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Vasiliki Sarakatsianou
L'encefalopatia epatica nella cirrosi epatica
Attuali acquisizioni cliniche,eziopatogenetiche e diagnostiche della pancreatite cronica
Mevolonate Pathway:role of bisphosphonates and statins
Cardiovascular diseases, i.e. high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, and stroke, and osteoporosis are public health problems, with several epidemiological links, and they might be related to each other in terms of pathogenesis and therapeutic agents. Bisphosphonates inhibit bone resorption and are used in the treatment of osteoporosis, whereas statins inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis and are used for the treatment of atherosclerosis and lipid metabolic disorders. Some late clinical studies suggested bisphosphonates may have beneficial effect in vivo on atherosclerotic progression, lipid profiles, and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, whereas statins might increase bone density, …
Insufficienza renale acuta in paziente con HCC recentemente sottoposto a chemioembolizzazione transarteriosa
L'iponatremia nell'età geriatrica:etiopatogenesi e considerazioni
Test-and-treat strategy for Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection in older patients.
Abstract Despite Helicobacter pylori (HP) infection is highly prevalent in older populations, low rates of HP diagnosis and eradication are reported in older persons, even in geriatric wards. We aim to evaluate the results of a HP-eradicating program in a sample of older patients in relation to dyspeptic symptoms and to endoscopic findings. A pool of 140 subjects (female/ale = 86/54, mean age 68.6 ± 5.4 years) with positive C 13 -urea breath test were recruited, clinically evaluated to investigate the presence and characteristics of dyspepsia and abdominal pain, and underwent gastric endoscopic examination. HP-eradication was obtained in 87.9% of subjects with first-line triple therapy, reg…