A5064039288- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
- Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Folate and B Vitamins Research
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
Ospedale Annunziata di Cosenza
2010-2025
Azienda Ospedaliera di Cosenza
2010-2024
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia
2021
Italian Society of Physiotherapy
2018-2020
Ospedale SS. Annunziata
2016
Ospedale Israelitico
2011
University of Florence
2011
Ospedale Misericordia - Grosseto
2011
Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Addolorata
2011
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
2011
BackgroundThere is little evidence about the prevalence of cognitive disorders and their effect on in-hospital mortality in large multicenter studies. The objectives 2016th edition “Italian Delirium Day,” a study older patients, were to assess (i) point impairment/no dementia, delirium, delirium superimposed dementia (ii) these conditions mortality.
The restrictive, but not the obstructive respiratory dysfunction, is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. Our aim was to verify in elderly nondiabetic population whether a restrictive pattern higher prevalence metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance than were normal patterns.We performed cross-sectional study 159 consecutive persons attending two social centers. According their spirometric pattern, volunteers classified into following categories:...
Acute diseases and hospitalization are associated with functional deterioration in older persons. Although most of the decline occurs before response to acute diseases, role played by comorbidity trajectories around is unclear. Observational prospective study 696 elderly individuals hospitalized two Italian general medicine wards. Functional status patients at 2 weeks (baseline), hospital admission, discharge was measured Barthel Index. Comorbidity admission Geriatric Index (GIC), a tool...
Background: Cardiovascular diseases are prevalent in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We hypothesized that endothelial dysfunction could be a marker of the proatherogen status COPD. Methods and results: measured by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) after sublingual administration nitroglycerin (nitrate-mediated dilation: NMD) 44 COPD patients 48 controls. Compared controls had worse mean FMD (5.4% vs 8.2%, P < .001) NMD (12.0% 13.9%, = .007). was inversely related to...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with a high incidence of vascular disease that may be related to prothrombotic and inflammatory state. Soluble CD40 ligand (sCD40L), which stems essentially from platelet activation, possesses properties. The aim the study was assess whether sCD40L predictor stroke or myocardial infarction (MI) in patients nonvalvular AF.Plasma levels were measured 231 (177 [77%] had permanent persistent AF, 54 [23%] paroxysmal AF). Patients followed for mean period...
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the characteristics of patients who regain function during hospitalization and differences in terms functional outcomes between admitted to geriatric general medicine units. DESIGN: Multicenter, prospective cohort study. SETTING: Acute care medical wards five Italian hospitals. PARTICIPANTS: One thousand forty-eight elderly hospitalized for acute diseases. MEASUREMENTS: Functional status 2 weeks before hospital admission (baseline), at admission, discharge, as...
Chylothorax is an abnormal accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the pleural cavity, and it develops because chyle leaking from thoracic duct. The clinical presentation can be varied, while symptoms depend on its size rate space. Diagnosis based analysis, supported by various imaging studies to help determine underlying pathology locate site leak. We report extremely rare case non-iatrogenic right-sided chylothorax absence radiographically demonstrated bony damage which was related vertebral...
Aims Acute diseases and related hospitalization are crucial events in the disabling process of elderly individuals. Most functional decline occurs few days before hospitalization, as a result acute vulnerable patients. The aim present study was to identify determinants prehospital components decline. Methods This prospective observational carried out three geriatric units two general medicine Italian hospitals. participants were 1281 patients aged 65 years or older admitted hospital for...
This study aimed to evaluate the association between polypharmacy and delirium, of specific drug categories with differences in drug-delirium medical surgical units according dementia diagnosis.Data were collected during 2 waves Delirium Day, a multicenter delirium prevalence including patients (aged 65 years or older) admitted acute long-term care wards Italy (2015-2016); this study, only enrolled hospital selected (n = 4,133). was assessed score on 4 "A's" Test. Prescriptions classified by...
Older adults are frequently stigmatized for improper emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between age appropriateness of ED visits, mismatching clinical severity hospitalizations.We carried out a nationwide assessment Italian Informative System Emergency Urgency data from 1 January 2015 31 December including patients admitted all EDs any reason. Appropriateness was defined as yellow/red/black color code (potentially...
About 2% of episodes acute pancreatitis are caused by drugs (1). Phenformin was repeatedly associated with (1), but only two case reports highlighted a possible causative role for metformin (2,3). In one case, occurred the coexistence correct treatment and renal failure (2); in other, overdose deemed responsible (3). A 61-year-old woman diabetes hypercholesterolemia presented after 5 days vomiting, followed oliguria epigastric pain. At home, therapy 3 …
Aim Restrictive lung dysfunction ( RLD ; defined as reduced forced vital capacity [ FVC ] in the presence of normal expiratory volume 1 s FEV 1]/ ratio) is highly prevalent elderly, and associated with diabetes, metabolic syndrome MetS ) abdominal obesity. The aim this study was to assess relative contribution obesity characterizing elderly. Methods This cross‐sectional analysis 192 consecutive, community‐dwelling persons (mean age 70.8 ± 8 years). participants were grouped according number...