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Giuseppe Pingitore

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Analysis of a database to predict the result of allergy testing in vivo in patients with chronic nasal symptoms.

2014

Background This article uses the logistic regression model for diagnostic decision making in patients with chronic nasal symptoms. We studied the ability of the logistic regression model, obtained by the evaluation of a database, to detect patients with positive allergy skin-prick test (SPT) and patients with negative SPT. The model developed was validated using the data set obtained from another medical institution. Methods The analysis was performed using a database obtained from a questionnaire administered to the patients with nasal symptoms containing personal data, clinical data, and results of allergy testing (SPT). All variables found to be significantly different between patients w…

skin-prick test (SPT)AdultMalePediatricsmedicine.medical_specialtySettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaDatabases FactualAllergy testingPrimary careLogistic regressioncomputer.software_genreSettore SECS-S/06 -Metodi Mat. dell'Economia e d. Scienze Attuariali e Finanz.Immunology and AllergyMedicineHumansIn patientreceiver operating characteristic curveSkin Testsnasal symptomReceiver operating characteristicDatabasebusiness.industryquestionnaireArea under the curveGeneral MedicineStepwise regressionMiddle Agedlogistic regression modelRhinitis AllergicrhinitiLogistic ModelsOtorhinolaryngologyChronic DiseaseFemalebusinessDiagnostic decision makingcomputerNasal symptomsAmerican journal of rhinologyallergy
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Comparison between statistical and fuzzy approaches for improving diagnostic decision making in patients with chronic nasal symptoms

2014

This paper compares a fuzzy model, expressed in rule-form, with a well known statistical approach (i.e. logistic regression model) for diagnostic decision making in patients with chronic nasal symptoms. The analyses were carried out using a database obtained from a questionnaire administered to 1359 patients with nasal symptoms containing personal data, clinical data and skin prick test (SPT) results. Both the fuzzy model and the logistic regression model developed were validated using a data set obtained from another medical institution. The accuracy of the two models in identifying patients with positive or negative SPT was similar. This study is a preliminary step to the creation of a so…

medicine.medical_specialtyLogistic regression modelSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaSkin prick testLogicFuzzy inference systemFuzzy modelPrimary careSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioFuzzy relationLogistic regressionMachine learningcomputer.software_genreFuzzy logicSettore SECS-S/06 -Metodi Mat. dell'Economia e d. Scienze Attuariali e Finanz.Artificial IntelligenceFuzzy modelmedicineIn patientMathematicsNasal symptombusiness.industryApproximate reasoningTest (assessment)Data setPhysical therapyArtificial intelligenceDiagnostic decision makingbusinesscomputerNasal symptomsFuzzy Sets and Systems
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Vitamin D, allergies and asthma: focus on pediatric patients

2014

In recent years, the interest of the scientific world towards vitamin D gradually increased, and several studies have been conducted to dissect its possible role in modulating the development/course of allergic diseases. Also, Vitamin D supplementation has been assessed as a beneficial approach for treating allergies in some, but not all studies. We reviewed herein the available and relevant literature concerning the possible links between Vitamin D, its supplementation and allergic diseases. A literature search was made independently by the Authors, identifying articles for a narrative review. As per literature, Vitamin D plays a key role in calcium and phosphate metabolism, and it is esse…

lcsh:Immunologic diseases. AllergyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAllergymedicine.medical_specialtyPediatricsSupplementationSettore MED/10 - Malattie dell'Apparato RespiratorioImmunologyAlternative medicinePediatric allergyReviewBone healthVitamin D allergic diseases immunomodulation suppplementation asthma rhinitis pediatric allergyImmunomodulationSettore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E SpecialisticaFood allergymedicineVitamin D and neurologyImmunology and AllergyVitamin DVitamin D; Allergic diseases; Immunomodulation; Supplementation; Asthma; Rhinitis; Pediatric allergyAsthmaRhinitisVitamin d supplementationbusiness.industryAllergic diseasesAllergic diseases; Asthma; Immunomodulation; Pediatric allergy; Rhinitis; Supplementation; Vitamin DAtopic dermatitismedicine.diseaseAsthmaImmunologylcsh:RC581-607businessWorld Allergy Organization Journal
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