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1. Validation of Abbreviated Form of the Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI): The BRIEF-MPI Project

Author: Alberto, Cella, Nicola, Veronese, Carlo, Custodero, Alberto, Castagna, Lisa A, Cammalleri, Walter M, Capitano, Luisa, Solimando, Luca, Carruba, Carlo, Sabbà, Giovanni, Ruotolo, Mario, Barbagallo, Alberto, Pilotto, Cella, Alberto, Veronese, Nicola, Custodero, Carlo, Castagna, Alberto, Cammalleri, Lisa A, Capitano, Walter M, Solimando, Luisa, Carruba, Luca, Sabbà, Carlo, Ruotolo, Giovanni, Barbagallo, Mario, and Pilotto, Alberto
Subjects: Aged, 80 and over, Male, Frailty, Comorbidity, General Medicine, Prognosis, Clinical Interventions in Aging, Activities of Daily Living, agreement, frailty, multidimensional prognostic index, screening, Humans, Female, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Geriatric Assessment, Aged
Abstract: Alberto Cella,1 Nicola Veronese,2 Carlo Custodero,3 Alberto Castagna,4 Lisa A Cammalleri,1 Walter M Capitano,2 Luisa Solimando,2 Luca Carruba,2 Carlo SabbÃ ,3 Giovanni Ruotolo,4 Mario Barbagallo,2 Alberto Pilotto1,3 1Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Genova, Italy; 2Geriatric Unit, Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; 3Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari âAldo Moroâ, Bari, Italy; 4Geriatrics Unit, âPugliese Ciaccioâ Hospital, Catanzaro, ItalyCorrespondence: Alberto Pilotto, Via delle Mura Capuccine, 14, Genova, 16128, Italy, Tel +39 010 5634400, Fax +39 010 5634400, Email alberto.pilotto@galliera.itPurpose: To screen multidimensional frailty in older people, using a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) tool such as the multidimensional prognostic index (MPI), is a public health priority. Unfortunately, the screening tools available are not able to capture multidimensional frailty. In this work, we aimed to evaluate in a population of hospitalized and ambulatory older patients, the agreement between an abbreviated form of the MPI (ie, BRIEF-MPI) and the standard/full version.Participants and Methods: All participants included in the study completed both versions of the MPI, brief and full, which share the following domains: 1) basic and 2) instrumental activities of daily living, 3) mobility/risk of pressure sores, 4) cognition, 5) nutrition, 6) comorbidity, 7) social and 8) number of medications. The agreement between the two instruments was reported using either the mean comparisons with a t-test matched sample, a simple correlation analysis and the BlandâAltman methodology.Results: The study sample included 110 participants (mean age=83.2 years, 51.8% women). The mean difference was statistically and clinically irrelevant (mean difference=0.01Â± 0.10; p=0.27). The correlation between brief and full MPI versions was optimal (R=0.82, p< 0.0001). Using the BlandâAltman methodology, we observed that only three participants over 110 (=2.73%) were outside the limits of agreement. The accuracy of BRIEF-MPI in predicting multidimensional frailty, as full MPI> 0.66, was optimal (area under the curve=0.92, p< 0.0001). A BRIEF-MPI value of 0.59 yielded the highest sensitivity and specificity in predicting multidimensional frailty.Conclusion: BRIEF-MPI had a good agreement with the full/standard version of the MPI, making this tool as ideal for the screening of multidimensional frailty in older people.Keywords: multidimensional prognostic index, screening, frailty, agreement
Published: 2022
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2. Pharmacological Inhibition of CETP (Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein) Increases HDL (High-Density Lipoprotein) That Contains ApoC3 and Other HDL Subspecies Associated With Higher Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

Author: Jeremy D. Furtado, Giacomo Ruotolo, Stephen J. Nicholls, Robert Dullea, Santos Carvajal-Gonzalez, and Frank M. Sacks
Subjects: Male, Coronary Disease, Hyperlipidemias, lipoproteins, HDL, Benzodiazepines, Atorvastatin, Humans, Aged, Apolipoprotein C-III, heart diseases, Anticholesteremic Agents, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Middle Aged, Ezetimibe, Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins, Heart Disease Risk Factors, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Female, cholesterol ester transfer proteins, antagonists & inhibitors, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, apolipoproteins, hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibitors, Clinical and Population Studies
Abstract: Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text., Objective: Plasma total HDL (high-density lipoprotein) is a heterogeneous mix of many protein-based subspecies whose functions and associations with coronary heart disease vary. We hypothesize that increasing HDL by CETP (cholesteryl ester transfer protein) inhibition failed to reduce cardiovascular disease risk, in part, because it increased dysfunctional subspecies associated with higher risk such as HDL that contains apoC3. Approach and Results: We studied participants in 2 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of a CETP inhibitor on a background of atorvastatin treatment: ACCENTUATE (The Addition of Evacetrapib to Atorvastatin Compared to Placebo, High Intensity Atorvastatin, and Atorvastatin With Ezetimibe to Evaluate LDL-C Lowering in Patients With Primary Hyperlipidemia; 130 mg evacetrapib; n=126) and ILLUMINATE (Phase 3 Multi Center, Double Blind, Randomized, Parallel Group Evaluation of the Fixed Combination Torcetrapib/Atorvastatin, Administered Orally, Once Daily [Qd], Compared With Atorvastatin Alone, on the Occurrence of Major Cardiovascular Events in Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease or Risk Equivalents; 60 mg torcetrapib; n=80). We measured the concentration of apoA1 in total plasma and 17 protein-based HDL subspecies at baseline and 3 months. Both CETP inhibitors increased apoA1 in HDL that contains apoC3 the most of all HDL subspecies (median placebo-adjusted percent increase: evacetrapib 99% and torcetrapib 50%). They also increased apoA1 in other HDL subspecies associated with higher coronary heart disease risk such as those involved in inflammation (α-2-macroglobulin and complement C3) or hemostasis (plasminogen), and in HDL that contains both apoE and apoC3, a complex subspecies associated with higher coronary heart disease risk. ApoA1 in HDL that contains apoC1, associated with lower risk, increased 71% and 40%, respectively. Only HDL that contains apoL1 showed no response to either drug. Conclusions: CETP inhibitors evacetrapib and torcetrapib increase apoA1 in HDL subspecies that contain apoC3 and other HDL subspecies associated with higher risk of coronary heart disease. Subspecies-specific effects shift HDL subspecies concentrations toward a profile associated with higher risk, which may contribute to lack of clinical benefit from raising HDL by pharmaceutical CETP inhibition.
Published: 2021

3. The role of mental imagery in pantomimes of actions towards and away from the body

Author: Angela Bartolo, Tina Iachini, Gianluca Scotto di Tella, Francesco Ruotolo, Laurent Ott, Gennaro Ruggiero, Ruotolo, Francesco, Iachini, Santa, Ruggiero, Gennaro, Scotto di Tella, Gianluca, Ott, Laurent, and Bartolo, Angela
Subjects: Adult, Male, Movement, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Motor Activity, 050105 experimental psychology, Mental rotation, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Developmental and Educational Psychology, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Modalities, Gestures, Movement (music), 05 social sciences, General Medicine, Hand, Object (philosophy), Spatial relation, Action (philosophy), Imagination, Psychology, Photic Stimulation, Psychomotor Performance, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Cognitive psychology, Gesture, Mental image
Abstract: This study aimed to explore the relationship between action execution and mental rotation modalities. To this end, pantomime gesture (i.e. the mime of the use of an object) was used as its execution relies on imagery processes. Specifically, we tried to clarify the role of visuo-spatial or motor and body-related mental imagery processes in pantomime gestures performed away (AB, e.g. drawing on a sheet) and towards the body (TB, e.g. brushing the teeth). We included an "actual use" condition in which participants were asked to use a toothbrush and make 3, 6, or 9 circular movements close to their mouth (as if they were brushing their teeth) or to use a pencil and make 3, 6, or 9 circular movements on a desk (as if they were drawing circles). Afterwards, participants were asked to pantomime the actual use of the same objects ("pantomime" condition). Finally, they were asked to mentally rotate three different stimuli: hands, faces, and abstract lines. Results showed that participants were faster in AB than TB pantomimes. Moreover, the more accurate and faster the mental rotation of body-related stimuli was, the more similar the temporal duration between both kinds of pantomimes and the actual use of the objects appeared. Instead, the temporal similarity between AB pantomimes and pencil actual use, as well as, the duration of AB pantomime and actual use, were associated with the ability to mentally rotate abstract lines. This was not true for TB movements. These results suggest that the execution of AB and TB pantomimes may involve different mental imagery modalities. Specifically, AB pantomimes would not only require to mentally manipulate images of body-parts in movement but also represent the spatial relations of the object with the external world.
Published: 2020
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4. Effects of Tirzepatide, a Dual GIP and GLP-1 RA, on Lipid and Metabolite Profiles in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes

Author: Kenneth D. Roth, Valentina Pirro, Kevin L. Duffin, Jonathan M. Wilson, Yanzhu Lin, Jill A. Willency, Axel Haupt, Paul L. Milligan, Christopher B. Newgard, and Giacomo Ruotolo
Subjects: Adult, Blood Glucose, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Injections, Subcutaneous, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Metabolite, Clinical Biochemistry, Glucagon-Like Peptides, Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide, Type 2 diabetes, Placebo, Biochemistry, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor, Receptors, Gastrointestinal Hormone, Young Adult, chemistry.chemical_compound, Endocrinology, Insulin resistance, Glucagon-Like Peptide 1, Weight loss, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Weight Loss, medicine, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Metabolomics, Triglycerides, Aged, Glycemic, Glycated Hemoglobin, business.industry, Biochemistry (medical), Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, chemistry, Female, Dulaglutide, medicine.symptom, business, medicine.drug
Abstract: Context Tirzepatide substantially reduced hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and body weight in subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist dulaglutide. Improved glycemic control was associated with lower circulating triglycerides and lipoprotein markers and improved markers of beta-cell function and insulin resistance (IR), effects only partially attributable to weight loss. Objective Assess plasma metabolome changes mediated by tirzepatide. Design Phase 2b trial participants were randomly assigned to receive weekly subcutaneous tirzepatide, dulaglutide, or placebo for 26 weeks. Post hoc exploratory metabolomics and lipidomics analyses were performed. Setting Post hoc analysis. Participants 259 subjects with T2D. Intervention(s) Tirzepatide (1, 5, 10, 15 mg), dulaglutide (1.5 mg), or placebo. Main Outcome Measure(s) Changes in metabolite levels in response to tirzepatide were assessed against baseline levels, dulaglutide, and placebo using multiplicity correction. Results At 26 weeks, a higher dose tirzepatide modulated a cluster of metabolites and lipids associated with IR, obesity, and future T2D risk. Branched-chain amino acids, direct catabolic products glutamate, 3-hydroxyisobutyrate, branched-chain ketoacids, and indirect byproducts such as 2-hydroxybutyrate decreased compared to baseline and placebo. Changes were significantly larger with tirzepatide compared with dulaglutide and directly proportional to reductions of HbA1c, homeostatic model assessment 2-IR indices, and proinsulin levels. Proportional to metabolite changes, triglycerides and diglycerides were lowered significantly compared to baseline, dulaglutide, and placebo, with a bias toward shorter and highly saturated species. Conclusions Tirzepatide reduces body weight and improves glycemic control and uniquely modulates metabolites associated with T2D risk and metabolic dysregulation in a direction consistent with improved metabolic health.
Published: 2021
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5. The association between low skeletal muscle mass and delirium: results from the nationwide multi-centre Italian Delirium Day 2017

Author: Zucchelli, A, Manzoni, F, Morandi, A, Di Santo, S, Rossi, E, Valsecchi, Mg, Inzitari, M, Cherubini, A, Bo, M, Mossello, E, Marengoni, A, Bellelli, G, Tarasconi, A, Sella, M, Auriemma, S, Paternò, G, Faggian, G, Lucarelli, C, De Grazia, N, Alberto, C, Margola, A, Porcella, L, Nardiello, I, Chimenti, E, Zeni, M, Giani, A, Famularo, S, Romairone, E, Minaglia, C, Ceccotti, C, Guerra, G, Mantovani, G, Monacelli, F, Candiani, T, Ballestrero, A, Santolini, F, Rosso, M, Bono, V, Sibilla, S, Dal Santo, P, Ceci, M, Barone, P, Schirinzi, T, Formenti, A, Nastasi, G, Isaia, G, Gonella, D, Battuello, A, Casson, S, Calvani, D, Boni, F, Ciaccio, A, Rosa, R, Sanna, G, Manfredini, S, Cortese, L, Rizzo, M, Prestano, R, Greco, A, Lauriola, M, Gelosa, G, Piras, V, Arena, M, Cosenza, D, Bellomo, A, Lamontagna, M, Gabbani, L, Lambertucci, L, Perego, S, Parati, G, Basile, G, Gallina, V, Pilone, G, Giudice, C, De, F, Pietrogrande, L, De, B, Mosca, M, Corazzin, I, Rossi, P, Nunziata, V, D'Amico, F, Grippa, A, Giardini, S, Barucci, R, Cossu, A, Fiorin, L, Distefano, M, Lunardelli, M, Brunori, M, Ruffini, I, Abraham, E, Varutti, A, Fabbro, E, Catalano, A, Martino, G, Leotta, D, Marchet, A, Dell'Aquila, G, Scrimieri, A, Davoli, M, Casella, M, Cartei, A, Polidori, G, Brischetto, D, Motta, S, Saponara, R, Perrone, P, Russo, G, Del, D, Car, C, Pirina, T, Franzoni, S, Cotroneo, A, Ghiggia, F, Volpi, G, Menichetti, C, Panico, A, Calogero, P, Corvalli, G, Mauri, M, Lupia, E, Manfredini, R, Fabbian, F, March, A, Pedrotti, M, Veronesi, M, Strocchi, E, Bianchetti, A, Crucitti, A, Di Francesco, V, Fontana, G, Bonanni, L, Barbone, F, Serrati, C, Ballardini, G, Simoncelli, M, Ceschia, G, Scarpa, C, Brugiolo, R, Fusco, S, Ciarambino, T, Biagini, C, Tonon, E, Porta, M, Venuti, D, Delsette, M, Poeta, M, Barbagallo, G, Trovato, G, Delitala, A, Arosio, P, Reggiani, F, Zuliani, G, Ortolani, B, Mussio, E, Girardi, A, Coin, A, Ruotolo, G, Castagna, A, Masina, M, Cimino, R, Pinciaroli, A, Tripodi, G, Cannistrà, U, Cassadonte, F, Vatrano, M, Scaglione, L, Fogliacco, P, Muzzuilini, C, Romano, F, Padovani, A, Rozzini, L, Cagnin, A, Fragiacomo, F, Desideri, G, Liberatore, E, Bruni, A, Orsitto, G, Franco, M, Bonfrate, L, Bonetto, M, Pizio, N, Magnani, G, Cecchetti, G, Longo, A, Bubba, V, Marinan, L, Cotelli, M, Turla, M, Sessa, M, Abruzzi, L, Castoldi, G, Lovetere, D, Musacchio, C, Novello, M, Cavarape, A, Bini, A, Leonardi, A, Seneci, F, Grimaldi, W, Fimognari, F, Bambara, V, Saitta, A, Corica, F, Braga, M, Ettorre, E, Camellini, C, Crescenzo, A, Noro, G, Turco, R, Ponzetto, M, Giuseppe, L, Mazzei, B, Maiuri, G, Costaggiu, D, Damato, R, Formilan, M, Patrizia, G, Santuari, L, Gallucci, M, Paragona, M, Bini, P, Modica, D, Abati, C, Clerici, M, Barbera, I, Nigroimperiale, F, Manni, A, Votino, C, Castiglioni, C, Di, M, Degl'Innocenti, M, Moscatelli, G, Guerini, S, Casini, C, Dini, D, D'Imporzano, E, Denotariis, S, Bonometti, F, Paolillo, C, Riccardi, A, Tiozzo, A, Samy Salama Fahmy, A, Dibari, M, Vanni, S, Scarpa, A, Zara, D, Ranieri, P, Pezzoni, D, Gentile, S, Platto, C, D'Ambrosio, V, Faraci, B, Brambilla, C, Ivaldi, C, Milia, P, Desalvo, F, Solaro, C, Strazzacappa, M, Cazzadori, M, Confente, S, Grasso, M, Troisi, E, Guerini, V, Bernardini, B, C Boffelli S, Corsini, Filippi, A, Delpin, K, Bertoletti, E, Vannucci, M, Tesi, F, Crippa, P, Malighetti, A, Caltagirone, C, Disant, S, Bettini, D, Maltese, F, Abruzzese, G, Cosimo, D, Azzini, M, Colombo, M, Procino, G, Fascendini, S, Barocco, F, Del, P, Mazzone, A, Riva, E, Dell'Acqua, D, Cottino, M, Vezzadini, G, Avanzi, S, Orini, S, Sgrilli, F, Mello, A, Lombardi, L, Muti, E, Dijk, B, Fenu, S, Pes, C, Gareri, P, Passamonte, M, Rigo, R, Locusta, L, Caser, L, Rosso, G, Cesarini, S, Cozzi, R, Santini, C, Carbone, P, Cazzaniga, I, Lovati, R, Cantoni, A, Ranzani, P, Barra, D, Pompilio, G, Dimori, S, Cernesi, S, Riccò, C, Piazzolla, F, Capittini, E, Rota, C, Gottardi, F, Merla, L, A Millul A, Barelli, De, G, Morrone, G, Bigolari, M, Macchi, M, Zambon, F, Pizzorni, C, Dicasaleto, G, Menculini, G, Marcacci, M, Catanese, G, Sprini, D, Dicasalet, T, Bocci, M, Borga, S, Caironi, P, Cat, C, Cingolani, E, Avalli, L, Greco, G, Citerio, G, Gandini, L, Cornara, G, Lerda, R, Brazzi, L, Simeone, F, Caciorgna, M, Alampi, D, Francesconi, S, Beck, E, Antonini, B, Vettoretto, K, Meggiolaro, M, Garofalo, E, Notaro, S, Varutti, R, Bassi, F, Mistraletti, G, Marino, A, Rona, R, Rondelli, E, Riva, I, Scapigliati, A, Cortegiani, A, Vitale, F, Pistidda, L, D'Andrea, R, Querci, L, Gnesin, P, Todeschini, M, Lugano, M, Castelli, G, Ortolani, M, Cotoia, A, Maggiore, S, Ditizio, L, Graziani, R, Testa, I, Ferretti, E, Castioni, C, Lombardi, F, Caserta, R, Pasqua, M, Simoncini, S, Baccarini, F, Rispoli, M, Grossi, F, Cancelliere, L, Carnelli, M, Puccini, F, Biancofiore, G, Siniscalchi, A, Laici, C, Torrini, M, Pasetti, G, Palmese, S, Oggioni, R, Mangani, V, Pini, S, Martelli, M, Rigo, E, Zuccalà, F, Cherri, A, Spina, R, Calamai, I, Petrucci, N, Caicedo, A, Ferri, F, Gritti, P, Brienza, N, Fonnesu, R, Dessena, M, Fullin, G, Saggioro, D., Zucchelli, A, Manzoni, F, Morandi, A, Di Santo, S, Rossi, E, Valsecchi, M, Inzitari, M, Cherubini, A, Bo, M, Mossello, E, Marengoni, A, Bellelli, G, Citerio, G, Zucchelli, Alberto, Valsecchi, M G, and A Tarasconi, M Sella, S Auriemma, G Paternò, G Faggian, C Lucarelli, N De Grazia, C Alberto, A Margola, L Porcella, I Nardiello, E Chimenti, M Zeni, A Giani, S Famularo, E Romairone, C Minaglia, C Ceccotti, G Guerra, G Mantovani, F Monacelli, C Minaglia, T Candiani, A Ballestrero, C Minaglia, F Santolini, C Minaglia, M Rosso, V Bono, S Sibilla, P Dal Santo, M Ceci, P Barone, T Schirinzi, A Formenti, G Nastasi, G Isaia, D Gonella, A Battuello, S Casson, D Calvani, F Boni, A Ciaccio, R Rosa, G Sanna, S Manfredini, L Cortese, M Rizzo, R Prestano, A Greco, M Lauriola, G Gelosa, V Piras, M Arena, D Cosenza, A Bellomo, M LaMontagna, L Gabbani, L Lambertucci, S Perego, G Parati, G Basile, V Gallina, G Pilone, C Giudice, F De, L Pietrogrande, B De, M Mosca, I Corazzin, P Rossi, V Nunziata, F D'Amico, A Grippa, S Giardini, R Barucci, A Cossu, L Fiorin, M Arena, M Distefano, M Lunardelli, M Brunori, I Ruffini, E Abraham, A Varutti, E Fabbro, A Catalano, G Martino, D Leotta, A Marchet, G Dell'Aquila, A Scrimieri, M Davoli, M Casella, A Cartei, G Polidori, G Basile, D Brischetto, S Motta, R Saponara, P Perrone, G Russo, D Del, C Car, T Pirina, S Franzoni, A Cotroneo, F Ghiggia, G Volpi, C Menichetti, M Bo, A Panico, P Calogero, G Corvalli, M Mauri, E Lupia, R Manfredini, F Fabbian, A March, M Pedrotti, M Veronesi, E Strocchi, A Bianchetti, A Crucitti, V Di Francesco, G Fontana, L Bonanni, F Barbone, C Serrati, G Ballardini, M Simoncelli, G Ceschia, C Scarpa, R Brugiolo, S Fusco, T Ciarambino, C Biagini, E Tonon, M Porta, D Venuti, M DelSette, M Poeta, G Barbagallo, G Trovato, A Delitala, P Arosio, F Reggiani, G Zuliani, B Ortolani, E Mussio, A Girardi, A Coin, G Ruotolo, A Castagna, M Masina, R Cimino, A Pinciaroli, G Tripodi, U Cannistrà, F Cassadonte, M Vatrano, F Cassandonte, L Scaglione, P Fogliacco, C Muzzuilini, F Romano, A Padovani, L Rozzini, A Cagnin, F Fragiacomo, G Desideri, E Liberatore, A Bruni, G Orsitto, M Franco, L Bonfrate, M Bonetto, N Pizio, G Magnani, G Cecchetti, A Longo, V Bubba, L Marinan, M Cotelli, M Turla, M Brunori, M Sessa, L Abruzzi, G Castoldi, D LoVetere, C Musacchio, M Novello, A Cavarape, A Bini, A Leonardi, F Seneci, W Grimaldi, F Fimognari, V Bambara, A Saitta, F Corica, M Braga, E Ettorre, C Camellini, A Marengoni, A Bruni, A Crescenzo, G Noro, R Turco, M Ponzetto, L Giuseppe, B Mazzei, G Maiuri, D Costaggiu, R Damato, E Fabbro, G Patrizia, L Santuari, M Gallucci, C Minaglia, M Paragona, P Bini, D Modica, C Abati, M Clerici, I Barbera, F NigroImperiale, A Manni, C Votino, C Castiglioni, M Di, M Degl'Innocenti, G Moscatelli, S Guerini, C Casini, D Dini, S DeNotariis, F Bonometti, C Paolillo, A Riccardi, A Tiozzo, A SamySalamaFahmy, A Riccardi, C Paolillo, M DiBari, S Vanni, A Scarpa, D Zara, P Ranieri, P Calogero, G Corvalli, D Pezzoni, S Gentile, A Morandi, C Platto, V D'Ambrosio, B Faraci, C Ivaldi, P Milia, F DeSalvo, C Solaro, M Strazzacappa, M Bo, A Panico, M Cazzadori, S Confente, M Bonetto, G Magnani, G Cecchetti, V Guerini, B Bernardini, C Corsini, S Boffelli, A Filippi, K Delpin, E Bertoletti, M Vannucci, F Tesi, P Crippa, A Malighetti, C Caltagirone, S DiSant, D Bettini, F Maltese, M Formilan, G Abruzzese, C Minaglia, D Cosimo, M Azzini, M Cazzadori, M Colombo, G Procino, S Fascendini, F Barocco, P Del, F D'Amico, A Grippa, A Mazzone, E Riva, D Dell'Acqua, M Cottino, G Vezzadini, S Avanzi, S Orini, F Sgrilli, A Mello, L Lombardi, E Muti, B Dijk, S Fenu, C Pes, P Gareri, A Castagna, M Passamonte, F De, R Rigo, L Locusta, L Caser, G Rosso, S Cesarini, R Cozzi, C Santini, P Carbone, I Cazzaniga, R Lovati, A Cantoni, P Ranzani, D Barra, G Pompilio, S Dimori, S Cernesi, C Riccò, F Piazzolla, E Capittini, C Rota, F Gottardi, L Merla, A Barelli, A Millul, G De, G Morrone, M Bigolari, C Minaglia, M Macchi, F Zambon, F D'Amico, F D'Amico, C Pizzorni, G DiCasaleto, G Menculini, M Marcacci, G Catanese, D Sprini, T DiCasalet, M Bocci, S Borga, P Caironi, C Cat, E Cingolani, L Avalli, G Greco, G Citerio, L Gandini, G Cornara, R Lerda, L Brazzi, F Simeone, M Caciorgna, D Alampi, S Francesconi, E Beck, B Antonini, K Vettoretto, M Meggiolaro, E Garofalo, A Bruni, S Notaro, R Varutti, F Bassi, G Mistraletti, A Marino, R Rona, E Rondelli, I Riva, A Scapigliati, A Cortegiani, F Vitale, L Pistidda, R D'Andrea, L Querci, P Gnesin, M Todeschini, M Lugano, G Castelli, M Ortolani, A Cotoia, S Maggiore, L DiTizio, R Graziani, I Testa, E Ferretti, C Castioni, F Lombardi, R Caserta, M Pasqua, S Simoncini, F Baccarini, M Rispoli, F Grossi, L Cancelliere, M Carnelli, F Puccini, G Biancofiore, A Siniscalchi, C Laici, E Mossello, M Torrini, G Pasetti, S Palmese, R Oggioni, V Mangani, S Pini, M Martelli, E Rigo, F Zuccalà, A Cherri, R Spina, I Calamai, N Petrucci, A Caicedo, F Ferri, P Gritti, N Brienza, R Fonnesu, M Dessena, G Fullin, D Saggioro
Subjects: Male, Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, Sarcopenia, medicine.medical_treatment, Socio-culturale, Older person, Logistic regression, Delirium, Older persons, Sarcopenia, Internal medicine, mental disorders, Delirium, Older persons, medicine, Dementia, Humans, LS4_4, Muscle, Skeletal, Pathological, Aged, Rehabilitation, business.industry, Area under the curve, Settore MED/23 - Chirurgia Cardiaca, Skeletal, medicine.disease, Skeletal muscle mass, Cross-Sectional Studies, Italy, Muscle, Female, Geriatrics and Gerontology, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: Introduction Delirium and sarcopenia are common, although underdiagnosed, geriatric syndromes. Several pathological mechanisms can link delirium and low skeletal muscle mass, but few studies have investigated their association. We aimed to investigate (1) the association between delirium and low skeletal muscle mass and (2) the possible role of calf circumference mass in finding cases with delirium. Methods The analyses were conducted employing the cross-sectional “Delirium Day” initiative, on patient 65 years and older admitted to acute hospital medical wards, emergency departments, rehabilitation wards, nursing homes and hospices in Italy in 2017. Delirium was diagnosed as a 4 + score at the 4-AT scale. Low skeletal muscle mass was operationally defined as calf circumference ≤ 34 cm in males and ≤ 33 cm in females. Logistic regression models were used to investigate the association between low skeletal muscle mass and delirium. The discriminative ability of calf circumference was evaluated using non-parametric ROC analyses. Results A sample of 1675 patients was analyzed. In total, 73.6% of participants had low skeletal muscle mass and 24.1% exhibited delirium. Low skeletal muscle mass and delirium showed an independent association (OR: 1.50; 95% CI 1.09–2.08). In the subsample of patients without a diagnosis of dementia, the inclusion of calf circumference in a model based on age and sex significantly improved its discriminative accuracy [area under the curve (AUC) 0.69 vs 0.57, p Discussion and conclusion Low muscle mass is independently associated with delirium. In patients without a previous diagnosis of dementia, calf circumference may help to better identify those who develop delirium.
Published: 2022

6. A Retrospective Study on the Benefits of Combined Citicoline, Memantine, and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitor Treatments in Older Patients Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease

Author: Roberto Lacava, Giovanni Ruotolo, Ciro Manzo, Andrea Fabbo, Carmen Ruberto, and Alberto Castagna
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cytidine Diphosphate Choline, Combination therapy, medicine.drug_class, Alzheimer Disease, Memantine, Internal medicine, Galantamine, medicine, Humans, Dementia, Donepezil, Nootropic Agents, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, Rivastigmine, business.industry, General Neuroscience, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, Case-Control Studies, Female, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, Citicoline, medicine.drug
Abstract: Background: Background: Citicoline has been proven to have beneficial effects in patients with cognitive impairment. In previous studies, combined treatment with memantine and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEIs) maintained cognitive function in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) better than memantine or AChEIs alone. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of a combination therapy of oral citicoline, memantine, and an AChEI in AD when compared with memantine and an AChEI without citicoline. Methods: This was a retrospective multi-centric case-control study, conducted in Italian Centers for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. Overall, 170 patients were recruited (34.11%of men, mean age 76,81±4.93 years): 48.8%treated with memantine and donepezil; 48.2%with memantine and rivastigmine; 2.9%with memantine and galantamine. 89 patients (control-group) were treated with memantine and an AChEI, whereas 81 patients (case-group) were treated with oral citicoline 1000 mg/day added to memantine and an AChEI given orally. Cognitive functions, activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, comorbidities, mood and behavioral disturbances were assessed at baseline, month 6, and month 12. Results: In the case group, MMSE score had a statistically significant increasing trend between T0 and T2 (14.88±2.95 versus 15.09±3.00; p = 0.040), whereas in the control group, MMSE score showed a statistically significant decrease trend (14.37±2.63 versus 14.03±2.92 p = 0.024). Conclusion: In older patients with AD, a triple therapy with citicoline, memantine, and AChEI was more effective than memantine and AChEI without citicoline in maintaining the MMSE total score after 12 months.
Published: 2021
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7. The CITIMERIVA Study: CITIcoline plus MEmantina plus RIVAstigmine in Older Patients Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease

Author: Andrea Fabbo, Ciro Manzo, Roberto Lacava, Alberto Castagna, Giovanni Ruotolo, and Carmen Ruberto
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cytidine Diphosphate Choline, Rivastigmine, Comorbidity, Cognition, Alzheimer Disease, Memantine, Internal medicine, Activities of Daily Living, mental disorders, medicine, Humans, Dementia, Pharmacology (medical), Adverse effect, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, Mini–Mental State Examination, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Italy, Case-Control Studies, Female, Geriatric Depression Scale, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, business, human activities, Citicoline, medicine.drug
Abstract: Combined therapy of memantine or acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, with cholinergic precursors such as citicoline, can be effective in Alzheimer’s disease. Indeed, they are able to increase the intrasynaptic levels of acetylcholine more than the single drug. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral citicoline plus memantine plus rivastigmine in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. This was a multi-centric, retrospective case-control study conducted in Italian Centers for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia on consecutive patients aged 65 years or older affected with Alzheimer’s disease. Overall, 104 patients were recruited (27% male, mean age 76.04 ± 4.92 years); 41 (39.42%) treated with citicolin 1000 mg/day given orally + memantine + rivastigmine (Cases) and 63 (60.58%) treated with memantine + rivastigmine (Controls). At baseline (T0), month 6 (T1) and month 12 (T2), cognitive functions were assessed by the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), functional dependence by basal Activities (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), comorbidity by the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS), mood by the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and behavioural disturbances by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Adverse events were reported during the study. The difference in MMSE score was not significant when comparing the two groups at T0, T1 or T2. However, in the case group, the MMSE total score showed a statistically significant difference at T0 versus T1 (13.63 ± 2.46 vs. 14.17 ± 2.24; p = 0.008), and at T0 versus T2 (13.63 ± 2.46 vs. 14.32 ± 2.53; p = 0.002). In the control group, no statistical differences were found at baseline (T0), T1 and T2. ADL, IADL, GDS and NPI total score did not improve during the study in either the case or the control group. In our study we observed absence of a statistically significant difference between case and control groups for the MMSE total scores. However, in the case group in the MMSE total scores, there was a statistically significant increase between the baseline and the end of the study.
Published: 2021
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8. Italian translation and validation of fatigue symptoms and impacts questionnaire in relapsing multiple sclerosis (FSIQ-RMS)

Author: Ilaria Ruotolo, Giovanni Sellitto, Antonio Ianniello, Nikolaos Petsas, Letizia Castelli, Giovanni Galeoto, Anna Berardi, Valeria Barletta, Antonella Conte, and Carlo Pozzilli
Subjects: Adult, Male, Fatigue, FSIQ-RMS, FSS, Italian validation, Multiple sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Adolescent, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Dermatology, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Young Adult, Psychiatry and Mental health, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Female, Neurology (clinical), Aged
Abstract: Fatigue is a disabling symptom of multiple sclerosis (MS) and impacts on daily life. The Fatigue Symptoms and Impacts Questionnaire-Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis (FSIQ-RMS) is a new 20-item tool that investigates the aspects of fatigue in MS. It concerns motor, cognitive, social, and emotional aspects of fatigue. We aim at validating the Italian version of FSIQ-RMS in an Italian population of MS patients and demonstrate its reliability and construct validity.We included patients with diagnosis of MS, age between 18 and 70 years with ability to participate in a 90-min interview. Each patient completed the Italian version of FSIQ-RMS and Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) at the same time. Construct validity was explored by the exploratory factor analysis; reliability was assessed with Cronbach's alpha; and test-retest stability was examined through intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). Concurrent validity was calculated using Pearson's correlation.We enrolled 171 patients (126 female and 45 male), 83% with relapsing MS (RMS), and 17% with secondary progressive MS (SPMS). Italian FSIQ-RMS showed a Cronbach's alpha of 0.92; ICC was 0.96. Pearson's correlation coefficient between FSIQ-RMS and FSS total score was statistically significant (p 0.01); FSIQ-RMS inversely correlated also with BMI and positively with EDSS.The Italian version of FSIQ-RMS has excellent psychometric properties and can be used in research and clinical setting to evaluate physical, cognitive, and social fatigue in both RMS and SPMS.
Published: 2022

9. Evacetrapib and Cardiovascular Outcomes in High-Risk Vascular Disease

Author: Lincoff, A. Michael, Nicholls, Stephen J., Riesmeyer, Jeffrey S., Barter, Philip J., Brewer, H. Bryan, Fox, Keith A. A., Gibson, C. Michael, Granger, Christopher, Menon, Venu, Montalescot, Gilles, Rader, Daniel, Tall, Alan R., McErlean, Ellen, Wolski, Kathy, Ruotolo, Giacomo, Vangerow, Burkhard, Weerakkody, Govinda, Goodman, Shaun G., Conde, Diego, McGuire, Darren K., Nicolau, Jose C., Leiva-Pons, Jose L., Pesant, Yves, Li, Weimin, Kandath, David, Kouz, Simon, Tahirkheli, Naeem, Mason, Denise, Nissen, Steven E. Del Valle M, Finnell JB, Standley J, Poi K, Croaning J, Tong YC, Guerra JL, Guasparini G, Hubert C, Ardissino D, Betteridge J, Borghi C, Bruckert E, Chiang CE, Cinteza M, Dalby AJ, Erlinge D, Fernandez-Ortiz A, Ge J, Gottlieb S, Goudev A, Gratsiansky N, Huber K, Ilavská A, Jeong MH, Jukema JW, Katus H, Keltai M, Krum H, Nielsen H, Ogawa H, Ongen Z, Parkhomenko A, Raugaliene R, Renkin J, Rynkiewicz A, Steinhubl S, White H, Widimsky P, Zhu J, Armstrong P, Ridker P, Mahaffey K, Steg G, Wittes J, Bhargava A, Chenier M, Coleman C, Cremer P, Jellis C, Lahoud R, Lappe J, Min D, Monteleone P, Newton D, Stegman B, Senn T, Katzan I, Sharma J, Uchino K, Vora N, Brown K, Fabec D, Piper P, Preston S, Colombo T, Pagel-Langenickel I, Penev P, Maixing A, Crowley K, Sarkar S, Torosyan N, Castano L, Tran D, Dena V, Blain L, Keenan G, Slade K, Quinlan E, Edwards R, Ren H, Glenny J, Maffei L, Albisu Di Gennaro J, Caccavo A, Prado A, Colombo H, Luquez H, Lobo Marquez L, Hammett C, Blombery P, Colquhoun D, Amerena J, Howes L, Cooke D, Simpson R, Horowitz J, Sullivan D, Proietto J, Yeo W, Hirschl M, Hanusch U, Drexel H, Brodmann M, Wollaert B, De Wolf L, Delforge M, Vanwelden J, Peeters A, Siqueira Bodart J, Montenegro R, Franken M, Eliaschewitz F, Parvanova Z, Raev D, Mincheva V, Kichukov K, Stoyanov M, Apostolova E, Tzekova M, Dimov B, Lazov P, Devedzhiev T, Dion D, Poirier P, Lavoie JP, Lonn E, Shukla D, Chehayeb R, Nault P, Gaudet D, Tardif JC, Beaudry Y, Bakbak A, Wong B, St-Maurice F, Labonte R, Polasek P, Sweet M, Bhargava R, Nawaz S, Pandey S, Tishler S, Peterson S, O’Keefe D, Genest J, Syan R, Leiter L, Li H, Ma W, Ma C, Xu D, Li X, Hala T, Machova V, Smejkalova O, Vodnansky P, Reichert P, Velimsky T, Matuska J, Machkova M, Jerabek O, Kuchar J, Rasmussen T, Lindgren L, Alexandersen P, Bang L, Brønnum-Schou J, Valter I, Soots M, Lanno R, Rosenthal S, Cottin Y, Elbaz M, Lafitte S, Silvain J, Coste P, Rangé G, Gosse P, Morel O, Berrouschot J, Bourhaial H, Toursarkissian N, Appel KF, Rieker W, Stellbrink C, Münzel T, Geisler T, Kadel C, Giannitsis E, Trenk D, vom Dahl J, Dorsel T, Singer O, Schäufele T, Natour M, Ozaki R, Lau E, Chan K, Yeung V, Yu C, Lakatos F, Zólyomi S, Vangel S, Merkely B, Szakal I, Sipos A, Laszloczky A, Kis E, Szocs A, Szántai G, Faludi P, Kancz S, Oroszlan T, Hamoud S, Francis A, Chorin E, Leibowitz D, Kracoff O, Weisz G, Schiff E, Bitzur R, Hussein O, Di Lorenzo L, Visona A, Mos L, De Luca G, Salvioni A, Rubba P, Imberti D, Bucci M, Saku K, Sueyoshi A, Ohshima K, Kazatani Y, Shimizu M, Fujii K, Higa N, Kawamitsu K, Shimomura H, Hoshizaki H, Tashiro H, Baden M, Ueda O, Tanabe J, Momiyama Y, Hosokawa S, Takahashi N, Kimura K, Fujinaga H, Masutani M, Kuramochi T, Higashikata T, Ichikawa S, Yamagishi M, Sakota S, Sakuragi S, Suzuki M, Taguchi S, Nakamura T, Ozaki Y, Tsujita K, Yasuda S, Ando K, Fujimoto K, Tanabe K, Fukunaga M, Kavaliauskiene R, Motiejuniene L, Slapikas R, Jarasuniene D, De los Rios Ibarra M, Alcocer Gamba M, Nevarez Ruiz L, Fajardo-Campos P, Llamas Esperon G, Violante Ortiz R, Stobschinski de Alba C, Guizar Sanchez C, Guerra Lopez A, Montano E, Miracle S, Fanghanel G, Lenderink T, Troquay R, Van Leendert R, van Eck J, Hamer B, Ronner E, Karalis I, Lok D, Magro M, Westendorp I, Stroes E, De Melker E, Verhave G, Plomp J, Bronzwaer P, Wiersma J, Kooy A, Herrman JP, Imholz B, de Groot M, Devlin G, Elliott J, Benatar J, Harding S, Hart H, Young C, Mirek-Bryniarska E, Gniot J, Broncel M, Kozina M, Kus W, Sciborski R, Lesnik J, Kawka-Urbanek T, Krzyzanowski M, Okopien B, Wierzbicka K, Dyczek A, Ochean V, Copaci I, Matei C, Pruna C, Constantinescu M, Minescu B, Stamate C, Boldueva S, Markov V, Alexeeva N, Chizhov P, Supryadkina T, Petrochenkova N, Zrazhevsky K, Barbarash O, Gurevich V, Hranai M, Gergel V, Dzupina A, Uhliar R, Vinanska D, Fazekas F, Bugan W, Saaiman J, Nortje H, Theron H, Bernhardi D, Ramlachan P, Van-Zyl L, Basson M, Venter T, Kim D, Han S, Park G, Hwang K, Rhee M, Cho B, Jeong J, Hong B, Chang 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Gosse, P, Morel, O, Berrouschot, J, Bourhaial, H, Toursarkissian, N, Appel, Kf, Rieker, W, Stellbrink, C, Münzel, T, Geisler, T, Kadel, C, Giannitsis, E, Trenk, D, vom Dahl, J, Dorsel, T, Singer, O, Schäufele, T, Natour, M, Ozaki, R, Lau, E, Chan, K, Yeung, V, Yu, C, Lakatos, F, Zólyomi, S, Vangel, S, Merkely, B, Szakal, I, Sipos, A, Laszloczky, A, Kis, E, Szocs, A, Szántai, G, Faludi, P, Kancz, S, Oroszlan, T, Hamoud, S, Francis, A, Chorin, E, Leibowitz, D, Kracoff, O, Weisz, G, Schiff, E, Bitzur, R, Hussein, O, Di Lorenzo, L, Visona, A, Mos, L, De Luca, G, Salvioni, A, Rubba, P, Imberti, D, Bucci, M, Saku, K, Sueyoshi, A, Ohshima, K, Kazatani, Y, Shimizu, M, Fujii, K, Higa, N, Kawamitsu, K, Shimomura, H, Hoshizaki, H, Tashiro, H, Baden, M, Ueda, O, Tanabe, J, Momiyama, Y, Hosokawa, S, Takahashi, N, Kimura, K, Fujinaga, H, Masutani, M, Kuramochi, T, Higashikata, T, Ichikawa, S, Yamagishi, M, Sakota, S, Sakuragi, S, Suzuki, M, Taguchi, S, Nakamura, T, Ozaki, Y, Tsujita, K, Yasuda, S, Ando, K, Fujimoto, K, Tanabe, K, Fukunaga, M, Kavaliauskiene, R, Motiejuniene, L, Slapikas, R, Jarasuniene, D, De los Rios Ibarra, M, Alcocer Gamba, M, Nevarez Ruiz, L, Fajardo-Campos, P, Llamas Esperon, G, Violante Ortiz, R, Stobschinski de Alba, C, Guizar Sanchez, C, Guerra Lopez, A, Montano, E, Miracle, S, Fanghanel, G, Lenderink, T, Troquay, R, Van Leendert, R, van Eck, J, Hamer, B, Ronner, E, Karalis, I, Lok, D, Magro, M, Westendorp, I, Stroes, E, De Melker, E, Verhave, G, Plomp, J, Bronzwaer, P, Wiersma, J, Kooy, A, Herrman, Jp, Imholz, B, de Groot, M, Devlin, G, Elliott, J, Benatar, J, Harding, S, Hart, H, C, Young, Mirek-Bryniarska, E, Gniot, J, Broncel, M, Kozina, M, Kus, W, Sciborski, R, Lesnik, J, Kawka-Urbanek, T, Krzyzanowski, M, Okopien, B, Wierzbicka, K, Dyczek, A, Ochean, V, Copaci, I, Matei, C, Pruna, C, Constantinescu, M, Minescu, B, Stamate, C, Boldueva, S, Markov, V, Alexeeva, N, Chizhov, P, Supryadkina, T, Petrochenkova, N, Zrazhevsky, K, Barbarash, O, Gurevich, V, Hranai, M, Gergel, V, Dzupina, A, Uhliar, R, Vinanska, D, Fazekas, F, Bugan, W, Saaiman, J, Nortje, H, Theron, H, Bernhardi, D, Ramlachan, P, Van-Zyl, L, Basson, M, Venter, T, Kim, D, Han, S, Park, G, Hwang, K, Rhee, M, Cho, B, Jeong, J, Hong, B, Chang, K, Garcia Puig, J, Fuentes Jiménez, F, Nieto Iglesias LJ, Pintó Sala, X, Gamez, Jm, Sánchez Álvarez, J, Hernandez García JM, Olsson, A, Mooe, T, Tengmark, Bo, Lindholm, Cj, Hansen, O, Tyden, P, Moccetti, T, Binder, R, Ueng, K, Lai, W, Shyu, K, Hsieh, I, Sheu, W, Chen, J, Altunkeser, B, Erkan, A, Karpenko, O, Kaydashev, I, Yagensky, A, Kovalenko, V, Brunskill, J, Barr, C, Cecil, J, Cahill, T, A Gorog D, Bakhai, A, Coulson, W, Gorog, D, Loftus, I, Haddad, T, Hotchkiss, D, Isserman, S, Janik, M, Weinstein, D, Wilson, S, Butman, S, Hearne, S, Khan, F, Nadar, V, Zelman, R, R, Benton, E, Flore, Kahn, B, Soni, A, Asbill, B, Singal, D, Dy, J, Foucauld, J, Crenshaw, B, Rogers, W, Aslam, A, Lieber, I, Shah, P, Durr, S, Spencer, R, Mahal, S, Cheng, S, Abadier, R, Gilmore, R, Staniloae, C, Miller, G, Seals, A, Jetty, P, Mathis, C, Henry, S, Murray, A, Felten, W, Navas, J, Gudipati, R, Singh, N, West, S, Sabatino, K, Crater, T, Amin, J, Dosh, K, Earl, J, Z Jafar M, Gelernt, M, Kutner, M, J, Salazar, Krantzler, J, El-Ahdab, F, Lader, E, Zakhary, B, Miller, S, Madder, R, Khan, T, Khan, M, Collis, W, Evans, J, Prodafikas, J, Panchal, V, Cohen, K, Weiss, R, Dietrich, D, Vogel, C, Mascarenhas, V, Seaworth, J, Teklinski, A, Davalos, J, Dehning, M, Herzog, W, Snyder, H, Talano, J, Donahoe, S, Hunter, J, Sandoval, J, Batchelor, W, Brautigam, D, Moriarty, K, Siachos, A, Kereiakes, D, Traboulssi, M, Arif, I, Kosinski, E, Quadrel, M, Dehart, D, Miller, M, Poock, J, Loh, I, van Cleeff, M, Georgeson, S, Suryanarayana, P, Cohn, J, Schmedtje, J, Lamas, G, Desantis, J, Stahl, L, Prashad, R, Schuchard, T, Schramm, E, Rao, V, Deen, C, Soufer, J, Gurbel, P, Vazquez-Tanus, J, Srivastava, S, Ballantyne, C, Lotun, K, Younis, L, Gupta, D, Yeoman, G, Zebrack, J, Knutson, T, Whitaker, J, Appel, M, Koren, M, Muneer, B, Fairlamb, J, Aviles, R, Kozlowski, L, Rees, A, Stephens, M, Mays, M, Downey, H, Almassi, H, Peichert, D, Rocco, M, French, W, Bhatia, P, Hoch, J, Peart, B, Carmichael, P, Acheatel, R, Vo, A, Kirtane, A, Bhagwat, R, Gilchrist, I, Labroo, A, Pollock, S, Bacon, J, Karunaratne, H, Moursi, M, Doshi, A, Sethi, P, Treasure, C, Marple, R, Goodwin, T, Zayas-Torres, C, Loussararian, A, Korn, D, Paster, R, Albirini, A, Moretto, T, Guarnieri, T, White, L, Kramer, J, Shortal, B, Maynard, K, Raikhel, M, Rohatgi, A, Melucci, M, Masri, B, Krichmar, P, Morris, F, Canto, J, Wali, A, Comerota, A, Ellison, W, Degregorio, M, Chandrika Parameswaran, A, Goldscher, D, George, W, Mulkay, A, Maynard, R, Ziada, K, Strain, J, Hermiller, J, Ennis, B, Desai, V, Al-Joundi, B, Azocar, J, Claudio, J, Perez Vargas, E, Loy, J, Albert, M, Chandler, G, Maislos, F, Graf, R, Rama, P, Studeny, M, Gimple, L, Pytlewski, G, Simon, H, Islam, A, Dillon, W, Shah, S, Geohas, C., Lincoff, A. Michael, Nicholls, Stephen J., Riesmeyer, Jeffrey S., Barter, Philip J., Brewer, H. Bryan, Fox, Keith A. A., Gibson, C. Michael, Granger, Christopher, Menon, Venu, Montalescot, Gille, Rader, Daniel, Tall, Alan R., Mcerlean, Ellen, Wolski, Kathy, Ruotolo, Giacomo, Vangerow, Burkhard, Weerakkody, Govinda, Goodman, Shaun G., Conde, Diego, Mcguire, Darren K., Nicolau, Jose C., Leiva-Pons, Jose L., Pesant, Yve, Li, Weimin, Kandath, David, Kouz, Simon, Tahirkheli, Naeem, Mason, Denise, Nissen, Steven E., Del Valle M, Young, C, Nieto Iglesias, Lj, Hernandez García, Jm, A Gorog, D, Benton, R, Flores, E, Z Jafar, M, and Salazar, J
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Cardiovascular Outcome, Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein, Myocardial Ischemia, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Coronary artery disease, cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor, Benzodiazepines, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Anticholesteremic Agent, Intracranial Arteriosclerosi, Treatment Failure, Evacetrapib, Peripheral Vascular Diseases, Benzodiazepine, biology, Medicine (all), Anticholesteremic Agents, Diabetes Mellitu, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Intracranial Arteriosclerosis, High-Risk Vascular Disease, Editorial, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiology, Female, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Human, Risk, medicine.medical_specialty, Acute coronary syndrome, 03 medical and health sciences, Double-Blind Method, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Cholesterylester transfer protein, Diabetes Mellitus, Journal Article, medicine, Humans, Aged, Cholesterol, Vascular disease, business.industry, Cholesterol, HDL, Biomarker, Cholesterol, LDL, medicine.disease, Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins, Surgery, 030104 developmental biology, Peripheral Vascular Disease, chemistry, biology.protein, business, Biomarkers, Lipoprotein
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor evacetrapib substantially raises the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level, reduces the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol level, and enhances cellular cholesterol efflux capacity. We sought to determine the effect of evacetrapib on major adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with high-risk vascular disease. METHODS: In a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial, we enrolled 12,092 patients who had at least one of the following conditions: an acute coronary syndrome within the previous 30 to 365 days, cerebrovascular atherosclerotic disease, peripheral vascular arterial disease, or diabetes mellitus with coronary artery disease. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either evacetrapib at a dose of 130 mg or matching placebo, administered daily, in addition to standard medical therapy. The primary efficacy end point was the first occurrence of any component of the composite of death from cardiovascular causes, myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary revascularization, or hospitalization for unstable angina. RESULTS: At 3 months, a 31.1% decrease in the mean LDL cholesterol level was observed with evacetrapib versus a 6.0% increase with placebo, and a 133.2% increase in the mean HDL cholesterol level was seen with evacetrapib versus a 1.6% increase with placebo. After 1363 of the planned 1670 primary end-point events had occurred, the data and safety monitoring board recommended that the trial be terminated early because of a lack of efficacy. After a median of 26 months of evacetrapib or placebo, a primary end-point event occurred in 12.9% of the patients in the evacetrapib group and in 12.8% of those in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 1.01; 95% confidence interval, 0.91 to 1.11; P=0.91). CONCLUSIONS: Although the cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor evacetrapib had favorable effects on established lipid biomarkers, treatment with evacetrapib did not result in a lower rate of cardiovascular events than placebo among patients with high-risk vascular disease. (Funded by Eli Lilly; ACCELERATE ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01687998 .).
Published: 2017
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10. A cross-sectional study evaluating hospitalization rates for chronic limb-threatening ischemia during the COVID-19 outbreak in Campania, Italy

Author: Ilaria Ficarelli, Luigi Salemme, Rosario Mancusi, Eugenio Stabile, Loris Flora, Raffaele Pio Ammollo, Emilio Soreca, Daniela Viola, Paolo Sangiuolo, Enrico Cappello, Giovanni Esposito, Giovanni Cioffi, Raffaella Niola, Gennaro Vigliotti, Danilo Barbarisi, Angelo Cioppa, Umberto Bracale, Eugenio Laurenzano, Mario De Laurentis, Alfonsina M Corbisiero, Eugenio Martelli, Giancarlo Accarino, Carlo Ruotolo, Claudio Molino, Giampaolo Amabile, Gianpaolo Santini, Alessandro Luongo, Antonio D'angelo, Bruno Villari, Giuseppe Sarti, Adolfo Crinisio, Gianluca Cangiano, Pietro Landino, Claudia De Gregorio, Fernando Petrosino, Raffaele Piccolo, Davide Razzano, Michele Franzese, Stabile, E., Piccolo, R., Franzese, M., Accarino, G., Bracale, U. M., Cappello, E., Cioffi, G., Cioppa, A., Crinisio, A., Flora, L., Landino, P., Martelli, E., Mancusi, R., Niola, R., Petrosino, F., Razzano, D., Ruotolo, C., Salemme, L., Sangiuolo, P., Santini, G., Soreca, E., Vigliotti, G., Villari, B., Amabile, G., Ammollo, R. P., Barbarisi, D., Corbisiero, A. M., D'Angelo, A., Cangiano, G., De Gregorio, C., De Laurentis, M., Laurenzano, E., Ficarelli, I., Luongo, A., Molino, C., Sarti, G., Viola, D., and Esposito, G.
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Cross-sectional study, medicine.medical_treatment, Ischemia, cross-sectional studies, ischemia, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Rate ratio, Revascularization, COVID-19, chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), peripheral artery disease (PAD), adult, aged, aged, 80 and over, chronic disease, extremities, female, hospitalization, humans, italy, male, middle aged, peripheral arterial disease, retrospective studies, risk factors, SARS-CoV-2, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, 80 and over, 030212 general & internal medicine, Peripheral artery disease (PAD), Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Outbreak, Original Articles, medicine.disease, Amputation, Population study, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business
Abstract: The expansion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prompted measures of disease containment by the Italian government with a national lockdown on March 9, 2020. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the rate of hospitalization and mode of in-hospital treatment of patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) before and during lockdown in the Campania region of Italy. The study population includes all patients with CLTI hospitalized in Campania over a 10-week period: 5 weeks before and 5 weeks during lockdown ( n = 453). Patients were treated medically and/or underwent urgent revascularization and/or major amputation of the lower extremities. Mean age was 69.2 ± 10.6 years and 27.6% of the patients were women. During hospitalization, 21.9% of patients were treated medically, 78.1% underwent revascularization, and 17.4% required amputations. In the weeks during the lockdown, a reduced rate of hospitalization for CLTI was observed compared with the weeks before lockdown (25 vs 74/100,000 inhabitants/year; incidence rate ratio: 0.34, 95% CI 0.32–0.37). This effect persisted to the end of the study period. An increased amputation rate in the weeks during lockdown was observed (29.3% vs 13.4%; p < 0.001). This study reports a reduced rate of CLTI-related hospitalization and an increased in-hospital amputation rate during lockdown in Campania. Ensuring appropriate treatment for patients with CLTI should be prioritized, even during disease containment measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic or other similar conditions.
Published: 2021

11. The multidimensional prognostic index (MPI) for the prognostic stratification of older inpatients with COVID-19: A multicenter prospective observational cohort study

Author: Pilotto, A., Azzini, M., Cella, A., Cenderello, G., Castagna, A., Custureri, R., Dini, S., Farinella, S. T., Ruotolo, G., Padovani, A., Custodero, C., Veronese, N., Italian Geriatric Society Hospital and Community (SIGOT) Study Group, Pilotto, A., Azzini, M., Cella, A., Cenderello, G., Castagna, A., Custureri, R., Dini, S., Farinella, S.T., Ruotolo, G., Padovani, A., Custodero, C., Veronese, N., and Italian Geriatric Society Hospital and Community (SIGOT) Study Group
Subjects: Comprehensive geriatric assessment, COVID-19, Frailty, Intensive care unit, Mortality, Multidimensional prognostic index, Prognosis, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Geriatric Assessment, Humans, Italy, Male, Prospective Studies, SARS-CoV-2, Inpatients, Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, Health (social science), Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), intensive care unit, Article, Prognostic stratification, law.invention, COVID-19, Multidimensional prognostic index, Mortality, Intensive care unit, Prognosis, Frailty, Comprehensive geriatric assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, law, 80 and over, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective cohort study, 030214 geriatrics, business.industry, Hazard ratio, Area under the curve, mortality, multidimensional prognostic index, Confidence interval, Emergency medicine, prognosis, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, Gerontology, Cohort study
Abstract: Background: The topic of prognosis in COVID-19 research may be important in adopting appropriate clinical decisions. Multidimensional prognostic index (MPI) is a frailty assessment tool widely used for stratifying prognosis in older people, but data regarding inpatients, affected by COVID-19, are not available. Objectives: To evaluate whether MPI can predict in-hospital mortality and the admission to intensive care unit (ICU) in older inpatients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection. Methods: In this longitudinal, Italian, multi-center study, older patients with COVID-19 were included. MPI was calculated using eight different domains typical of comprehensive geriatric assessment and categorized in three groups (MPI 1 ≤ 0.33, MPI 2 0.34–0.66, MPI 3 > 0.66). A multivariable Cox's regression analysis was used reporting the results as hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: 227 older patients hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infection were enrolled (mean age: 80.5 years, 59% females). Inpatients in the MPI 3 were subjected less frequently than those in the MPI 1 to non-invasive ventilation (NIV). In the multivariable analysis, people in MPI 3 experienced a higher risk of in hospital mortality (HR = 6.30, 95%CI: 1.44–27.61), compared to MPI 1. The accuracy of MPI in predicting in hospital mortality was good (Area Under the Curve (AUC) = 0.76, 95%CI: 0.68–0.83). People in MPI 3 experienced a significant longer length of stay (LOS) in hospital compared to other participants. No association between MPI and ICU admission was found. Conclusions: Frailty- as assessed by high MPI score - was associated with a significant higher risk of in-hospital mortality, longer LOS, and lower use NIV, whilst the association with ICU admission was not significant. These findings suggest that prognostic stratification by using the MPI could be useful in clinical decision making in older inpatients affected by COVID-19. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.
Published: 2021

12. Allocentric coordinate spatial representations are impaired in aMCI and Alzheimer's disease patients

Author: Tina Iachini, Gennaro Ruggiero, Francesco Ruotolo, Alessandro Iavarone, Ruggiero, Gennaro, Ruotolo, Francesco, Iavarone, Alessandro, and Iachini, Tina
Subjects: Male, Disease, Frame of reference, 03 medical and health sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience, Judgment, 0302 clinical medicine, Spatial Processing, Alzheimer Disease, medicine, Dementia, Elderly people, Humans, Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive impairment, Categorical variable, 030304 developmental biology, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, 0303 health sciences, Cognition, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Spatial relation, Female, Amnesia, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Cognitive psychology
Abstract: Research has reported deficits in egocentric (subject-to-object) and mainly allocentric (object-to-object) spatial representations in the early stages of the Alzheimer’s disease (eAD). To identify early cognitive signs of neurodegenerative conversion, several studies have shown alterations in both reference frames, especially the allocentric ones in amnestic-Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI) and eAD patients. However, egocentric and allocentric spatial frames of reference are intrinsically connected with coordinate (metric/variant) and categorical (non-metric/invariant) spatial relations. This raises the question of whether allocentric deficit found to detect the conversion from aMCI to dementia is differently affected when combined with categorical or coordinate spatial relations. Here, we compared eAD and aMCI patients to Normal Controls (NC) on the Ego-Allo/Cat-Coor spatial memory task. Participants memorized triad of objects and then were asked to provide right/left (i.e. categorical) and distance based (i.e. coordinate) judgments according to an egocentric or allocentric reference frame. Results showed a selective deficit of coordinate, but not categorical, allocentric judgments in both aMCI and eAD patients as compared to NC group. These results suggest that a sign of the departure from normal/healthy aging towards the AD may be traced in elderly people’s inability to represent and compared distances among elements in the space.
Published: 2020

13. Putting emotions in routes: the influence of emotionally laden landmarks on spatial memory

Author: Francesco Ruotolo, M H G Claessen, I. J. M. van der Ham, Ruotolo, F., Claessen, M. H. G., and van der Ham, I. J. M.
Subjects: Male, Emotions, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Anxiety, 050105 experimental psychology, Memorization, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Cognition, 0302 clinical medicine, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Developmental and Educational Psychology, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Spatial analysis, Spatial Memory, Emotion, 05 social sciences, Space perception, General Medicine, Spatial cognition, Affect, Space Perception, Female, Psychology, Photic Stimulation, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Human, Cognitive psychology
Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess how people memorize spatial information of emotionally laden landmarks along a route and if the emotional value of the landmarks affects the way metric and configurational properties of the route itself are represented. Three groups of participants were asked to watch a movie of a virtual walk along a route. The route could contain positive, negative, or neutral landmarks. Afterwards, participants were asked to: (a) recognize the landmarks; (b) imagine to walk distances between landmarks; (c) indicate the position of the landmarks along the route; (d) judge the length of the route; (e) draw the route. Results showed that participants who watched the route with positive landmarks were more accurate in locating the landmarks along the route and drawing the route. On the other hand, participants in the negative condition judged the route as longer than participants in the other two conditions and were less accurate in mentally reproducing distances between landmarks. The data will be interpreted in the light of the "feelings-as-information theory" by Schwarz (2010) and the most recent evidence about the effect of emotions on spatial memory. In brief, the evidence collected in this study supports the idea that spatial cognition emerges from the interaction between an organism and contextual characteristics.
Published: 2018
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14. One Year Outcomes of an International Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study on the Gore Excluder Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis for Aorto-Iliac Aneurysms

Author: Daphne van der Veen, Suzanne Holewijn, Raffaello Bellosta, Steven M.M. van Sterkenburg, Jan M.M. Heyligers, Ilaria Ficarelli, Francisco J. Gómez Palonés, Nicola Mangialardi, Nilo J. Mosquera, Andrew Holden, Michel M.P.J. Reijnen, Jan-Willem H.P. Lardenoije, Luuk Smeets, Luca Attisani, Luca Luzzani, Koen van Hees, Carlo Ruotolo, Vicente A. Sala Almonacil, Sonia Ronchey, Matteo Orrico, Rosa Villardefrancos, Multi-Modality Medical Imaging, and TechMed Centre
Subjects: Male, Reoperation, Quality of life, medicine.medical_specialty, Endoleak, UT-Hybrid-D, Walking, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, 030230 surgery, 03 medical and health sciences, Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation, 0302 clinical medicine, Postoperative Complications, Interquartile range, medicine.artery, medicine, Clinical endpoint, Vascular Patency, Humans, Erectile dysfunction, Iliac Aneurysm, Prospective Studies, Registries, Prospective cohort study, Aged, business.industry, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Internal iliac artery, Common iliac artery, Abdominal aortic aneurysm, Surgery, Blood Vessel Prosthesis, Prosthesis Failure, Iliac aneurysm, Endovascular procedures, Vascular patency, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Abstract: Objective The Gore Excluder Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis (IBE) was developed to preserve perfusion in the hypogastric artery after endovascular repair of aorto-iliac aneurysms. This study reports the 12 month technical and clinical outcomes of treatment with this device. Methods This study was a physician initiated international multicentre, prospective cohort study. The primary endpoint was primary patency of the hypogastric branch at 12 months. Secondary endpoints included technical and clinical outcomes. Patients with an indication for elective treatment with the Gore Excluder IBE were enrolled between March 2015 and August 2018. Baseline and procedural characteristics, imaging data, physical examinations and questionnaire data (Walking Impairment Questionnaire [WIQ], EuroQol-5-Dimensions [EQ5D], International Index of Erectile Function 5 [IIEF-5]) were collected through 12 month follow up. Results One hundred patients were enrolled of which 97% were male, with a median age of 70.0 years (interquartile range [IQR] 64.5 – 75.5 years). An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) above threshold for treatment was found in 42.7% and in the remaining patients the iliac artery diameter was the indication for treatment. The maximum common iliac artery (CIA) diameter on the Gore Excluder IBE treated side was 35.5 mm (IQR 30.8 – 42.0) mm. Twenty-two patients received a bilateral and seven patients had an isolated IBE. Median procedural time was 151 minutes (IQR 117 – 193 minutes) with a median hospital stay of four days (IQR 3 – 5 days). Primary patency of the IBE at 12 month follow up was 91.3%. Primary patency for patients treated inside and outside the instructions for use were 91.8% and 85.7%, respectively (p = .059). Freedom from secondary interventions was 98% and 97% at 30 days and 12 months, respectively. CIA and AAA diameters decreased significantly through 12 months. IIEF-5 and EQ5D scores remained stable through follow up. Patency of the contralateral internal iliac artery led to better IIEF-5 outcomes. WIQ scores decreased at 30 days and returned to baseline values through 12 months. Conclusion Use of the Gore Excluder IBE for the treatment of aorto-iliac aneurysms shows a satisfactory primary patency through 12 months, with significant decrease of diameters, a low re-intervention rate, and favourable clinical outcomes.
Published: 2021

15. Baseline fasting plasma insulin levels predict risk for major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with diabetes and high-risk vascular disease: Insights from the ACCELERATE trial

Author: Jeffrey S. Riesmeyer, Govinda Weerakkody, A. Michael Lincoff, Kathy Wolski, Anirudh Kumar, Divyang Patel, Sangeeta R. Kashyap, Venu Menon, Stephen J. Nicholls, Ellen McErlean, Steven E. Nissen, and Giacomo Ruotolo
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, medicine.medical_treatment, Revascularization, Risk Assessment, Type ii diabetes, Risk Factors, Hyperinsulinism, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Internal Medicine, medicine, Humans, Insulin, Baseline (configuration management), Aged, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Vascular disease, business.industry, Optimal treatment, Fasting, Middle Aged, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Increased risk, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Plasma insulin, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Biomarkers
Abstract: Background: Despite optimal treatment, type II diabetes mellitus remains associated with an increased risk for future cardiovascular events. We sought to determine the association between baseline fasting plasma insulin levels and major adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type II diabetes mellitus and high-risk vascular disease enrolled in the ACCELERATE (Assessment of Clinical Effects of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition with Evacetrapib in Patients at a High Risk for Vascular Outcomes) trial. Methods: We included all patients with type II diabetes mellitus who had a central laboratory measured fasting plasma insulin level drawn at baseline as part of the study protocol. Hazard ratios were generated for the risk of major adverse cardiovascular outcomes (composite of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina and coronary revascularization) with increasing quartile of baseline fasting plasma insulin level. We then performed a multivariable regression adjusting for significant baseline characteristics. Results: Among 12,092 patients in ACCELERATE, 2042 patients with type II diabetes mellitus had a baseline fasting plasma insulin level drawn. Median follow-up was 28 months. The study population had a mean age of 66.6 years, 79.2% male and 96.2% had established coronary artery disease. During follow-up, major adverse cardiovascular outcomes occurred in 238 patients (11.6%); of these events, 177 were coronary revascularization (8.7%). We observed a statistically significant relationship between rates of revascularization and rising quartile of baseline fasting plasma insulin level which was not noted for the other individual components of major adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Patients with type II diabetes mellitus who underwent revascularization were noted to have significantly higher baseline fasting plasma insulin levels (27.7 vs 21.4 mU/L, p-value = 0.009) although baseline haemoglobin A1c (6.63% vs 6.55%), body mass index (31.5 vs 31.1 kg/m2) and medical therapy were otherwise similar to the group not undergoing revascularization. Following multivariable regression adjusting for significant characteristics including exposure to evacetrapib, the log of baseline fasting plasma insulin level was found to be an independent predictor for major adverse cardiovascular outcomes (hazard ratio = 1.36, 95% confidence interval = 1.09–1.69, p-value = 0.007); this was driven by need for future revascularization (hazard ratio = 1.56, 95% confidence interval = 1.21–2.00, p-value = 0.001). Conclusion: In a contemporary population of patients with type II diabetes mellitus and high-risk vascular disease on optimum medical therapy, baseline hyperinsulinaemia was an independent predictor for major adverse cardiovascular outcomes and need of future coronary revascularization. These results suggest a pathophysiological link between hyperinsulinaemia and progression of atherosclerotic vascular disease among diabetics.
Published: 2019
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16. Drug Prescription and Delirium in Older Inpatients: Results From the Nationwide Multicenter Italian Delirium Day 2015-2016

Author: Aloisi, Gaetano, Marengoni, Alessandra, Morandi, Alessandro, Zucchelli, Alberto, Cherubini, Antonio, Mossello, Enrico, Mario, Bo, Di Santo Simona, Mazzone, Andrea, Trabucchi, Marco, Cappa, Stefano, Fimognari, Filippo, Antonelli Incalzi Raffaele, Gareri, Pietro, Perticone, Francesco, Campanini, Mauro, Montorsi, Marco, Latronico, Nicola, Zambon, Antonella, Bellelli, Giuseppe, Rispoli, Vincenzo, Malara, Alba, Spadea, Fausto, Di Cello Serena, Ceravolo, Francesco, Fabiano, Francesco, Chiaradia, Giuseppe, Gabriele, Amedeo, Lenino, Peluso, Andrea, Taristano, Settembrini, Vincenzo, Capomolla, Domenico, Citrino, Antonella, Scriva, Antonietta, Bruno, Irene, Secchi, Roberto, De Martino Eugenio, Muccinelli, Roberto, Lupi, Gerardo, Paonessa, Patrizio, Fabbri, Andrea, Passuti Maria Teresa, Castellari, Sofia, Andrea, Po, Gaggioli, Guido, Varesi, Massimo, Moneti, Paolo, Capurso, Sebastiano, Latini, Vincenzo, Ghidotti, Stefano, Riccardelli, Francesco, Macchi, Maurizio, Rigo, Rosaria, Claudio, Pascale, Bosio, Angelo, Cerrato, Flavio, Bardelli, Benedetta, Boffelli, Stefano, Cassinadri, Angela, Franzoni, Simone, Spazzini, Elena, Andretto, Daniela, Tonini, Gabriele, Andreani, Laura, Coralli, Mirco, Balotta, Antonio, Cancelliere, Roberto, Ballardini, Giorgio, Simoncelli, Margherita, Mancini, Annarita, Strazzacapa, Mara, Fabio, Stefano, De Filippi Francesco, Giudice, Chiara, Dentizzi, Cosimo, Azzini, Margherita, Cazzadori, Marco, Mastroeni, Valeria, Bertassello, Paolo, Santana, Helena, Benati, Claudia, Nesta, Elisa, Tobaldini, Chiara, Guerini, Fabio, Tambara, Elena, Mombelloni, Paolo, Fontanini, Fulvio, Lassa, Gabriella, Lassa, Pizzorni, Crosio, Oliverio, Martina, Del, Grosso, Luciano, Luca, Giavedoni, Cristina, Bidoli, Giuliano, Mazzei, Bruno, Corsonello, Andrea, Fusco, Sergio, Vena, Silvio, De Vuono Tommaso, Maiuri, Giorgio, Fimognari Filippo Luca, Arone, Andrea, Sgro, Giovanni, Nicolazzo, Rossella, Castegnaro, Eugenio, De Rosa Salvatore, Sechi Bazzano Rossella, Benvenuti, Enrico, Del Lungo Ilaria, Giardini, Sante, Giulietti, Chiara, Di Bari Mauro, Barghini, Eleonora, Paoli, Martina, Fiordelli, Irene, Barucci, Riccardo, Sgrilli, Federica, Bertoletti, Erik, D'Amico, Ferdinando, Caronzolo, Francesco, Grippa, Alessandro, Lombardo, Giuseppina, Pipicella, Tiziana, Saitta, Antonino, Corica, Francesco, Cucinotta, Valeria, Giaritta, Prestipino, Larosa, Daniela, Cucinotta, Domenico, Basile, Giorgio, March, Albert, Nitti Maria Teresa, Felici, Alessandro, Pavan, Silvia, Piazzani, Fabrizio, Lunelli, Alessandra, Dimori, Sergio, Margotta, Alessandro, Soglia, Tiziano, Postacchini, Demetrio, Brunelli, Roberto, Santini, Silvia, Francavilla, Monia, Macchiati, Ilenia, Sorvillo, Francesca, Giuli, Cinzia, Mecocci, Patrizia, Longo, Annalisa, Addesi, Desiree, Rosa Paola Cerra, Bencardino, Giuseppe, Falbo, Tania, Grillo, Nadia, Filice, Marco, Mirella, Filippo, Fanto, Fausto, Isaia, Gianluca, Pezzilli, Stella, Bergamo, Daniele, Furno, Elisabetta, Rrodhe, Sokol, Lucarini, 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Francesca, C., Giordano, C., Roberto, S., Barbieri, C., Giroldi, L., Bandini, F., Masina, M., Malservisi, S., Cicognani, A., Ricca, L., Ricca, L., Piccininni, M., Tassinari, T., Brogi, D., Sugo, A., Alessandra, F., Sonia, M., Valerio, V., Andrea, U.C., Enrico, C., Vera, R.F., Assunta, S., Gianmaria, Z., Mauro, P., Pietro, B., Roberto, M., Salvatore, C., Barone, A., Razzano, M., Giuseppe, I., Angela, B., Francesco, S., D'Agostino, V., Federico, G., Lucia, P., Antonella, V., Di Cello, E., Cristina, C., Nadia, C., Maria, S., Luciano, A., Chiara, C., Bini, P., Pignata, M., Enrico, B., Maria, V., Giovanni, C., Giorgio, C., Andrea, T., Marco, M., Piera, R., Alberto, Z., Ceccon, A., Magrin, L., Marin, S., Barbara, S., Marco, M., Laura, G., Matteo, M., Marco, P., Caterina, P.M., Carla, R., Federica, G., Clara, T., Melania, C., Giampaolo, B., Stefano, G., Valeria, G., Lucia, M., Giovambattista, D., Ester, L., Cecilia, C.A., Maurizio, T., Vera, R.F., Nadia, B., Grillo, A., Arenare, F., Tonino, M., David, K., Giorgio, V.P., Ubaldo, B., Vincenzo, S., Stefano, M., Marino, F., Flavio, M.T.B., Paolo, A., Monica, M., Francesco, B., Roberto, F., Paolo, B., Durante-Mangoni, E., Testoni, M., Di Stefano, F., Loredana, S., Daniela, M., Valeria, S., Fabiano, M., Di Giorgio, A., De Cosmo, S., Greco, A., D'Onofrio, G., Daniele, S., Gianluca, R., Renzo, G., Sergio, M., Morena, B., Vitali, M., Marina, P., De Colle, P., Cristina, S., Alessandra, F., Orlandini, F., La Regina, M., Desirée, A., Mirella, F., Mario, B., Paola, P., Padulo, F., Cristina, M., Dario, R., Giancarla, M., Guido, R., Elena, M., Prete, C., Marileda, N., Igor, B., Nicole, B., Elena, R., Paolillo, C., Riccardi, A., Claudia, B., Barbara, R., Francesca, M., Silvia, V., Chiara, C., Oliver, B., Mauro, C., Eleonora, M., Giuseppe, P., Rosaria, T., Maria, C., Dell'Acqua, D., Stefania, C., Marco, C., Massimo, P., Luca, S., De Feo, M., Paola, V., Lia, S., Sandro, C., De Santis, V., Erminia, B., Paola, C., Romina, R., Minisola, S., 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D'Introno, A., Valiani, V., Carolina, B., Tiziana, C., Giordano, C., Paola, T., Ugo, P., Federica, R., Giacomo, P., Castellano, M., Anna, G., Elisa, C., Federica, C., Antonietta, C.M., Luigi, M., Fabio, L., Salvatore, B., Giuseppe, M., Gelosa, G., Viviana, A.T., Piras, V., Andrea, C., Alessandra, B., Coen, D., Magliola, R., Milanesio, D., Muzzulini, C.L., Paolo, F., Marinella, T., Sofia, C.M., Marta, B., Siano, P., Capo, G., Napoletano, R., Cecilia, P., Mancini, C., Del Buono, C., De Bartolomeo, G., Addolorata, M., Carmen, C., Roberto, C., Giovanni, V.A., Moschettini, G., Franco M., Mulli, O.F., Daniela, R., D'Amico, G., Mirella, P., Endrizzi, C., Trotta, L., Ciarambino, T., Orazio, Z., Emanuela, T., Marta, S., Thomas, F., Giacomo, T., Di Fazio, I., Andrea, B., Giuseppe, O., Emanuela, F., Serena, A., D'Imporzano, E., Anna, C., Serena, B., Erika, N., Roberto, S., Elena, S., Manuela, P., Francesca, A., Angelo, T., Aloisi, G, Marengoni, A, Morandi, A, Zucchelli, A, Cherubini, A, Mossello, E, Bo, M, Di Santo, S, Mazzone, A, Trabucchi, M, Cappa, S, Fimognari, F, Incalzi, R, Gareri, P, Perticone, F, Campanini, M, Montorsi, M, Latronico, N, Zambon, A, Bellelli, G, and Faverio, P
Subjects: Male, diagnosis, medications, 0302 clinical medicine, prevention, Aged, 80 and over, Delirium, Drug Prescriptions, Female, Hospital Departments, Humans, Prevalence, Polypharmacy, Prescription Drugs, 80 and over, Medicine, LS4_4, 030212 general & internal medicine, Acute hospital, media_common, Confounding, elderly patients, hip fracture, hospitalized patients, prediction rule, risk factor, dementia, events, medications, prevention, diagnosis, risk-factor, risk factor, hip fracture, Psychiatry and Mental Health, medicine.symptom, events, Drug, medicine.medical_specialty, hospitalized-patients, media_common.quotation_subject, MEDLINE, Socio-culturale, elderly-patients, elderly patients, behavioral disciplines and activities, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, mental disorders, Dementia, Medical prescription, prediction rule, Aged, business.industry, hospitalized patients, medicine.disease, nervous system diseases, dementia, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Objective This study aimed to evaluate the association between polypharmacy and delirium, the association of specific drug categories with delirium, and the differences in drug-delirium association between medical and surgical units and according to dementia diagnosis. Methods Data were collected during 2 waves of Delirium Day, a multicenter delirium prevalence study including patients (aged 65 years or older) admitted to acute and long-term care wards in Italy (2015-2016); in this study, only patients enrolled in acute hospital wards were selected (n = 4,133). Delirium was assessed according to score on the 4 "A's" Test. Prescriptions were classified by main drug categories; polypharmacy was defined as a prescription of drugs from 5 or more classes. Results Of 4,133 participants, 969 (23.4%) had delirium. The general prevalence of polypharmacy was higher in patients with delirium (67.6% vs 63.0%, P = .009) but varied according to clinical settings. After adjustment for confounders, polypharmacy was associated with delirium only in patients admitted to surgical units (OR = 2.9; 95% CI, 1.4-6.1). Insulin, antibiotics, antiepileptics, antipsychotics, and atypical antidepressants were associated with delirium, whereas statins and angiotensin receptor blockers exhibited an inverse association. A stronger association was seen between typical and atypical antipsychotics and delirium in subjects free from dementia compared to individuals with dementia (typical: OR = 4.31; 95% CI, 2.94-6.31 without dementia vs OR = 1.64; 95% CI, 1.19-2.26 with dementia; atypical: OR = 5.32; 95% CI, 3.44-8.22 without dementia vs OR = 1.74; 95% CI, 1.26-2.40 with dementia). The absence of antipsychotics among the prescribed drugs was inversely associated with delirium in the whole sample and in both of the hospital settings, but only in patients without dementia. Conclusions Polypharmacy is significantly associated with delirium only in surgical units, raising the issue of the relevance of medication review in different clinical settings. Specific drug classes are associated with delirium depending on the clinical setting and dementia diagnosis, suggesting the need to further explore this relationship.
Published: 2019

17. Activation of manipulation and function knowledge during visual search for objects

Author: Francesco Ruotolo, Angela Bartolo, Solène Kalénine, Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193 (SCALab), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 (SCALab), Université de Lille, CNRS, CHU Lille, Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193, Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab], Ruotolo, F., Kalenine, S., and Bartolo, A.
Subjects: Adult, Male, Similarity (geometry), Adolescent, Eye Movements, Computer science, Concept Formation, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Context (language use), Fixation, Ocular, Semantics, computer.software_genre, 050105 experimental psychology, Visual world paradigm, Young Adult, Behavioral Neuroscience, [SCCO]Cognitive science, Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Manipulation, Humans, Female, Fixation, Ocular, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Function, Visual search, business.industry, 05 social sciences, Cognitive neuroscience of visual object recognition, Object (computer science), Identification (information), Context and visual similarity, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Eye tracking, Artificial intelligence, business, computer, Natural language processing
Abstract: This study aimed at comparing the time course of the activation of function and manipulation knowledge during object identification. The influence of visual similarity and context information was also assessed. In 3 eye-tracking experiments, conducted with the Visual-World-Paradigm, participants heard the name of an object and had to identify it among four pictures. The target object (e.g., ) could be presented along with objects related by (a) function (e.g., ), (b) manipulation (e.g., ), (c) context (e.g., ), (d) visual similarity (e.g., ), and (e) completely unrelated objects. Growth curve analyses were used to assess competition effects among semantically (a, b, and c), visually related (d), and unrelated competitors (e). Results showed that manipulation- and function-related, but not context-related objects received more fixations than the unrelated ones, with a temporal advantage for the manipulation-related objects (Experiment 1). However, the visually similar objects faded the semantic competition effects, especially for function-related objects (Experiment 2). Finally, no temporal differences appeared when manipulation- and function-related objects were shown within the same visual array (Experiment 3). These results support the idea that both function and manipulation are relevant features of object semantic representations, but in the absence of other semantic competitors the activation of manipulation features appears prioritized during object identification. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved). 46;1
Published: 2020

18. Neural correlates of egocentric and allocentric frames of reference combined with metric and non-metric spatial relations

Author: Ruotolo, F., Ruggiero, G., Raemaekers, M., Iachini, T., van der Ham, I. J.M., Fracasso, A., Postma, A., Leerstoel Postma, Sub Functional Neurobiology begr., Leerstoel Dumoulin, Helmholtz Institute, Experimental Psychology (onderzoeksprogramma PF), Afd Psychologische functieleer, Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193 (SCALab), Université de Lille-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Leerstoel Postma, Sub Functional Neurobiology begr., Leerstoel Dumoulin, Helmholtz Institute, Experimental Psychology (onderzoeksprogramma PF), Afd Psychologische functieleer, Ruotolo, F, Ruggiero, G, Raemaekers, M, Iachini, T, van der Ham, I J M, Fracasso, A, Postma, A, and Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 (SCALab)
Subjects: Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, spatial relations, occipital lobe, Computer science, Neuroscience(all), [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Neuroimaging, Frame of reference, Lingual gyrus, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Parietal Lobe, Humans, 7-T fMRI, Categorical variable, Orientation, Spatial, Neural correlates of consciousness, frames of references, fronto-parietal network, General Neuroscience, frames of reference, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Frontal Lobe, Calcarine sulcus, Spatial relation, 030104 developmental biology, Space Perception, Metric (mathematics), Female, Occipital lobe, Photic Stimulation, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Cognitive psychology
Abstract: Spatial relations (SRs: coordinate/metric vs categorical/non metric) and frames of reference (FoRs: egocentric/body vs allocentric/external element) represent the building blocks underlying any spatial representation. In the present 7-T fMRI study we have identified for the first time the neural correlates of the spatial representations emerging from the combination of the two dimensions. The direct comparison between the different spatial representations revealed a bilateral fronto-parietal network, mainly right sided, that was more involved in the egocentric categorical representations. A right fronto-parietal circuitry was specialized for egocentric coordinate representations. A bilateral occipital network was more involved in the allocentric categorical representations. Finally, a smaller part of this bilateral network (i.e. Calcarine Sulcus and Lingual Gyrus), along with the right Supramarginal and Inferior Frontal gyri, supported the allocentric coordinate representations. The fact that some areas were more involved in a spatial representation than in others reveals how our brain builds adaptive spatial representations in order to effectively react to specific environmental needs and task demands.
Published: 2019
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19. Cobalt oxide nanoparticles induce oxidative stress and alter electromechanical function in rat ventricular myocytes

Author: Federico Quaini, Serena Montalbano, Massimiliano Zaniboni, Donatella Stilli, Silvana Pinelli, Alessio Perotti, Rocchina Vilella, Roberta Ruotolo, Leonardo Bocchi, Annamaria Buschini, Monia Savi, Francesca Cacciani, Emilia Corradini, Serena Galati, and Caterina Frati
Subjects: Male, DNA damage, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, media_common.quotation_subject, lcsh:Industrial hygiene. Industrial welfare, 02 engineering and technology, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Toxicology, medicine.disease_cause, Cardiac EC coupling, Calcium in biology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, lcsh:RA1190-1270, medicine, Animals, Myocytes, Cardiac, Patch clamp, ROS production, Rats, Wistar, Internalization, Nanotoxicology, Intracellular calcium dynamics, lcsh:Toxicology. Poisons, media_common, Membrane potential, Chemistry, Research, Oxides, General Medicine, Cobalt, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Rats, Oxidative Stress, Biophysics, Nanoparticles, Genotoxicity, 0210 nano-technology, Cobalt oxide nanoparticles, lcsh:HD7260-7780.8, Oxidative stress
Abstract: Background Nanotoxicology is an increasingly relevant field and sound paradigms on how inhaled nanoparticles (NPs) interact with organs at the cellular level, causing harmful conditions, have yet to be established. This is particularly true in the case of the cardiovascular system, where experimental and clinical evidence shows morphological and functional damage associated with NP exposure. Giving the increasing interest on cobalt oxide (Co3O4) NPs applications in industrial and bio-medical fields, a detailed knowledge of the involved toxicological effects is required, in view of assessing health risk for subjects/workers daily exposed to nanomaterials. Specifically, it is of interest to evaluate whether NPs enter cardiac cells and interact with cell function. We addressed this issue by investigating the effect of acute exposure to Co3O4-NPs on excitation-contraction coupling in freshly isolated rat ventricular myocytes. Results Patch clamp analysis showed instability of resting membrane potential, decrease in membrane electrical capacitance, and dose-dependent decrease in action potential duration in cardiomyocytes acutely exposed to Co3O4-NPs. Motion detection and intracellular calcium fluorescence highlighted a parallel impairment of cell contractility in comparison with controls. Specifically, NP-treated cardiomyocytes exhibited a dose-dependent decrease in the fraction of shortening and in the maximal rate of shortening and re-lengthening, as well as a less efficient cytosolic calcium clearing and an increased tendency to develop spontaneous twitches. In addition, treatment with Co3O4-NPs strongly increased ROS accumulation and induced nuclear DNA damage in a dose dependent manner. Finally, transmission electron microscopy analysis demonstrated that acute exposure did lead to cellular internalization of NPs. Conclusions Taken together, our observations indicate that Co3O4-NPs alter cardiomyocyte electromechanical efficiency and intracellular calcium handling, and induce ROS production resulting in oxidative stress that can be related to DNA damage and adverse effects on cardiomyocyte functionality.
Published: 2021

20. Increased COVID-19 lockdown burden in italian adults with gastrointestinal diseases

Author: Giovanna D'Arcangelo, Mario Gagliardi, Antonella Santonicola, Monica Ruotolo, Carolina Ciacci, Corina de Santis Ciacci, Fabiana Zingone, and Monica Siniscalchi
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Gerontology, Male, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Emotions, COVID-19, Dietary habit, Emotional balance, Italy, Lifestyle, Lockdown, Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Exercise, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Life Style, Quarantine, SARS-CoV-2, Sex Factors, Social Isolation, Surveys and Questionnaires, 0302 clinical medicine, Food choice, Medicine, TX341-641, 030212 general & internal medicine, Social isolation, media_common, Nutrition and Dietetics, Sadness, Feeling, Cohort, Anxiety, medicine.symptom, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), media_common.quotation_subject, Physical exercise, Settore BIO/09, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Adaptation, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, business.industry, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, Psychological, business, Food Science
Abstract: Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) causes not only severe illness but also detrimental effects associated with the lockdown measures. The present study aimed to evaluate reported lifestyle changes in a cohort of adults in Italy, including physical exercise, food choices, and psychological wellbeing, after two months of lockdown. Methods: A web survey on social media (Facebook and LinkedIn) of 32 multiple-choice questions aiming to evaluate the impact of the national COVID-19 lockdown in a sample of Italian adults. Results: We received 1378 complete responses (women 68.3%, mean age 39.5 ± 12.5 years). The percentage of participants reporting regular exercise decreased during lockdown (52 vs. 56.5%). The vast majority of people continued to consume the three traditional meals per day, but the consumption of meat, fish, and eggs significantly decreased. Women reported more frequent anxiety, sadness, fear, and feelings of insecurity than men. The factors predicting the worst outcome during the lockdown were being a woman, low education and income, gastrointestinal diseases. Conclusion: The lockdown has had a limited impact on food choices and physical exercise in Italian adults of our series, since most of them made an effort to improve their lifestyle. However, women with gastrointestinal diseases reported more frequent negative feelings and poor adaptation to the lockdown.
Published: 2021

21. Comprensive Geriatric Assessment in hospitalized older patients with COVID‐19

Author: Ciro Manzo, Alberto Castagna, and Giovanni Ruotolo
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Frail Elderly, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), MEDLINE, Older patients, medicine, Humans, Hospital Mortality, Letters to the Editor, Geriatric Assessment, Letter to the Editor, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, COVID-19, Delirium, Geriatric assessment, Hospitalization, Italy, Emergency medicine, Female, business, Comments
Published: 2020
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22. Genome-Wide Polygenic Score and Cardiovascular Outcomes With Evacetrapib in Patients With High-Risk Vascular Disease

Author: Stephen J. Nicholls, Jeffrey S. Riesmeyer, A. Michael Lincoff, Giacomo Ruotolo, Lin Li, Sekar Kathiresan, Amit Khera, Connor A. Emdin, Sreekumar G. Pillai, Pallav Bhatnagar, Hui Rong Qian, Minxian Wang, and Steven E. Nissen
Subjects: Male, Multifactorial Inheritance, medicine.medical_specialty, MEDLINE, Bioinformatics, Genome, Article, Coronary artery disease, Benzodiazepines, chemistry.chemical_compound, Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Humans, Medicine, Aged, Genome, Human, business.industry, Vascular disease, Anticholesteremic Agents, food and beverages, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Pharmacogenomic Testing, Scotland, chemistry, Cardiovascular Diseases, Case-Control Studies, Nested case-control study, Female, business, Cardiovascular outcomes, Evacetrapib, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Genome-wide polygenic scores (GPSs) integrate information from many common DNA variants into a single measure of inherited susceptibility, and can identify individuals who are at substantially elevated risk of developing important common diseases.(1,2) For coronary artery disease, about 8% of the population can be identified who are at triple the normal risk based on genetic variation alone.(1) Among these high polygenic score individuals, adherence to a healthy lifestyle or use of statins may offset increased inherited risk.(2,3)
Published: 2020
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23. Kidney function and cognitive decline in frail elderly: two faces of the same coin?

Author: Giovanni Ruotolo, Pietro Gareri, Michele Andreucci, Giuseppe Coppolino, Davide Bolignano, Alberto Castagna, Maurizio Rocca, and Carmen Ruberto
Subjects: Male, Nephrology, medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate analysis, Frail Elderly, Health Status, Urology, Population, 030232 urology & nephrology, Renal function, Kidney, Kidney Function Tests, urologic and male genital diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, Cognition, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, Cognitive Dysfunction, 030212 general & internal medicine, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Cognitive decline, education, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, education.field_of_study, business.industry, medicine.disease, Cross-Sectional Studies, medicine.anatomical_structure, Italy, Disease Progression, Female, business, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Kidney disease
Abstract: Cognitive and renal impairment are pervasive among elderly frails, a high-risk, geriatric sub-population with peculiar clinical characteristics. In a series of frail individuals with non-advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), we aimed at assessing the entity of functional, general health and cognitive impairment and the possible relationship between these types of dysfunction and the severity of renal impairment. 2229 geriatric subjects were screened for frailty and CKD. Severity of CKD was assessed by eGFR (CKD-EPI formula). Frailty was established by the Fried Index. Functional, general health and cognitive status were assessed by validated score measures. Final analysis included 271 frail CKD subjects (162 women, 109 men). Mean eGFR was 64.25 ± 25.04 mL/min/1.73 m2. Prevalence of mild-to-moderate CKD (stage 3–4) was 44%. Twenty-six percent of patients had severe cognitive impairment, while mild and moderate impairment was found in 7 and 67% of individuals, respectively. All subjects had poor functional and general health status. Cognitive capacities significantly decreased across CKD stages (p for trend
Published: 2018
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24. Improved outcomes following implementation of a multidisciplinary care pathway for elderly hip fractures

Author: Charles Ruotolo, Sally Shukry, L.D. George Angus, Raina Wallace, Jody C. DiGiacomo, and Swapna Munnangi
Subjects: Male, Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Trauma Centers, Multidisciplinary approach, Elderly population, Care pathway, Humans, Medicine, Hospital Mortality, 030212 general & internal medicine, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, Hip fracture, Hip Fractures, business.industry, Mortality rate, Trauma center, Guideline, Length of Stay, medicine.disease, Clinical Practice, Emergency medicine, Female, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Hip fractures in patients 65 years and older are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. With the steady increase in the elderly population, we implemented an evidence-based clinical practice guideline for the management of hip fractures to optimize patient care and surgical outcomes. To evaluate the effects of a multidisciplinary hip fracture care pathway on patient outcomes in the care of elderly patients. A retrospective analysis of the differences in outcomes prior to (January–October 2014) and after (November 2014–April 2016) implementation of a hip fracture care pathway at a regional Level I trauma center was performed. There were 80 patients in the pre-pathway group and 191 patients in the post-pathway group with an average age of 83.18 ± 8.24 years. The analysis demonstrated that the post-pathway group had a lower incidence of in-hospital complications (9.95 vs 30.00%; p ≤ 0.001), shorter emergency room length of stay (3.76 ± 2.43 vs 6.78 ± 2.88 h; p ≤ 0.0001), and shorter overall hospital length of stay (5.03 ± 3.46 vs 7.44 ± 6.66 days; p = 0.0028). The in-hospital mortality rate was similar between groups (4.71 vs 6.25%; p = 0.6018). The development of a multidisciplinary approach to the care of elderly patients with hip fractures improved morbidity and showed a downward trend in mortality. Elderly patients with hip fractures treated at our trauma center had improved clinical outcomes after the implementation of a multidisciplinary care pathway.
Published: 2018
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25. A novel approach to measuring macrophage-specific reverse cholesterol transport in vivo in humans

Author: Richard L. Dunbar, Todd G. Kirchgessner, Rahul Poria, Donna M. Conlon, Debra Cromley, Carol S. Ryan, Marina Cuchel, Amanda Baer, Jeffrey T. Billheimer, Daniel J. Rader, Sissel Lund-Katz, Richard Freifelder, Liming Qu, Anna Raper, Giancomo Ruotolo, John S. Millar, Ching-Chiang Su, Peter Åkerblad, Benjamin French, Xiaoyu Li, William Farver, Daniel A. Pryma, and Lan Xiao
Subjects: Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, Agonist, Adolescent, medicine.drug_class, QD415-436, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Biology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Feces, Mice, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Endocrinology, In vivo, medicine, Animals, Humans, Distribution (pharmacology), Macrophage, Liver X receptor, Research Articles, Aged, Liver X Receptors, Macrophages, Cholesterol, HDL, Reverse cholesterol transport, Biological Transport, Cell Biology, Mononuclear phagocyte system, Middle Aged, Atherosclerosis, lipoproteins, Cholesterol, 030104 developmental biology, Liver, chemistry, high density lipoprotein, Immunology, Cholesteryl ester, Nanoparticles, Female, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Lipoproteins, HDL
Abstract: Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is thought to be an atheroprotective function of HDL, and macrophage-specific RCT in mice is inversely associated with atherosclerosis. We developed a novel method using 3H-cholesterol nanoparticles to selectively trace macrophage-specific RCT in vivo in humans. Use of 3H-cholesterol nanoparticles was initially tested in mice to assess the distribution of tracer and response to interventions known to increase RCT. Thirty healthy subjects received 3H-cholesterol nanoparticles intravenously, followed by blood and stool sample collection. Tracer counts were assessed in plasma, nonHDL, HDL, and fecal fractions. Data were analyzed by using multicompartmental modeling. Administration of 3H-cholesterol nanoparticles preferentially labeled macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system in mice, and counts were increased in mice treated with a liver X receptor agonist or reconstituted HDL, as compared with controls. In humans, tracer disappeared from plasma rapidly after injection of nanoparticles, followed by reappearance in HDL and nonHDL fractions. Counts present as free cholesterol increased rapidly and linearly in the first 240 min after nadir; counts in cholesteryl ester increased steadily over time. Estimates of fractional transfer rates of key RCT steps were obtained. These results support the use of 3H-cholesterol nanoparticles as a feasible approach for the measurement of macrophage RCT in vivo in humans.
Published: 2017
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26. Novel Spiked-Washer Repair Is Biomechanically Superior to Suture and Bone Tunnels for Arcuate Fracture Repair

Author: Yi-Xian Qin, David E. Komatsu, Jian Jiao, Saman Vojdani, Steven Ortiz, Tyler Enders, James Penna, Liangjun Lin, Laviel Fernandez, and Charles J. Ruotolo
Subjects: Male, musculoskeletal diseases, medicine.medical_specialty, Washer, Compressive Strength, genetic structures, medicine.medical_treatment, Bone Screws, Knee Injuries, Bone healing, Osteotomy, Article, 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging, Weight-Bearing, Fracture Fixation, Internal, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Cadaver, Fracture fixation, medicine, Humans, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Fibula, Aged, Fracture Healing, Fibrous joint, 030222 orthopedics, business.industry, Avulsion fracture, General Medicine, musculoskeletal system, medicine.disease, Surgery, Fractures, Avulsion, Treatment Outcome, medicine.anatomical_structure, Stress, Mechanical, business
Abstract: Injuries to the posterolateral corner of the knee can lead to chronic degenerative changes, external rotation instability, and varus instability if not repaired adequately. A proximal fibula avulsion fracture, referred to as an arcuate fracture, has been described in the literature, but a definitive repair technique has yet to be described. The objective of this study was to present a novel arcuate fracture repair technique, using a spiked-washer with an intramedullary screw, and to compare its biomechanical integrity to a previously described suture and bone tunnel method.Ten fresh-frozen cadaveric knees underwent a proximal fibula osteotomy to simulate a proximal fibula avulsion fracture. The lateral knee capsule and posterior cruciate ligament were also sectioned to create maximal varus instability. Five fibulas were repaired using a novel spiked-washer technique and the other 5 were repaired using the suture and bone tunnel method. The repaired knees were subjected to a monotonic varus load using a mechanical testing system instrument until failure of the repair or associated posterolateral corner structures.Compared with the suture repair group, the spiked-washer repair group demonstrated a 100% increase in stiffness, 100% increase in yield, 110% increase in failure force, and 108% increase in energy to failure.The spiked-washer technique offers superior quasi-static biomechanical performance compared with suture repair with bone tunnels for arcuate fractures of the proximal fibula. Further clinical investigation of this technique is warranted and the results of this testing may lead to improved outcomes and patient satisfaction for proximal fibula avulsion fractures.
Published: 2017
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27. Impact of Baseline Glycemic Control on Residual Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus and High‐Risk Vascular Disease Treated With Statin Therapy

Author: Julie St. John, Venu Menon, Giacomo Ruotolo, Jeffrey S. Riesmeyer, Stephen J. Nicholls, Govinda Weerakkody, Divyang Patel, Ellen McErlean, A. Michael Lincoff, Anirudh Kumar, Kathy Wolski, Steven E. Nissen, and Paul Cremer
Subjects: Blood Glucose, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Glycemic Control, risk stratification, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Risk Assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Double-Blind Method, Predictive Value of Tests, Cardiovascular Disease, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Vascular Disease, Secondary Prevention, medicine, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Coronary Heart Disease, In patient, Prospective Studies, 030212 general & internal medicine, hemoglobin A1c, Aged, Original Research, Glycemic, Glycated Hemoglobin, Metabolic Syndrome, Vascular disease, business.industry, Diabetes, Type 2, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, major adverse cardiovascular events, Treatment Outcome, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Disease Risk Factors, Risk stratification, Female, Statin therapy, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Biomarkers
Abstract: Background The contemporary impact of glycemic control on patients with diabetes mellitus at high cardiovascular risk remains unclear. We evaluated the utility of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) as a marker of risk on the composite end point of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina, and coronary revascularization in an optimally treated population with diabetes mellitus and established coronary artery disease enrolled in the ACCELERATE (Assessment of Clinical Effects of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition With Evacetrapib in Patients at a High Risk for Vascular Outcomes) trial. Methods and Results We included all patients with established diabetes mellitus and measured HbA1c (N=8145) and estimated Kaplan‐Meier (KM) events rates, stratified by increasing baseline HbA1c levels censored at 30 months. We then performed a multivariable regression for the primary end point. Increasing baseline HbA1c was strongly associated with the occurrence of the primary end point (KM estimate, 12.6–18.2; P P =0.003) as well as the individual end points of nonfatal myocardial infarction (KM estimate, 3.1–7.0; P P =0.003), and revascularization (KM estimate, 7.3–11.1; P =0.001), although not stroke (KM estimate, 1.4–2.4; P =0.45). The rates of cardiovascular mortality (KM estimate, 2.6–4.3; P =0.21) and all‐cause mortality ( KM estimate, 4.8–5.9; P =0.21) were similar regardless of baseline HbA1c levels. When adjusting for relevant baseline characteristics, baseline HbA1c was an independent predictor for the primary end point (hazard ratio, 1.06; 95% CI , 1.02–1.11; P =0.003). Conclusions Glycemic control, as measured by HbA1c, remains strongly and independently associated with cardiovascular outcomes in high‐risk patients with diabetes mellitus on statin therapy. Clinical Trial Registration URL : https://www.clinicaltrials.gov . Unique identifier: NCT 01687998.
Published: 2020
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28. Plasma Aldosterone Levels Are Not Associated With Cardiovascular Events Among Patients With High-Risk Vascular Disease: Insights From the ACCELERATE Trial

Author: Stephen J. Nicholls, Venu Menon, Steven E. Nissen, Anirudh Kumar, Govinda Weerakkody, A. Michael Lincoff, Divyang Patel, Giacomo Ruotolo, Ellen McErlean, Jeffrey S. Riesmeyer, Danielle M. Brennan, and Kathy Wolski
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Aldosterone levels, Coronary Artery Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Risk Assessment, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, Benzodiazepines, 0302 clinical medicine, Double-Blind Method, Internal medicine, Cholesterylester transfer protein, Medicine, Humans, Coronary Heart Disease, 030212 general & internal medicine, Vascular Diseases, Aged, Original Research, Aldosterone, aldosterone, biology, business.industry, Vascular disease, Anticholesteremic Agents, Torcetrapib, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, cholesteryl transfer protein inhibitors, major adverse cardiovascular events, Endocrinology, chemistry, Cardiovascular Diseases, biology.protein, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Evacetrapib, Biomarkers
Abstract: Background The failure of cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor torcetrapib was associated with an off‐target increase in plasma aldosterone. We sought to evaluate the impact of evacetrapib on plasma aldosterone level and determine the association between plasma aldosterone level and major adverse cardiovascular events among patients with stable high‐risk vascular disease enrolled in the ACCELERATE (Assessment of Clinical Effects of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition With Evacetrapib in Patients at a High Risk for Vascular Outcomes) trial. Methods and Results We included all patients with a plasma aldosterone level (N=1624) and determined the impact of evacetrapib exposure compared with placebo on plasma aldosterone levels after 12 months of treatment. Using baseline and postexposure aldosterone levels, hazard ratios for major adverse cardiovascular events (cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, hospitalization for unstable angina, and revascularization) with increasing quartile of baseline and percentage change in plasma aldosterone level at follow‐up were calculated. The average age was 65.2 years, 75.7% were men, 93.7% were hypertensive, 73.3% were diabetic, and 57.6% had a prior myocardial infarction. Baseline plasma aldosterone level (85.2 [43, 150] versus 86.8 [43, 155] pmol/L; P =0.81) and follow‐up percentage change (13.6% [−29, 88] versus 17.9% [−24, 87]; P =0.23) were similar between those who received evacetrapib and placebo. During median follow‐up of 28 months, major adverse cardiovascular events occurred in 263 patients (16.2%). The hazard ratios for increasing quartile of baseline or percentage change in plasma aldosterone level at follow‐up were not significant for major adverse cardiovascular events. These findings remained consistent when adjusting for significant characteristics. Conclusions Exposure to evacetrapib did not result in significant change in plasma aldosterone levels compared with placebo. Among patients with stable high‐risk vascular disease, plasma aldosterone levels were not a predictor for future cardiovascular events. Clinical Trial Registration URL : http://www.ClinicalTrials.gov . Unique identifier: NCT 01687998.
Published: 2019

29. Effect of CETP inhibition with evacetrapib in patients with diabetes mellitus enrolled in the ACCELERATE trial

Author: Jeffrey S. Riesmeyer, Stephen J. Nicholls, Ellen McErlean, Kathy Wolski, Venu Menon, Giacomo Ruotolo, Anirudh Kumar, Govinda Weerakkody, A. Michael Lincoff, Steven E. Nissen, Paul Cremer, Divyang Patel, and Julie St. John
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Population, cholesteryl ester transfer protein, cardiovascular complications, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Placebo, Gastroenterology, Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology, Diabetes Complications, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, Benzodiazepines, 0302 clinical medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Cholesterylester transfer protein, Diabetes Mellitus, Medicine, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, education, Aged, education.field_of_study, biology, business.industry, Unstable angina, Anticholesteremic Agents, Cholesterol, HDL, Cholesterol, LDL, Middle Aged, RC648-665, medicine.disease, Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins, Treatment Outcome, chemistry, Cardiovascular Diseases, biology.protein, Female, business, Evacetrapib, Lipoprotein
Abstract: BackgroundHigh-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels are inversely associated with cardiovascular risk. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibition with evacetrapib results in a marked increase in HDL and reduction in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels. We evaluated the impact of treatment with evacetrapib versus placebo in the subset of 8236 patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) enrolled in the Assessment of Clinical Effects of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition with Evacetrapib in Patients at a High Risk for Vascular Outcomes trial.Methods and resultsTime to first occurrence of any component of the primary composite endpoint of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, stroke, revascularization, and hospitalization for unstable angina was compared among patients with DM randomized to treatment with evacetrapib (n=4127) or placebo (n=4109) over a median of 26 months of follow-up. The mean baseline LDL at initiation was 80 mg/dL with a mean baseline HDL of 44 mg/dL. In patients with DM, evacetrapib resulted in a 131% mean increase in HDL levels and a 32% mean decrease in LDL at 3 months that was sustained during the course of the trial. At 6 months, hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels were lower with evacetrapib than placebo (7.08% vs 7.15%, p=0.023). Composite event rates were higher in patients with DM than without DM (Kaplan-Meier estimates: 15.2% vs 10.6%, HR 1.46, 95% CI 1.30 to 1.64, pConclusionDespite a favorable increase in HDL, and decreases in LDL and HbA1c levels in patients with DM, we observed no benefits of treatment with evacetrapib on prespecified clinical outcomes in this high-risk population.
Published: 2019

30. Ingestão de alimentos estimulantes está associada ao desenvolvimento de parassonias em crianças

Author: Lucila Bizari Fernandes do Prado, Gilmar Fernandes do Prado, Fabiana Ruotolo, Luciane Bizari Coin de Carvalho, and Vanessa Ruotolo Ferreira
Subjects: Gerontology, Male, Parasomnias, Cross-sectional study, medicine.medical_treatment, Nutritional Status, Body Mass Index, lcsh:RC321-571, alimentação estimulante, Sex Factors, children, Environmental health, Caffeine, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, Prevalence, Humans, parasomnias, sleep, Child, Meals, dietary habits, lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, Sleep disorder, Meal, sono, Nutritional status, Parasomnia, Feeding Behavior, hábitos alimentares, medicine.disease, parassonias, Stimulant, Before Bedtime, Cross-Sectional Studies, Neurology, Food, Central Nervous System Stimulants, Female, Neurology (clinical), Psychology, Body mass index, crianças, stimulant food
Abstract: Objective To verify if nighttime feeding habits can influence parasomnia in children. Method Seven private and four public Elementary Schools took part in the study. A total of 595 Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children were distributed to the parents of children aged from 7 to 8 years. Data of dietary recall, starting time to school, physical activity, and nutritional status were studied. Results Of the 226 questionnaires completed, 92 (41%) reported parasomnia. Girls had 2.3 times more the chance to parasomnia than boys. Children who consumed stimulant foods had 2.6 times more chance to have parasomnia than those of children who consumed non-stimulant foods. There were no difference between parasomnia and no-parasomnia groups in food type (p = 0.78) or timing of last meal before bedtime (p = 0.50). Conclusion Our findings suggest that intake of stimulant foods is associated with development of parasomnia in children. RESUMO Objetivo Verificar se hábitos de alimentação noturna influenciam parassonias em crianças. Método Sete escolas privadas e quatro públicas, de Ensino Fundamental, fizeram parte do estudo. Um total de 595 Escalas de Distúrbio do Sono para Crianças foram distribuídas para os pais de crianças entre 7 e 8 anos. Dados de recordatório alimentar, período escolar, atividade física e estado nutricional foram estudados. Resultados Dos 226 questionários preenchidos, 92 (41%) relataram presença de parassonias. Meninas tiveram 2,3 vezes mais chance de parassonias e crianças que consumiram alimentos estimulantes tiveram 2,6 vezes mais chance de parassonias em relação àquelas que consumiram alimentos não estimulantes. Não houve diferença entre os grupos em relação ao tipo de alimento (p = 0,78) ou horário da última refeição antes de ir para a cama (p = 0,50). Conclusão Nossos achados sugerem que a ingestão de alimentos estimulantes está associada com o desenvolvimento de parassonias em crianças.
Published: 2016

31. Symptomatic malignant spinal cord compression in children: a single-center experience

Author: Maria Capasso, Massimo Eraldo Abate, Giuseppe Cinalli, Simona Vetrella, Lucia De Martino, Serena Ruotolo, Lucia Quaglietta, Piero Spennato, and Carolina Porfito
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Pain, Sphincter dysfunction, Spinal cord compression, Motor deficit, Malignancy, Interquartile range, Neoplasms, Intradural, Intramedullary, medicine, Paralysis, Humans, Extramedullary, Child, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Research, lcsh:RJ1-570, Infant, lcsh:Pediatrics, Sensory loss, General Medicine, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Primary tumor, Surgery, Italy, Child, Preschool, Etiology, Female, Neurosurgery, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract: Background Malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) is associated withpoor prognosis and may lead to permanent paralysis, sensory loss, and sphincter dysfunction. Very limited data are available on incidence and etiology of MSCC in pediatric population. We aimed to examine etiology, clinical presentation and treatment of pediatric patient with MSCC admitted to the Santobono-Pausilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy. Methods Forty-four children under 18 yearsadmitedsince 2007 and assessed for MSCC clinical presentations, evaluation, and treatment.were retrospectively collected from our institutional pediatric oncology and neurosurgery database. Results The median age at time of MSCC diagnosis was 52 months, with a peak in young (≤3 years) patients. The leading cause of MSCC was extramedullary tumors (63.6%), in particular neuroblastoma (27.2%) followed by Ewing sarcomas (15.9%). Cord compression was the presenting feature of a new malignancy in 33 (75%) patients, and a consequence of metastatic disease progression or relapse in the remaining 11 (25%) patients. Motor deficit was the initial symptoms of spinal compression in all patients, while pain was present in about 60% of patients, followed by sphincteric deficit (43.2%). The primary tumor site was located in the neck in 3 (6.8%) patients, thorax in 16 (36.4%), cervico-thoracic region in 3 (6.8%), thoraco-lumbar region in 8 (18.2%), abdomen in 5 (11.4%), lumbar-sacral region in 7 (15.9%) and thoracic-lumbar-sacral region in 1 (2.3%). The median length of the interval between symptom onset and tumor diagnosis varied widely from 0 to 360 days in the entire population, however this interval was significantly shorter in patients with known neoplasia in comparisonto patients with new diagnosis (at relapse 7 days [interquartile range 3–10] vs at diagnosis 23 days [7–60]). Pre and post-operative spine magnetic resonance imagingwas performed in all cases, and most(95%) patients underwent neurosurgical treatment as first treatment. Severe motor deficit was associated with younger age and severe motor deficit at diagnosis was associated withworst motor outcomes at discharge from neurosurgery. Patients with progression or relapsed disease showed a worst prognosis, while the majority of patients (70.5%) were alive at 5 years after diagnosis. Conclusions The natural history of MSCC in children is associated to permanent paralysis, sensory loss, and sphincter dysfunction, thus prompt diagnosis and correct management are needed to minimize morbidity. Treatment strategies differed widely among cancer types and study groups in the absence of optimal evidence-based treatment guidelines. When the diagnosis is uncertain, surgery provides an opportunity to biopsy the lesion in addition to treating the mass.
Published: 2019
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32. Causes of nasoenteral tube obstruction in tertiary hospital patients

Author: José L A, Borges, Ivens A O, De Souza, Michele C V, Costa, Fabiana, Ruotolo, Livia M G, Barbosa, Isac, De Castro, and Paulo C, Ribeiro
Subjects: Causality, Male, Tertiary Care Centers, Enteral Nutrition, Humans, Female, Intubation, Gastrointestinal, Aged, Retrospective Studies
Abstract: Obstruction of the nasoenteral tube is one of the complications of enteral nutrition therapy, and its causes and frequency of occurrence are not well understood. To evaluate the causes of enteral nutrition feeding tube obstruction. To study the time elapsed between the beginning of the nutrition therapy and the obstruction of the tube.This was a retrospective cohort study of 1170 patients aged 18 years or older who were hospitalized at Sírio-Libanês Hospital between January 2015 and October 2017, and who were undergoing enteral nutrition therapy delivered using an infusion pump through a nasogastric or nasoenteral tube. The study population included 683 (58%) men and 487 (42%) women. The median age was 79 years. Of these, 1084 patients received enteral nutrition and medication through the feeding tube, and 86 received medication alone. Variables investigated as causes of feeding tube obstruction were the administration of medication through the tube, type of diet, and use of symbiotics.Obstruction rates were 4% for up to 40 days of observation and 8% for the total observation time. The time for obstruction of 10% of the tubes in patients receiving rivaroxaban, linagliptin, metformin, and nystatin was 16, 19, 20, and 28 days, respectively.The main cause of nasoenteral tube obstruction (odds ratio) was the combination of metformin (2.0), nystatin (3.1), linagliptin (4.3), rivaroxaban (2.4), and a high-protein diet (1.9). Overall, proper tube care and strict compliance with tubal drug delivery guidelines can result in low tube obstruction rates.
Published: 2019

33. The Effect of Body-Related Stimuli on Mental Rotation in Children, Young and Elderly Adults

Author: Tina Iachini, Gennaro Ruggiero, Angela Bartolo, Mariachiara Rapuano, and Francesco Ruotolo
Subjects: Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Male, Aging, lcsh:R, Age Factors, lcsh:Medicine, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Article, Young Adult, Space Perception, Imagination, Visual Perception, Humans, lcsh:Q, Female, lcsh:Science, Child, Aged
Abstract: This study aimed to explore the development of mental rotation ability throughout life by comparing different kinds of stimuli. Thirty-six children (6–9 years-old), 30 young (20–28 years-old) and 30 elderly people (60–82 years-old) performed mental rotation tasks with abstract (i.e. two-dimensional lines) and concrete stimuli (i.e. hands, human/animal faces). The results showed that overall young people outperformed children and elderly people, while children were less accurate than the elderly. However, the effect of age was shaped by the kinds of stimuli: (a) young people were more accurate than children and elderly people particularly with abstract stimuli; (b) elderly people improved their performance with images depicting faces; (c) children performed better with body-related stimuli than animal faces. Finally, performance was more difficult when stimuli were rotated by 180°, especially for younger and older females. We may conclude that the effects of age are modulated by the characteristics of the stimuli with a specific difficulty for abstract stimuli and a facilitation for concrete stimuli. As an innovative aspect, during childhood there appeared a specific facilitation for body-related stimuli, not just for concrete ones. These findings are interpreted according to embodied models of cognitive development and the effects of ageing on the brain.
Published: 2019

34. Fatty liver index and mortality: The cremona study in the 15th year of follow-up

Author: Paolo Crosignani, Emanuele Bosi, Maria Paola Garancini, Guido Lattuada, Giacomo Ruotolo, Gianluca Perseghin, Francesca Ragogna, Giliola Calori, Marco Villa, Lorenzo Piemonti, G., Calori, G., Lattuada, F., Ragogna, M. P., Garancini, P., Crosignani, M., Villa, Bosi, Emanuele, G., Ruotolo, Piemonti, Lorenzo, G., Perseghin, Calori, G, Lattuada, G, Ragogna, F, Garancini, M, Crosignani, P, Villa, M, Bosi, E, Ruotolo, G, Piemonti, L, and Perseghin, G
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, Chronic liver disease, Gastroenterology, Body Mass Index, Cohort Studies, Insulin resistance, Risk Factors, Neoplasms, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Humans, Medicine, Longitudinal Studies, Registries, MED/13 - ENDOCRINOLOGIA, Survival rate, Triglycerides, Aged, Proportional Hazards Models, Hepatology, business.industry, Liver Diseases, fungi, Fatty liver, Hazard ratio, gamma-Glutamyltransferase, Middle Aged, Prognosis, medicine.disease, Fatty Liver, Survival Rate, Italy, Cardiovascular Diseases, Population study, Female, Insulin Resistance, Waist Circumference, business, Body mass index, Algorithms, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: A fatty liver, which is a common feature in insulin-resistant states, can lead to chronic liver disease. It has been hypothesized that a fatty liver can also increase the rates of non-hepatic-related morbidity and mortality. Therefore, we wanted to determine whether the fatty liver index (FLI), a surrogate marker and a validated algorithm derived from the serum triglyceride level, body mass index, waist circumference, and γ-glutamyltransferase level, was associated with the prognosis in a population study. The 15-year all-cause, hepatic-related, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer mortality rates were obtained through the Regional Health Registry in 2011 for 2074 Caucasian middle-aged individuals in the Cremona study, a population study examining the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Italy. During the 15-year observation period, 495 deaths were registered: 34 were hepatic-related, 221 were CVD-related, 180 were cancer-related, and 60 were attributed to other causes. FLI was independently associated with the hepatic-related deaths (hazard ratio = 1.04, 95% confidence interval = 1.02-1.05, P < 0.0001). Age, sex, FLI, cigarette smoking, and diabetes were independently associated with all-cause mortality. Age, sex, FLI, systolic blood pressure, and fibrinogen were independently associated with CVD mortality; meanwhile, age, sex, FLI, and smoking were independently associated with cancer mortality. FLI correlated with the homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), a surrogate marker of insulin resistance (Spearman's ρ = 0.57, P < 0.0001), and when HOMA-IR was included in the multivariate analyses, FLI retained its association with hepatic-related mortality but not with all-cause, CVD, and cancer-related mortality. Conclusion: FLI is independently associated with hepatic-related mortality. It is also associated with all-cause, CVD, and cancer mortality rates, but these associations appear to be tightly interconnected with the risk conferred by the correlated insulin-resistant state. © 2011 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Published: 2011
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35. Congenital blindness limits allocentric to egocentric switching ability

Author: Tina Iachini, Francesco Ruotolo, Gennaro Ruggiero, Ruggiero, Gennaro, Ruotolo, Francesco, and Iachini, Tina
Subjects: Adult, Male, genetic structures, Blindness, Frame of reference, 050105 experimental psychology, Task (project management), Switching ability, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Resource demanding proce, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Spatial Memory, Neuroscience (all), Anchor point, General Neuroscience, Blindfolded sighted, Distance Perception, 05 social sciences, Egocentricâallocentric reference frame, Middle Aged, Congenitally blindne, Space Perception, Female, Psychology, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Congenital blindness, Cognitive psychology
Abstract: Many everyday spatial activities require the cooperation or switching between egocentric (subject-to-object) and allocentric (object-to-object) spatial representations. The literature on blind people has reported that the lack of vision (congenital blindness) may limit the capacity to represent allocentric spatial information. However, research has mainly focused on the selective involvement of egocentric or allocentric representations, not the switching between them. Here we investigated the effect of visual deprivation on the ability to switch between spatial frames of reference. To this aim, congenitally blind (long-term visual deprivation), blindfolded sighted (temporary visual deprivation) and sighted (full visual availability) participants were compared on the EgoâAllo switching task. This task assessed the capacity to verbally judge the relative distances between memorized stimuli in switching (from egocentric-to-allocentric: EgoâAllo; from allocentric-to-egocentric: AlloâEgo) and non-switching (only-egocentric: EgoâEgo; only-allocentric: AlloâAllo) conditions. Results showed a difficulty in congenitally blind participants when switching from allocentric to egocentric representations, not when the first anchor point was egocentric. In line with previous results, a deficit in processing allocentric representations in non-switching conditions also emerged. These findings suggest that the allocentric deficit in congenital blindness may determine a difficulty in simultaneously maintaining and combining different spatial representations. This deficit alters the capacity to switch between reference frames specifically when the first anchor point is external and not body-centered.
Published: 2017

36. Does blindness affect egocentric and allocentric frames of reference in small and large scale spaces?

Author: Gennaro Ruggiero, Francesco Ruotolo, Tina Iachini, Iachini, Santa, Ruggiero, Gennaro, and Ruotolo, F.
Subjects: Adult, Male, Space (commercial competition), Blindness, Affect (psychology), Frame of reference, Locomotor, Young Adult, Behavioral Neuroscience, Spatial Processing, Space scale, Body Image, Humans, Spatial analysis, Haptic technology, Communication, business.industry, Spatial cognition, Middle Aged, Blindne, Spatial relation, Touch Perception, Space Perception, Egocentric–allocentric frame, Female, Psychology, business, Haptic, Cognitive psychology
Abstract: There is evidence that early deprivation of vision prompts the use of body-based, egocentric spatial representations in congenitally blind individuals, whereas previous visual experience favors the use of object-based, allocentric representations (e.g. Pasqualotto A, Spiller MJ, Jansari AS, Proulx MJ. Visual experience facilitates allocentric spatial representation. Behav Brain Res 2013;236:175-79). Here we investigated whether the influence of the visual status on the capacity to represent egocentric and allocentric spatial relations is mediated by the scale of space explored: large-scale (where a haptic+locomotor exploration is required) and small-scale space (where haptic exploration is needed). Our results showed that congenitally blind people had more difficulty in representing spatial information allocentrically with respect to late blind and sighted individuals, but this difficulty was stronger with large-scale than small-scale space. Instead, egocentric performance was better than the allocentric one for all groups, particularly in the small scale condition. These results suggest that visual experience is necessary to develop accurate allocentric representations especially of large-scale spaces. This is probably due to its capacity to convey a large amount of spatial information simultaneously and to its role on the setting up of multisensory brain areas underlying spatial cognition. In the absence of any kind of visual experience, egocentric spatial representations are favored, especially in small-scale space, when the body offers a stable anchor point.
Published: 2014
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37. The CITIRIVAD Study: CITIcoline plus RIVAstigmine in Elderly Patients Affected with Dementia Study

Author: Pietro Gareri, Antonino Maria Cotroneo, Alberto Castagna, and Giovanni Ruotolo
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cytidine Diphosphate Choline, Transdermal Patch, Rivastigmine, Neuropsychological Tests, 03 medical and health sciences, Cognition, 0302 clinical medicine, Alzheimer Disease, Internal medicine, Activities of Daily Living, Humans, Medicine, Dementia, Pharmacology (medical), 030212 general & internal medicine, Psychiatry, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, Mini–Mental State Examination, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Case-control study, Retrospective cohort study, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Mood, Case-Control Studies, Female, Geriatric Depression Scale, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Citicoline, medicine.drug
Abstract: Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AchEIs), such as rivastigmine, coadministered with cholinergic precursors, such as citicoline, could be effective in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and in mixed dementia (MD), because they are able to increase the intrasynaptic levels of acetylcholine more than the single drugs given alone. The aim of the present study was to show the effectiveness of oral citicoline plus rivastigmine in patients with AD and MD. The CITIRIVAD study was a retrospective case-control study on 174 consecutive outpatients aged ≥65 years, affected with AD or MD, mean age 81.3 ± 4.5 years. Of the 174 patients, 92 had been treated with rivastigmine + citicoline 1000 mg/day given orally (group A); 82 patients had been treated with rivastigmine (group B). In both groups rivastigmine patch had been used for at least six months at the highest tolerated dosage. Group A comprised 62 patients affected with AD and 30 patients with MD. Group B comprised 53 patients affected with AD and 29 with MD. Cognitive functions had been assessed by Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), daily life functions by activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities (IADL), behavioral symptoms by neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI), comorbidities by the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale and mood by geriatric depression scale (GDS)-short form tests, which had been administered at baseline, 3 and 9 months. Data show the effectiveness of combined administration versus the AchEI alone, mainly in slowing disease progression and consequently in disease management, both in AD and in MD. No differences regarding the combined treatment were found between the two groups. Treatment with citicoline plus rivastigmine was safe and well tolerated.
Published: 2016
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38. 'Delirium Day': a nationwide point prevalence study of delirium in older hospitalized patients using an easy standardized diagnostic tool

Author: Bellelli, Giuseppe, Morandi, Alessandro, Di Santo, Simona G., Mazzone, Andrea, Cherubini, Antonio, Mossello, Enrico, Mario, Bo, Bianchetti, Angelo, Rozzini, Renzo, Zanetti, Ermellina, Musicco, Massimo, Ferrari, Alberto, Ferrara, Nicola, Trabucchi, Marco, Boffelli, Stefano, Stefano, Fabio Di, Filippi, Francesco De, Guerini, Fabio, Bertoletti, Erik, March, Albert, Margiotta, Alessandro, Mecocci, Patrizia, Addesi, Desireè, Fantò, Fausto, Dijik, Babette, Porrino, Paola, Cotroneo, Antonino Maria, Galli, Giovanni, Bruni, Amalia Cecilia, Bernardini, Bruno, Corsini, Carla, Cagnin, Annachiara, Zurlo, Amedeo, Barbagallo, Giuseppe, Lunardelli, Maria Lia, Martini, Emilio, Battaglia, Giuseppe, Latella, Raffaele, Petritola, Donatella, Sinforiani, Elena, Cester, Alberto, Formilan, Marino, Carbone, Pasqualina, Appollonio, Ildebrando, Cereda, Diletta, Tremolizzo, Lucio, Bottacchi, Edo, Lucchetti, Lucio, Mariani, Claudio, Rapazzini, Piero, Romanelli, Giuseppe, Marengoni, Alessandra, Zuliani, Giovanni, Bianchi, Lara, Suardi, Teresa, Muti, Ettore, Bottura, Renato, Sgrò, Giovanni, Mandas, Antonella, Serchisu, Luca, Crippa, Patrizia, Ivaldi, Claudio, Ungar, Andrea, Villani, Daniele, Raimondi, Clara, Mussi, Chiara, Isaia, Giancarlo, Provenzano, Giuseppe, Mari, Daniela, Odetti, Patrizio, Monacelli, Fiammetta, Incalzi, Raffaele Antonelli, Pluderi, Alice, Bellamoli, Claudio, Terranova, Luciano, Scarpini, Elio, D'Amico, Ferdinando, Cavallini, Maria Chiara, Guerrini, Gianbattista, Scotuzzi, Anna Maria, Chiarello, Antonino, Pilotto, Alberto, Tognini, Sara, Dell'Aquila, Giuseppina, Toigo, Gabriele, Ceschia, Giuliano, Piccinini, Maristella, Fabbo, Andrea, Zoli, Marco, Forti, Paola, Wenter, Christian, Basile, Giorgio, Lasagni, Anna, Padovani, Alessandro, Rozzini, Luca, Cottino, Maria, Vitali, Silvia, Tripi, Gabriele, Avanzi, Stefano, Annoni, Giorgio, Ruotolo, Giovanni, Boschi, Federica, Bonino, Paolo, Marchionni, Niccolo, Fascendini, Sara, Noro, Gabriele, Turco, Renato, Ubezio, Maria C., Serrati, Carlo, Infante, Maria, Gentile, Simona, Pernigotti, Luigi M., Biagini, Carlo A., Canonico, Enzo, Bonati, Pietro, Gareri, Pietro, Caffarra, Paolo, Ceretti, Arcangelo, Castiglia, Rosanna, Gabelli, Carlo, Storto, Mario Lo, Putzu, Paolo, Santo, Simona Di, Malara, Alba, Spadea, Fausto, Di Cello, Serena, Ceravolo, Francesco, Fabiano, Francesco, Rispoli, Vincenzo, Chiaradia, Giuseppe, Gabriele, Amedeo, Settembrini, Vincenzo, Capomolla, Domenico, Citrino, Antonella, Scriva, Antonietta, Bruno, Irene, Secchi, Roberto, De Martino, Eugenio, Muccinelli, Roberto, Lupi, Gerardo, Paonessa, Patrizio, Fabbri, Andrea, Castellari, Sofia, Andrea, Po, Gaggioli, Guido, Varesi, Massimo, Moneti, Paolo, Capurso, Sebastiano, Latini, Vincenzo, Ghidotti, Stefano, Riccardelli, Francesco, Macchi, Maurizio, Cassinadri, Angela, Tonini, Gabriele, Andreani, Laura, Coralli, Mirco, Balotta, Antonio, Cancelliere, Roberto, Strazzacapa, Mara, Cavallino, Pierangela, Fabio, Stefano, De Filippi, Francesco, Giudice, Chiara, Floris, Patrizia, Dentizzi, Cosimo, D’Elia, Katia, Azzini, Margherita, Cazzadori, Marco, Benati, Claudia, Tobaldini, Chiara, Antonioli, Angela, Mombelloni, Paolo, Fontanini, Fulvio, Oliverio, Martina, Del Grosso, Luciano, Giavedoni, Cristina, Bidoli, Giuliano, Mazzei, Bruno, Corsonello, Andrea, Fusco, Sergio, Vena, Silvio, De Vuono, Tommaso, Maiuri, Giorgio, Castegnaro, Eugenio, De Rosa, Salvatore, Sechi, Rossella Bazzano, Benvenuti, Enrico, Del Lungo, Ilaria, Giardini, Sante, Giulietti, Chiara, D’Amico, Ferdinando, Caronzolo, Francesco, Grippa, Alessandro, Lombardo, Giuseppina, Pipicella, Tiziana, Nitti, Maria Teresa, Felici, Alessandro, Pavan, Silvia, Piazzani, Fabrizio, Lunelli, Alessandra, Dimori, Sergio, Magnani, Angelo, Soglia, Tiziano, Postacchini, Demetrio, Brunelli, Roberto, Santini, Silvia, Francavilla, Monia, Macchiati, Ilenia, Sorvillo, Francesca, Giuli, Cinzia, Perticone, Francesco, Rosa, Paola Cerra, Bencardino, Giuseppe, Falbo, Tania, Grillo, Nadia, Isaia, Gianluca, Pezzilli, Stella, Bergamo, Daniele, Furno, Elisabetta, Rrodhe, Sokol, Lucarini, Simonetta, Dall’Acqua, Francesca, Cappelletto, Francesco, Calvani, Donatella, Becheri, Dimitri, Gambardella, Lucia, Valente, Carlo, Ceci, Giacomo, Ettorre, Evaristo, Tironi, Sara, Grassi, Maria Grazia, Troisi, Elio, Gabutto, Anna, Baglietto, Nino, Quazzo, Loredana, Rosatello, Annalisa, Suraci, Domenico, Tagliabue, Benedetta, Perrone, Chiara, Ferrara, Lucia, Castagna, Alberto, Tremolada, Maria Luisa, Piano, Simonetta, Serviddio, Gaetano, Lo Buglio, Aurelio, Gurrera, Tiziana, Merlo, Valeria, Rovai, Carla, Carlucci, Rosaria, Abbaldo, Anna, Monzani, Fabio, Qasem, Ahmad Amedeo, Bini, Giacomo, Tafuto, Silvia, Mancuso, Giovanna, Fragiacomo, Federica, Pompanin, Sara, Guerra, Gianluca, Pala, Marco, Menozzi, Luca, Gatti, Chiara Delli, Magon, Stefania, Di Francesco, Vincenzo, Faccioli, Silvia, Pellizzari, Luca, Lia Lunardelli, Maria, Macchiarulo, Maria, Corneli, Maria, Bacci, Monica, Lo Storto, Mario, Seresin, Chiara, Simonato, Matteo, Loreggian, Michele, Cestonaro, Fausta, Durando, Mario, Mazzoleni, Marta, Russo, Giuseppe, Ponte, Martino, Valchera, Alessandro, Salustri, Giuseppe, Costa, Alfredo, Cotta, Matteo Ramusino, Pizio, Renato Nicola, Perego, Germana, Bucciantini, Elisabetta, Di Giovanni, Marco, Franchi, Fabrizio, Claudio Mariani, Sara Barbieri, Grande, Giulia, Fugazza, Luciano, Guerrini, Chiara, De Paduanis, Giovanna, Iallonardo, Lucia, Palumbo, Pasquale, Ortolani, Beatrice, Capatti, Eleonora, Soavi, Cecilia, Francesconi, Daniela, Miselli, Agata, Zaccarini, Cinzia, Mirra, Gianluca, Secreto, Piero, Bisio, Erika, Cecchettani, Marco, Naldi, Tamara, Pallavicino, Alessandra, Pugliese, Michela, Iozzo, Rosaria Cosima, Guido Grassi, Giovanni Sgrò, Dell’Oro, Raffaella, Mannironi, Antonio, Giorli, Elisa, Oberti, Sara, Fierro, Brigida, Piccoli, Tommaso, Giacalone, Fabio, Costaggiu, Diego, Pinna, Elisa, Orrù, Francesca, Mannai, Martina, Cordioli, Zeno, Pelizzari, Luca, Chiloiro, Roberta, Cimino, Rosella, Ruberto, Carmen, Dal Santo, Pierluigi, Andriolli, Antonino, Burattin, Giuseppe, Rossi, Laura, Tezza, Fabiana, Aloisio, Paola, Di Monda, Tiziana, Galbassini, Gloria, Russo, Anna Maria, Pesci, Alberto, Suigo, Giulia, Zanasi, Massimo, Moniello, Giovanni, Rostagno, Carlo, Cartei, Alessandro, Polidori, Gianluca, Melis, Maria Ramona, Martellini, Eleonora, Battiston, Bruno, Berardino, Maurizio, Cavallo, Simona, Lombardi, Bruna, D’Ippolito, Pierpaolo, Furini, Angela, Guarneri, Massimo, Paolucci, Stefano, Bassi, Andrea, Coiro, Paola, De Angelis, Domenico, Morone, Giovanni, Venturiero, Vincenzo, Palleschi, Lorenzo, Raganato, Paolo, Di Niro, Giuseppina, Imoscopi, Alessandra, Tibaldi, Vittoria, Bottignole, Giuliana, Calvi, Elisa, Clementi, Carlotta, Zanocchi, Mauro, Agosta, Luca, Criasia, Antonio, Spertino, Elena, Nortarelli, Antonella, Principato, Pietro, Rizzo, Anita, Cellura, Eleonora, Zanghierato, Angelo, Romano, Federica Y., Rosini, Francesca, Mansi, Marta, Rossi, Silvia, Riccardelli, Alex, Potena, Alfredo, Lichii, Mihaela, Candiani, Tiziana, Grimaldi, William, Bertani, Emiliano, Calogero, Pietro, Pinto, Daniela, Bernardi, Roberto, Nicolino, Francesco, Galetti, Caterina, Gianstefani, Alice, Prefumo, Matteo, Paolisso, Giuseppe, Rizzo, Maria Rosaria, Prestano, Raffaele, Dalise, Anna Maria, Barra, Davide, Dal Bosco, Livio, Asprinio, Vincenzo, Dallape, Luciana, Perina, Elisa, Bartoli, Isaura Rossi, Maina, Antonella, Pecoraro, Elisabetta, Sciarra, Michela, Prudente, Angela, Benini, Lucia, Levato, Francesco, Mhiuta, Victor, Alius, Florin, Davidoaia, Diana, Giardini, Vittorio, Garancini, Mattia, Bozzini, Claudia, Tosoni, Paolo, Provoli, Emma, Cascone, Luisa, Dioli, Andrea, Ferrarin, Gianfranco, Bucci, Adelmo, Bua, Guido, Fenu, Sara, Bianchi, Giovanna, Casella, Silvia, Romano, Valentina, Belotti, Gloria, Cavaliere, Sabina, Cuni, Estella, Merciuc, Nina, Oberti, Rosella, Colombo, Katia, D’Arcangelo, Paolo, Montenegro, Nicola, Montanari, Roberto, Lamanna, Pierpaolo, Gasperini, Beatrice, Arighi, Andrea, Granata, Antonino, Ranalli, Claudia, Cammilli, Alessandra, Tricca, Manola, Natella, Daniela, Sozzi, Ferdinando, Valenti, Luigi, Monia, Monella, Prete, Camilla, Senesi, Barbara, Meta, Anna Cristina, Pendenza, Enrico, Pasqualetti, Giuseppe, Polini, Antonio, Ballino, Elena, Dell’Aquila, Giuseppina, Gasparrini, Pina Maria, Marotti, Elisabetta, Migale, Monica, Scrimieri, Antonia, Rosso, Alessia, Tongiorgi, Chiara, Scarpa, Cristina, Pacchioni, Maurizio, De Dominicis, Luigino, Pucci, Eugenio, Renzi, Sara, Cartechini, Elisabetta, Barilaro, Giuseppe, Ugenti, Francesca, Romeo, Pasquale, Nardelli, Anna, Lauretani, Fulvio, Visioli, Sandra, Montanari, Ilaria, Ermini, Francesca, Giordano, Antonio, Pigato, Giorgio, Simeone, Emilio, Colameco, Franco, Cecamore, Antonella, Scurti, Rosa, Lupinetti, Maria Cristina, Barbujani, Mario, Perazzi, Beatrice, Giampieri, Marina, Amoruso, Raffaele, Ferrari, Camilla, Gambetti, Claudio, Sfrappini, Mario, Semeraro, Letizia, Striuli, Rinaldo, Mariani, Claudia, Pelliccioni, Giuseppe, Marinelli, Donatella, Rossi, Tommaso, Pesallaccia, Martina, Sabbatini, Debora, Gobbi, Beatrice, Cerqua, Raffaella, Tagliani, Giancarla, Schlauser, Elena, Caser, Luciano, Caramello, Elisa, Sandigliano, Franca, Rosso, Giorgio, Bendini, Chiara, Scevola, Moreno, Vitale, Enrico, Maugeri, Domenico, Sorace, Rosaria, Anzaldi, Massimiliano, De Gesu, Roberto, Morrone, Giuseppe, Davolio, Federica, Pirazzoli, Luca, Fabbri, Elisa, Ruffini, Ingrid, Insam, Miriam, Abraham, Elisabeth, Kirchlechner, Christine, Cucinotta, Domenico, Parise, Pasquale, Boccali, Andrea, Amici, Serena, Gambacorta, Maurizia, Lovati, Roberto, Giovinazzo, Francesca, Kimak, Elzbieta, Lo Castro, Marika, Mauro, Flavia, De Luca, Alessandro, Sancesario, Giuseppe, Martorana, Alessandro, Scaricamazza, Beatrice, Toniolo, Sofia, Di Lorenzo, Francesco, Liguori, Claudio, Lasco, Antonino, Vita, Natale, Giomi, Mirna, Forte, Floriana, Ceraso, Anna, Marelli, Eleonora, Miceli, Salvatore, Urso, Giovanni, Grioni, Giuseppe, Vezzadini, Giuliana, Misaggi, Giulia, Forlani, Chiara, Iemolo, Francesco, Giordano, Antonello, Sanzaro, Enzo, D’Asta, Gabriele, Proietto, Maria, Carnemolla, Anna, Razza, Grazia, Spadaro, Daniela, Bertolotti, Marco, Neviani, Francesca, Balestri, Francesca, Torrini, Monica, Mannarino, Giulio, Tesi, Francesca, Bigolari, Michela, Natale, Alessia, Grassi, Simona, Bottaro, Cinzia, Stefanelli, Sara, Bovone, Ugo, Tortorolo, Umberto, Quadri, Roberto, Leone, Giuseppe, Ponzetto, Maria, Frasson, Paola, Bruni, Adriana, Confalonieri, Roberto, Corsi, Maurizio, Moretti, Daniela, Teruzzi, Fabiola, Umidi, Simona, Barocco, Federica, Spallazzi, Marco, Chioatto, Paolo, Bortolamei, Sandra, Soattin, Lucia, Bertazzoli, Marco, Rota, Elisabetta, Adobati, Annamaria, Scarpa, Alberto, Granziera, Serena, Zuccher, Paola, Dal Fabbro, Angela, Zara, Daniela, Lo Nigro, Ambra, Franchetti, Lorena, Toniolo, Marika, Marcuzzo, Cinzia, Rollone, Marco, Guerriero, Fabio, Sgarlata, Carmelo, Massè, Alessandro, Zatti, Giovanni, Piatti, Massimiliano, Graci, Jole, Benati, Giuseppe, Biondi, Mario, Fiumi, Nicoletta, Locatelli, Sergio M., Mauri, Sabrina, Beretta, Mauro, Margheritis, Laura, Desideri, Giovanbattista, Liberatore, Ester, Carucci, Anna Cecilia, Caput, Margherita, Antonietti, Maria Paola, Polistena, Giuseppe, De la Pierre, Franz, Mari, Marcello, Massignani, Paola, Tombesi, Fabio, Selvaggio, Fabio, Verbo, Brunella, Bodoni, Paolo, Marchionni, Niccolò, Sabatini, Tony, Mussio, Eleonora, Titoldini, Giulia, Cossu, Beatrice, Licini, Cristina, Tomasoni, Angela, Calderazzo, Massimo, Prampolini, Raffaella, Melotti, Rita Maria, Lilli, Albina, Buda, Simona, Adversi, Marco, Mantovani, Anna Roberta, Viola, Maria C., D’Ambrosio, Viviana, Mazzanti, Paolo, Brambilla, Cristina, Sportelli, Silvia, Quattrocchi, Daniela, Pisu, Cristina, Sicuro, Francesca, Zagnoni, Piergiuseppe, Ghiglia, Stefania, Mosca, Massimiliano, Corazzin, Ileana, Deola, Mariangela, Biagini, Carlo Adriano, Bencini, Francesca, Cantini, Claudia, Tonon, Elisabetta, Pierinelli, Silvia, Onofrj, Marco, Thomas, Astrid, Bonanni, Laura, Cacchiò, Gabriella, Comi, Giancarlo, Magnani, Giuseppe, Santangelo, Roberto, Mazzeo, Salvatore, Barbieri, Cristina, Giroldi, Liviana, Bandini, Fabio, Masina, Marco, Malservisi, Simona, Cicognani, Annalena, Ricca, Laura, Tassinari, Tiziana, Brogi, Davide, Sugo, Annalisa, Bellelli G., Morandi A., Di Santo S.G., Mazzone A., Cherubini A., Mossello E., Bo M., Bianchetti A., Rozzini R., Zanetti E., Musicco M., Ferrari A., Ferrara N., Trabucchi M., Boffelli S., Stefano F.D., Filippi F.D., Guerini F., Bertoletti E., March A., Margiotta A., Mecocci P., Addesi D., Fanto F., Dijik B., Porrino P., Cotroneo A.M., Galli G., Bruni A.C., Bernardini B., Corsini C., Cagnin A., Zurlo A., Barbagallo G., Lunardelli M.L., Martini E., Battaglia G., Latella R., Petritola D., Sinforiani E., Cester A., Formilan M., Carbone P., Appollonio I., Cereda D., Tremolizzo L., Bottacchi E., Lucchetti L., Mariani C., Rapazzini P., Romanelli G., Marengoni A., Zuliani G., Bianchi L., Suardi T., Muti E., Bottura R., Sgro G., Mandas A., Serchisu L., Crippa P., Ivaldi C., Ungar A., Villani D., Raimondi C., Mussi C., Isaia G., Provenzano G., Mari D., Odetti P., Monacelli F., Incalzi R.A., Pluderi A., Bellamoli C., Terranova L., Scarpini E., D'Amico G., Cavallini M.C., Guerrini G., Scotuzzi A.M., Chiarello A., Pilotto A., Tognini S., Dell'Aquila G., Toigo G., Ceschia G., Piccinini M., Fabbo A., Zoli M., Forti P., Wenter C., Basile G., Lasagni A., Padovani A., Rozzini L., Cottino M., Vitali S., Tripi G., Avanzi S., Annoni G., Ruotolo G., Boschi F., Bonino P., Marchionni N., Fascendini S., Noro G., Turco R., Ubezio M.C., Serrati C., Infante M., Gentile S., Pernigotti L.M., Biagini C.A., Canonico E., Bonati P., Gareri P., Caffarra P., Ceretti A., Castiglia R., Gabelli C., Storto M.L., Putzu P., Santo S.D., Malara A., Spadea F., Di Cello S., Ceravolo F., Fabiano F., Rispoli V., Chiaradia G., Gabriele A., Settembrini V., Capomolla D., Citrino A., Scriva A., Bruno I., Secchi R., De Martino E., Muccinelli R., Lupi G., Paonessa P., Fabbri A., Castellari S., Po A., Gaggioli G., Varesi M., Moneti P., Capurso S., Latini V., Ghidotti S., Riccardelli F., Macchi M., Cassinadri A., Tonini G., Andreani L., Coralli M., Balotta A., Cancelliere R., Strazzacapa M., Cavallino P., Fabio S., De Filippi F., Giudice C., Floris P., Dentizzi C., D'Elia K., Azzini M., Cazzadori M., Benati C., Tobaldini C., Antonioli A., Mombelloni P., Fontanini F., Oliverio M., Del Grosso L., Giavedoni C., Bidoli G., Mazzei B., Corsonello A., Fusco S., Vena S., De Vuono T., Maiuri G., Castegnaro E., De Rosa S., Sechi R.B., Benvenuti E., Del Lungo I., Giardini S., Giulietti C., D'Amico F., Caronzolo F., Grippa A., Lombardo G., Pipicella T., Nitti M.T., Felici A., Pavan S., Lunelli A., Dimori S., Magnani A., Soglia T., Postacchini D., Brunelli R., Santini S., Francavilla M., Macchiati I., Sorvillo F., Giuli C., Perticone F., Rosa P.C., Bencardino G., Falbo T., Grillo N., Pezzilli S., Bergamo D., Furno E., Rrodhe S., Lucarini S., Dall'Acqua F., Cappelletto F., Calvani D., Becheri D., Gambardella L., Valente C., Ceci G., Ettorre E., Tironi S., Grassi M.G., Troisi E., Gabutto A., Baglietto N., Quazzo L., Rosatello A., Suraci D., Tagliabue B., Perrone C., Ferrara L., Castagna A., Tremolada M., Piano S., Serviddio G., Lo Buglio A., Gurrera T., Merlo V., Rovai C., Carlucci R., Abbaldo A., Monzani F., Qasem A., Bini G., Tafuto S., Mancuso G., Fragiacomo F., Pompanin S., Guerra G., Pala M., Menozzi L., Gatti C.D., Magon S., Di Francesco V., Faccioli S., Pellizzari L., Lia Lunardelli M., Macchiarulo M., Corneli M., Bacci M., Lo Storto M., Seresin C., Simonato M., Loreggian M., Cestonaro F., Durando M., Mazzoleni M., Russo G., Ponte M., Valchera A., Salustri G., Costa A., Cotta M.R., Pizio R.N., Perego G., Bucciantini E., Di Giovanni M., Franchi F., Claudio Mariani S.B., Grande G., Fugazza L., Guerrini C., De Paduanis G., Iallonardo L., Palumbo P., Ortolani B., Capatti E., Soavi C., Francesconi D., Miselli A., Zaccarini C., Mirra G., Secreto P., Bisio E., Cecchettani M., Naldi T., Pallavicino A., Pugliese M., Iozzo R., Guido Grassi G.S., Dell'Oro R., Mannironi A., Giorli E., Oberti S., Fierro B., Piccoli T., Giacalone F., Costaggiu D., Pinna E., Orru F., Mannai M., Cordioli Z., Pelizzari L., Chiloiro R., Cimino R., Ruberto C., Dal Santo P., Andriolli A., Burattin G., Rossi L., Tezza F., Aloisio P., Di Monda T., Galbassini G., Russo A., Pesci A., Suigo G., Zanasi M., Moniello G., Rostagno C., Cartei A., Polidori G., Melis M., Martellini E., Battiston B., Berardino M., Cavallo S., Lombardi B., D'Ippolito P., Furini A., Guarneri M., Paolucci S., Bassi A., Coiro P., De Angelis D., Morone G., Venturiero V., Palleschi L., Raganato P., Di Niro G., Imoscopi A., Tibaldi V., Bottignole G., Calvi E., Clementi C., Zanocchi M., Agosta L., Criasia A., Spertino E., Nortarelli A., Principato P., Rizzo A., Cellura E., Zanghierato A., Romano F.Y., Rosini F., Mansi M., Rossi S., Riccardelli A., Potena A., Lichii M., Candiani T., Grimaldi W., Bertani E., Calogero P., Pinto D., Bernardi R., Nicolino F., Galetti C., Gianstefani A., Prefumo M., Paolisso G., Rizzo M.R., Prestano R., Dalise A.M., Barra D., Dal Bosco L., Asprinio V., Dallape L., Perina E., Bartoli I.R., Maina A., Pecoraro E., Sciarra M., Prudente A., Benini L., Levato F., Mhiuta V., Alius F., Davidoaia D., Giardini V., Garancini M., Bozzini C., Tosoni P., Provoli E., Cascone L., Dioli A., Ferrarin G., Bucci A., Bua G., Fenu S., Bianchi G., Casella S., Romano V., Belotti G., Cavaliere S., Cuni E., Merciuc N., Oberti R., Colombo K., D'Arcangelo P., Montenegro N., Montanari R., Lamanna P., Gasperini B., Arighi A., Granata A., Ranalli C., Cammilli A., Tricca M., Natella D., Sozzi F., Valenti L., Monia M., Prete C., Senesi B., Meta A.C., Pendenza E., Pasqualetti G., Polini A., Ballino E., Gasparrini P., Marotti E., Migale M., Scrimieri A., Rosso A., Tongiorgi C., Scarpa C., Pacchioni M., De Dominicis L., Pucci E., Renzi S., Cartechini E., Barilaro G., Ugenti F., Romeo P., Nardelli A., Lauretani F., Visioli S., Montanari I., Ermini F., Giordano A., Pigato G., Simeone E., Colameco F., Cecamore A., Scurti R., Lupinetti M.C., Barbujani M., Perazzi B., Giampieri M., Amoruso R., Ferrari C., Gambetti C., Sfrappini M., Semeraro L., Striuli R., Pelliccioni G., Marinelli D., Rossi T., Pesallaccia M., Sabbatini D., Gobbi B., Cerqua R., Tagliani G., Schlauser E., Caser L., Caramello E., Sandigliano F., Rosso G., Bendini C., Scevola M., Vitale E., Maugeri D., Sorace R., Anzaldi M., De Gesu R., Morrone G., Davolio F., Pirazzoli L., Fabbri E., Ruffini I., Insam M., Abraham E., Kirchlechner C., Cucinotta D., Parise P., Boccali A., Amici S., Gambacorta M., Lovati R., Giovinazzo F., Kimak E., Lo Castro M., Mauro F., De Luca A., Sancesario G., Martorana A., Scaricamazza B., Toniolo S., Di Lorenzo F., Liguori C., Lasco A., Vita N., Giomi M., Forte F., Ceraso A., Marelli E., Miceli S., Urso G., Grioni G., Vezzadini G., Misaggi G., Forlani C., Iemolo F., Sanzaro E., D'Asta G., Proietto M., Carnemolla A., Razza G., Spadaro D., Bertolotti M., Neviani F., Balestri F., Torrini M., Mannarino G., Tesi F., Bigolari M., Natale A., Grassi S., Bottaro C., Stefanelli S., Bovone U., Tortorolo U., Quadri R., Leone G., Ponzetto M., Frasson P., Bruni A., Confalonieri R., Corsi M., Moretti D., Teruzzi F., Umidi S., Barocco F., Spallazzi M., Chioatto P., Bortolamei S., Soattin L., Bertazzoli M., Rota E., Adobati A., Scarpa A., Granziera S., Zuccher P., Dal Fabbro A., Zara D., Lo Nigro A., Franchetti L., Toniolo M., Marcuzzo C., Rollone M., Guerriero F., Sgarlata C., Masse A., Zatti G., Piatti M., Graci J., Benati G., Biondi M., Fiumi N., Locatelli S.M., Mauri S., Beretta M., Margheritis L., Desideri G., Liberatore E., Carucci A.C., Caput M., Antonietti M.P., Polistena G., De la Pierre F., Mari M., Massignani P., Tombesi F., Selvaggio F., Verbo B., Bodoni P., Sabatini T., Mussio E., Titoldini G., Cossu B., Licini C., Tomasoni A., Calderazzo M., Prampolini R., Melotti R.M., Lilli A., Buda S., Adversi M., Mantovani A.R., Viola M.C., D'Ambrosio V.V., Mazzanti P., Brambilla C., Sportelli S., Quattrocchi D., Pisu C., Sicuro F., Zagnoni P., Ghiglia S., Mosca M., Corazzin I., Deola M., Bencini F., Cantini C., Tonon E., Pierinelli S., Onofrj M., Thomas A., Bonanni L., Cacchio G., Comi G., Magnani G., Santangelo R., Mazzeo S., Barbieri C., Giroldi L., Bandini F., Masina M., Malservisi S., Cicognani A., Ricca L., Tassinari T., Brogi D., Sugo A., Bellelli, G, Morandi, A, Di Santo, S, Mazzone, A, Cherubini, A, Mossello, E, Bo, M, Bianchetti, A, Rozzini, R, Zanetti, E, Musicco, M, Ferrari, A, Ferrara, N, Trabucchi, M, Appollonio, I, Cereda, D, Tremolizzo, L, Annoni, G, Zatti, G, Bellelli, Giuseppe, Morandi, Alessandro, Di Santo, Simona G, Mazzone, Andrea, Cherubini, Antonio, Mossello, Enrico, Bo, Mario, Bianchetti, Angelo, Rozzini, Renzo, Zanetti, Ermellina, Musicco, Massimo, Ferrari, Alberto, Ferrara, Nicola, Trabucchi, Marco, Giuseppe Bellelli, Alessandro Morandi, Simona G. Di Santo, Andrea Mazzone, Antonio Cherubini, Enrico Mossello, Mario Bo, Angelo Bianchetti, Renzo Rozzini, Ermellina Zanetti, Massimo Musicco, Alberto Ferrari, Nicola Ferrara, Marco Trabucchi, and on behalf of the Italian Study Group on Delirium (ISGoD), Stefano Boffelli, Fabio Di Stefano, Francesco De Filippi, Fabio Guerini, Erik Bertoletti, Albert March, Alessandro Margiotta, Patrizia Mecocci, Desireè Addesi, Fausto Fantò, Gianluca Isaia, Babette Dijik, Paola Porrino, Antonino Maria Cotroneo, Giovanni Galli, Amalia Cecilia Bruni, Bruno Bernardini, Carla Corsini, Annachiara Cagnin, Amedeo Zurlo, Giuseppe Barbagallo, Maria Lia Lunardelli, Emilio Martini, Giuseppe Battaglia, Raffaele Latella, Donatella Petritola, Elena Sinforiani, Alberto Cester, Marino Formilan, Pasqualina Carbone, Ildebrando Appollonio, Diletta Cereda, Lucio Tremolizzo, Edo Bottacchi, Lucio Lucchetti, Claudio Mariani, Piero Rapazzini, Giuseppe Romanelli, Alessandra Marengoni, Giovanni Zuliani, Lara Bianchi, Teresa Suardi, Ettore Muti, Renato Bottura, Giovanni Sgrò, Antonella Manda, Luca Serchisu, Patrizia Crippa, Claudio Ivaldi, Andrea Ungar, Daniele Villani, Clara Raimondi, Chiara Mussi, Giancarlo Isaia, Giuseppe Provenzano, Daniela Mari, Patrizio Odetti, Fiammetta Monacelli, Raffaele Antonelli Incalzi, Alice Pluderi, Claudio Bellamoli, Luciano Terranova, Elio Scarpini, Ferdinando D'Amico, Maria Chiara Cavallini, Gianbattista Guerrini, Anna Maria Scotuzzi, Antonino Chiarello, Alberto Pilotto, Sara Tognini, Giuseppina Dell’Aquila, Gabriele Toigo, Giuliano Ceschia, Maristella Piccinini, Andrea Fabbo, Marco Zoli, Paola Forti, Christian Wenter, Giorgio Basile, Anna Lasagni, Alessandro Padovani, Luca Rozzini, Maria Cottino, Silvia Vitali, Gabriele Tripi, Stefano Avanzi, Giorgio Annoni, Giovanni Ruotolo, Federica Boschi, Paolo Bonino, Niccolò Marchionni, Maria C. Cavallini, Sara Fascendini, Gabriele Noro, Renato Turco, Maria C. Ubezio, Carlo Serrati, Maria Infante, Simona Gentile, Luigi M. Pernigotti, Carlo A. Biagini, Enzo Canonico, Pietro Bonati, Pietro Gareri, Paolo Caffarra, Arcangelo Ceretti, Rosanna Castiglia, Carlo Gabelli, Mario Lo Storto, Paolo Putzu, Simona Di Santo, Andrea, Mazzone, and Rita Maria Melotti
Subjects: Male, Cross-sectional study, Hospitalized patients, Prevalence, 0302 clinical medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, 80 and over, Odds Ratio, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective Studies, Prospective cohort study, Multicenter, Acute hospital, 2. Zero hunger, Aged, 80 and over, Medicine(all), Medicine (all), Settore BIO/14, General Medicine, 3. Good health, 4AT, Delirium, Hospital, Aged, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Inpatients, Italy, Logistic Models, medicine.symptom, Research Article, Rehabilitation hospital, medicine.medical_specialty, NO, 03 medical and health sciences, 4AT, Delirium, Hospital, Multicenter, Prevalence, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cross-Sectional Studies, Delirium, Female, Humans, Inpatients, Italy, Logistic Models, Male, Odds Ratio, Prevalence, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, mental disorders, Psychiatry, business.industry, Odds ratio, Emergency medicine, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Background To date, delirium prevalence in adult acute hospital populations has been estimated generally from pooled findings of single-center studies and/or among specific patient populations. Furthermore, the number of participants in these studies has not exceeded a few hundred. To overcome these limitations, we have determined, in a multicenter study, the prevalence of delirium over a single day among a large population of patients admitted to acute and rehabilitation hospital wards in Italy. Methods This is a point prevalence study (called “Delirium Day”) including 1867 older patients (aged 65 years or more) across 108 acute and 12 rehabilitation wards in Italian hospitals. Delirium was assessed on the same day in all patients using the 4AT, a validated and briefly administered tool which does not require training. We also collected data regarding motoric subtypes of delirium, functional and nutritional status, dementia, comorbidity, medications, feeding tubes, peripheral venous and urinary catheters, and physical restraints. Results The mean sample age was 82.0 ± 7.5 years (58 % female). Overall, 429 patients (22.9 %) had delirium. Hypoactive was the commonest subtype (132/344 patients, 38.5 %), followed by mixed, hyperactive, and nonmotoric delirium. The prevalence was highest in Neurology (28.5 %) and Geriatrics (24.7 %), lowest in Rehabilitation (14.0 %), and intermediate in Orthopedic (20.6 %) and Internal Medicine wards (21.4 %). In a multivariable logistic regression, age (odds ratio [OR] 1.03, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.01–1.05), Activities of Daily Living dependence (OR 1.19, 95 % CI 1.12–1.27), dementia (OR 3.25, 95 % CI 2.41–4.38), malnutrition (OR 2.01, 95 % CI 1.29–3.14), and use of antipsychotics (OR 2.03, 95 % CI 1.45–2.82), feeding tubes (OR 2.51, 95 % CI 1.11–5.66), peripheral venous catheters (OR 1.41, 95 % CI 1.06–1.87), urinary catheters (OR 1.73, 95 % CI 1.30–2.29), and physical restraints (OR 1.84, 95 % CI 1.40–2.40) were associated with delirium. Admission to Neurology wards was also associated with delirium (OR 2.00, 95 % CI 1.29–3.14), while admission to other settings was not. Conclusions Delirium occurred in more than one out of five patients in acute and rehabilitation hospital wards. Prevalence was highest in Neurology and lowest in Rehabilitation divisions. The “Delirium Day” project might become a useful method to assess delirium across hospital settings and a benchmarking platform for future surveys. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12916-016-0649-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Published: 2016
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39. Targeting Lp(a) to reduce ASCVD risk

Author: Leslie Cho, Giacomo Ruotolo, Julie St. John, Stephen J. Nicholls, Jeffrey S. Riesmeyer, Venu Menon, Kathy Wolski, A. Michael Lincoff, Rishi Puri, Ellen McErlean, Steven E. Nissen, and Benoit J. Arsenault
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Acute coronary syndrome, medicine.medical_specialty, MEDLINE, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Coronary artery disease, Benzodiazepines, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Secondary analysis, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, In patient, 030212 general & internal medicine, Myocardial infarction, Stroke, Original Investigation, Aged, biology, Unstable angina, business.industry, Cholesterol, Anticholesteremic Agents, C-reactive protein, Cholesterol, LDL, Lipoprotein(a), Middle Aged, medicine.disease, C-Reactive Protein, 030104 developmental biology, chemistry, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiology, biology.protein, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Biomarkers, Evacetrapib, Lipoprotein
Abstract: IMPORTANCE: Although lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) is a causal genetic risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, it remains unclear which patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease stand to benefit the most from Lp(a) lowering. Whether inflammation can modulate Lp(a)-associated cardiovascular (CV) risk during secondary prevention is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether Lp(a)-associated CV risk is modulated by systemic inflammation in optimally treated patients at high risk of CV disease. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A prespecified secondary post hoc analysis of the double-blind, multicenter randomized clinical Assessment of Clinical Effects of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition With Evacetrapib in Patients at a High Risk for Vascular Outcomes (ACCELERATE) trial was conducted between October 1, 2012, and December 31, 2013; the study was terminated October 12, 2015. The study was conducted at 543 academic and community hospitals in 36 countries among 12 092 patients at high risk of CV disease (acute coronary syndrome, stroke, peripheral arterial disease, or type 2 diabetes with coronary artery disease) with measurable Lp(a) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) levels during treatment. Statistical analysis for this post hoc analysis was performed from September 26, 2018, to March 28, 2020. INTERVENTIONS: Participants received evacetrapib, 130 mg/d, or matching placebo. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The ACCELERATE trial found no significant benefit or harm of evacetrapib on 30-month major adverse cardiovascular events (CV death, myocardial infarction [MI], stroke, coronary revascularization, or hospitalization for unstable angina). This secondary analysis evaluated rates of CV death, MI, and stroke across levels of Lp(a). RESULTS: High-sensitivity C-reactive protein and Lp(a) levels were measured in 10 503 patients (8135 men; 8561 white; 10 134 received concurrent statins; mean [SD] age, 64.6 [9.4] years). In fully adjusted analyses, in patients with hsCRP of 2 mg/L or more but not less than 2 mg/L, increasing quintiles of Lp(a) were significantly associated with greater rates of death, MI, and stroke (P = .006 for interaction). Each unit increase in log Lp(a) levels was associated with a 13% increased risk of CV death, nonfatal MI, or stroke only in those with hsCRP levels of 2 mg/L or more (P = .008 for interaction). There was also a significant stepwise relationship between increasing Lp(a) quintiles and time to first CV death, MI, or stroke (log-rank P
Published: 2020
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40. The association of indwelling urinary catheter with delirium in hospitalized patients and nursing home residents: an explorative analysis from the 'Delirium Day 2015'

Author: Bo, M, Porrino, P, Di Santo SG, Mazzone, A, Cherubini, A, Mossello, E, Bianchetti, A, Musicco, M, Ferrari, A, Ferrara, N, Filippini, C, Trabucchi, M, Morandi, A, Bellelli, G, on behalf of the Italian Study Group on Delirium (ISGoD): Boffelli, S, Di Stefano, F, De Filippi, F, Guerini, F, Bertoletti, E, March, A, Margiotta, A, Mecocci, P, Ruggiero, C, Addesi, D, Fantò, F, Isaia, G, Dijik, B, Cotroneo, Am, Galli, G, Bruni, Ac, Bernardini, B, Corsini, C, Cagnin, A, Zurlo, G, Barbagallo, G, Lunardelli, Ml, Martini, E, Battaglia, G, Latella, R, Petritola, D, Sinforiani, E, Cester, A, Formilan, M, Carbone, P, Appollonio, I, Cereda, D, Tremolizzo, L, Bottacchi, E, Lucchetti, L, Mariani, C, Rapazzini, P, Romanelli, G, Marengoni, A, Zuliani, G, Bianchi, L, Suardi, T, Muti, E, Bottura, R, Sgrò, G, Mandas, A, Serchisu, L, Crippa, P, Ivaldi, C, Ungar, A, Villani, D, Raimondi, C, Mussi, C, Provenzano, G, Mari, D, Odetti, P, Monacelli, F, Antonelli Incalzi, R, Pluderi, A, Bellamoli, C, Terranova, L, Scarpini, E, D’Amico, F, Cavallini, Mc, Guerrini, G, Scotuzzi, Am, Chiarello, A, Pilotto, A, Tognini, S, Dell’Aquila, G, Toigo, G, Ceschia, G, Piccinini, M, Fabbo, A, Zoli, M, Forti, P, Wenter, C, Basile, G, Lasagni, A, Padovani, A, Rozzini, L, Cottino, M, Vitali, S, Tripi, G, Avanzi, S, Umidi, S, Moretti, D, Ruotolo, G, Boschi, F, Bonino, P, Marchionni, N, Fascendini, S, Noro, G, Turco, R, Ubezio, Mc, Serrati, C, Infante, M, Gentile, S, Pernigotti, Lm, Biagini, Ca, Canonico, E, Bonati, P, Gareri, P, Caffarra, P, Castagna, A, Ceretti, A, Castiglia, R, Gabelli, C, Lo Storto, M, Putzu, P, Di Santo, S, Rozzini, R, Zanetti, E, Trabucchi, M., Bo, M, Porrino, P, Di Santo, S, Mazzone, A, Cherubini, A, Mossello, E, Bianchetti, A, Musicco, M, Ferrari, A, Ferrara, N, Filippini, C, Trabucchi, M, Morandi, A, Bellelli, G, Bo, Mario, Porrino, Paola, Di Santo, Simona G., Mazzone, Andrea, Cherubini, Antonio, Mossello, Enrico, Bianchetti, Angelo, Musicco, Massimo, Ferrari, Alberto, Ferrara, Nicola, Filippini, Claudia, Trabucchi, Marco, Morandi, Alessandro, and Bellelli, Giuseppe
Subjects: Male, Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, 4AT test, Cognition, Delirium, Geriatric assessment, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Catheters, Indwelling, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Urinary Catheterization, Nursing Homes, Catheters, Hospitalized patients, medicine.medical_treatment, Logistic regression, behavioral disciplines and activities, Urinary catheterization, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Informed consent, Internal medicine, mental disorders, medicine, 80 and over, Dementia, 030212 general & internal medicine, Coma, business.industry, Geriatrics and Gerontology, medicine.disease, Indwelling, medicine.symptom, Nursing homes, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Backround: Use of indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) in older adults has negative consequences, including delirium. Aim: This analysis, from the "Delirium Day 2015", a nationwide multicenter prevalence study, aim to evaluate the association of IUC with delirium in hospitalized and Nursing Homes (NHs) patients. Methods: Patients underwent a comprehensive geriatric assessment, including the presence of IUC; inclusion criteria were age > 65 years, being Italian speaker and providing informed consent; exclusion criteria were coma, aphasia, end-of-life status. Delirium was assessed using the 4AT test (score >= 4: possible delirium; scores 1-3: possible cognitive impairment). Results: Among 1867 hospitalized patients (mean age 82.0 ± 7.5 years, 58% female), 539 (28.9%) had IUC, 429 (22.9%) delirium and 675 (36.1%) cognitive impairment. IUC was significantly associated with cognitive impairment (OR 1.60, 95% CI 1.19-2.16) and delirium (2.45, 95% CI 1.73-3.47), this latter being significant also in the subset of patients without dementia (OR 2.28, 95% CI 1.52-3.43). Inattention and impaired alertness were also independently associated with IUC. Among 1454 NHs residents (mean age 84.4 ± 7.4 years, 70.% female), 63 (4.3%) had IUC, 535 (36.8%) a 4AT score >= 4, and 653 (44.9%) a 4AT score 1-3. The multivariate logistic regression analysis did not show a significant association between 4AT test or its specific items with IUC, neither in the subset of patients without dementia. Discussion: We confirmed a significant association between IUC and delirium in hospitalized patients but not in NHs residents. Conclusion: Environmental and clinical factors of acute setting might contribute to IUC-associated delirium occurrence.
Published: 2019
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41. Mitochondrial PITRM1 peptidase loss-of-function in childhood cerebellar atrophy

Author: Tom Walsh, Paul Renbaum, Bassam Abu Libdeh, Pedro-Filipe Teixeira, Dario Brunetti, Reeval Segel, Rachel Beeri, Yeshaya Langer, Fouad Zahdeh, Ephrat Levy-Lahad, Suleyman Gulsuner, Enrico Baruffini, Ariella Weinberg-Shukron, Massimo Zeviani, Maher Shahrour, Roberta Ruotolo, Imad Dweikat, Elzbieta Glaser, Mary Claire King, Sharon Zeligson, Adi Aran, Brunetti, Dario [0000-0002-2740-9370], King, Mary-Claire [0000-0001-9426-1743], Zeviani, Massimo [0000-0002-9067-5508], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Pathology, medicine.medical_specialty, Cerebellum, Adolescent, PITML, Mitochondrion, cerebellar atrophy, mitochondria, next generation sequencing, whole exome sequencing, Genetics, Genetics (clinical), Mitochondrial Proteins, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Atrophy, Cerebellar Diseases, Loss of Function Mutation, Exome Sequencing, medicine, Humans, Age of Onset, Child, Loss function, Whole Genome Sequencing, business.industry, Metalloendopeptidases, medicine.disease, Arabs, Mitochondria, Pedigree, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Spinocerebellar ataxia, Medical genetics, Cerebellar atrophy, Age of onset, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: ObjectiveTo identify the genetic basis of a childhood-onset syndrome of variable severity characterised by progressive spinocerebellar ataxia, mental retardation, psychotic episodes and cerebellar atrophy.MethodsIdentification of the underlying mutations by whole exome and whole genome sequencing. Consequences were examined in patients’ cells and in yeast.ResultsTwo brothers from a consanguineous Palestinian family presented with progressive spinocerebellar ataxia, mental retardation and psychotic episodes. Serial brain imaging showed severe progressive cerebellar atrophy. Whole exome sequencing revealed a novel mutation: pitrilysin metallopeptidase 1 (PITRM1) c.2795C>T, p.T931M, homozygous in the affected children and resulting in 95% reduction in PITRM1 protein. Whole genome sequencing revealed a chromosome X structural rearrangement that also segregated with the disease. Independently, two siblings from a second Palestinian family presented with similar, somewhat milder symptoms and the same PITRM1 mutation on a shared haplotype. PITRM1T931M carrier frequency was 0.027 (3/110) in the village of the first family evaluated, and 0/300 among Palestinians from other locales. PITRM1 is a mitochondrial matrix enzyme that degrades 10–65 amino acid oligopeptides, including the mitochondrial fraction of amyloid-beta peptide. Analysis of peptide cleavage activity by the PITRM1T931M protein revealed a significant decrease in the degradation capacity specifically of peptides ≥40 amino acids.ConclusionPITRM1T931M results in childhood-onset recessive cerebellar pathology. Severity of PITRM1-related disease may be affected by the degree of impairment in cleavage of mitochondrial long peptides. Disruption and deletion of X linked regulatory segments may also contribute to severity.
Published: 2018
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42. Lipid profile and effect of statin treatment in pooled phase II and phase III baricitinib studies

Author: William L. Macias, Iain B. McInnes, Stephanie de Bono, Chadi Saifan, Giacomo Ruotolo, Douglas E Schlichting, L. Chen, Steven H. Zuckerman, Joel M. Kremer, Paul Emery, Peter C. Taylor, James D. Otvos, Margery A. Connelly, Jinglin Zhong, Sarah Witt, Monika Kurzawa, and Terence Rooney
Subjects: Male, rheumatoid arthritis, Apolipoprotein B, Baricitinib, Administration, Oral, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Pharmacology, Lipoprotein particle, Severity of Illness Index, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Reference Values, Immunology and Allergy, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Sulfonamides, medicine.diagnostic_test, biology, Middle Aged, Treatment Outcome, Rheumatoid arthritis, Antirheumatic Agents, DMARDs (biologics), Female, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), musculoskeletal diseases, Adult, Statin, medicine.drug_class, Immunology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Drug Administration Schedule, lipids, 03 medical and health sciences, Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic, Rheumatology, medicine, Humans, Aged, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, Triglyceride, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, business.industry, Cholesterol, HDL, Cholesterol, LDL, Clinical and Epidemiological Research, medicine.disease, Lipid Metabolism, chemistry, Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic, Purines, biology.protein, Azetidines, Pyrazoles, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Lipid profile, Janus kinase, business, human activities
Abstract: ObjectivesLipid profiles are altered by active disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and may be further modified by treatment with Janus kinase inhibitors and other disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs.MethodsLipid data were analysed from phase II and III studies of 4 mg (n=997) and 2 mg (n=479) oral baricitinib administered once daily in patients with moderate-to-severe active RA. Lipoprotein particle size and number and GlycA were evaluated with nuclear magnetic resonance in one phase III study. The effect of statin therapy on lipid levels was evaluated in patients on statins at baseline and in patients who initiated statins during the study.ResultsTreatment with baricitinib was associated with increased levels of total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and triglycerides, but no significant change in LDL-C:HDL-C ratio. Lipid levels plateaued after 12 weeks of treatment. Baricitinib treatment increased large LDL and decreased small, dense LDL particle numbers and GlycA. Lipid changes from baseline were not significantly different between baseline statin users and non-users. In patients who initiated statin therapy during the study, LDL-C, triglycerides (baricitinib 4 mg only) and apolipoprotein B decreased to pre-baricitinib levels; HDL-C and apolipoprotein A-I levels remained elevated.ConclusionsBaricitinib was associated with increased LDL-C, HDL-C and triglyceride levels, but did not alter the LDL-C:HDL-C ratio. Evaluation of cardiovascular event rates during long-term treatment is warranted to further characterise these findings and their possible clinical implications.Trial registration numberNCT00902486, NCT01469013, NCT01185353, NCT01721044, NCT01721057, NCT01711359, NCT01710358, NCT01885078.
Published: 2018

43. Risk of Conversion to Dementia in a Mild Behavioral Impairment Group Compared to a Psychiatric Group and to a Mild Cognitive Impairment Group

Author: Viviana Sanchez, Graciela Tufró, Veronica Guelar, Ricardo F. Allegri, Virginia Garcia, Silvina L Heisecke, Cecilia Zegarra, Patricio Perez Leguizamon, Diego Castro, Monica Feldman, Eva Ruotolo, Maria Martelli, Carol Dillon, and Fernando E. Taragano
Subjects: FRONTOTEMPORAL DISEASE, Male, Risk, Psychosis, medicine.medical_specialty, MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, MILD BEHAVIORAL IMPAIRMENT, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, CONVERSION TO DEMENTIA, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Neuroimaging, PRE-DEMENTIA, mental disorders, purl.org/becyt/ford/3.2 [https], medicine, Dementia, Humans, Cognitive Dysfunction, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, Psychiatry, Depression (differential diagnoses), Aged, LEWY BODY DISEASE, 030214 geriatrics, Lewy body, business.industry, General Neuroscience, Mental Disorders, Neuropsychology, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, Disease Progression, Anxiety, purl.org/becyt/ford/3 [https], Female, Geriatrics and Gerontology, medicine.symptom, business, FOLLOW-UP, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Frontotemporal dementia
Abstract: Background: There is insufficient available information on behavioral changes in the absence of cognitive impairment as factors increasing the risk of conversion to dementia. Objective: To observe and analyze patients with mild behavioral impairment (MBI), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and a psychiatry group (PG) to compare the risk of progression to dementia. Methods: From 677 initially assessed =60-year-old patients, a series of 348 patients was studied for a five-year period until censoring or conversion to dementia: 96 with MBI, 87 with MCI, and 165 with general psychiatry disorders, including 4 subgroups: Anxiety, Depression, Psychosis and Others. All patients were assessed with clinical, psychiatric, neurological, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging studies. Results: From 348 patients, 126 evolved to dementia (36.2%). Conversion was significantly higher in MBI (71.5%), followed by the MCI-MBI overlap (59.6%) and MCI (37.8%) groups, compared to PG (13.9%) (Log-rank p < 0.001). MCI patients mostly converted to Alzheimer's dementia, while MBI converted to frontotemporal dementia and Lewy body dementia. Patients in PG converted to Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia. Conclusion: Conversion to dementia is significantly higher in patients with neuropsychiatric symptoms. The MBI concept generates a new milestone in the refining of diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases and the possibility of creating neuropsychiatric profiles. Its earlier identification will allow new possibilities for therapeutic intervention. Fil: Taragano, Fernando Emilio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. CEMIC-CONICET. Centro de Educaciones Médicas e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno". CEMIC-CONICET; Argentina Fil: Allegri, Ricardo Francisco. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. CEMIC-CONICET. Centro de Educaciones Médicas e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno". CEMIC-CONICET; Argentina Fil: Heisecke Peralta, Silvina Lidia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. CEMIC-CONICET. Centro de Educaciones Médicas e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno". CEMIC-CONICET; Argentina Fil: Martelli, María I.. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina Fil: Feldman, Mónica L.. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina Fil: Sánchez, Viviana. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina Fil: García, Virginia A.. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina Fil: Tufro, Graciela. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina Fil: Castro, Diego M.. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina Fil: Leguizamón, Patricio Perez. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina Fil: Guelar, Verónica. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina Fil: Ruotolo, Eva. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina Fil: Zegarra, Cecilia. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno"; Argentina Fil: Dillon, Carol. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. CEMIC-CONICET. Centro de Educaciones Médicas e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno". CEMIC-CONICET; Argentina
Published: 2018

44. Cholesterol Efflux Capacity and Pre-Beta-1 HDL Concentrations Are Increased in Dyslipidemic Patients Treated With Evacetrapib

Author: Steven E. Nissen, Giacomo Ruotolo, Steven J. Adelman, John P. Kane, H. Bryan Brewer, Kathryn A. Krueger, Stephen J. Nicholls, Daniel J. Rader, and Ming Dauh Wang
Subjects: Male, Statin, medicine.drug_class, Atorvastatin, Pharmacology, High-Density Lipoproteins, Pre-beta, chemistry.chemical_compound, Benzodiazepines, High-density lipoprotein, Double-Blind Method, Cholesterylester transfer protein, Medicine, Humans, Rosuvastatin, cardiovascular diseases, Dyslipidemias, biology, business.industry, Cholesterol, Anticholesteremic Agents, Reverse cholesterol transport, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Middle Aged, Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins, lipoproteins, chemistry, biology.protein, cardiovascular system, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, business, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, apolipoproteins, Evacetrapib, medicine.drug, ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1
Abstract: Background Potent cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors have been shown to substantially increase high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein A-I levels as monotherapy and combined with statins. However, data on the effects of this class of drugs on macrophage cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC), a functional assay that characterizes a key step in the process of reverse cholesterol transport, are limited. Objectives This study assessed the impact of evacetrapib, statins, or combination therapy on CEC. Methods We analyzed samples from 377 subjects with elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) or low HDL-C levels who were enrolled in a phase 2 trial of evacetrapib. Percent changes from baseline in CEC (total, non–ABCA1-, and ABCA1-specific) and HDL subpopulations were evaluated after 12 weeks of treatment with placebo, statin monotherapy, evacetrapib monotherapy, or evacetrapib combined with statins. Pre–beta-1 HDL levels were quantified by immunofixation and nondenaturing 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DGE). Results Relative to placebo, evacetrapib monotherapy increased dose-dependent total and non–ABCA1-specific CEC up to 34% and 47%, respectively. Evacetrapib monotherapy also increased ABCA1-specific CEC up to 26%. Relative to statin monotherapy, evacetrapib with statins also increased total, non–ABCA1-, and ABCA1-specific CEC by 21%, 27%, and 15%, respectively. In contrast, rosuvastatin and simvastatin significantly reduced total and ABCA1-specific CEC, whereas atorvastatin had no significant effect. Consistent with ABCA1-specific CEC, evacetrapib monotherapy and evacetrapib combined with statins significantly increased pre–beta-1 HDL levels as measured by either method. Conclusions Evacetrapib, as monotherapy and combined with statins, not only increased total CEC, but also increased ABCA1-specific CEC and pre–beta-1 HDL. The mechanisms by which potent CETP inhibition increases ABCA1-specific CEC and pre–beta-1 HDL require further study. (A Study of LY2484595 in Patients With High LDL-C or Low HDL-C; NCT01105975 )
Published: 2015
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45. Manipulating time and space: Collision prediction in peripersonal and extrapersonal space

Author: Gennaro Ruggiero, Michela Vinciguerra, Tina Iachini, Francesco Ruotolo, Iachini, Santa, Ruotolo, Francesco, Vinciguerra, Michela, and Ruggiero, Gennaro
Subjects: Adult, Male, Linguistics and Language, Injury control, Adolescent, Accident prevention, Cognitive Neuroscience, Spatio-temporal factor, Motion Perception, Poison control, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Embodied anticipation, Peripersonal space, Space (mathematics), 050105 experimental psychology, Language and Linguistics, Adaptive functioning, 03 medical and health sciences, Personal Space, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Computer vision, Safety-action space, Language and Linguistic, Temporal information, Communication, Spacetime, business.industry, 05 social sciences, Middle Aged, Collision, Adaptation, Physiological, Space Perception, Time Perception, Female, Artificial intelligence, business, Psychology, Collision prediction, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Being able to predict potential collisions is a necessary survival prerequisite for all moving species. Temporal and spatial information is fundamental for this purpose. However, it is not clear yet if the peripersonal (i.e. near) and extrapersonal (i.e. far) distance between our body and the moving objects affects the way in which we can predict possible collisions. In order to assess this, we manipulated independently velocity and path of two balls moving one towards the other in such a way as to collide or not in peripersonal and extrapersonal space. In two experiments, participants had to judge if these balls were to collide or not. The results consistently showed a lower discrimination capacity and a more liberal tendency to predict collisions when the moving balls were in peripersonal space and their velocity was different rather than equal. This did not happen in extrapersonal space. Therefore, peripersonal space was particularly affected by temporal information. The possible link between the motor and anticipatory adaptive function of peripersonal space and collision prediction mechanisms is discussed.
Published: 2016

46. Molecular study of human herpesvirus 6 and 8 involvement in coronary atherosclerosis and coronary instability

Author: Marco Magnoni, Domenico Russo, Mauro S. Malnati, Domenico Cianflone, Giacomo Ruotolo, Ottavio Alfieri, Nicole Cristell, Paolo Lusso, Stefano Coli, Attilio Maseri, Magnoni, M, Malnati, M, Cristell, N, Coli, S, Russo, D, Ruotolo, G, Cianflone, Domenico, Alfieri, Ottavio, Lusso, P, and Maseri, A.
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Acute coronary syndrome, Endothelium, Herpesvirus 6, Human, viruses, Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Disease, Disease, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Sensitivity and Specificity, Pathogenesis, Coronary artery disease, Virology, Internal medicine, Prevalence, Humans, Medicine, Viremia, Myocardial infarction, Coronary atherosclerosis, Aged, biology, business.industry, virus diseases, Herpesviridae Infections, Middle Aged, Viral Load, medicine.disease, biology.organism_classification, Coronary Vessels, Cross-Sectional Studies, Infectious Diseases, medicine.anatomical_structure, DNA, Viral, Herpesvirus 8, Human, Cardiology, Female, Human herpesvirus 6, business
Abstract: "Several lines of evidence suggest the involvement of infectious agents in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Furthermore, a correlation between infection-driven inflammatory burden and acute manifestation of coronary artery disease has been hypothesized. The aim of this work was to assess whether human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 and HHV-8, two DNA viruses with a distinct tropism for endothelium and lymphocytes, may be associated with coronary instability. An age- and gender-matched cross-sectional study was undertaken in 70 patients with testing of plasma HHV-6 and HHV-8 DNA load in different cardiovascular clinical settings: 29 patients with acute myocardial infarction, 21 patients with stable coronary artery disease, and 20 patients without coronary and carotid artery atherosclerosis subjected to cardiac valve replacement. In all patients, HHV-6 and HHV-8 plasma DNA was tested by using highly sensitive, calibrated quantitative real-time PCR assays which employ a synthetic DNA calibrator to adjust for DNA extraction and amplification efficiency. HHV-8 viremia was undetectable in all three groups. HHV-6 viremia was detected in a substantial fraction of the samples examined (18.6%) without significant differences among the three groups (ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: 17.2%; stable coronary artery disease: 14.3%; patients without coronary and carotid artery atherosclerosis: 25%). Furthermore, no significant differences in plasma HHV-6 load were observed amongst the three groups of patients. These findings indicate that coronary instability is not associated specifically with active HHV-6 or HHV-8 infection. However, an unusually high rate of active HHV-6 infection was documented among patients without atherosclerosis admitted to hospital with cardiac disease. "
Published: 2012
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47. Insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia and cancer mortality: the Cremona study at the 15th year of follow-up

Author: Giliola Calori, Guido Lattuada, Gianluca Perseghin, Francesca Ragogna, Lorenzo Piemonti, Giacomo Ruotolo, Emanuele Bosi, Marco Villa, Paolo Crosignani, Erika Dugnani, Maria Paola Garancini, Perseghin, G, Calori, G, Lattuada, G, Ragogna, F, Dugnani, E, Garancini, Mp, Crosignani, P, Villa, M, Bosi, Emanuele, Ruotolo, G, Piemonti, Lorenzo, Garancini, M, Bosi, E, and Piemonti, L
Subjects: Blood Glucose, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Diabetes mellitu, Time Factors, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Type 2 diabetes, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, Hyperinsulinemia, 0302 clinical medicine, Insulin resistance, Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Hyperinsulinism, Neoplasms, medicine, Internal Medicine, Prevalence, Humans, Insulin, Obesity, MED/13 - ENDOCRINOLOGIA, Cancer, Aged, business.industry, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Metabolic syndrome, 3. Good health, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Italy, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Hyperglycemia, Population study, Female, Insulin Resistance, business, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: Type 2 diabetes is associated with risk of cancer. Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance may be the link with cancer, but whether this is independent of the diabetes status, obesity/visceral obesity and metabolic syndrome is uncertain and the present study wanted to address this issue. Fifteen-year all-cause, CVD and cancer mortality data were obtained through the Regional Health Registry in 2,011 out of 2,074 Caucasian middle-aged individuals of the Cremona Study, a population study on the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Italy in which anthropometric and metabolic characteristics were collected. During the 15-year observation period, 495 deaths were registered: 221 CVD related and 180 cancer related. Age and sex were independently associated with all-cause, cancer and CVD mortality rates. Age- and sex-adjusted analysis showed that HOMA-IR, cigarette smoking and diabetes were independently associated with all-cause mortality; HOMA-IR, systolic blood pressure and fibrinogen were independently associated with CVD mortality; HOMA-IR and smoking habit were independently associated with cancer mortality. Individuals in the highest quintile of serum insulin had a 62% higher risk of cancer mortality (HR = 1.62 95% CI: 1.19-2.20; P
Published: 2012
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48. Lack of association of apoE ε4 allele with insulin resistance

Author: Guido Lattuada, Gianluca Perseghin, Giacomo Ruotolo, Francesca Ragogna, Livio Luzi, Ragogna, F, Lattuada, G, Ruotolo, G, Luzi, L, and Perseghin, G
Subjects: Adult, Male, Apolipoprotein E, medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, medicine.medical_treatment, Adipokine, Oral glucose tolerance test, Biology, Low-grade inflammation, Young Adult, Apolipoproteins E, Endocrinology, Insulin resistance, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Insulin Secretion, HOMA, Internal Medicine, medicine, Humans, Insulin, Insulin clamp, MED/13 - ENDOCRINOLOGIA, Alleles, Genetic Association Studies, Aged, Adiponectin, General Medicine, Glucose Tolerance Test, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Metabolic syndrome, Glucose Clamp Technique, Female, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Resistin, Insulin Resistance, ApoE
Abstract: ApoE is a polymorphic protein involved in the metabolism of plasma lipoproteins; the e4 allele was shown to be associated with coronary and aortic atherosclerosis in age-dependent fashion mediated by unknown mechanisms. This study was undertaken to assess whether the apoE isoforms in humans were associated with normal glucose tolerance and with metabolic and inflammatory risk factors of CVD. ApoE genotype was assessed in 365 individuals. Of those, 309 were studied in the postabsorptive conditions and 142 of them also underwent a 3h-OGTT; 56 additional subjects were studied by means of the insulin clamp in combination with [6,6-2H2] glucose infusion. ApoE genotype frequencies were similar to those previously reported and were not influenced by age and BMI. Fasting plasma glucose, insulin, FFA, the lipid profile, surrogate markers (HOMA-IR, OGTT-derived index) as well as the clamp-derived parameters or insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion were not different by apoE genotypes. Serum adipokines concentrations (leptin, adiponectin, resistin) and markers of inflammation (serum fasting hsCRP and MCP1/CCL2) were also not different by apoE genotypes. In the subgroup of young e4 carriers which underwent the clamp procedure, a higher fasting endogenous glucose production was detected. ApoE genotype was not associated with insulin resistance or altered insulin secretion, and no abnormalities in the typical circulating endocrine, metabolic, and inflammatory features of the insulin resistance syndrome were detected. © Springer-Verlag 2011
Published: 2011
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49. Cardiovascular risk of the general population assessed through SCORE and CUORE charts: An extensive survey by the General Practitioners from Abruzzo, Italy

Author: Andrea Mezzetti, Massimiliano Panella, Walter Palumbo, Pierluigi Ruotolo, Lamberto Manzoli, Francesco Di Stanislao, MANZOLI, Lamberto, Palumbo W, Ruotolo P, Panella M, Mezzetti A, and Di Stanislao F.
Subjects: Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, media_common.quotation_subject, Population, Socio-culturale, Risk Assessment, Sex Factors, CUORE, Chart, Coronary heart disease, CUORE Project, General medicine, Primary cardiovascular prevention, Primary care network, SCORE system, General Practitioners, Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Prevalence, medicine, Humans, Risk factor, education, Aged, media_common, Selection bias, education.field_of_study, business.industry, Age Factors, Middle Aged, Italy, Cardiovascular Diseases, Population Surveillance, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Risk assessment, business, Demography
Abstract: Background: Current European guidelines for coronary heart diseases (CHD) prevention recommend to base any intervention on individual's global risk evaluation. An extensive survey was conducted to evaluate the ten-year CHD risk of the general population of Abruzzo, Italy. Methods: In 2007, all regional general practitioners (GPs) received educational intervention; software allowing immediate risk calculation and data transmission to the Region; economic incentives for participation. Results: Overall, 78.6% of all GPs (n = 873) assessed and reported the CHD risk of 155,900 individuals (31.6% of the population aged 40-69 years with no history of CHD). Ninety seven GPs sent data on > 90% of their patients (n = 47,120), and analyses were based upon this restricted sample with lower potential for selection bias. According to Italian CUORE risk-scoring chart, the estimated prevalence of high-risk (> = 20%) subjects for CHD was 5.0% (males = 8.5%; females = 1.6%). According to European SCORE chart, the estimated prevalence of subjects at high risk (> = 5%) for fatal CHD was 8.6% (males = 15.0%; females = 2.3%). The agreement between SCORE and CUORE methods was moderate (kappa = 0.51). Conclusions: Beyond epidemiological significance, the composite approach of the survey represents a promising intervention of CHD prevention, as almost one third of the target population was evaluated by GPs with subsequent implications for clinical practice. Among the key reasons for the high participation rate, educational interventions and economic incentives played a role, but software characteristics may have been crucial. Because no individual aged 40-49 years was considered at high risk using both CUORE and SCORE charts, their widespread use in such age class deserves discussion.
Published: 2010
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50. Increased expression and secretion of resistin in epicardial adipose tissue of patients with acute coronary syndrome

Author: Santo Ferrarello, Lorella Dreas, Gianfranco Sinagra, Attilio Maseri, Ottavio Alfieri, Lorenzo Veschini, Chiara Foglieni, Elisabetta Ferrero, Francesco Maisano, Silvia Langheim, Bartolo Zingone, Giacomo Ruotolo, Langheim, S, Dreas, L, Veschini, L, Maisano, F, Foglieni, C, Ferrarello, S, Sinagra, Gianfranco, Zingone, B, Alfieri, O, Ferrero, E, Maseri, A, Ruotolo, G., Sinagra, G, and Alfieri, Ottavio
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Endothelium, Physiology, Adipokine, Adipose tissue, Coronary Artery Disease, acute coronary syndrome, Proinflammatory cytokine, Coronary artery disease, chemistry.chemical_compound, Cell Movement, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, Humans, Medicine, Resistin, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Coronary Artery Bypass, Cells, Cultured, Chemokine CCL2, Aged, Interleukin-6, business.industry, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Coronary Vessels, Endothelial stem cell, Endocrinology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Adipose Tissue, chemistry, Case-Control Studies, Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, Endothelium, Vascular, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Pericardium
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that specific epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) proinflammatory adipokines might be implicated in acute coronary syndrome (ACS). We compared expression and protein secretion of several EAT adipokines of male ACS with those of matched stable coronary artery disease (CAD) patients and controls with angiographically normal coronary arteries. The effect of supernatant of cultured EAT on endothelial cell permeability in vitro was also evaluated in the three study groups. EAT of ACS patients showed significantly higher gene expression and protein secretion of resistin than patients with stable CAD. Interleukin-6, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 genes were also significantly overexpressed in ACS compared with the control group but not when compared with stable CAD. Immunofluorescence of EAT sections revealed a significantly greater number of CD68+cells in ACS patients than stable CAD and control groups. The permeability of endothelial cells in vitro was significantly increased after exposure to supernatant of cultured EAT from ACS, but not control or stable CAD groups, and this effect was normalized by anti-resistin antiserum. We found that EAT of patients with ACS is characterized by increased expression and secretion of resistin and associated with increased in vitro endothelial cell permeability.
Published: 2010
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