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Pelacchi F, Dell'Osso L, Bondi E, Amore M, Fagiolini A, Iazzetta P, Pierucci D, Gorini M, Quarchioni E, Comandini A, Salvatori E, Cattaneo A, Pompili M. Clinical evaluation of switching from immediate-release to prolonged-release lithium in bipolar patients, poorly tolerant to lithium immediate-release treatment: A randomized clinical trial. Brain Behav 2022; 12:e2485. [PMID: 35137572 PMCID: PMC8933786 DOI: 10.1002/brb3.2485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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AIM The effect of switching from lithium immediate release (Li-IR) to lithium prolonged release (Li-PR) on lithium-induced tremor after 1 and 12 weeks of treatment was evaluated in a randomized, multicenter, open trial, in bipolar patients from the participating sites with a tremor severity ≥2 (Udvalg for Kliniske Undersøgelser [UKU] rating scale) despite optimal lithium titration. METHODS The primary endpoint was the evaluation of tremor by means of the UKU scale after 1 week of treatment. Secondary endpoints included manic Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) and depressive symptoms (Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale), a global assessment of the patient's status (Clinical Global Impression), polyuria/polydipsia (UKU item 3.8) and patient-reported outcomes. RESULTS Owing to difficulties in including suitable patients the enrollment phase was closed when 73 patients were randomized. Notwithstanding the lower number of patients, in the modified intention-to-treat population (n = 70) the primary endpoint was statistically significant: tremor improved after 1 week in 62.9% in Li-PR group against 20.0% of patients in Li-IR group (p = .0006; two-tailed Fisher's exact test). The difference remained statistically significant after 4 (p = .0031) and 12 weeks (p = .0128). The same analysis performed in the PP population confirmed these results. Among the secondary endpoints, only the factor convenience of the treatment satisfaction questionnaire showed a statistically significant difference between groups. There were no apparent differences in the safety profile of the two formulations. CONCLUSIONS This study is the first comparative documentation of a potential benefit of the prolonged-release formulation in reducing the symptom tremor, a well-known adverse effect of lithium therapy. Indeed, the study results should be interpreted taking into account the sample size lower than planned.
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Psychiatric Service Diagnosis and Care, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy
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- Institute of Rehabilitation and Care for Scientific Character San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, University Psychiatric Clinic, Genova, Italy
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- Functional Unit Mental Health Adults, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital, Orbetello-Grosseto, Italy
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- Global Medical Department, Angelini Pharma S.p.A., Rome, Italy
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- Global Medical Department, Angelini Pharma S.p.A., Rome, Italy
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- Complex Operational Unit Psychiatry, Sant'Andrea University-Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Iacoviello M, Marini M, Gori M, Gonzini L, Benvenuto M, Cassaniti L, Municino' A, Navazio A, Ammirati E, Catalano M, Floresta M, Scopelliti G, Nassiacos D, Gorini M, De Maria R. Chronic heart failure in younger patients: temporal trends in clinical characteristics, treatment and outcomes over two decades in a nationwide cardiology registry. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aim of the study
We analyzed the temporal trends in characteristics, therapy and outcomes over two decades of younger chronic heart failure (CHF) patients enrolled in our nationwide registry.
Methods
Among the 14823 CHF patients enrolled in the registry since January 1999 through May 2018, 5465 (37%) were aged<65 years (78% men, 54+9 years, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 36+11%). Patients were divided into 3 cohorts according with the recruitment epoch: 1999–2005; 2006–2011; 2012–2018. We analyzed trends over time of clinical characteristics, therapy, one-year all-cause mortality, all-cause mortality and/or all-cause hospitalization, all-cause mortality and/or CV hospitalization, and all-cause mortality and/or HF hospitalization.
Results
From 1999 to 2018 the proportion of patients <65 years declined: 42% in first (2288/5404), 37% in second (1464/3971), 31% in third period (1713/5448).
As shown in the Table, the proportion of women, diabetes, ischemic etiology and renin-angiotensin system inhibitor prescription did not change significantly among the three enrollment epochs, whereas preserved LVEF phenotype and prevalence of its driving risk factors increased. The proportion of guideline-recommended drug & device therapies significantly rose over time. All-cause mortality at 1-year follow-up decreased significantly across the 3 epochs studied (Figure).
Conclusions
During 20 years, the clinical characteristics, the implementation of recommended treatments and prognosis of patients <65 years enrolled in a nationwide cardiology registry have deeply changed. These modifications reflect the evolution of cardiovascular risk factors and improved management strategies of CV disease.
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Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Fondazione per il Tuo cuore – HCF onlus
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Cardiology Unit, Bergamo, Italy
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- Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri Research Center, Florence, Italy
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- G. Mazzini Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Teramo, Italy
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- Padre A Micone Hospital ASL3, Cardiology Unit, Genoa, Italy
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- Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- ASST Great Metropolitan Niguarda, Cardiology 2 - Heart Failure and Transplantation, Milan, Italy
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- Cannizzaro Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Catania, Italy
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- Ospedale Cervello-Villa Sofia, Cardiology Unit, Palermo, Italy
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- Alta Val d'Elsa Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Poggibonsi, Italy
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- Saronno General Hospital, Cardiology Unit, Saronno, Italy
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- Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri Research Center, Florence, Italy
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- CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, ASST Metropolitan Hospital Niguarda, Milan, Italy
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De Maria R, Gori M, Marini M, Gonzini L, Benvenuto M, Cassaniti L, Municino' A, Navazio A, Ammirati E, Gorini M, Leonardi G, Pagnoni N, Montagna L, Midi P, Iacoviello M. Chronic heart failure in octogenarians. Temporal trends in clinical characteristics, treatment and outcomes over two decades in a nationwide cardiology registry. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Elderly >80 years represent the most rapidly expanding population segment in Europe. Chronic heart failure (CHF) affects over 10% of this group and generates a major M&M burden. We analyzed the temporal trends in characteristics, therapy and outcomes over two decades in octogenarians enrolled in our nationwide registry.
Methods
According to the recruitment epoch, among 14.283 CHF patients first enrolled in the registry since 1–1999 through 5–2018, we divided those aged 80+ (2520,17.6%) into 3 cohorts: 1999–2005 (547, 10%); 2006–2011 (659, 16.5%); 2012–2018 (1314, 14.1%). We analyzed trends over time in characteristics, therapy, 1-year all-cause mortality and proportion admitted to hospital.
Results
From 1999 to 2018 the proportion of 80+ CHF patients (60% men, 84±3 years, LVEF 41±1%, HFrEF 49%) rose from 10% to 24%. Across the 3 epochs (Table 1) we observed a shift towards the HFpEF phenotype with an increase in its driving factors (obesity, diabetes, hypertension, AFib). At the same time, the proportion treated with recommended therapies rose. Cumulative 1-year mortality did not differ across the 3 epochs (Fig.1 top), whereas the proportion of 80+ hospitalized overall, for CV causes and for decompensated HF, declined (Fig. 1 bottom).
Conclusions
During 20 years, the clinical characteristics of octogenarians enrolled in a nationwide CHF registry have deeply changed, reflecting demographic variations, the evolution of CV risk factors and improved management. There was a consistent implementation of BB, MRA and devices. Survival of 80+ remained stable, but the proportion of those hospitalized for CV causes, and specifically decompensated HF, declined. These data suggest that cardiologists' input may contribute to decrease the socioeconomic burden of CHF in the elderly.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Fondazione per il Tuo cuore – Heart Care Foundation (HCF) ONLUS
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- R De Maria
- CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Milan, Italy
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- Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Cardiologia 1, Bergamo, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Cardiologia Ospedaliera Emodinamica e UTIC, Ancona, Italy
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- ANMCO Foundation For Your Heart, ANMCO Research Center, Florence, Italy
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- Teramo Hospital, Cardiologia UTIC ed Emodinamica, Teramo, Italy
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- Ospedale E. Muscatello, Cardiologia - UTIC, Augusta, Italy
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- Ospedale Padre Antero Micone, Cardiologia – UTIC, Genova, Italy
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- Santa Maria Nuova Hospital, Cardiologia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- ASST Great Metropolitan Niguarda, Cardiologia 2 -Insufficienza Cardiaca e Trapianto, Milan, Italy
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- ANMCO Foundation For Your Heart, ANMCO Research Center, Florence, Italy
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- University Policlinic of Catania, PO Rodolico SSD Scompenso Cardiaco Grave, Catania, Italy
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- Hospital San Giovanni Addolorata, Cardiologia e Riabilitazione Cardiologica, Rome, Italy
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- San Luigi Gonzaga University Hospital, Cardiologia, Orbassano, Italy
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- Hospital dei Castelli, Cardiologia UTIC, Ariccia, Italy
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- Polyclinic Hospital of Bari, Cardiologia Universitaria, Bari, Italy
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De Maria R, Macera F, Gorini M, Battistoni I, Iacoviello M, Iacovoni A, Palmieri V, Pasqualucci D, Leonardi G, Pagnoni N, Montagna L, Floresta M, Midi P, Pulignano G, Mortara A. P320Heart failure with mid-range (HFmrEF) or recovered (HFrecEF) ejection fraction: differential determinants of transition. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz747.0155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction (HFmrEF) has been identified as a multi-faceted phenotype that may encompass both patients with mild disease or those who from previous HFrEF recover EF (HFrecEF)
Purpose
To describe clinical characteristics and factors associated with phenotype transition at follow-up.
Methods
From 2009 to 2016, 1194 patients with baseline EF<50% and a second echocardiographic determination during clinically stability at a median of 6 months were enrolled in the IN-CHF Registry. Based on EF at enrollment, 335 (28%) had HFmrEF and 859 (72%) had HFrEF. We compared baseline clinical characteristics and predictors associated with follow-up reclassification to HFmrEF or full EF recovery
Results
When compared to HFrEF patients, those with HFmrEF had less often an ischemic etiology, advanced symptoms and a HF admission in the previous year. No other differences were found in clinical characteristics and drug therapy (Table).
At a median follow-up of 6 months, 30% of HFrEF patients improved EF by 14 (9) units: 21% showed partial EF recovery (transition to HFmrEF) and 9% had full EF recovery. Conversely among HFmrEF patients 22% improved EF, by 9 (5) units, to full recovery, and 18% deteriorated by 1.5 (5.5) units sloping to HFrEF.
By multivariable logistic regression analysis, variables associated with EF recovery at 6-month follow-up differed between baseline phenotypes. Within HFrEF, ischemic etiology (OR 0.46, 95% CI 0.33–0.64) and NYHA class III-IV symptoms (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.38–0.68) were associated with a lower likelihood of EF recovery, while a history of HF<6 month correlated with a higher likelihood of EF recovery (OR 2.44, 95% CI 1.76–3.39). Within HFmrEF, while ischemic etiology (OR 0.66, 95% CI 0.19–0.68) was also associated with a lower likelihood of EF recovery, a history of atrial fibrillation at enrollment correlated with higher likelihood of EF recovery (OR 2.66, 95% CI 1.37–5.17) by 6 month-follow-up.
At a median follow-up of 36+28 months mortality was 4.6% vs 6.9% in HFrecEF vs non-recovered patients (log rank p=0.08).
Baseline characteristics HFrEF vs HFmrEF
Conclusions
HFmrEF patients showed a less severe clinical picture than HFrEF patients, but had EF recovery less often. EF improvement is negatively associated with ischemic etiology in both phenotypes, and positively associated with atrial fibrillation in HFmrEF and a short history of HF in HFrEF.
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- R De Maria
- CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Milan, Italy
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- Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, De Gasperis CardioCenter, Milan, Italy
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- ANMCO Study Center, Florence, Italy
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- University Hospital Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy
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- Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
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- AO dei Colli-Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Polyclinic Hospital “Rodolico”, Catania, Italy
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- Hospital San Giovanni Addolorata, Rome, Italy
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- University Hospital San Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, Italy
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- Ospedale Cervello-Villa Sofia, Palermo, Italy
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- Albano-Genzano Hospital, ASL Rome 6, Albano Laziale, Italy
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Di Tano G, Mortara A, Rossi J, Scherillo M, Oliva F, Senni M, Cacciatore G, Chinaglia A, Gorini M, Gulizia MM, Di Lenarda A, Tavazzi L. P5678Real world eligibility and prognostic relevance for sacubitril/valsartan in unselected heart failure outpatients: data from an Italian registry (IN-HF outcome). Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p5678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- G Di Tano
- Hospital of Cremona, Cardiology, Cremona, Italy
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- Polyclinic of Monza, Dept. of Clinical Cardiology and Heart Failure, Monza, Italy
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- Polyclinic of Monza, Dept. of Clinical Cardiology and Heart Failure, Monza, Italy
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- G. Rummo Hospital, Interventional Cardiology-CCU Department, Benevento, Italy
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- Niguarda Ca' Granda Hospital, Cardiology 2 Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program, “A. De Gasperis” Cardiovascular Dept.,, Milan, Italy
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- Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Cardiology 1, Bergamo, Italy
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- San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Cardiology, Rome, Italy
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- Martini Hospital, Cardiology/CCU, Turin, Italy
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- ANMCO Research Center, Florence, Italy
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- Ospedale Garibaldi-Nesima, Azienda di Rilievo Nazionale e Alta Specializzazione “Garibaldi”, Cardiology Division, Catania, Italy
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- Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Trieste, Cardiology Division, Trieste, Italy
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- Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care and Research, E.S. Health Science Foundation, Cotignola, Italy
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Pain symptomatology is present in 60 % – 80 % of patients affected by advanced cancer, but in most cases it is not adequately treated. Our series, composed of 45 patients affected by cancer in an advanced stage, demonstrates how the application of common concepts of pharmacotherapy, standardized according to a sequential scheme proposed by the WHO, makes it possible to reach total control (in 24.4 % of our cases) or only slight residual persistence (in 68.8 % of our cases) of pain from cancer, with scarce side effects that are easily controlled with symptomatic therapy. According to the type of pain, its behavior in relation to the therapy effected and any previous pharmacologic treatment, the proposed pharmacologic scheme foresees, as the first step, the use of nonnarcotic drugs, eventually associated or substituted with weak narcotics or finally with strong narcotics. Attention is given to modulation of the administration, to guarantee an analgesic effect throughout the day, thus preventing the pain. Irrespective of the analgesic scheme employed, it is more effective if patients affected by chronic oncologic pain (who present an important emotional component) are treated contemporaneously with ansiolytic and antidepressive drugs and those in which nerve structures are involved are treated with steroids. In conclusion, pain of an oncologic patient in an advanced stage can almost always be alleviated or often eliminated by the rigorous application of therapeutic concepts well known by physicians but for various reasons often neglected in clinical practice.
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- A Goisis
- Cattedra di Semeiotica Medica, Università di Pavia
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A case of Reed-Sternberg (R-S) leukaemia is described, and the results of the morphological, cytochemical and cytokinetic studies on the circulating neoplastic cells are reported. Detailed data are given for each of the 3 types of abnormal circulating cells: abnormal mononuclear (AM) cells, Hodgkin's (H) cells and R-S cells. Our results cannot discriminate whether R-S cells derive from monocyte-macrophages or from B-cell lineage. However, some data suggest that H and R-S cells may likely originate from AM cells. The unfavourable clinical significance of the appearance of circulating R-S cells is discussed taking into account the other few cases reported in literature.
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Gorini M, Tanzilli A, Cardillo A, Greco D, Rinalduzzi S, Pierelli F, Fattapposta F, Trompetto C, Currà A. 21. Habituation of somatosensory evoked potentials in patients with dementia. Clin Neurophysiol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2016.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Bertini S, Picariello M, Gorini M, Renda T, Augustynen A, Villella G, Misuri G, Maluccio NM, Ginanni R, Tozzi D, Corrado A. Telemonitoring in chronic ventilatory failure: a new model of survellaince, a pilot study. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 2013. [PMID: 23193842 DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2012.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND AIM The efficiency of tele-monitoring or tele-assistance in patients with severe chronic ventilatory failure in home mechanical ventilation (HMV) is still being investigated. Our aim was to test the feasibility of a model which consisted in: 1) once a week nocturnal telemonitoring, supervised by a doctor in charge in a Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, who also provided a telephone-counselling (24/7) on demand; 2) a scheduled visit every two months. METHODS A 2-year observational study was carried out on 16 patients ventilated for at least 1 year and for > or = 8 hours/day. Once a week patients underwent a nocturnal monitoring during HMV. The compliance was evaluated by regular transmission of data and regular follow-up, the level of satisfaction by a telephone-questionnaire. RESULTS The adherence to the protocol study was good in 9/16 (56%) and poor in 7/16 (44%) patients. For each patient, the mean number of connections was 46.12 +/- 36.39 (70.7% of that expected), in those with good compliance it increased to 63.8 +/- 32.7 (114% of that expected). The median hours of connection was 343 (138-1019) and 89 (0-521) for patients with good and poor compliance respectively, p = 0.038. The mean scheduled visits for patient with good compliance was 6.9 +/- 4.14 (100% of that expected). Emergency visits were avoided in 62.5% of cases. The satisfaction score was higher in compliant versus non compliant patients (p = 0.019). CONCLUSION This pilot study showed that the telemonitoring system employed was feasible and effective in more compliant patients who claimed a high rate of satisfaction.
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- S Bertini
- Respiratory Intensive Care Unit and Thoracic Physiopathology Laboratory, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy.
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Currà A, Coppola G, Gorini M, Porretta E, Bracaglia M, Di Lorenzo C, Schoenen J, Pierelli F. Drug-induced changes in cortical inhibition in medication overuse headache. Cephalalgia 2011; 31:1282-90. [PMID: 21784773 DOI: 10.1177/0333102411415877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND We investigated whether chronic headache related to medication overuse (MOH) is associated with changes in brain mechanisms regulating inhibitory cortical responses compared with healthy volunteers and episodic migraineurs recorded between attacks, and whether these changes differ according to the drug overused. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We studied 40 MOH patients whose symptoms were related to triptans alone, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or both medications combined, 12 migraineurs and 13 healthy volunteers. We used high-intensity transcranial magnetic stimulation over the primary motor cortex to assess the silent period from contracted perioral muscles. RESULTS In MOH patients the cortical silent period differed according to the type of headache medication overused: in patients overusing triptans alone it was shorter than in healthy volunteers (44.7 ± 14.2 vs. 108.1 ± 30.1 ms), but similar to that reported in migraineurs (59.9 ± 30.4 ms), whereas in patients overusing NSAIDs alone or triptans and NSAIDs combined duration of silent period was within normal limits (80.6 ± 46.4 and 103.8 ± 47.2 ms). CONCLUSIONS Compared with episodic migraineurs, MOH patients overusing triptans have no significant change in cortical inhibition, whereas those overusing NSAIDs have an increase in cortical inhibitory mechanisms. We attribute these changes to medication-induced neural adaptation promoted by changes in central serotonin neurotransmission.
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- Antonio Currà
- Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, A. Fiorini Hospital, Terracina, LT, Sapienza University of Rome Polo Pontino, Italy.
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Coppola G, Di Lorenzo C, Currà A, Gorini M, Bracaglia M, Schoenen J, Pierelli F. P23.9 Somatosensory high-frequency oscillations in medication overuse headache. Clin Neurophysiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(11)60595-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Coppola G, Currà A, Gorini M, Bracaglia M, Schoenen J, Pierelli F. P23.11 Repetitive TMS of the primary motor cortex modulates somatosensory high-frequency oscillations in migraine. Clin Neurophysiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(11)60597-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Currà A, Coppola G, Gorini M, Alibardi A, Porretta E, Bracaglia M, Di Lorenzo C, Schoenen J, Pierelli F. P23.13 Cortical inhibition in chronic headache changes according to the medication overused. Clin Neurophysiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-2457(11)60599-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Coppola G, Currà A, Di Lorenzo C, Parisi V, Gorini M, Sava SL, Schoenen J, Pierelli F. Abnormal cortical responses to somatosensory stimulation in medication-overuse headache. BMC Neurol 2010; 10:126. [PMID: 21192822 PMCID: PMC3024248 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-10-126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2010] [Accepted: 12/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Medication-overuse headache (MOH) is a frequent, disabling disorder. Despite a controversial pathophysiology convincing evidence attributes a pivotal role to central sensitization. Most patients with MOH initially have episodic migraine without aura (MOA) characterized interictally by an absent amplitude decrease in cortical evoked potentials to repetitive stimuli (habituation deficit), despite a normal initial amplitude (lack of sensitization). Whether central sensitization alters this electrophysiological profile is unknown. We therefore sought differences in somatosensory evoked potential (SEP) sensitization and habituation in patients with MOH and episodic MOA. METHODS We recorded median-nerve SEPs (3 blocks of 100 sweeps) in 29 patients with MOH, 64 with MOA and 42 controls. Episodic migraineurs were studied during and between attacks. We measured N20-P25 amplitudes from 3 blocks of 100 sweeps, and assessed sensitization from block 1 amplitude, and habituation from amplitude changes between the 3 sequential blocks. RESULTS In episodic migraineurs, interictal SEP amplitudes were normal in block 1, but thereafter failed to habituate. Ictal SEP amplitudes increased in block 1, then habituated normally. Patients with MOH had larger-amplitude block 1 SEPs than controls, and also lacked SEP habituation. SEP amplitudes were smaller in triptan overusers than in patients overusing nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or both medications combined, lowest in patients with the longest migraine history, and highest in those with the longest-lasting headache chronification. CONCLUSIONS In patients with MOH, especially those overusing NSAIDs, the somatosensory cortex becomes increasingly sensitized. Sensory sensitization might add to the behavioral sensitization that favors compulsive drug intake, and may reflect drug-induced changes in central serotoninergic transmission.
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- Gianluca Coppola
- G.B. Bietti Eye Foundation-IRCCS, Dept of Neurophysiology of Vision and Neurophthalmology, Rome, Italy.
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Coppola G, Currà A, Serrao M, Di Lorenzo C, Gorini M, Porretta E, Alibardi A, Parisi V, Pierelli F. Lack of cold pressor test-induced effect on visual-evoked potentials in migraine. J Headache Pain 2009; 11:115-21. [PMID: 20012123 PMCID: PMC3452283 DOI: 10.1007/s10194-009-0177-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2009] [Accepted: 11/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In patients with migraine, the various sensory stimulation modalities, including visual stimuli, invariably fail to elicit the normal response habituation. Whether this lack of habituation depends on abnormal activity in the sub-cortical structures responsible for processing incoming information as well as nociception and antinociception or on abnormal cortical excitability per se remains debateable. To find out whether inducing tonic pain in the hand by cold pressure test (CPT) alters the lack of visual-evoked potential (VEP) habituation in migraineurs without aura studied between attacks we recorded VEPs in 19 healthy subjects and in 12 migraine patients during four experimental conditions: baseline; no-pain (hand held in warm water, 25°C); pain (hand held in cold water, 2–4°C); and after-effects. We measured P100 amplitudes from six blocks of 100 sweeps, and assessed habituation from amplitude changes between the six sequential blocks. In healthy subjects, the CPT decreased block 1 VEP amplitude and abolished the normal VEP habituation (amplitude decrease to repeated stimulation) in patients with migraine studied between attacks; it left block 1 VEP amplitude and abnormal VEP habituation unchanged. These findings suggest that the interictal cortical dysfunction induced by migraine prevents the cortical changes induced by tonic painful stimulation both during pain and after pain ends. Because such cortical changes presumably reflect plasticity mechanisms in the stimulated cortex, our study suggests altered plasticity of sensory cortices in migraine. Whether this abnormality reflects abnormal functional activity in the subcortical structures subserving tonic pain activation remains conjectural.
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- Gianluca Coppola
- Department of Neurophysiology of Vision and Neurophthalmology, G. B. Bietti Eye Foundation, IRCCS, Via Livenza 3, Rome, Italy.
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Corrado A, Gorini M, Melej R, Baglioni S, Mollica C, Villella G, Consigli GF, Dottorini M, Bigioni D, Toschi M, Eslami A. Iron lung versus mask ventilation in acute exacerbation of COPD: a randomised crossover study. Intensive Care Med 2008; 35:648-55. [PMID: 19020859 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1352-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare iron lung (ILV) versus mask ventilation (NPPV) in the treatment of COPD patients with acute on chronic respiratory failure (ACRF). DESIGN Randomised multicentre study. SETTING Respiratory intermediate intensive care units very skilled in ILV. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 141 patients met the inclusion criteria and were assigned: 70 to ILV and 71 to NPPV. To establish the failure of the technique employed as first line major and minor criteria for endotracheal intubation (EI) were used. With major criteria EI was promptly established. With at least two minor criteria patients were shifted from one technique to the other. RESULTS On admission, PaO(2)/FiO(2), 198 (70) and 187 (64), PaCO(2), 90.5 (14.1) and 88.7 (13.5) mmHg, and pH 7.25 (0.04) and 7.25 (0.05), were similar for ILV and NPPV groups. When used as first line, the success of ILV (87%) was significantly greater (P = 0.01) than NPPV (68%), due to the number of patients that met minor criteria for EI; after the shift of the techniques; however, the need of EI and hospital mortality was similar in both groups. The total rate of success using both techniques increased from 77.3 to 87.9% (P = 0.028). CONCLUSIONS The sequential use of NPPV and ILV avoided EI in a large percentage of COPD patients with ACRF; ILV was more effective than NPPV on the basis of minor criteria for EI but after the crossover the need of EI on the basis of major criteria and mortality was similar in both groups of patients.
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- A Corrado
- Unita' di Terapia Intensiva Pneumologica e, Fisiopatologia Toracica, DAI, Specialità medico-Chirurgiche, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Padiglione San Luca,Via di S. Luca 1, 50136, Florence, Italy.
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Romagnoli I, Gorini M, Gigliotti F, Bianchi R, Lanini B, Grazzini M, Stendardi L, Scano G. Chest wall kinematics, respiratory muscle action and dyspnoea during arm vs. leg exercise in humans. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2006; 188:63-73. [PMID: 16911254 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2006.01607.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM We hypothesize that different patterns of chest wall (CW) kinematics and respiratory muscle coordination contribute to sensation of dyspnoea during unsupported arm exercise (UAE) and leg exercise (LE). METHODS In six volunteer healthy subjects, we evaluated the volumes of chest wall (V(cw)) and its compartments, the pulmonary apposed rib cage (V(rc,p)), the diaphragm-abdomen apposed rib cage (V(rc,a)) and the abdomen (V(ab)), by optoelectronic plethysmography. Oesophageal, gastric and trans-diaphragmatic pressures were simultaneously measured. Chest wall relaxation line allowed the measure of peak rib cage inspiratory muscle, expiratory muscle and abdominal muscle pressures. The loop V(rc,p)/V(rc,a) allowed the calculation of rib cage distortion. Dyspnoea was assessed by a modified Borg scale. RESULTS There were some differences and similarities between UAE and LE. Unlike LE with UAE: (i) V(cw) and V(rc,p) at end inspiration did not increase, whereas a decrease in V(rc,p) contributed to decreasing CW end expiratory volume; (ii) pressure production of inspiratory rib cage muscles did not significantly increase from quiet breathing. Not unlike LE, the diaphragm limited its inspiratory contribution to ventilation with UAE with no consistent difference in rib cage distortion between UAE and LE. Finally, changes in abdominal muscle pressure, and inspiratory rib cage muscle pressure predicted 62% and 41.4% of the variability in Borg score with UAE and LE, respectively (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION Leg exercise and UAE are associated with different patterns of CW kinematics, respiratory muscle coordination, and production of dyspnoea.
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- I Romagnoli
- Fondazione Don C. Gnocchi, Section of Respiratory Rehabilitation, Centro S. Maria agli Ulivi, Pozzolatico FI, Italy
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Accinni R, Rosina M, Bamonti F, Della Noce C, Tonini A, Bernacchi F, Campolo J, Caruso R, Novembrino C, Ghersi L, Lonati S, Grossi S, Ippolito S, Lorenzano E, Ciani A, Gorini M. Effects of combined dietary supplementation on oxidative and inflammatory status in dyslipidemic subjects. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2006; 16:121-127. [PMID: 16487912 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2005.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2004] [Revised: 04/28/2005] [Accepted: 05/16/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Dyslipidemia is one of the main risk factors for atherosclerosis, usually the underlying cause of cardiovascular diseases which are the major cause of morbidity and mortality in developed countries. The aim of this study was to assess the effects and the advantages of a combined dietary supplementation with PUFA n-3, vitamin E, niacin and gamma-oryzanol on lipid profile, inflammatory status and oxidative balance. METHODS AND RESULTS Fifty-seven dyslipidemic volunteers were randomly assigned to receive: placebo (group A, 19 subjects); PUFA n-3 and vitamin E (group B, 18 subjects); the same as B plus gamma-oryzanol and niacin (group C, 20 subjects). Lipid profile, reactive oxygen species (ROS), total antioxidant capacity (TAC), vitamin E, interleukin 1-beta (IL1-beta), tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) and thromboxane B2 (TXB2) were determined at baseline (T0) and after four months (T1). All dyslipidemic subjects showed, at baseline, oxidative stress and, after four months, all biochemical markers improved significantly in groups treated with dietary supplementation. Particularly in group C all lipid patterns improved significantly. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate that the strategy of combining different compounds, which protect each other and act together at different levels of the lipid chain production, improves lipid profile, inflammatory and oxidative status, allowing us to reduce the dose of each compound under the threshold of its side effects.
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- R Accinni
- Institute of Clinical Physiology CNR, Niguarda Cà Granda Hospital, Piazza Ospedale Maggiore, 3, 20162 Milan, Italy.
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Bettini R, Sala D, Gorini M. [Essential thrombocythemia]. Clin Ter 2005; 156:125-9. [PMID: 16048033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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New diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the essential thrombocythemia are summarized. A series of 14 patients with essential thrombocythemia is reported.
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- R Bettini
- Università dell'Insubria Patologia Medica Ospedale di Circolo Varese, Italia
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Corrado A, Ginanni R, Villella G, Gorini M, Augustynen A, Tozzi D, Peris A, Grifoni S, Messori A, Nozzoli C, Berni G. Iron lung versus conventional mechanical ventilation in acute exacerbation of COPD. Eur Respir J 2004; 23:419-24. [PMID: 15065832 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00029304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The aim of this randomised study was to compare the effects of iron lung ventilation (ILV) with invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Forty-four patients with ARF were assigned either to ILV (22 patients) or IMV (22 patients). Primary end-points were the improvement in gas exchange and complications related to mechanical ventilation. On admission ILV and IMV groups did not differ in age, simplified acute physiology score II, arterial oxygen tension (Pa,O2)/inspiratory oxygen fraction (FI,O2), arterial carbon dioxide tension (Pa,CO2) and pH. Compared with baseline, ILV and IMV induced a similar and significant improvement in Pa,O2/FI,O2, Pa,CO2 and pH after 1 h of treatment and at discontinuation of mechanical ventilation. Major complications tended to be more frequent in patients treated with IMV than in those treated with ILV (27.3% versus 4.5%), whereas mortality rate was similar (27.3% versus 18.2%). The ventilator-free days and the length of hospital stay were significantly lower in the ILV than in the IMV group. This study suggests that iron lung ventilation is as effective as invasive mechanical ventilation in improving gas exchange in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with acute respiratory failure, and is associated with a tendency towards a lower rate of major complications.
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- A Corrado
- Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Careggi Hospital, Firenze, Italy.
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Potena A, Ballerin L, Putinati S, Piattella M, Cellini M, Buniolo C, Cavalli A, Rampulla C, Gorini M, Corrado A, Confalonieri M. Quality of generated diagnosis related groups in Italian Respiratory Intermediate Care Units. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 2004; 61:14-8. [PMID: 15366331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To date we lack official data on tipology of Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) and their quality in Italian Respiratory Intermediate Care Units (RICUs). AIM The objective of the study was to collect data on the activity of 26 Italian RICUs and to evaluate the quality of the DRGs generated. METHODS The primary and secondary diseases, the procedures carried out and their coding using the ICD9 system (valid Italy until 2000) were collected from the discharge forms of patients admitted to RICUs. To obtain the DRG, these codes were automatically recoded in the ICD9-CM classification system by Grouper 10. Afterwards, the same diseases and procedures were directly processed by the ICD9-CM classification system. Finally, in order to evaluate the quality of care, the DRGs generated by the ICD9 classification system were compared to DRGs generated by the ICD9-CM classification system. RESULTS The average weight of the patients cared for in an Italian RICU was 2.05 using the ICD9 classification system and 2.53 using the ICD9-CM classification system. Some non-complicated DRGs (80-97) or non specific DRGs (101-102) were set to zero; others, like DRG 87 appear due to the ability of the ICD9-CM classification system to recognise and accept the fifth digit of the Respiratory Failure code (518.81). The difference in terms of DRG scores generated by the two codification systems was 360.5 DRG points in favour of ICD9-CM. More than 1 million Euro of reimbursements have been lost, as the average national reimbursement for each DRG score is Euro 2,943.80. CONCLUSION Severe pulmonary diseases determined the case mix of patients cared for in the Italian RICUs during the observed period. The Italian RICUs offer high quality assistance and are characterised by high mean weight per treated patient. However, the activity has been under-estimated due to the low sensitivity of the ICD9 classification system used in the recognition of the real disease and in the correct generation of relative DRG. The ICD9 classification system penalised the recognition of respiratory failure in particular.
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- A Potena
- Div. Respiratory Physiopathology, Azienda Arcispedale S. Anna of Ferrara, Italy.
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Maggioni AP, Sinagra G, Opasich C, Geraci E, Gorini M, Gronda E, Lucci D, Tognoni G, Balli E, Tavazzi L. Treatment of chronic heart failure with beta adrenergic blockade beyond controlled clinical trials: the BRING-UP experience. Heart 2003; 89:299-305. [PMID: 12591836 PMCID: PMC1767602 DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.3.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/20/2002] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Several large controlled trials have shown that beta blockers given to patients with heart failure (New York Heart Association functional class II-IV) reduce morbidity and mortality. Despite these impressive results, implementing the use of beta blockade in clinical practice appears slow and difficult. The BRING-UP study was designed to tackle this problem. OBJECTIVES To accelerate the adoption of beta blockade in clinical practice; to provide an epidemiological estimate of the proportion of patients with heart failure suitable for this treatment in general cardiology care; and to assess effectiveness of these drugs outside the setting of clinical trials. METHODS The design of the study and recommendations derived from available evidence on the use of beta blockers were discussed with cardiologists during regional meetings. All consecutive heart failure patients in a one month period, whether treated or not with beta blockers, were eligible for the study. In each patient, the decision to prescribe a beta blocker was a free choice for the participating physicians. All centres were provided with carvedilol, metoprolol, and bisoprolol at appropriate doses; the choice of the drug and dosage was left to the responsible clinician. All patients were followed for one year. RESULTS 197 cardiological centres enrolled 3091 patients, 24.9% of whom were already on beta blocker treatment at baseline. beta Blockers were newly prescribed in 32.7% of cases, more often in younger and less severely ill patients. The mean daily dose of the drugs used at one year corresponded to about 70% of the maximum dose used in clinical trials. Starting treatment with beta blockers did not affect the prescription or dosage of other recommended drugs. The overall rate of beta blocker treatment increased over the year of the study from 24.9% to 49.7%. During the 12 month period, 351 deaths occurred (11.8%). In multivariate analysis, the use of beta blockers was independently associated with a better prognosis, with a relative risk of 0.60 and a lower incidence of hospital admissions for worsening heart failure. CONCLUSIONS The implementation of beta blockers in clinical practice is feasible and could be accelerated. These drugs are associated with a lower mortality and reduced hospital admission rates, not only in clinical trials but also in the normal clinical setting.
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Bettini R, Maino C, Gorini M. [Effectiveness of mesoglycan in the prevention of cerebral ischemia]. Clin Ter 2003; 154:13-6. [PMID: 12854278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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40 subjects who had a transitory ischemic cerebral attack were treated with Mesoglycan and controlled for two consecutive years. Only four patients showed relapse of ischemic cerebral attacks. There was also noted a positive effect on the patients' quality of life, examined using psycometric scales.
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- R Bettini
- Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Patologia Medica, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italia
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Corrado A, Roussos C, Ambrosino N, Confalonieri M, Cuvelier A, Elliott M, Ferrer M, Gorini M, Gurkan O, Muir JF, Quareni L, Robert D, Rodenstein D, Rossi A, Schoenhofer B, Simonds AK, Strom K, Torres A, Zakynthinos S. Respiratory intermediate care units: a European survey. Eur Respir J 2002; 20:1343-50. [PMID: 12449191 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.02.00058202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- A Corrado
- Unita' di Terapia Intensiva Polmonare e Fisiopatologia Toracica, Azienda Ospedaliera di Careggi, CTO, Largo Palagi 1, 1-50136 Florence, Italy.
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Bettini R, Gorini M. [Effectiveness and tolerability of selegiline in the treatment of pathological cerebral involutions]. Clin Ter 2002; 153:377-80. [PMID: 12645393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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A dysfunction of dopaminergic systems with reduction of active dopamine, is well-known in cerebral involution. Twenty patients with mild-moderate pathological cerebral involution of atrophic and/or vascular origin, were treated with Selegiline (L-deprenyl), a monoamino-oxidase B inhibitor (10 mg/die for six months). Compared with a control group, Selegiline treated patients showed a statistically significant improvement in cognitive and behaviour capacities. At the end of investigation, "Mini Mental State" showed an improvement of 26.5% in Selegiline group and of 3.7% in control group (P < 0.01). "Echelle Clinique d'Aptitudes Intellectuelles" showed an improvement of 29.4% and of 10.8% respectively (P < 0.01). Selegiline treatment has shortened significantly the reaction times and has improved mnesic capacities. No side effects were observed during the study.
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- R Bettini
- Ospedale di Circolo, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italia
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Bettini R, Gorini M. [Use of ursodeoxycholic acid combined with silymarin in the treatment of chronic ethyl-toxic hepatopathy]. Clin Ter 2002; 153:305-7. [PMID: 12510413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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30 patients, affected by chronic ethylic hepatopathy, were treated with 450 mg/daily of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA): after six months, a significant decrease of serum hepatic enzymes was noted. The addition of silymarin (400 mg/daily) to UDCA in other 30 patients, induced a further improvement of hepatic function.
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- R Bettini
- Ospedale di Circolo, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italia
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Bettini R, Gorini M. [Reaction times during citicoline treatment]. Clin Ter 2002; 153:247-50. [PMID: 12400212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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The effects of Citicoline were investigated in 40 patients with pathological cerebral involution of atrophic origin. The dose was 1000 mg/die by parenteral injection for 4 weeks; 20 patients, after a wash-out of a week, received another cycle of Citicoline at the same doses for other 4 weeks. Citicoline treatment has shortened significantly the reaction times and has improved cognitive and behaviour capacities, evaluated according to the "Clifton test" and "Green Relatives Stress Scale". Better results were obtained in patients who received two cycles of therapy. No side effects were observed during the study.
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- R Bettini
- Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Patologia Medica, Ospedale di Circolo, Varese, Italia
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Negative-pressure ventilation (NPV) was the primary mode of assisted ventilation for patients with acute respiratory failure until the Copenhagen polio epidemic in the 1950s, when, because there was insufficient equipment, it was necessary to ventilate patients continually by hand via an endotracheal tube. Thereafter, positive-pressure ventilation was used routinely. Since it was also observed that patients with obstructive sleep apnoea could be treated noninvasively with positive pressure via a nasal mask, noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) has become the most widely used noninvasive mode of ventilation. However, NPV still has a role in the treatment of certain patients. In particular, it has been used to good effect in patients with severe respiratory acidosis or an impaired level of consciousness, patients that to date have been excluded from all prospective controlled trials of NPPV. NPV may be used in those who cannot tolerate a facial mask because of facial deformity, claustrophobia or excessive airway secretion. NPV has also been used successfully in small children, and beneficial effects on the cardiopulmonary circulation maybe a particular advantage in children undergoing complex cardiac reconstructive surgery. This review is divided into two parts: the first is concerned with the use of negative-pressure ventilation in the short term, and the second with its use in the long term.
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- A Corrado
- Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi, Firenze, Italy.
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Gorini M, Villella G, Ginanni R, Augustynen A, Tozzi D, Corrado A. Effect of assist negative pressure ventilation by microprocessor based iron lung on breathing effort. Thorax 2002; 57:258-62. [PMID: 11867832 PMCID: PMC1746266 DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.3.258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND The lack of patient triggering capability during negative pressure ventilation (NPV) may contribute to poor patient synchrony and induction of upper airway collapse. This study was undertaken to evaluate the performance of a microprocessor based iron lung capable of thermistor triggering. METHODS The effects of NPV with thermistor triggering were studied in four normal subjects and six patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by measuring: (1) the time delay (TDtr) between the onset of inspiratory airflow and the start of assisted breathing; (2) the pressure-time product of the diaphragm (PTPdi); and (3) non-triggering inspiratory efforts (NonTrEf). In patients the effects of negative extrathoracic end expiratory pressure (NEEP) added to NPV were also evaluated. RESULTS With increasing trigger sensitivity the mean (SE) TDtr ranged from 0.29 (0.02) s to 0.21 (0.01) s (mean difference 0.08 s, 95% CI 0.05 to 0.12) in normal subjects and from 0.30 (0.02) s to 0.21 (0.01) s (mean difference 0.09 s, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.12) in patients with COPD; NonTrEf ranged from 8.2 (1.8)% to 1.2 (0.1)% of the total breaths in normal subjects and from 11.8 (2.2)% to 2.5 (0.4)% in patients with COPD. Compared with spontaneous breathing, PTPdi decreased significantly with NPV both in normal subjects and in patients with COPD. NEEP added to NPV resulted in a significant decrease in dynamic intrinsic PEEP, diaphragm effort exerted in the pre-trigger phase, and NonTrEf. CONCLUSIONS Microprocessor based iron lung capable of thermistor triggering was able to perform assist NPV with acceptable TDtr, significant unloading of the diaphragm, and a low rate of NonTrEf. NEEP added to NPV improved the synchrony between the patient and the ventilator.
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- M Gorini
- Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Careggi Hospital, Firenze, Italy.
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Verdecchia P, Carini G, Circo A, Dovellini E, Giovannini E, Lombardo M, Solinas P, Gorini M, Maggioni AP. Left ventricular mass and cardiovascular morbidity in essential hypertension: the MAVI study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38:1829-35. [PMID: 11738281 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01663-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study investigated the prognostic value of left ventricular (LV) mass at echocardiography in uncomplicated subjects with essential hypertension. BACKGROUND Only a few single-center studies support the prognostic value of LV mass in uncomplicated hypertension. METHODS The MAssa Ventricolare sinistra nell'Ipertensione study was a multicenter (45 centers) prospective study. The prespecified aim was to explore the prognostic value of LV mass in hypertension. Admission criteria included essential hypertension, no previous cardiovascular events, and age > or =50. There was central reading of echocardiographic tracings. Treatment was tailored to the single subject. RESULTS Overall, 1,033 subjects (396 men) were followed for 0 to 4 years (median, 3 years). Mean age at entry was 60 years, and systolic/diastolic blood pressure was 154/92 mm Hg. The rate of cardiovascular events (x100 patient-years) was 1.3 in the group with normal LV mass and 3.2 in the group (28.5% of total sample) with LV mass > or =125 g/body surface area (p = 0.005). After adjustment for age (p < 0.01), diabetes (p < 0.01), cigarette smoking (p < 0.01) and serum creatinine (p = 0.03), LV hypertrophy was associated with an increased risk of events (RR [relative risk] 2.08; 95% CI [confidence interval]: 1.22 to 3.57). For each 39 g/m(2) (1 SD) increase in LV mass there was an independent 40% rise in the risk of major cardiovascular events (95% CI: 14 to 72; p = 0.0013). CONCLUSIONS Our findings show a strong, continuous and independent relationship of LV mass to subsequent cardiovascular morbidity. This is the first study to extend such demonstration to a large nationwide multicenter sample of uncomplicated subjects with essential hypertension.
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- P Verdecchia
- ANMCO Research Center, Via La Marmora, 36, Firenze, Italy.
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Ferrari V, Bertuol S, Battaglia A, Mingardi R, Gorini M. [Hemolytic anemia associated with breast neoplasm]. Recenti Prog Med 2001; 92:602-4. [PMID: 11695305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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We describe a patient with a microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, associated with thrombocytopenia, in consequence of breast cancer in an advanced phase. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia is a rare and serious compliance of malignant neoplasms, in particular of breast and gastric carcinomas. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia has always a serious prognosis: survivance in non-treated patients is of a few weeks. Our patient, treated by chemotherapy, has gained a partial remission of MHA, with a reduction of blood transfusions.
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- Divisione di Medicina Generale, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Ospedale F. Del Ponte, Varese
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Opasich C, Rapezzi C, Lucci D, Gorini M, Pozzar F, Zanelli E, Tavazzi L, Maggioni AP. Precipitating factors and decision-making processes of short-term worsening heart failure despite "optimal" treatment (from the IN-CHF Registry). Am J Cardiol 2001; 88:382-7. [PMID: 11545758 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)01683-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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This study sought to prospectively assess which factors were related to short-term worsening heart failure (HF) leading to or not to hospital admission, in long-term outpatients followed by cardiologists. The subsequent decision-making process was also analyzed. The study population consisted of 2,701 outpatients enrolled in the registry of the Italian Network on Congestive Heart Failure (IN-CHF) and followed by 133 cardiology centers (19% of all existing Italian cardiology centers). Clinical and follow-up data were collected by local trained clinicians; 215 patients (8%) had short-term decompensation (on average 2 months after the index outpatient visit). Multivariate analysis showed that previous hospitalization, long duration of symptoms, ischemic etiology, atrial fibrillation, higher functional class (New York Heart Association classification III to IV), higher heart rate, and low systolic blood pressure were independently associated with HF destabilization. Poor compliance (21%) and infection (12%) were the most frequent precipitating factors, but a precipitating factor was not identified in 40% of the patients. Poor compliance was more common in women, but no other clinical characteristics emerged as being related with a specific precipitating factor. Fifty-seven percent of the patients with a short-term recurrence of worsening HF required hospital admission; infusion treatment with inotropes and/or vasodilators was necessary in 19% of them. Long-term therapy was changed in 48% of the patients. Thus, in ambulatory HF patients, short-term worsening HF can be predicted according to the clinical characteristics on an outpatient basis. Nearly 1/3 of precipitating factors can be prevented. Patient education and avoidance of inappropriate treatment may reduce the number of relapses.
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- C Opasich
- S. Maugeri Foundation, Institute of Care and Scientific Research, Cardiology Division, Pavia, Italy.
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Gorini M, Corrado A, Villella G, Ginanni R, Augustynen A, Tozzi D. Physiologic effects of negative pressure ventilation in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001; 163:1614-8. [PMID: 11401883 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.7.2012079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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To assess the physiologic effects of continuous negative extrathoracic pressure (CNEP), negative pressure ventilation (NPV), and negative extrathoracic end-expiratory pressure (NEEP) added to NPV in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), we measured in seven patients ventilatory pattern, arterial blood gases, respiratory mechanics, and pressure- time product of the diaphragm (PTPdi) under four conditions: (1) spontaneous breathing (SB); (2) CNEP (-5 cm H(2)O); (3) NPV; (4) NPV plus NEEP. CNEP and NPV were provided by a microprocessor-based iron lung capable of thermistor-triggering. Compared with SB, CNEP improved slightly but significantly Pa(CO(2 ))and pH, and decreased PTPdi (388 +/- 59 versus 302 +/- 43 cm H(2)O. s, respectively, p < 0.05) and dynamic intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEPi) (4.6 +/- 0.5 versus 2.1 +/- 0.3 cm H(2)O, respectively, p < 0.001). NPV increased minute ventilation (V E), improved arterial blood gases, and decreased PTPdi to 34% of value during SB (p < 0.001). NEEP added to NPV further slightly decreased PTPdi and improved patient-ventilator interaction by reducing dynamic PEEPi and nontriggering inspiratory efforts. We conclude that CNEP and NPV, provided by microprocessor-based iron lung, are able to improve ventilatory pattern and arterial blood gases, and to unload inspiratory muscles in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD.
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- M Gorini
- Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
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BACKGROUND In Italy, respiratory intensive care units (RICUs) provide an intermediate level of care between the intensive care unit (ICU) and the general ward for patients with single organ respiratory failure. Because of the lack of official epidemiological data in these units, a two phase study was performed with the aim of describing the work profile in Italian RICUs. METHODS A national survey of RICUs was conducted from January to March 1997 using a questionnaire which comprised over 30 items regarding location, models of service provision, staff, and equipment. The following criteria were necessary for inclusion of a unit in the survey: (1) a nurse to patient ratio ranging from 1:2.5 to 1:4 per shift; (2) availability of adequate continuous non-invasive monitoring; (3) expertise for non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and for intubation in case of NIV failure; (4) physician availability 24 hours a day. Between November 1997 and January 1998 a 3 month prospective cohort study was performed to survey the patient population admitted to the RICUs. RESULTS Twenty six RICUs were included in the study: four were located in rehabilitation centres and 22 in general hospitals. In most, the reported nurse to patient ratio ranged from 1:2 to 1:3, with 36% of units reporting a ratio of 1:4 per shift. During the study period 756 consecutive patients of mean (SD) age 68 (12) years were admitted to the 26 RICUs. The highest proportion (47%) were admitted from emergency departments, 19% from other medical wards, 18% were transferred from the ICU, 13% from specialist respiratory wards, and 2% were transferred following surgery. All but 32 had respiratory failure on admission. The reasons for admission to the RICU were: monitoring for expected clinical instability (n=221), mechanical ventilation (n=473), and weaning (n=59); 586 patients needed mechanical ventilation during their stay in the RICU, 425 were treated with non-invasive techniques as a first line of treatment (374 by non-invasive positive pressure, 51 by iron lung), and 161 underwent invasive mechanical ventilation (63 intubated, 98 tracheostomies). All but 48 patients had chronic respiratory disease, mainly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD; n=451). More than 70% of patients (n=228) had comorbidity, mainly consisting of heart disorders. The median APACHE II score was 18 (range 1--43). The predicted inpatient mortality risk rate according to the APACHE II equation was 22.1% while the actual inpatient mortality rate was 16%. The mean length of stay in the RICU was 12 (11) days. The outcome in most patients (79.2%) admitted to RICUs was favourable. CONCLUSIONS Italian RICUs are specialised units mainly devoted to the monitoring and treatment of acute on chronic respiratory failure by non-invasive ventilation, but also to weaning from invasive mechanical ventilation. The results of this study provide a useful insight into an increasingly important field of respiratory medicine.
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- M Confalonieri
- Unità Operativa di Pneumologia, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
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Iandelli I, Gorini M, Misuri G, Gigliotti F, Rosi E, Duranti R, Scano G. Assessing inspiratory muscle strength in patients with neurologic and neuromuscular diseases : comparative evaluation of two noninvasive techniques. Chest 2001; 119:1108-13. [PMID: 11296177 DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.4.1108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Static mouth pressure during maximal inspiratory efforts is commonly used to evaluate inspiratory muscle strength. However, maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP) presents some potential limitations likely to be overcome by the measure of mouth pressure during a maximal sniff maneuver in patients with respiratory muscle weakness. The aim of the present study was to assess whether mouth pressure during sniff maneuver (Pmosn) is a better index of inspiratory muscle strength than MIP in patients with neurologic and neuromuscular diseases (NNMD) with and without inspiratory muscle weakness. SUBJECTS AND MEASUREMENTS Both MIP and Pmosn were measured in 30 patients affected by various types of NNMD and in 41 control subjects. Pmosn was measured with a 5-cm latex balloon-catheter system, the balloon being held in the oral cavity with the lips closed. RESULTS In control subjects, MIP was either similar (in female subjects) or higher (in male subjects) than Pmosn, the variation coefficients for the two tests being similar both in male subjects (19.3% vs 19.1% for MIP and Pmosn, respectively) and in female subjects (27.5% vs 26.2%, respectively). There was no difference in the Pmosn/MIP ratios observed in the different diseases (one-way analysis of variance, F = 0.29, p = 0.91). In control subjects, a significant inverse relationship between Pmosn/MIP ratio and MIP (r = - 0.66, p < 0.00001) was found, ie, the lower the MIP, the higher the Pmosn/MIP ratio, suggesting an increasing difficulty in performing MIP as MIP values decreased. The majority of patients were between the prediction limits of the regression calculated for control subjects. At variance, patients with Duchenne dystrophy and low MIP were under the prediction limits of the regression calculated for control subjects, indicating a lower-than-expected PMOSN. CONCLUSIONS In patients with NNMD, irrespective of the etiology, we found the following: (1) Pmosn does not overcome the limitations of MIP measurement; (2) the two maneuvers are not interchangeable, but rather complement one another in the assessment of inspiratory muscle strength; (3) Pmosn may underestimate muscle strength as assessed by MIP in patients with NNMD with inspiratory muscle weakness; and (4) in patients with low MIP, the lower-than-expected Pmosn/MIP ratio confirms inspiratory muscle weakness.
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- Fondazione Don C. Gnocchi - ONLUS, Section of Respiratory Rehabilitation, Pozzolatico, Firenze, Italy.
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Tonolini M, Bettini R, Redaelli S, Gattoni F, Gorini M. [Primary choriocarcinoma of the mediastinum with paraneoplastic syndromes. A case report]. Radiol Med 2000; 100:518-22. [PMID: 11307522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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- M Tonolini
- Istituto di Scienze Radiologiche, Università degli Studi, Milano.
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Messori A, Trippoli S, Vaiani M, Gorini M, Corrado A. Bleeding and pneumonia in intensive care patients given ranitidine and sucralfate for prevention of stress ulcer: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. BMJ 2000; 321:1103-6. [PMID: 11061729 PMCID: PMC27516 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the effectiveness of ranitidine and sucralfate in the prevention of stress ulcer in critical patients and to assess if these treatments affect the risk of nosocomial pneumonia. DESIGN Published studies retrieved through Medline and other databases. Five meta-analyses evaluated effectiveness in terms of bleeding rates (A: ranitidine v placebo; B: sucralfate v placebo) and infectious complications in terms of incidence of nosocomial pneumonia (C: ranitidine v placebo; D: sucralfate v placebo; E: ranitidine v sucralfate). Trial quality was determined with an empirical ad hoc procedure. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Rates of clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding and nosocomial pneumonia (compared between the two study arms and expressed with odds ratios specific for individual studies and meta-analytic summary odds ratios). RESULTS Meta-analysis A (five studies) comprised 398 patients; meta-analysis C (three studies) comprised 311 patients; meta-analysis D (two studies) comprised 226 patients: and meta-analysis E (eight studies) comprised 1825 patients. Meta-analysis B was not carried out as the literature search selected only one clinical trial. In meta-analysis A ranitidine was found to have the same effectiveness as placebo (odds ratio of bleeding 0.72, 95% confidence interval 0.30 to 1.70, P=0.46). In placebo controlled studies (meta-analyses C and D) ranitidine and sucralfate had no influence on the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia. In comparison with sucralfate, ranitidine significantly increased the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia (meta-analysis E: 1.35, 1.07 to 1.70, P=0.012). The mean quality score in the four analyses (on a 0 to 10 scale) ranged from 5.6 in meta-analysis E to 6.6 in meta-analysis A. CONCLUSIONS Ranitidine is ineffective in the prevention of gastrointestinal bleeding in patients in intensive care and might increase the risk of pneumonia. Studies on sucralfate do not provide conclusive results. These findings are based on small numbers of patients, and firm conclusions cannot presently be proposed.
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- A Messori
- Laboratorio SIFO di Farmacoeconomia, Centro Informazione Farmaci, Servizio Farmaceutico, Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi, 50134 Florence, Italy.
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Opasich C, Tavazzi L, Lucci D, Gorini M, Albanese MC, Cacciatore G, Maggioni AP. Comparison of one-year outcome in women versus men with chronic congestive heart failure. Am J Cardiol 2000; 86:353-7. [PMID: 10922453 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)00934-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Using information from the Italian Network on Congestive Heart Failure, we examined whether clinical epidemiologic characteristics, drug prescription patterns, and outcome of patients with congestive heart failure differed according to sex and whether gender was an independent risk factor for mortality and hospital admissions.
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- C Opasich
- Department of Cardiology, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, Pavia, Italy.
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Gorini M, Corrado A, Aito S, Ginanni R, Villella G, Lucchesi G, De Paola E. Ventilatory and respiratory muscle responses to hypercapnia in patients with paraplegia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162:203-8. [PMID: 10903242 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.1.9906029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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To evaluate ventilatory and respiratory muscle responses to hypercapnia in patients with paraplegia with paralysis of abdominal muscles, we studied seven patients with complete transection of the midthoracic cord (Th6-Th7) and six normal subjects. Minute ventilation (V E) and mean inspiratory flow responses to hypercapnia were similar in normal subjects and patients with paraplegia, but in the latter, at any given level of end-tidal CO(2) partial pressure (PET(CO(2))), tidal volume (VT) was reduced and frequency was increased. In normal subjects during hypercapnia, end-expiratory transpulmonary pressure (PL) and abdominal volume at end expiration decreased markedly, whereas end-expiratory volume of the rib cage (Vrc,E) remained constant, suggesting progressive recruitment of abdominal muscles. In patients with paraplegia compared to normal subjects the decrease in end-expiratory PL was reduced, and it was associated with a decrease in Vrc,E, suggesting recruitment of rib cage expiratory muscles. For a PET(CO(2)) of 70 mm Hg the estimated expiratory muscle contribution to VT was 10.3 and 28.4% (p < 0.02) in patients with paraplegia and normal subjects, respectively. We conclude that the V E-CO(2) relationship is preserved in patients with paraplegia with the development of a rapid and shallow pattern of breathing. This suggests that expiratory muscle paralysis elicits adaptation of the ventilatory control system similar to that observed in patients with generalized respiratory muscle weakness.
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- M Gorini
- Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, and Spinal Unit, Careggi Hospital, Firenze, Italy.
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Pulignano G, Del Sindaco D, Maggioni A, Lucci D, Minardi G, Gorini M, Porcu M, Leggio F, Giovannini E, Opasich C. Predictors of 1 year mortality and mode of death in 1033 elderly outpatients with heart failure: Data from Italian Network on congestive heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-9842(00)80363-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators; Rome Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators; Rome Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators; Rome Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators; Rome Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators; Rome Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators; Rome Italy
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Faggiano P, Cacciatore G, Gorini M, Marangoni G, Gualeni A, Morandi F, Paci A, Sebastiani R, Maggioni A. Use of aldosterone receptor blockers in chronic heart failure before the results of RALES Study. Data from the Italian Network on Congestive Heart Failure (IN-CHF). Eur J Heart Fail 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s1388-9842(00)80077-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators ANMCO Research Center; Florence Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators ANMCO Research Center; Florence Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators ANMCO Research Center; Florence Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators ANMCO Research Center; Florence Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators ANMCO Research Center; Florence Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators ANMCO Research Center; Florence Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators ANMCO Research Center; Florence Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators ANMCO Research Center; Florence Italy
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- On Behalf of IN-CHF Investigators ANMCO Research Center; Florence Italy
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Masson S, Gorini M, Salio M, Lucci D, Latini R, Maggioni AP. Clinical correlates of elevated plasma natriuretic peptides and Big endothelin-1 in a population of ambulatory patients with heart failure. A substudy of the Italian Network on Congestive Heart Failure (IN-CHF) registry. IN-CHF Investigators. Ital Heart J 2000; 1:282-8. [PMID: 10824729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Activation of neuroendocrine factors plays a major role in the pathophysiology and progression of heart failure. The aim of the present study was 1) to assess the clinical correlates of elevated plasma natriuretic peptides [atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP)] and Big endothelin-1 in a population of 180 ambulatory patients from the Italian registry of heart failure (Italian Network on Congestive Heart Failure, IN-CHF) in 22 clinical centers, 2) to assess the within-patient variability of plasma BNP concentration, and 3) to evaluate the analytical agreement for BNP determination between a core laboratory and local sites. METHODS ANP and BNP were measured with specific immunoradiometric methods, Big endothelin-1 with an enzyme immunoassay. RESULTS Elevated BNP was associated with severe mitral valve regurgitation (odds ratio 8.546, 95% confidence interval 1.879-38.510, p = 0.0052); high circulating concentrations of ANP and BNP were found in older patients, and in patients with higher NYHA functional class or reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. Elevated plasma concentration of Big endothelin-1 was a strong and independent predictor of atrial fibrillation (odds ratio 4.001, 95% confidence interval 1.531-10.454, p = 0.0047). Plasma concentration of BNP was reasonably stable at 3-month interval in patients with mild-to-moderate heart failure (mean between-visit difference -1.5+/-45 pg/ml, n = 96). There was a satisfactory analytical agreement between the central laboratory and sites, over a broad range of concentrations (2-1133 pg/ml, n = 283) with a slope for the best line fitted by linear regression of 1.09 (r2 = 0.96). CONCLUSIONS BNP assay may become an appropriate tool for routine clinical practice in patients with congestive heart failure.
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- S Masson
- Department of Cardiovascular Research, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
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Verdecchia P, Dovellini EV, Gorini M, Gozzelino G, Lucci D, Milletich A, Maggioni AP. Comparison of electrocardiographic criteria for diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertension: the MAVI study. Ital Heart J 2000; 1:207-15. [PMID: 10806988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Standard electrocardiography (ECG) is a specific, but poorly sensitive tool for diagnosis of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. In a large population of subjects with hypertension we tested some standard ECG criteria in their sensitivity and specificity for LV hypertrophy. LV mass at echocardiography was the reference standard. METHODS In the setting of the MAVI (MAssa Ventricolare sinistra nel soggetto Iperteso) study, the ECG and echocardiographic tracings of 947 hypertensive subjects were read blindly in a central office. RESULTS Prevalence of LV hypertrophy at ECG was 0.6, 3.0, 4.8, 7.1, 11.1, 11.9 and 18.4%, respectively, using the following criteria: Wilson, typical strain, Romhilt-Estes score > or = 5 points, Gubner-Ungerleider, Sokolow-Lyon, Cornell voltage (S(V3)+R(avL) > 2.8 mV in men or 2.0 mV in women) and Perugia score (positivity of at least one of the following: S(V3)+R(aVL) > 2.4 mV in men or > 2.0 mV in women, a typical strain pattern, or a Romhilt-Estes point score >or = 5). Prevalence of LV hypertrophy at echocardiography ranged from 27.2% (LV mass > 125 g/m2) to 49.9% (LV mass > 51.0 g/m2.7). Using the latter gold standard, sensitivity and specificity of the above ECG criteria were 0.8 and 99.6% (Wilson), 3.8 and 97.9% (strain), 5.9 and 96.4% (Romhilt-Estes), 9.7 and 95.6% (Gubner-Ungerleider), 11.2 and 91.1% (Sokolow-Lyon), 15.2 and 91.4% (Cornell), and 22.2 and 85.4% (Perugia score). CONCLUSIONS Sensitivity of traditional ECG criteria for LV hypertrophy in subjects with hypertension is poor. However, the combination of three highly specific criteria (Romhilt-Estes, LV strain and Cornell) in a cumulative score produces a rise in sensitivity without excessive deterioration of specificity, with a prevalence of LV hypertrophy at ECG of 18.4%. Traditional interpretation of ECG is valuable and should be reconsidered in the clinical work-up of subjects with hypertension.
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- P Verdecchia
- Department of Cardiology, Hospital R. Silvestrini, Perugia, Italy.
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Scano G, Gorini M, Duranti R, Misuri G, Iandelli I, Gigliotti F. Physiological changes during severe airflow obstruction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 1999; 54:413-6. [PMID: 10741101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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Chronic expiratory flow limitation and hyperinflation are the mechanical hallmarks of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although carbon dioxide retention is dependent on the severity of airflow limitation, there is considerable variability in the relationships between arterial carbon dioxide tension (Pa,CO2) and forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) or total lung resistance (RL). In stable COPD patients with severe airflow obstruction, shallow breathing and inspiratory muscle weakness are the main factors associated with CO2 retention. In stable COPD patients, the diaphragm is less effective than in normal subjects and, with increasing airflow obstruction and hyperinflation, the contribution to the generation of ventilatory pressure of the ribcage inspiratory muscles increased. Abdominal muscles are recruited during expiration in severe COPD patients and the expiratory rise in gastric pressure is directly related to intrinsic positive end-expiratory (alveolar) pressure (PEEPi). During acute bronchoconstriction, COPD patients with severe airflow obstruction recruited the rib cage inspiratory muscles proportionally more than the diaphragm. The associated recruitment of abdominal muscles results in a reduction in abdominal volume at end-expiration and contributes to a significant extent to PEEPi. Dynamic hyperinflation can be overestimated during chronic and acute airway obstruction if abdominal muscle function is not evaluated.
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- G Scano
- Don C. Gnocchi Foundation, ONLUS, Florence, Italy
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Gorini M, Iandelli I, Misuri G, Bertoli F, Filippelli M, Mancini M, Duranti R, Gigliotti F, Scano G. Chest wall hyperinflation during acute bronchoconstriction in asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1999; 160:808-16. [PMID: 10471601 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.3.9712088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The mechanics of the chest wall was studied in seven asthmatic patients before and during histamine-induced bronchoconstriction (B). The volume of the chest wall (VCW) was calculated by three-dimensional tracking of 89 chest wall markers. Pleural (Ppl) and gastric (Pga) pressures were simultaneously recorded. VCW was modeled as the sum of the volumes of the pulmonary-apposed rib cage (VRC,p), diaphragm-apposed rib cage (VRC,a), and abdomen (VAB). During B, hyperinflation was due to the increase in end-expiratory volume of the rib cage (0.63 +/- 0.09 L, p < 0.01), whereas change in VAB was inconsistent (0.09 +/- 0.07 L, NS) because of phasic recruitment of abdominal muscles during expiration. Changes in end-expiratory VRC,p and VRC,a were along the rib cage relaxation configuration, indicating that both compartments shared proportionally the hyperinflation. VRC,p-Ppl plot during B was displaced leftward of the relaxation curve, suggesting persistent activity of rib cage inspiratory muscles throughout expiration. Changes in end-expiratory VCW during B did not relate to changes in FEV(1) or time and volume components of the breathing cycle. We concluded that during B in asthmatic patients: (1) rib cage accounts largely for the volume of hyperinflation, whereas abdominal muscle recruitment during expiration limits the increase in VAB; (2) hyperinflation is influenced by sustained postinspiratory activity of the inspiratory muscles; (3) this pattern of respiratory muscle recruitment seems to minimize volume distortion of the rib cage at end-expiration and to preserve diaphragm length despite hyperinflation.
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- M Gorini
- Fondazione Pro Juventute Don C Gnocchi ONLUS, Firenze, Terapia Intensiva Polmonare e Fisiopatologia Toracica, Ospedale di Careggi, Clinica Medica III, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
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Urbinati S, Pinelli G, Maggioni AP, Zaccaroni S, Gorini M, Lucci D. [The embolic risk and oral anticoagulant therapy in chronic heart failure]. G Ital Cardiol 1999; 29:183-92. [PMID: 10088077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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- S Urbinati
- Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale Bellaria, Bologna
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Corrado A, Gorini M, Ginanni R, Pelagatti C, Villella G, Buoncristiano U, Guidi F, Pagni E, Peris A, De Paola E. Negative pressure ventilation versus conventional mechanical ventilation in the treatment of acute respiratory failure in COPD patients. Eur Respir J 1998; 12:519-25. [PMID: 9762773 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12030519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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This case-control study was aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of negative pressure ventilation (NPV) versus conventional mechanical ventilation (CMV) for the treatment of acute respiratory failure (ARF) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) admitted to a respiratory intermediate intensive care unit (RIICU) and four general intensive care units (ICU). Twenty-six COPD patients in ARF admitted in 1994-95 to RIICU and treated with NPV (cases) were matched according to age (+/-5 yrs), sex, causes triggering ARF, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score (+/- 5 points), pH (+/-0.05) and arterial carbon dioxide tension (Pa,CO2) on admission with 26 patients admitted to ICU and treated with CMV (controls). The primary end points of the study were inhospital death for both groups and the need for endotracheal intubation for cases. The secondary endpoints were length and complications of mechanical ventilation and length of hospital stay. The effectiveness of matching was 91%. Mortality rate was 23% for cases and 27% for controls (NS), five cases needed endotracheal intubation, four of whom subsequently died. The duration of ventilation in survivors was significantly lower in cases than in controls, with a median of 16 h (range 2-111) versus 96 h (range 12-336) (P<0.02), whereas the length of hospital stay was similar in the two groups, with a median of 12 days (range 2-47) for cases vs 12 days (range 3-43) (NS) for controls. No complications were observed in cases, whereas three controls developed infective complications. These results suggest that negative pressure ventilation is as efficacious as conventional mechanical ventilation for the treatment of acute respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and that it is associated with a shorter duration of ventilation and a similar length of hospital stay compared with conventional mechanical ventilation.
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- A Corrado
- Dipartimento di Pneumologia, Villa di Ognissanti, Ospedale di Careggi, Firenze, Italy
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Carrado A, Gorini M, Villella G, Ginanni R, Augustynen A, De Paola E. Negative pressure ventilation. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 1998; 53:488-92. [PMID: 9828610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023] Open
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- A Carrado
- Unità di Terapia Intensiva Respiratoria, Villa D'Ognissanti, Azienda Ospedaliera di Careggi, Firenze, Italy
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Gorini M, Forloni F, Pezzoli A, Pezzica E. Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma. A limited form of Wegener's granulomatosis? Ann Ital Med Int 1998; 13:176-9. [PMID: 9859576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma is an uncommon disease that consists of slowly enlarging nodules in the pulmonary parenchyma. It occurs rarely: in fact, fewer than 70 case reports have been published in the past 20 years. It is important however in the differential diagnosis of lung diseases manifesting multiple pulmonary nodules. The etiology and pathogenesis of this disorder are unknown. Evidence suggests that the nodules could be the result of a chronic exaggerated immune response to infectious agents or to any other process in which antigen-antibody complexes are involved. More than 50% of the patients reported have evidence of autoimmune phenomena, e.g. positive antinuclear antibodies, a positive rheumatoid factor, or circulating immune complexes. The present report describes, for the first time, a case of pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma in which the patient had antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies with a granular cytoplasmatic pattern with typical central accentuation of fluorescence intensity and negative nuclei. The presence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies suggests that pulmonary hyalinizing granuloma could be regarded as a localized, non-evolving, form of Wegener's granulomatosis or a purely granulomatous Wegener's granulomatosis.
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- M Gorini
- Cattedra di Metodologia e Semeiotica Medica, Università degli Studi di Pavia
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Maggioni A, Rapezzi C, Sinagra G, Gorini M, Lucci D, Tavazzi L. Beta-blocker utilization in congestive heart failure: a survey on 4408 Italian outpatients over the last two years. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)81137-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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