronavirubusiness.industryCoronavirus InfectionClinical Laboratory TechniquesSARS-CoV-2Hot TopicCOVID-19Patient Care ManagementCOVID-19 Drug Treatment030228 respiratory systemEpidemic outbreakbusinessChronic Respiratory Disease
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Effects of intravenous furosemide plus small-volume hypertonic saline solutions on markers of heart failure.

2021

Aims: We sought to compare the effects of furosemide + hypertonic saline solution (HSS) treatment in patients with acute decompensated heart failure in comparison with furosemide alone and the response in a compensated state after an acute saline load with regard to serum levels of heart failure biomarkers. Methods and results: We enrolled 141 patients with acute decompensated heart failure with reduced ejection fraction admitted to our Internal Medicine ward from March 2017 to November 2019. A total of 73 patients were randomized to treatment with i.v. high-dose furosemide plus HSS, whereas 68 patients were randomized to i.v. high-dose furosemide alone. Patients treated with furosemide plu…

medicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaAcute decompensated heart failuremedicine.medical_treatmentfurosemide Heart failure HSS BiomarkersGastroenterologyFurosemideInternal medicineOriginal Research ArticlesmedicineDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemHumansOriginal Research ArticleHSSDiureticsSalineHeart FailureSaline Solution HypertonicEjection fractionTroponin Tbusiness.industryTherapeutic effectFurosemideAcute decompensated heart failuremedicine.diseaseHypertonic salineRC666-701Heart failureCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessBiomarkersmedicine.drugESC heart failure
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Reactive hyperemia index (RHI) and cognitive performance indexes are associated with histologic markers of liver disease in subjects with non-alcohol…

2017

BACKGROUND: No study evaluated vascular health markers in subjects with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) through a combined analysis of reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry (RH-PAT) and arterial stiffness indexes. AIM OF THE STUDY: We aimed to assess whether NAFLD and its histological severity are associated with impairment of arterial stiffness and RH-PAT indexes in a mixed cohort of patients with biopsy-proven NAFLD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The Kleiner classification was used to grade NAFLD grade. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) and augmentation index (Aix) were used as markers of arterial stiffness, whereas endothelial function was assessed using reactive hyperemia index (R…

Malelcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaBiopsyEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismHistopathology; Liver fibrosis; Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease030204 cardiovascular system & hematologySeverity of Illness IndexLiver diseaseCognition0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsPrevalencePulse wave velocityOriginal InvestigationFatty liverMiddle AgedMental Status and Dementia TestsItalyLiverCardiovascular DiseasesCardiologyFemaleCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineAdultmedicine.medical_specialtyManometryLiver fibrosisHistopathologyHyperemiaPulse Wave Analysis03 medical and health sciencesVascular StiffnessDiabetes mellitusInternal medicineInternal MedicinemedicineHumansReactive hyperemiaAgedbusiness.industryLiver fibrosinutritional and metabolic diseasesmedicine.diseasedigestive system diseasesCross-Sectional StudiesBlood pressurelcsh:RC666-701Case-Control StudiesArterial stiffnessSteatohepatitisCognition Disordersbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryNon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseCardiovascular Diabetology
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PNPLA3 rs738409 C>G SNP is associated with histological features of NASH in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C patients

2014

medicine.medical_specialtyHepatologyChronic hepatitisbusiness.industryInternal medicineGenotypeGastroenterologymedicineSNPbusinessGastroenterologyDigestive and Liver Disease
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