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Ferrari D

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Safety of anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

2008

The prevalence of concurrent rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is probably underestimated because of the increasing spread of this virus worldwide, especially in developing countries. In these patients, anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (anti-TNF-alpha) therapy may aggravate hepatitis and increase viremia. We evaluated the safety of these treatments, which remain controversial.Thirty-one HCV-positive patients (23 women, 8 men, mean age 59+/-13 yrs, mean disease duration 13+/-11.5 SD yrs) with active RA [Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28)3.2] unresponsive to conventional therapies were treated with TNF-alpha blockers (infliximab 11, etanercept 17, adalimumab 3) at…

AdultAged 80 and overMalerheumatoid arthritissafetyhepatitis c virus; rheumatoid arthritis; safety; tumor necrosis factor-α blockerTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAdalimumabHepatitis C ChronicMiddle AgedViral Loadhepatitis c virusInfliximabEtanerceptArthritis Rheumatoidtumor necrosis factor-α blockerAdalimumab Etanercept InfliximabAntirheumatic AgentsHumansFemaleanti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha; rheumatoid arthritis; hepatitis CAgedFollow-Up StudiesRetrospective Studies
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Survey of neonatal respiratory care and surfactant administration in very preterm infants in the Italian neonatal network

2013

INTRODUCTION: Variation of respiratory care is described between centers around the world. The Italian Neonatal Network (INN), as a national group of the Vermont-Oxford Network (VON) allows to perform a wide analysis of respiratory care in very low birth weight infants. METHODS: We analyzed the dataset of infants enrolled in the INN in 2009 and 2010 and, for surfactant administration only, from 2006 to 2010 from 83 participating centers. All definitions are those of the (VON). A questionnaire analysis was also performed with a questionnaire on centers practices. RESULTS: We report data for 8297 infants. Data on ventilator practices and outcomes are outlined. Variation for both practices and…

Preterm infants; Ventilation; Ventilatory support; Medicine (all)Drug Utilization; Humans; Infant Mortality; Infant Newborn; Infant Very Low Birth Weight; Intubation Intratracheal; Italy; Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; Pulmonary Surfactants; Respiration Artificial; Infant PrematureSettore MED/38 - Pediatria Generale E SpecialisticaInfant MortalityIntubation IntratrachealHumansInfant Very Low Birth WeightPrematureVery Low Birth WeightRespirationMedicine (all)Infant NewbornOxygen Inhalation TherapyInfantPreterm infantsPulmonary SurfactantsNewbornRespiration ArtificialDrug UtilizationVentilationnational survayIntratrachealVery preterm infant national survay neonatal respiratory careVentilatory supportItalyVery preterm infantArtificialPreterm infantneonatal respiratory careIntubationInfant Premature
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