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Sonaglioni A, Di Marco S, Pini P, Trevisan R, Nicolosi GL, Cattadori G, Lombardo M, Harari S. Misinterpretation of pedunculated myocardial trabeculae on transesophageal echocardiography: a case series. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2022; 23:755-756. [PMID: 36166334 DOI: 10.2459/jcm.0000000000001367] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Division of Internal Medicine.,Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Vassallo M, Manni S, Pini P, Blanchouin E, Ticchioni M, Seitz-Polski B, Puchois A, Sindt A, Lotte L, Fauque P, Durant J. Patients with Covid-19 exhibit different immunological profiles according to their clinical presentation. Int J Infect Dis 2020; 101:174-179. [PMID: 33002623 PMCID: PMC7521203 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.1438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES A novel beta coronavirus has been identified as responsible for the 2019 coronavirus infection (Covid-19). Clinical presentations range from asymptomatic cases to acute respiratory distress syndrome with fatal outcome. Such a broad spectrum of disease expression calls for an investigation of immune response characteristics. METHODS We identified subjects admitted for Covid-19 in whom a large panel of immunological markers were measured, including B- and T- and NK-lymphocyte phenotypes, T-lymphocyte subpopulation cells and plasma cytokines. Patients were divided according to symptom severity during hospitalisation, in those with uncomplicated and complicated infection. Differences between groups were analyzed. RESULTS Seventeen patients were included (mean age: 83 years; 9 women; mean delay of symptoms onset: 4 days). Six had uncomplicated infection, while 11 developed complicated forms during hospitalization. CD10 + B lymphocyte levels were inversely correlated with clinical severity (5.8% vs 2.0%, p = 0.04) and CD10+ levels above 3% were independently associated with uncomplicated forms [Odds Ratio 0.04 (CI 0.002-0.795, p = 0.034)]. TNF-alpha, IL-1, Il-6 and Il-8 measurements upon admission differed between patients who died and those who survived (p < 0.01 for all comparisons). CONCLUSIONS In a population of elderly patients recently infected with Covid-19, CD10 + B cell levels were inversely correlated with clinical severity. Cytokine values upon admission were highly predictive of fatal outcome during hospitalisation. These findings could explain differences in the clinical presentation and allow rapid identification of patients at risk for complications.
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- M Vassallo
- Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Cannes General Hospital, Cannes, France.
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Cannes General Hospital, Cannes, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Cannes General Hospital, Cannes, France
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- Department of Internal Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Cannes General Hospital, Cannes, France
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Nice University Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Laboratory of Immunology, Nice University Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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- Multipurpose Laboratory, Bacteriology and Virology Unit, Cannes General Hospital, Cannes, France
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- Multipurpose Laboratory, Bacteriology and Virology Unit, Cannes General Hospital, Cannes, France
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- Multipurpose Laboratory, Bacteriology and Virology Unit, Cannes General Hospital, Cannes, France
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- Institut Polyclinique de Cannes (IPOCA), Cannes, France
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- Infectious Diseases Department, Nive University Hospital, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
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IntroductionRecent developments in psychiatric diagnosis risk downgrading psychological and social aspects of personal recovery and marginalise the individual needs and aspirations of people, considered in their local context. The publication of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Health Disorders (DSM-5) by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) prompted MHE to establish the Beyond the Biomedical Paradigm Task Force (BBPtf) to investigate, debate and report on these issues.ObjectivesMental Health Europe (MHE) – along with others both within and outside mainstream psychiatry – has noted with concern the increasing dominance of a biological approach to mental health problems. We see a risk of diagnoses being misused when they become part of a complex managerial health system responding mainly to the economic and issues of safety or social control. This kind of misuse could breach the principles of the UN CRPD. MHE welcomes the role of the WHO in coordinating internationally appropriate classification systems. However, we want to ensure that systems based on biomedical, economic and managerial issues are balanced with systems based on knowledge of personal experiences, life stories and direct relationships, which have proven outcomes and which respect human rights and dignity.AimsThis workshop will explore the complex philosophical issues associated with psychiatric diagnosis and, in particular, the ICD-10 revision process.Disclosure of interestI am President of the British Psychological Society and a member of both Mental Health Europe's “Beyond the Bio-Medical Paradigm Task Force” and the Council for Evidence Based Psychiatry. I am currently in receipt of funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and I have previously received funding from a variety of sources.The others authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
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Montuori M, Casella F, Casazza G, Franzetti F, Pini P, Invernizzi C, Torzillo D, Rizzardini G, Galli M, Cogliati C. Lung ultrasonography in pulmonary tuberculosis: A pilot study on diagnostic accuracy in a high-risk population. Eur J Intern Med 2019; 66:29-34. [PMID: 31235198 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2019.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The validity of lung ultrasound (LUS) in the diagnosis of interstitial or focal lung pathologies is well documented, we assessed its accuracy in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). METHODS Sonographic signs suggestive of PTB and their diagnostic accuracy were evaluated in patients admitted with clinical suspicion of PTB. Consolidations, subpleural nodules, pleural thickenings or irregularities and pleural effusion were assessed. LUS signs significantly associated with PTB in the univariate analysis (p < .05) were entered in a multivariate logistic regression model. RESULTS PTB was confirmed in 51 out of 102 patients. Multiple consolidations (OR 3.54, 95%CI 1.43-8.78), apical consolidations (OR 9.65, 95%CI 3.02-30.78), superior quadrant consolidations (OR 4.01, 95%CI 1.76-9.14), and subpleural nodules (OR 5.29, 95%CI 2.27-12.33) were significantly associated with PTB diagnosis. Apical consolidation (OR 9.67, 95%CI 2.81-33.25, p 0.003) and subpleural nodules (OR 5.30, 95%CI 2.08-13.52, p 0.005) retained a significant association in a multivariate model, with an overall accuracy of 0.799. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest a possible role of LUS in the diagnosis of PTB, a high burden pathological condition for which the delay in diagnosis still represents a critical point in the control of the disease.
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- M Montuori
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco" University of Milan, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Italy.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Cliniche "Luigi Sacco", Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco" University of Milan, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Italy
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- First Division of Infectious Diseases, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Milano, Italy
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- Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences "Luigi Sacco" University of Milan, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, ASST-FBF-Sacco, Italy
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Pettinato C, Mosconi C, Cappelli A, Civollani S, Pini P, Monari F, Angelelli B, Nobili E, Fanti S, Golfieri R. Retrospective analysis of dose–response for HCC lesions treated with 90Y resin microspheres. Phys Med 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.01.381] [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: 11/29/2022] Open
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Pini P, Bettua C, Orsi CF, Venturelli C, Forghieri F, Bigliardi S, Faglioni L, Luppi F, Serio L, Codeluppi M, Luppi M, Mussini C, Girardis M, Blasi E. Evaluation of serum (1 → 3)-β-D-glucan clinical performance: kinetic assessment, comparison with galactomannan and evaluation of confounding factors. Infection 2015; 44:223-33. [PMID: 26475482 DOI: 10.1007/s15010-015-0849-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE We investigated the clinical performance of (1 → 3)-β-D-glucan (BG), as an early marker of invasive fungal infections (IFI), in different clinical settings. METHODS BG serum levels were assessed by Fungitell (Associates of Cape Cod, Inc), in parallel with galactomannan (GM) when requested by clinicians. By a prospective monocentric study, 270 episodes at risk or with suspect of IFI were enrolled, namely 58 proven-probable invasive aspergillosis (IA), 27 proven invasive candidiasis (IC), 11 possible IC, 16 P.jirovecii pneumonia (PJP), 4 episodes of other IFI and 154 non-IFI controls. RESULTS We found that (a) the BG overall sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value (NPV) were 87.9, 80.5, 76.7 and 89.9 %, respectively; (b) the highest sensitivity was found in the IC groups, followed by PJP, IA and other IFI groups; (c) an association was observed between BG kinetics and patients outcome; (d) in the IA episodes, the combination of BG or GM vs GM alone increased sensitivity from 60.0 to 83.3 % in the haematological patients; (e) false-positive BG results were related to Gram-negative infections or infusion of polyclonal IgM-enriched immunoglobulins, where high levels of BG were indeed detected. CONCLUSION Besides strengthening its overall good clinical performance, we provide evidence that serum BG correlates with clinical outcome and that, once used in combination with GM, BG allows to enhance IFI diagnosis rate. The high sensitivity and NPV, observed in the Intensive Care Unit setting, open to BG validation as a marker for assessment of antifungal treatment.
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- P Pini
- Dipartimento Interaziendale Integrato di Medicina di Laboratorio e Anatomia Patologica, Struttura Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento Interaziendale Integrato di Medicina di Laboratorio e Anatomia Patologica, Struttura Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Diagnostica, Clinica e di Sanità Pubblica, Istituti Biologici, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, 41125, Modena, Italy
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute, Università di Milano, Polo Universitario San Paolo, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento Interaziendale Integrato di Medicina di Laboratorio e Anatomia Patologica, Struttura Complessa di Microbiologia e Virologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento Attività Integrata di Oncologia, Ematologia e Patologie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento Attività Integrata di Oncologia, Ematologia e Patologie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento Attività Integrata di Oncologia, Ematologia e Patologie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento Attività Integrata di Oncologia, Ematologia e Patologie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Divisione di Anestesiologia e Terapia Intensiva, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento Attività Integrata di Medicine, Medicina d'Urgenza e Specialità Mediche, Malattie infettive, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento Attività Integrata di Oncologia, Ematologia e Patologie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Ematologia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento Attività Integrata di Medicine, Medicina d'Urgenza e Specialità Mediche, Malattie infettive, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Divisione di Anestesiologia e Terapia Intensiva, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico, Modena, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Diagnostica, Clinica e di Sanità Pubblica, Istituti Biologici, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, 41125, Modena, Italy.
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Farina C, Lombardi G, Andreoni S, Manso E, Perin S, Panellis D, Fazii P, Conte M, Sanna S, Pini P, Blasi E. Routine Use of a Protease Zymogen-Based Colorimetric Assay for the Detection of Beta-Glucan and its Role in Clinical Practice. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2014; 27:661-8. [DOI: 10.1177/039463201402700424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The detection of Aspergillus antigen (galactomannan) is considered a reliable marker for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis (IA), yet the sensibility and specificity of the assays commonly employed in routine are not optimal. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the detection of another panfungal antigen, the (1,3)-b-D-glucan could have an auxiliary role in the identification of patients with IA. The study was carried out on 63 sera belonging to patients who had been screened for galactomannan, according to the clinical suspect of IA. Our data show that the positive galactomannan results were not confirmed by positive (1,3)-b-D-glucan results in patients receiving therapy with beta-lactam antibiotics associated with tazobactam, whereas in all the other cases, with the exception of four, the results of the (1,3)-b-D-glucan test were confirmatory of the galactomannan results.
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- Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Azienda Ospedaliera “Papa Giovanni XXIII”, Bergamo, Italy
- Medical Mycology Committee (CoSM), Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani (AMCLI), Milano, Italy
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- Medical Mycology Committee (CoSM), Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani (AMCLI), Milano, Italy
- Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Azienda Ospedaliera “Ospedale Niguarda Ca'Granda”, Milano, Italy
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- Medical Mycology Committee (CoSM), Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani (AMCLI), Milano, Italy
- Microbiology Laboratory, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria “Ospedale Maggiore della Carità”, Novara, Italy
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- Medical Mycology Committee (CoSM), Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani (AMCLI), Milano, Italy
- Microbiology and Chemical Analysis Laboratory, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria “Ospedali Riuniti”, Ancona, Italy
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- Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Azienda Ospedaliera “Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo”, Milano, Italy
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- Microbiology Laboratory, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
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- Medical Mycology Committee (CoSM), Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani (AMCLI), Milano, Italy
- Clinical Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Presidio Ospedaliero “Ospedale Santo Spirito”, Pescara, Italy
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- Medical Mycology Committee (CoSM), Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani (AMCLI), Milano, Italy
- Microbiology and Virology Laboratory, Azienda Ospedaliera Specialistica dei Colli “Monaldi-Cotugno-CTO”, Naples, Italy
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- Medical Mycology Committee (CoSM), Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani (AMCLI), Milano, Italy
- Microbiology Institute, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Sassari, Sassari, Italy
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- “Department of Diagnostics, Clinical and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Medical Mycology Committee (CoSM), Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani (AMCLI), Milano, Italy
- “Department of Diagnostics, Clinical and Public Health Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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Leoni S, Venturi A, Pini P. A case of acute onset interstitial pneumonitis in patient with spondyloarthropathy. Minerva Med 2013; 104:233-235. [PMID: 23515000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Donati G, Piscaglia F, Colì L, Silvagni E, Righini R, Donati G, Pini P, Stefoni S, Bolondi L. Acute systemic, splanchnic and renal haemodynamic changes induced by molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS) treatment in patients with end-stage cirrhosis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2007; 26:717-26. [PMID: 17697205 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03420.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIM To evaluate the acute effect of treatment with the molecular adsorbent recirculating system (MARS) on splanchnic, renal and systemic haemodynamics in patients with end-stage cirrhosis. METHODS Twelve patients with end-stage cirrhosis, undergoing MARS treatment, were enrolled. The following haemodynamic parameters were measured by means of Doppler ultrasonography and thoracic electrical bioimpedance, before and after each session: portal velocity, renal and splenic resistance indices, cardiac output, cardiac stroke volume, heart rate, mean arterial pressure, systemic vascular resistance. RESULTS Median portal velocity increased significantly after treatment (23.7 vs. 20.3 cm/s, P < 0.05) while renal resistance index (0.72 vs. 0.75, P < 0.05) and splenic resistance index (0.60 vs. 0.65, P < 0.05) decreased significantly. Mean arterial pressure (83 vs. 81 mmHg, P < 0.05) and vascular resistance (899 vs. 749 dyne. s/cm5, P < 0.05) increased significantly, while cardiac output and stroke volume showed no significant changes. CONCLUSIONS Data emerging from this investigation suggest that MARS treatment improves significantly various haemodynamic alterations in cirrhotic patients in the short term. The observed decrease in renal vascular resistance and improvement in splenic resistance index, a parameter related to portal resistance, which leads us to hypothesize that these haemodynamic effects are probably mediated by clearance of vasoactive substances during MARS treatment.
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- G Donati
- Division of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Veltri M, Mollo A, Mantovani L, Pini P, Balleri P, Grandini S. A comparative study of Endoflare-Hero Shaper and Mtwo NiTi instruments in the preparation of curved root canals. Int Endod J 2005; 38:610-6. [PMID: 16104974 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2005.00989.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 11/27/2022]
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AIM To analyse the shaping ability of two new NiTi rotary systems in molar curved canals. METHODOLOGY Thirty molar root canals with curvatures from 24 degrees to 69 degrees were divided into two groups that were balanced in terms of curvature. The canals in one group were shaped using the Mtwo (Sweden & Martina, Padova, Italy) and the canals in the other group using the Endoflare-Hero Shaper (Micro-Mega, Besançon, France) in a modified sequence. Pre- and post-instrumentation X-rays were taken using a radiographic platform, with a contrast medium being used to enhance canal opacity. The dentine removed at five positions along the canals, the symmetry of canal shaping and the presence of aberrations were analysed through computer-aided measurements. The instrument failures, the working time and the changes in working length were also recorded. The Mann-Whitney U-test was used for statistical analyses. RESULTS Both systems produced uniform dentine removal and symmetrical canal shapes; there was no significant difference between the systems (P > 0.05). In the apical region, preparations were centred in the canal. A mean loss of working length of 0.55 mm for Mtwo and 0.58 mm for Endoflare-Hero Shaper was detected, with no significant differences between the instruments (P > 0.05). No aberrations were seen and no instruments separated. The mean working time was 124.4 s for the Mtwo system and 141.3 s for the Endoflare-Hero Shaper but this difference was not statistically significant (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION The systems tested in this study were effective in shaping curved canals in extracted teeth.
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- M Veltri
- Department of Endodontics, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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Piscaglia F, Donati G, Cecilioni L, Celli N, Stagni B, Pini P, Gaiani S, Gherlinzoni F, Bolondi L. Influence of the spleen on portal haemodynamics: a non-invasive study with Doppler ultrasound in chronic liver disease and haematological disorders. Scand J Gastroenterol 2002; 37:1220-7. [PMID: 12408529 DOI: 10.1080/003655202760373452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Splanchnic haemodynamic parameters for the differential diagnosis of splenomegalies of different origins are still suboptimal and the role of spleen enlargement in cirrhosis remains controversial. In an attempt to elucidate these questions, we assessed splanchnic haemodynamics in chronic liver diseases and various other disorders with splenomegaly. METHODS Study groups comprised: (i) patients with chronic liver disease (89 with cirrhosis, 35 with chronic hepatitis), (ii) patients with splenomegaly without relevant portal hypertension (14 with haematological splenomegaly and 25 liver transplant recipients without complications), (iii) 15 patients with arterial hypertension, (iv) 22 healthy controls. In all subjects, spleen size, portal flow parameters and splenic artery resistance index were measured using duplex-Doppler ultrasound. RESULTS Splenic artery resistance index was significantly and selectively increased in patients with cirrhosis (0.63, whereas all other group means ranged between 0.53 and 0.56; P < 0.01). Portal flow velocity was significantly decreased in cirrhosis (P < 0.01). The combination of these two parameters provided an accuracy of 87.5% in distinguishing portal hypertensive from haematological splenomegaly. In patients with cirrhosis, the degree of spleen enlargement was positively correlated with increasing portal flow volume, portal vein diameter and variceal size, whereas splenic resistance index and portal velocity did not differ in connection with spleen size. CONCLUSIONS Splenoportal Doppler sonography provides specific findings in cirrhosis and may therefore be a useful tool in differentiating between splenomegaly of portal hypertensive or haematological origin. In patients with cirrhosis, the presence of splenomegaly is associated with the presence of larger oesophageal varices.
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- F Piscaglia
- Dept of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, University of Bologna, Italy.
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Tosello A, Pini P, Sanchez M. [A neuromusculoarticular reeducation technic from pieziography]. Chir Dent Fr 1989; 59:47-51. [PMID: 2689104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Once defined the neutral equilibrium space in edentulous patients, we examined the importance of phonation for the determination of this space. This allows us to highlight the interest of recording mandibular pressures as a procedure of neuro-muscular rehabilitation. On the basis of recording pressures, we developed an original method of neuro-muscular rehabilitation for complete edentulous patients.
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Rozzoni M, Pini P, Marchesi L, Cainelli T. [Activity and tolerance of a dermatologic preparation with a triamcinolone acetonide and nystatin base in skin diseases caused by Candida albicans]. Clin Ter 1987; 123:363-8. [PMID: 2972495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Moggian G, Pellegri E, Tamburini E, Pini P, Tumidei U. [A new pharmacologic treatment of primary dysmenorrhea]. Clin Ter 1986; 117:481-92. [PMID: 3527535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Bernardi M, Palareti G, Pini P, Caletti GC, Brocchi E, Gasbarrini G. Study on coagulation profile of patients with cirrhosis of the liver undergoing elective fibreoptic injection sclerotherapy of oesophageal varices. Hepatogastroenterology 1984; 31:125-8. [PMID: 6469201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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In order to establish whether injection sclerotherapy of oesophageal varices could bring about a worsening of the coagulation abnormalities of patients with cirrhosis, the platelet count and the coagulation profile were monitored prior to, then 30 min and 18 h after, the injection in 8 patients undergoing 18 sclerotherapy sessions. Under basal conditions the platelet count, prothrombin activity, normotest and antithrombin III were all reduced; fibrinogen was in the low, and partial thromboplastin time in the high, normal range. A significant shortening of PTT and a further reduction in the platelet count, in the normotest and in fibrinogen occurred after 30 min. On one occasion laboratory evidence of disseminated intravascular coagulation was observed. After 18 h most parameters approached basal values, but the normotest remained persistently reduced. Even though a transient activation of the coagulation process, with consumption of platelets and the liver-dependent clotting factors took place after sclerotherapy in most cases, leading in one to self-limiting disseminated intravascular coagulation, haemorrhagic complications did not occur in our patients. These results suggest that injection sclerotherapy did not lead to clinically significant deterioration of coagulation even in patients with abnormal coagulative function. The observed changes appeared to be self-limiting and confined to the laboratory level in all cases.
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Bernardi M, Trevisani F, Santini C, Pini P, Turci P. [Physiopathology and therapy of the ascites in liver cirrhosis]. G Clin Med 1982; 63:744-752. [PMID: 7182199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Dagradi G, Pini P. [Possibility of determining SPI by an immunoelectrophoretic method]. Minerva Ginecol 1981; 33:517-9. [PMID: 7279270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Pini P, Mariani P. [The problem of dimensional variation of acrylic resins in complete prostheses]. Chir Dent Fr 1979; 49:64-8. [PMID: 293256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mariani P, Pini P. [Occlusal plane and total prosthesis: technic of transfer based on teleradiography]. Dent Press 1979; 15:51-61. [PMID: 293276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mariani P, Pini P. [Occlusal plane and complete prosthesis: transfer technic with the aid of a teleradiographic construction]. Inf Dent 1979; 61:241-9. [PMID: 372103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mariani P, Pini P. [Position and orientation of the occlusal plane in complete prosthesis starting with a teleradiographic construction]. Med Hyg (Geneve) 1978; 36:3173-80. [PMID: 285322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Aiche H, Migozzi J, Pini P. [Contribution to the anatomo-physiologic study of the artificial tooth in total prosthesis]. Dent Cadmos 1976; 44:42-53. [PMID: 802196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Aiche H, Migozzi J, Pini P. [Anatomo-physiologic study of artificial teeth in the complete denture]. Actual Odontostomatol (Paris) 1975:515-35. [PMID: 1221819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Migozzi J, Payan J, Pini P. [Of phases in the study of gold, copper, silver ternary alloys used in partial dentures]. Chir Dent Fr 1975; 45:63-6. [PMID: 1073096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Michel JF, Sangiuolo RA, Pini P, Miggozzi J. [Diagnostic value of pantographic tracings in complete prosthetics]. Cah Prothese 1975:67-79. [PMID: 1072862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Migozzi J, Payan J, Moisan E, Pini P. [The balanced hook]. Rev Odontostomatol (Paris) 1975; 4:389-92. [PMID: 766137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Pini P, Luksich. [Notes on protheses]. Zahntechnik (Zur) 1975; 33:462-8. [PMID: 150737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Sangiuolo R, Michel JF, Pini P. [Pain from a complete prosthesis]. Rev Odontostomatol (Paris) 1974; 3:103-14. [PMID: 4533913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Conti F, Segre A, Pini P, Porri L. Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of polydienes: 1. 13C n.m.r. of 1,4-polybutadiene obtained by π-allyl nickel trifluoroacetate catalysts. POLYMER 1974. [DOI: 10.1016/0032-3861(74)90066-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Sangiuolo R, Michel JF, Pini P. [Complete prosthesis and occlusions]. Actual Odontostomatol (Paris) 1973; 27:641-75. [PMID: 4605578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Pini P. [F. Celenza's grinding technic for organic occlusion by remounting on the articulator and in the natural dentition]. Mondo Odontostomatol 1973; 15:23-7. [PMID: 4525828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Carcasci P, Daniel L, de Bernart R, de Luca PL, Staderini AG, Michelangeli V, Panello A, Petrakaku P, Pini P, Saba A. [Social conditions and problems of mental health in 2 urban districts of Florence. Preliminary research for the establishment of a psychiatric staff]. Riv Neurobiol 1973; 19:123-44. [PMID: 4806414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Pini P. [Angelo d'Amico, theorist of organic occlusion (homage to the scholar and approach to today's gnathology)]. Mondo Odontostomatol 1972; 14:259-63. [PMID: 4556634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Pini P. [Prenatal tooth eruption]. Mondo Odontostomatol 1971; 13:496-7. [PMID: 5290745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Luksich G, Pini P. [Critical evaluation of the rigid junction prosthesis in shortened arches]. Mondo Odontostomatol 1970; 12:921-6 contd. [PMID: 4927443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Pini P. [Rigid and articulated junctions in partial removable prostheses]. Mondo Odontostomatol 1970; 12:719-26. [PMID: 4920264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Pini P, Pretolani E. [A direct method for the preparation of stump pivots]. Mondo Odontostomatol 1970; 12:529-31. [PMID: 4919850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Luksich G, Pini P. [Prostheses]. Mondo Odontostomatol 1970; 12:413-8 contd. [PMID: 4920262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Pini P. [A new etiology of caries. Contribution to Miller's chemical-bacterialogical theory]. Inf Dent 1970; 52:1580-1. [PMID: 5271894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Pini P. [And what are we doing? (Thoughts evoked by the situation of prophylactic fluoridation in the United States)]. Mondo Odontostomatol 1970; 12:23-6. [PMID: 5265897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Pini P, Luksich G. [The purpose of prosthetic treatment]. Mondo Odontostomatol 1970; 12:85-8 contd. [PMID: 4908880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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