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Anna Maria Palermo

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Epidemiology and outcomes of hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in intensive care unit patients: the EUROBACT-2 international cohort study.

2023

Purpose: In the critically ill, hospital-acquired bloodstream infections (HA-BSI) are associated with significant mortality. Granular data are required for optimizing management, and developing guidelines and clinical trials. Methods: We carried out a prospective international cohort study of adult patients (≥ 18 years of age) with HA-BSI treated in intensive care units (ICUs) between June 2019 and February 2021. Results: 2600 patients from 333 ICUs in 52 countries were included. 78% HA-BSI were ICU-acquired. Median Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score was 8 [IQR 5; 11] at HA-BSI diagnosis. Most frequent sources of infection included pneumonia (26.7%) and intravascular catheters…

antibiotic resistancebloodstream infectionhospital-acquiredbacteremiaCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicineantibiotic resistance ; bacteremia ; bloodstream infection ; hospital-acquired.
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Diagnostics for the knowledge: the case of the tower of Palazzo Termine Pietragliata in Palermo (Italy)

2015

[EN] Developing a methodological approach is crucial to assess the state of conservation of a monument, starting from the overall analysis, progressively moving from small to medium scale and reaching the grand scale at the end. Considering the territory, causes are investigated in order to understand the propensities, as well as considering a single monument, evidences are carefully read to assess the overall conditions, that will be lately detailed by the analysis on materials and their degradation. The object of this study is the tower of the Palazzo Pietragliata in Palermo, one of the most important examples of the late Gothic civil architecture in Sicily. The Palace, built in 1473 by P…

Architectural engineeringEngineeringTowerMicro analysisbusiness.industryContext (language use)ConservationMediterraneanFortificationsMedium scaleVisual artsBuilt HeritageModern ageBuilt heritageArchitecturebusinessTowerDiagnostics
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Different epidemiology of bloodstream infections in COVID-19 compared to non-COVID-19 critically ill patients: a descriptive analysis of the Eurobact…

2022

Funder: European society of Intensive Care Medicine

Malebloodstream infections:Other subheadings::Other subheadings::/epidemiology [Other subheadings]Critical IllnessCOVID-19 (Malaltia) - EpidemiologiaRESISTANT ENTEROCOCCIBacteremiaBloodstream infectionCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine:Pathological Conditions Signs and Symptoms::Pathologic Processes::Disease Attributes::Critical Illness [DISEASES]Cohort Studies:afecciones patológicas signos y síntomas::procesos patológicos::atributos de la enfermedad::enfermedad crítica [ENFERMEDADES]Sepsis:virosis::infecciones por virus ARN::infecciones por Nidovirales::infecciones por Coronaviridae::infecciones por Coronavirus [ENFERMEDADES]Medicine and Health SciencesHumansNCT03937245Unitats de cures intensivesAgedCross InfectionMalalties bacterianes:infecciones bacterianas y micosis::infección::infección hospitalaria [ENFERMEDADES]Research:Otros calificadores::Otros calificadores::/epidemiología [Otros calificadores]Bacteremia; Bloodstream infection; COVID-19; Enterococcus; ICU-acquiredCOVID-19:Virus Diseases::RNA Virus Infections::Nidovirales Infections::Coronaviridae Infections::Coronavirus Infections [DISEASES]:Bacterial Infections and Mycoses::Infection::Cross Infection [DISEASES]Intensive Care UnitsNCTICURNAICU-acquiredEnterococcus
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