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Reply to Athanassios Kyrgidis, Zisis Teleioudis and Konstantinos Vahtsevanos’ Letter to the Editor re: Christian Walter, Bilal Al-Nawas, Knut A. Gröt…
2009
Procalcitonin for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis: what is the evidence?
2017
Abstracts Procalcitonin is a widely used marker for the evaluation of infection and sepsis and to guide antibiotic therapy. During the last decade, several studies evaluated its role and diagnostic performance as a surrogate marker for the identification of Candida spp. in suspected invasive candidiasis. A low serum level and a favorable negative predictive value are the main findings for procalcitonin in this setting. The aim of this report is to provide an updated brief summary of the evidence supporting the use of PCT for the management of invasive candidiasis.
Natura abhorret a vacuo. Future perspectives of autologous fibrin glue. Is it time for reappraisal?
2017
Letter to the Editor Regarding “Small Aneurysms with Low PHASES Scores Account for a Majority of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Cases”
2020
Management of biological therapies for chronic plaque psoriasis during COVID-19 emergency in Italy
2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, is creating an unprecedented global public health emergency with the continuous growth of infected individuals worldwide. Italy was one of the first European country to face the first wave of infection outside mainland China. The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Lombardy on February 20th , 2020, and subsequently, a rapid increase in the number of detected cases was observed, spreading through Italy and the rest of Europe.3 As of April 22nd , confirmed COVID-19 cases in Italy were 183,957.
Transcatheter embolization of a large aberrant systemic artery to an intralobar pulmonary sequestration using an Amplatzer vascular plug in an adoles…
2017
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When to use frovatriptan in migraine? A reply
2011
Dear Sir, We read with interest the comments of Dr. Tfelt-Hansen [1] on the two recently published randomized controlled trials comparing patients’ preference (primary end-point) and efficacy (secondary end-points) of frovatriptan with respect to rizatriptan [2] and almotriptan [3]. In both studies, frovatriptan showed similar preference and short-term efficacy outcomes (pain relief and pain free episodes at 2 h) with respect to the other two triptans. The principal concern of Dr. Tfelt-Hansen was the very early use of frovatriptan in these studies, making their results hardly comparable with those of previous randomized controlled trials [4–6], where patients waited until the headache was …
Suggested randomized, controlled trial for frovatriptan: a reply
2011
Dear Sir, We read with interest the comments of Dr. Tfelt-Hansen [1] regarding our three recently published randomized controlled trials comparing patients’ preference (primary endpoint) and efficacy (secondary endpoints) of frovatriptan 2.5 mg versus zolmitriptan 2.5 mg [2], rizatriptan 10 mg [3] and almotriptan 12.5 mg [4], and the meta-analysis of pooled individual data from the three studies [5]. In all studies frovatriptan showed similar preference and short-term efficacy outcomes (pain relief and pain-free episodes at 2 h) with respect to the other three triptans. The questions put by Dr. Tfelt-Hansen sound appropriate. Doubts are raised on the usefulness of head-to-head preference tr…
The comparison of effectiveness of therapy with ustekinumab and etanercept in psoriatic patients during 48 weeks' observation.
2021
Hiatal herniation of the stomach and pancreas in a patient with oxygen desaturations
2013
Hiatal hernia (HH), a neglected cause of cardiorespiratory symptoms, is a frequent entity characterized by the displacement of the gastro- esophageal junction and part of the stomach into the mediastinum. Although often asymptomatic, HH may also exert a wide spectrum of clinical presentations due to cardio-pulmonary compression, including acute cardiovascular events such as arrhythmias, post-prandial syncope, angina-like chest pain, recurrent acute heart failure, hemodynamic collapse, electrocardiographic changes (T-wave inversion, ST elevation) simulating myocardial ischemia or pericarditis, and respiratory manifestations that can range from exercise intolerance and dyspnea on exertion to …