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Relationship between low Ankle-Brachial Index and rapid renal function decline in patients with atrial fibrillation: a prospective multicentre cohort…
2015
Objective: To investigate the relationship between Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI) and renal function progression in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Design: Observational prospective multicentre cohort study. Setting: Atherothrombosis Center of I Clinica Medica of 'Sapienza' University of Rome; Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro; Atrial Fibrillation Registry for Ankle-Brachial Index Prevalence Assessment-Collaborative Italian Study. Participants: 897 AF patients on treatment with vitamin K antagonists. Main outcome measures: The relationship between basal ABI and renal function progression, assessed by the estimated Glomerular Filtration R…
Position paper on nasal obstruction: evaluation and treatment.
2018
Nasal obstruction (NO) is defined as the subjective perception of discomfort or difficulty in the passage of air through the nostrils. It is a common reason for consultation in primary and specialized care and may affect up to 30%-40% of the population. It affects quality of life (especially sleep) and lowers work efficiency. The aim of this document is to agree on how to treat NO, establish a methodology for evaluating and diagnosing it, and define an individualized approach to its treatment. NO can be unilateral or bilateral, intermittent or persistent and may be caused by local or systemic factors, which may be anatomical, inflammatory, neurological, hormonal, functional, environmental, …
Shox-Haploinsufficiency Intra-Familial Phenotipic Variability and The Impact On Final Height: Report of a Pedigree
2019
SHOX haploinsufficiency (SHOX-D) is a genetic cause of disharmonic short stature. However, the different impact on phenotype can show differences between patients with the same genotype. GH ameliorates final height, with significant differences between patients for the putative role of environmental factors who can influence growth. We describe the case of two sisters with SHOX-D (target height: 146.8 cm (-2.6SDS); mother: 146.5 cm; father: 160 cm). ZM was first evaluated at the age of 6.8 years for disharmonic short stature: stature: 103.5 cm; SPAN: 99 cm. She was affected by SHOX-D (heterozygous missense mutation c414G>C: p.Glu138Asp of the exon 3). The same mutation was first confirme…
Nasal pressure swings as the measure of inspiratory effort in spontaneously breathing patients with de novo acute respiratory failure.
2022
Abstract Background Excessive inspiratory effort could translate into self-inflicted lung injury, thus worsening clinical outcomes of spontaneously breathing patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF). Although esophageal manometry is a reliable method to estimate the magnitude of inspiratory effort, procedural issues significantly limit its use in daily clinical practice. The aim of this study is to describe the correlation between esophageal pressure swings (ΔPes) and nasal (ΔPnos) as a potential measure of inspiratory effort in spontaneously breathing patients with de novo ARF. Methods From January 1, 2021, to September 1, 2021, 61 consecutive patients with ARF (83.6% related to COVID…
Comportamento della eNOS e dell'iNOS nella genesi e mantwnimento delle ulcere venose degli arti inferiori
2019
Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) and venous ulcers in the lower areas are widespread problems with a prevalence of 1% - 2% in the western population. The pathophysiology of this pathological manifestation is not yet fully clarified and it can be assumed that a multifactorial genesis should be considered. Certainly the high pressure values in the peripheral venous system, the defective valves in the capillary network, the increase in permeability and capillary neogenesis (discharge of liquids in the extracellular compartment - + edema), the discharge of fibrinogen and the subsequent formation of a pericapillary fibrin cuff are the most important mechanisms related to hypoxia and skin isc…
Ulcere venose: rilievi riguardanti sia aspetti reologici e funzionali dei polimorfonucleati che le concentrazioni plasmatiche delle gelatinasi e dei …
2014
Adiponectin, resistin, leptin levels in paediatric patients with chronic renal insufficiency: relationships with clinical, auxological and endocrine …
2009
HYPERINSULINEMIA AND INCREASED HOMA-IR IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH MODERATE CHRONIC RENAL INSUFFICIENCY
2011
SHOX Haploinsufficiency in Short and Not Short Children: A Sigle Italian Cetre Data
2018
SHOX haploinsufficiency (SHOX-D) is a cause of disharmonic short stature and a possible genetic cause of idiopathic short stature also in familial cases. We describe clinical, hormonal and genetic characteristics of patients with SHOX-D haploinsufficiency, followed and treated in the period 2014-2017, in a single Italian centre. The Rappold score was used to screen short children, to select those who needed a genetic analysis of SHOX gene by MLPA and sequencing. We selected 6 patients (5 females; 1 male; age: 1.2-11 years), with documented mutations of the SHOX gene or of the promoter. One patient was already treated with low doses of GH for GHD, documented by 2 tests. One patient had type …
SHOX HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY INTRA FAMILIAL PHENOTIPIC VARIABILITY AND THE IMPACT ON FINAL HEIGHT: REPORT OF A PEDIGREE
2019
SHOX haploinsufficiency (SHOX-D) is a genetic cause of disharmonic short stature. However, the different impact on phenotype can show differences between patients with the same genotype. GH ameliorates final height, with significant differences between patients for the putative role of environmental factors who can influence growth.