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3. Management of intra-abdominal infections: recommendations by the Italian council for the optimization of antimicrobial use

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Sartelli, M, Tascini, C, Coccolini, F, Dellai, F, Ansaloni, L, Antonelli, M, Bartoletti, M, Bassetti, M, Boncagni, F, Carlini, M, Cattelan, A, Cavaliere, A, Ceresoli, M, Cipriano, A, Cortegiani, A, Cortese, F, Cristini, F, Cucinotta, E, Dalfino, L, De Pascale, G, De Rosa, F, Falcone, M, Forfori, F, Fugazzola, P, Gatti, M, Gentile, I, Ghiadoni, L, Giannella, M, Giarratano, A, Giordano, A, Girardis, M, Mastroianni, C, Monti, G, Montori, G, Palmieri, M, Pani, M, Paolillo, C, Parini, D, Parruti, G, Pasero, D, Pea, F, Peghin, M, Petrosillo, N, Podda, M, Rizzo, C, Rossolini, G, Russo, A, Scoccia, L, Sganga, G, Signorini, L, Stefani, S, Tumbarello, M, Tumietto, F, Valentino, M, Venditti, M, Viaggi, B, Vivaldi, F, Zaghi, C, Labricciosa, F, Abu-Zidan, F, Catena, F, Viale, P, Sartelli M., Tascini C., Coccolini F., Dellai F., Ansaloni L., Antonelli M., Bartoletti M., Bassetti M., Boncagni F., Carlini M., Cattelan A. M., Cavaliere A., Ceresoli M., Cipriano A., Cortegiani A., Cortese F., Cristini F., Cucinotta E., Dalfino L., De Pascale G., De Rosa F. G., Falcone M., Forfori F., Fugazzola P., Gatti M., Gentile I., Ghiadoni L., Giannella M., Giarratano A., Giordano A., Girardis M., Mastroianni C., Monti G., Montori G., Palmieri M., Pani M., Paolillo C., Parini D., Parruti G., Pasero D., Pea F., Peghin M., Petrosillo N., Podda M., Rizzo C., Rossolini G. M., Russo A., Scoccia L., Sganga G., Signorini L., Stefani S., Tumbarello M., Tumietto F., Valentino M., Venditti M., Viaggi B., Vivaldi F., Zaghi C., Labricciosa F. M., Abu-Zidan F., Catena F., Viale P., Sartelli, M, Tascini, C, Coccolini, F, Dellai, F, Ansaloni, L, Antonelli, M, Bartoletti, M, Bassetti, M, Boncagni, F, Carlini, M, Cattelan, A, Cavaliere, A, Ceresoli, M, Cipriano, A, Cortegiani, A, Cortese, F, Cristini, F, Cucinotta, E, Dalfino, L, De Pascale, G, De Rosa, F, Falcone, M, Forfori, F, Fugazzola, P, Gatti, M, Gentile, I, Ghiadoni, L, Giannella, M, Giarratano, A, Giordano, A, Girardis, M, Mastroianni, C, Monti, G, Montori, G, Palmieri, M, Pani, M, Paolillo, C, Parini, D, Parruti, G, Pasero, D, Pea, F, Peghin, M, Petrosillo, N, Podda, M, Rizzo, C, Rossolini, G, Russo, A, Scoccia, L, Sganga, G, Signorini, L, Stefani, S, Tumbarello, M, Tumietto, F, Valentino, M, Venditti, M, Viaggi, B, Vivaldi, F, Zaghi, C, Labricciosa, F, Abu-Zidan, F, Catena, F, Viale, P, Sartelli M., Tascini C., Coccolini F., Dellai F., Ansaloni L., Antonelli M., Bartoletti M., Bassetti M., Boncagni F., Carlini M., Cattelan A. M., Cavaliere A., Ceresoli M., Cipriano A., Cortegiani A., Cortese F., Cristini F., Cucinotta E., Dalfino L., De Pascale G., De Rosa F. G., Falcone M., Forfori F., Fugazzola P., Gatti M., Gentile I., Ghiadoni L., Giannella M., Giarratano A., Giordano A., Girardis M., Mastroianni C., Monti G., Montori G., Palmieri M., Pani M., Paolillo C., Parini D., Parruti G., Pasero D., Pea F., Peghin M., Petrosillo N., Podda M., Rizzo C., Rossolini G. M., Russo A., Scoccia L., Sganga G., Signorini L., Stefani S., Tumbarello M., Tumietto F., Valentino M., Venditti M., Viaggi B., Vivaldi F., Zaghi C., Labricciosa F. M., Abu-Zidan F., Catena F., and Viale P.

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Intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are common surgical emergencies and are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in hospital settings, particularly if poorly managed. The cornerstones of effective IAIs management include early diagnosis, adequate source control, appropriate antimicrobial therapy, and early physiologic stabilization using intravenous fluids and vasopressor agents in critically ill patients. Adequate empiric antimicrobial therapy in patients with IAIs is of paramount importance because inappropriate antimicrobial therapy is associated with poor outcomes. Optimizing antimicrobial prescriptions improves treatment effectiveness, increases patients’ safety, and minimizes the risk of opportunistic infections (such as Clostridioides difficile) and antimicrobial resistance selection. The growing emergence of multi-drug resistant organisms has caused an impending crisis with alarming implications, especially regarding Gram-negative bacteria. The Multidisciplinary and Intersociety Italian Council for the Optimization of Antimicrobial Use promoted a consensus conference on the antimicrobial management of IAIs, including emergency medicine specialists, radiologists, surgeons, intensivists, infectious disease specialists, clinical pharmacologists, hospital pharmacists, microbiologists and public health specialists. Relevant clinical questions were constructed by the Organizational Committee in order to investigate the topic. The expert panel produced recommendation statements based on the best scientific evidence from PubMed and EMBASE Library and experts’ opinions. The statements were planned and graded according to the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) hierarchy of evidence. On November 10, 2023, the experts met in Mestre (Italy) to debate the statements. After the approval of the statements, the expert panel met via email and virtual meetings to prepare and revise the definitive document. This document represents

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2024

4. Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Multivariate Regime Switching Student-t Copula Models

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Cortese, F, Pennoni, F, Bartolucci, F, Cortese, F., Pennoni, F., Bartolucci, F., Cortese, F, Pennoni, F, Bartolucci, F, Cortese, F., Pennoni, F., and Bartolucci, F.

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We propose a multivariate regime switching model based on a Student- (Formula presented.) copula function with parameters controlling the strength of correlation between variables and that are governed by a latent Markov process. To estimate model parameters by maximum likelihood, we consider a two-step procedure carried out through the Expectation–Maximisation algorithm. To address the main computational burden related to the estimation of the matrix of dependence parameters and the number of degrees of freedom of the Student- (Formula presented.) copula, we show a novel use of the Lagrange multipliers, which simplifies the estimation process. The simulation study shows that the estimators have good finite sample properties and the estimation procedure is computationally efficient. An application concerning log-returns of five cryptocurrencies shows that the model permits identifying bull and bear market periods based on the intensity of the correlations between crypto assets.

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2024

5. Statistical Modeling and Temporal Clustering of Multivariate Time-Series with Applications to Financial Data

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Cortese, F, PELAGATTI, MATTEO MARIA, PENNONI, FULVIA, CORTESE, FEDERICO PASQUALE, Cortese, F, PELAGATTI, MATTEO MARIA, PENNONI, FULVIA, and CORTESE, FEDERICO PASQUALE

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I modelli statistici per serie storiche multivariate sono strumenti utili per comprendere e prevedere le interazioni tra diverse variabili. Le tecniche di clustering temporale aiutano ulteriormente nell'analisi di tali dati, identificando insiemi di serie storiche con tendenze simili nel tempo. Tuttavia, una modellazione accurata è essenziale per migliorare l'accuratezza delle previsioni e la rilevazione delle anomalie. Le serie storiche finanziarie presentano sfide uniche dovute alle loro caratteristiche, come il volatility clustering, le code pesanti, la non linearità e la non normalità. Inoltre, possono sorgere sfide computazionali a causa dell'alta dimensionalità di tali dati. In questa tesi, vengono proposte due metodologie chiave per la modellazione e il clustering di serie storiche finanziarie multivariate. Nel Capitolo 2, si introduce il modello regime switching copula Student-t, un potente strumento per catturare la distribuzione con code pesanti dei rendimenti finanziari in diverse condizioni di mercato. Questo modello combina la flessibilità della distribuzione della copula Student-t con la capacità di cambiare tra stati del mercato. Si propone un nuovo approccio di stima basato su massima verosimiglianza, affrontando le sfide computazionali legate alla stima di tali modelli per dati multivariati. La proposta viene testata attraverso uno studio di simulazione, dimostrando che essa fornisce buoni risultati su campioni finiti. L'approccio proposto viene in seguito applicato per modellare la distribuzione congiunta dei log-rendimenti delle cinque principali criptovalute, dimostrandone l'efficacia nel tracciare le fasi di mercato rialzista e ribassista. Nel Capitolo 3 viene presentato il modello sparse statistical jump, progettato per affrontare le sfide dei dati finanziari ad alta dimensionalità. Esso consente di identificare le variabili chiave all'interno di un insieme ad alta dimensionalità, modellando contemporaneamente la sequenza di stati laten, Multivariate time series models are useful tools for understanding and predicting the interactions among multiple variables. Temporal clustering techniques further aid in analyzing such data by identifying sets of time series that exhibit similar trends over time. However, accurate modeling and clustering are essential for enhancing forecasting accuracy and anomaly detection. Financial time series data present unique challenges due to their characteristics such as volatility clustering, heavy tails, non-linearity, and non-normality. Moreover, computational challenges can arise due to the high-dimensionality of such data. In this thesis, we propose two key methodologies for modeling and clustering multivariate financial time series data, taking into account their characteristics. In Chapter 2, we first introduce the regime switching Student-t copula model, a powerful tool for capturing the heavy-tailed joint distribution of financial returns across different market conditions. This model combines the flexibility of the Student-t copula distribution with the ability to switch between market states. We propose a novel maximum likelihood estimation approach tailored for this model, addressing computational challenges associated with estimating copula models for multivariate data. We test the proposal through an extensive simulation study and we show that it provides good results in finite samples. We apply our approach to model the joint distribution of the five main cryptocurrency log-returns, demonstrating its effectiveness in tracking bull and bear market phases based on cryptocurrency correlations. In Chapter 3, we present the sparse statistical jump model, designed to address the challenges of high-dimensional financial data. This model allows for the identification of key drivers within a high dimensional set of candidate variables while modeling the hidden state sequence. The sparse statistical jump model is particularly advantageous, as it allows for simultaneou

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2024

6. Do Neurodegenerative Diseases Affect Creativity? Divergent Thinking in Frontotemporal Dementia and Parkinson's Disease

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Ruggiero, F., Cortese, F., Lavazza, A., D'Urso, G., Di Nuzzo, C., Marceglia, S., Pravettoni, G, Priori, A., and Ferrucci, R.

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Creativity is considered to be one of the most important characteristics that humans possess. It emerges from fundamental cognitive operations and the activation of specific brain regions. In several neurological disorders, such as frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), creativity plays an important role in diagnosis and rehabilitation strategies. This study examined the link between creativity and pathology in a sample of neurological patients (idiopathic PD, n = 17; FTD, n = 11 with behavioural or semantic variants), and 15 healthy subjects (Mini Mental State Examination score = 20; age range, 45 to 85 years) using the Divergent Thinking Test. The FTD group exhibited lower scores than the PD and control groups. Furthermore, PD patients performed significantly better on the single DTT factor, "originality," than controls. These results are discussed in relation to neurological mechanisms that may influence creative strategies in dementia. Finally, it has been proposed creativity therapy as a cognitive rehabilitation approach, which may help patients enhance and maintain cognitive functions, reduce the severity of emotional disorders, and promote social interactions.

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2019
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7. What Drives Cryptocurrency Returns? A Sparse Statistical Jump Model Approach

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Cortese, F, Cortese, F, Kolm, P, Lindstrom, E, Kolm, PN, Cortese, F, Cortese, F, Kolm, P, Lindstrom, E, and Kolm, PN

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We apply the statistical sparse jump model, a recently developed, interpretable and robust regime switching model, to infer key features that drive the return dynamics of the largest cryptocurrencies. The algorithm jointly performs feature selection, parameter estimation, and state classification. Our large set of candidate features are based on cryptocurrency, sentiment and financial market-based time series that have been identified in the emerging literature to affect cryptocurrency returns, while others are new. In our empirical work, we demonstrate that a three-state model best describes the dynamics of cryptocurrency returns. The states have natural market-based interpretations as they correspond to bull, neutral, and bear market regimes, respectively. Using the data-driven feature selection methodology, we are able to determine which features are important and which ones are not. In particular, out of the set of candidate features, we show that first moments of returns, features representing trends and reversal signals, market activity and public attention are key drivers of crypto market dynamics.

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2023

8. Radiological findings in non-surgical recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma: From locoregional treatments to immunotherapy

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Ippolito, D, Maino, C, Gatti, M, Marra, P, Faletti, R, Cortese, F, Inchingolo, R, Sironi, S, Ippolito D., Maino C., Gatti M., Marra P., Faletti R., Cortese F., Inchingolo R., Sironi S., Ippolito, D, Maino, C, Gatti, M, Marra, P, Faletti, R, Cortese, F, Inchingolo, R, Sironi, S, Ippolito D., Maino C., Gatti M., Marra P., Faletti R., Cortese F., Inchingolo R., and Sironi S.

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Since hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents an important cause of mortality and morbidity all over the world. Currently, it is fundamental not only to achieve a curative treatment but also to manage in the best way any possible recurrence. Even if the latest update of the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer guidelines for HCC treatment has introduced new locoregional techniques and confirmed others as well-established clinical practices, there is still no consensus about the treatment of recurrent HCC (RHCC). Locoregional treatments and medical therapy represent two of the most widely accepted approaches for disease control, especially in the advanced stage of liver disease. Different medical treatments are now approved, and others are under investigation. On this basis, radiology plays a central role in the diagnosis of RHCC and the assessment of response to locoregional treatments and medical therapy for RHCC. This review summarized the actual clinical practice by underlining the importance of the radiological approach both in the diagnosis and treatment of RHCC.

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2023

9. Liver metastases: The role of magnetic resonance imaging

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Maino, C, Vernuccio, F, Cannella, R, Cortese, F, Franco, P, Gaetani, C, Giannini, V, Inchingolo, R, Ippolito, D, Defeudis, A, Pilato, G, Tore, D, Faletti, R, Gatti, M, Maino C., Vernuccio F., Cannella R., Cortese F., Franco P. N., Gaetani C., Giannini V., Inchingolo R., Ippolito D., Defeudis A., Pilato G., Tore D., Faletti R., Gatti M., Maino, C, Vernuccio, F, Cannella, R, Cortese, F, Franco, P, Gaetani, C, Giannini, V, Inchingolo, R, Ippolito, D, Defeudis, A, Pilato, G, Tore, D, Faletti, R, Gatti, M, Maino C., Vernuccio F., Cannella R., Cortese F., Franco P. N., Gaetani C., Giannini V., Inchingolo R., Ippolito D., Defeudis A., Pilato G., Tore D., Faletti R., and Gatti M.

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The liver is one of the organs most commonly involved in metastatic disease, especially due to its unique vascularization. It’s well known that liver metastases represent the most common hepatic malignant tumors. From a practical point of view, it’s of utmost importance to evaluate the presence of liver metastases when staging oncologic patients, to select the best treatment possible, and finally to predict the overall prognosis. In the past few years, imaging techniques have gained a central role in identifying liver metastases, thanks to ultrasonography, contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). All these techniques, especially CT and MRI, can be considered the noninvasive reference standard techniques for the assessment of liver involvement by metastases. On the other hand, the liver can be affected by different focal lesions, sometimes benign, and sometimes malignant. On these bases, radiologists should face the differential diagnosis between benign and secondary lesions to correctly allocate patients to the best management. Considering the above-mentioned principles, it’s extremely important to underline and refresh the broad spectrum of liver metastases features that can occur in everyday clinical practice. This review aims to summarize the most common imaging features of liver metastases, with a special focus on typical and atypical appearance, by using MRI.

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2023

11. It is time to define an organizational model for the prevention and management of infections along the surgical pathway: a worldwide cross-sectional survey

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Sartelli, M, Labricciosa, F, Coccolini, F, Coimbra, R, Abu-Zidan, F, Ansaloni, L, Al-Hasan, M, Ansari, S, Barie, P, Cainzos, M, Ceresoli, M, Chiarugi, M, Claridge, J, Cicuttin, E, Dellinger, E, Fry, D, Guirao, X, Hardcastle, T, Hecker, A, Leppaniemi, A, Litvin, A, Marwah, S, Maseda, E, Mazuski, J, Memish, Z, Kirkpatrick, A, Pagani, L, Podda, M, Rasa, H, Sakakushev, B, Sawyer, R, Tumietto, F, Xiao, Y, Aboubreeg, W, Adamou, H, Akhmeteli, L, Akin, E, Alberio, M, Alconchel, F, Magagi, I, Arauz, A, Argenio, G, Atanasov, B, Atici, S, Awad, S, Baili, E, Bains, L, Bala, M, Baraket, O, Baral, S, Belskii, V, Benboubker, M, Ben-Ishay, O, Bordoni, P, Boumediene, A, Brisinda, G, Cavazzuti, L, Chandy, S, Chiarello, M, Cillara, N, Clarizia, G, Cocuz, M, Cocuz, I, Conti, L, Coppola, R, Cui, Y, Czepiel, J, D'Acapito, F, Damaskos, D, Das, K, De Simone, B, Delibegovic, S, Demetrashvili, Z, Detanac, D, Dhingra, S, Di Bella, S, Dimitrov, E, Dogjani, A, D'Oria, M, Dumitru, I, Elmangory, M, Enciu, O, Fantoni, M, Filipescu, D, Fleres, F, Foghetti, D, Fransvea, P, Gachabayov, M, Galeiras, R, Gattuso, G, Ghannam, W, Ghisetti, V, Giraudo, G, Gonfa, K, Gonullu, E, Hamad, Y, Hecker, M, Isik, A, Ismail, N, Ismail, A, Jain, S, Kanj, S, Kapoor, G, Karaiskos, I, Kavalakat, A, Kenig, J, Khamis, F, Khokha, V, Kiguba, R, Kim, J, Kobe, Y, Kok, K, Kovacevic, B, Kryvoruchko, I, Kuriyama, A, Landaluce-Olavarria, A, Lasithiotakis, K, Lohsiriwat, V, Lostoridis, E, Luppi, D, Vega, G, Maegele, M, Marinis, A, Martines, G, Martinez-Perez, A, Massalou, D, Mesina, C, Metan, G, Miranda-Novales, M, Mishra, S, Mohamed, M, Mohamedahmed, A, Mora-Guzman, I, Mulita, F, Musina, A, Navsaria, P, Negoi, I, Nita, G, O'Connor, D, Ordonez, C, Pantalone, D, Panyko, A, Papadopoulos, A, Pararas, N, Pata, F, Patel, T, Pellino, G, Perra, T, Perrone, G, Pesce, A, Pintar, T, Popivanov, G, Porcu, A, Quiodettis, M, Rahim, R, Mitul, A, Reichert, M, Rems, M, Campbell, G, Rocha-Pereira, N, Rodrigues, G, Villamil, G, Rossi, S, Sall, I, Kafil, H, Sasia, D, Seni, J, Seretis, C, Serradilla-Martin, M, Shelat, V, Siribumrungwong, B, Slavchev, M, Solaini, L, Tan, B, Tarasconi, A, Tartaglia, D, Toma, E, Tomadze, G, Toro, A, Tovani-Palone, M, van Goor, H, Vasilescu, A, Vereczkei, A, Veroux, M, Weckmann, S, Widmer, L, Yahya, A, Zachariah, S, Zakaria, A, Zubareva, N, Zuidema, W, Di Carlo, I, Cortese, F, Baiocchi, G, Maier, R, Catena, F, Sartelli M., Labricciosa F. M., Coccolini F., Coimbra R., Abu-Zidan F. M., Ansaloni L., Al-Hasan M. N., Ansari S., Barie P. S., Cainzos M. A., Ceresoli M., Chiarugi M., Claridge J. A., Cicuttin E., Dellinger E. P., Fry D. E., Guirao X., Hardcastle T. C., Hecker A., Leppaniemi A. K., Litvin A., Marwah S., Maseda E., Mazuski J. E., Memish Z. A., Kirkpatrick A. W., Pagani L., Podda M., Rasa H. K., Sakakushev B. E., Sawyer R. G., Tumietto F., Xiao Y., Aboubreeg W. F., Adamou H., Akhmeteli L., Akin E., Alberio M. G., Alconchel F., Magagi I. A., Arauz A. B., Argenio G., Atanasov B. C., Atici S. D., Awad S. S., Baili E., Bains L., Bala M., Baraket O., Baral S., Belskii V. A., Benboubker M., Ben-Ishay O., Bordoni P., Boumediene A., Brisinda G., Cavazzuti L., Chandy S. J., Chiarello M. M., Cillara N., Clarizia G., Cocuz M. -E., Cocuz I. G., Conti L., Coppola R., Cui Y., Czepiel J., D'Acapito F., Damaskos D., Das K., De Simone B., Delibegovic S., Demetrashvili Z., Detanac D. S., Dhingra S., Di Bella S., Dimitrov E. N., Dogjani A., D'Oria M., Dumitru I. M., Elmangory M. M., Enciu O., Fantoni M., Filipescu D., Fleres F., Foghetti D., Fransvea P., Gachabayov M., Galeiras R., Gattuso G., Ghannam W. M., Ghisetti V., Giraudo G., Gonfa K. B., Gonullu E., Hamad Y. T. E. Y., Hecker M., Isik A., Ismail N., Ismail A., Jain S. A., Kanj S. S., Kapoor G., Karaiskos I., Kavalakat A. J., Kenig J., Khamis F., Khokha V., Kiguba R., Kim J. I., Kobe Y., Kok K. Y. Y., Kovacevic B. M., Kryvoruchko I. A., Kuriyama A., Landaluce-Olavarria A., Lasithiotakis K., Lohsiriwat V., Lostoridis E., Luppi D., Vega G. M. M., Maegele M., Marinis A., Martines G., Martinez-Perez A., Massalou D., Mesina C., Metan G., Miranda-Novales M. G., Mishra S. K., Mohamed M. I. H., Mohamedahmed A. Y. Y., Mora-Guzman I., Mulita F., Musina A. -M., Navsaria P. H., Negoi I., Nita G. E., O'Connor D. B., Ordonez C. A., Pantalone D., Panyko A., Papadopoulos A., Pararas N., Pata F., Patel T., Pellino G., Perra T., Perrone G., Pesce A., Pintar T., Popivanov G. I., Porcu A., Quiodettis M. A., Rahim R., Mitul A. R., Reichert M., Rems M., Campbell G. Y. R., Rocha-Pereira N., Rodrigues G., Villamil G. E. R., Rossi S., Sall I., Kafil H. S., Sasia D., Seni J., Seretis C., Serradilla-Martin M., Shelat V. G., Siribumrungwong B., Slavchev M., Solaini L., Tan B. K., Tarasconi A., Tartaglia D., Toma E. A., Tomadze G., Toro A., Tovani-Palone M. R., van Goor H., Vasilescu A., Vereczkei A., Veroux M., Weckmann S. A., Widmer L. W., Yahya A. I., Zachariah S. K., Zakaria A. D., Zubareva N., Zuidema W. P., Di Carlo I., Cortese F., Baiocchi G. L., Maier R. V., Catena F., Sartelli, M, Labricciosa, F, Coccolini, F, Coimbra, R, Abu-Zidan, F, Ansaloni, L, Al-Hasan, M, Ansari, S, Barie, P, Cainzos, M, Ceresoli, M, Chiarugi, M, Claridge, J, Cicuttin, E, Dellinger, E, Fry, D, Guirao, X, Hardcastle, T, Hecker, A, Leppaniemi, A, Litvin, A, Marwah, S, Maseda, E, Mazuski, J, Memish, Z, Kirkpatrick, A, Pagani, L, Podda, M, Rasa, H, Sakakushev, B, Sawyer, R, Tumietto, F, Xiao, Y, Aboubreeg, W, Adamou, H, Akhmeteli, L, Akin, E, Alberio, M, Alconchel, F, Magagi, I, Arauz, A, Argenio, G, Atanasov, B, Atici, S, Awad, S, Baili, E, Bains, L, Bala, M, Baraket, O, Baral, S, Belskii, V, Benboubker, M, Ben-Ishay, O, Bordoni, P, Boumediene, A, Brisinda, G, Cavazzuti, L, Chandy, S, Chiarello, M, Cillara, N, Clarizia, G, Cocuz, M, Cocuz, I, Conti, L, Coppola, R, Cui, Y, Czepiel, J, D'Acapito, F, Damaskos, D, Das, K, De Simone, B, Delibegovic, S, Demetrashvili, Z, Detanac, D, Dhingra, S, Di Bella, S, Dimitrov, E, Dogjani, A, D'Oria, M, Dumitru, I, Elmangory, M, Enciu, O, Fantoni, M, Filipescu, D, Fleres, F, Foghetti, D, Fransvea, P, Gachabayov, M, Galeiras, R, Gattuso, G, Ghannam, W, Ghisetti, V, Giraudo, G, Gonfa, K, Gonullu, E, Hamad, Y, Hecker, M, Isik, A, Ismail, N, Ismail, A, Jain, S, Kanj, S, Kapoor, G, Karaiskos, I, Kavalakat, A, Kenig, J, Khamis, F, Khokha, V, Kiguba, R, Kim, J, Kobe, Y, Kok, K, Kovacevic, B, Kryvoruchko, I, Kuriyama, A, Landaluce-Olavarria, A, Lasithiotakis, K, Lohsiriwat, V, Lostoridis, E, Luppi, D, Vega, G, Maegele, M, Marinis, A, Martines, G, Martinez-Perez, A, Massalou, D, Mesina, C, Metan, G, Miranda-Novales, M, Mishra, S, Mohamed, M, Mohamedahmed, A, Mora-Guzman, I, Mulita, F, Musina, A, Navsaria, P, Negoi, I, Nita, G, O'Connor, D, Ordonez, C, Pantalone, D, Panyko, A, Papadopoulos, A, Pararas, N, Pata, F, Patel, T, Pellino, G, Perra, T, Perrone, G, Pesce, A, Pintar, T, Popivanov, G, Porcu, A, Quiodettis, M, Rahim, R, Mitul, A, Reichert, M, Rems, M, Campbell, G, Rocha-Pereira, N, Rodrigues, G, Villamil, G, Rossi, S, Sall, I, Kafil, H, Sasia, D, Seni, J, Seretis, C, Serradilla-Martin, M, Shelat, V, Siribumrungwong, B, Slavchev, M, Solaini, L, Tan, B, Tarasconi, A, Tartaglia, D, Toma, E, Tomadze, G, Toro, A, Tovani-Palone, M, van Goor, H, Vasilescu, A, Vereczkei, A, Veroux, M, Weckmann, S, Widmer, L, Yahya, A, Zachariah, S, Zakaria, A, Zubareva, N, Zuidema, W, Di Carlo, I, Cortese, F, Baiocchi, G, Maier, R, Catena, F, Sartelli M., Labricciosa F. M., Coccolini F., Coimbra R., Abu-Zidan F. M., Ansaloni L., Al-Hasan M. N., Ansari S., Barie P. S., Cainzos M. A., Ceresoli M., Chiarugi M., Claridge J. A., Cicuttin E., Dellinger E. P., Fry D. E., Guirao X., Hardcastle T. C., Hecker A., Leppaniemi A. K., Litvin A., Marwah S., Maseda E., Mazuski J. E., Memish Z. A., Kirkpatrick A. W., Pagani L., Podda M., Rasa H. K., Sakakushev B. E., Sawyer R. G., Tumietto F., Xiao Y., Aboubreeg W. F., Adamou H., Akhmeteli L., Akin E., Alberio M. G., Alconchel F., Magagi I. A., Arauz A. B., Argenio G., Atanasov B. C., Atici S. D., Awad S. S., Baili E., Bains L., Bala M., Baraket O., Baral S., Belskii V. A., Benboubker M., Ben-Ishay O., Bordoni P., Boumediene A., Brisinda G., Cavazzuti L., Chandy S. J., Chiarello M. M., Cillara N., Clarizia G., Cocuz M. -E., Cocuz I. G., Conti L., Coppola R., Cui Y., Czepiel J., D'Acapito F., Damaskos D., Das K., De Simone B., Delibegovic S., Demetrashvili Z., Detanac D. S., Dhingra S., Di Bella S., Dimitrov E. N., Dogjani A., D'Oria M., Dumitru I. M., Elmangory M. M., Enciu O., Fantoni M., Filipescu D., Fleres F., Foghetti D., Fransvea P., Gachabayov M., Galeiras R., Gattuso G., Ghannam W. M., Ghisetti V., Giraudo G., Gonfa K. B., Gonullu E., Hamad Y. T. E. Y., Hecker M., Isik A., Ismail N., Ismail A., Jain S. A., Kanj S. S., Kapoor G., Karaiskos I., Kavalakat A. J., Kenig J., Khamis F., Khokha V., Kiguba R., Kim J. I., Kobe Y., Kok K. Y. Y., Kovacevic B. M., Kryvoruchko I. A., Kuriyama A., Landaluce-Olavarria A., Lasithiotakis K., Lohsiriwat V., Lostoridis E., Luppi D., Vega G. M. M., Maegele M., Marinis A., Martines G., Martinez-Perez A., Massalou D., Mesina C., Metan G., Miranda-Novales M. G., Mishra S. K., Mohamed M. I. H., Mohamedahmed A. Y. Y., Mora-Guzman I., Mulita F., Musina A. -M., Navsaria P. H., Negoi I., Nita G. E., O'Connor D. B., Ordonez C. A., Pantalone D., Panyko A., Papadopoulos A., Pararas N., Pata F., Patel T., Pellino G., Perra T., Perrone G., Pesce A., Pintar T., Popivanov G. I., Porcu A., Quiodettis M. A., Rahim R., Mitul A. R., Reichert M., Rems M., Campbell G. Y. R., Rocha-Pereira N., Rodrigues G., Villamil G. E. R., Rossi S., Sall I., Kafil H. S., Sasia D., Seni J., Seretis C., Serradilla-Martin M., Shelat V. G., Siribumrungwong B., Slavchev M., Solaini L., Tan B. K., Tarasconi A., Tartaglia D., Toma E. A., Tomadze G., Toro A., Tovani-Palone M. R., van Goor H., Vasilescu A., Vereczkei A., Veroux M., Weckmann S. A., Widmer L. W., Yahya A. I., Zachariah S. K., Zakaria A. D., Zubareva N., Zuidema W. P., Di Carlo I., Cortese F., Baiocchi G. L., Maier R. V., and Catena F.

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Background: The objectives of the study were to investigate the organizational characteristics of acute care facilities worldwide in preventing and managing infections in surgery; assess participants’ perception regarding infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, antibiotic prescribing practices, and source control; describe awareness about the global burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and IPC measures; and determine the role of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic on said awareness. Methods: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted contacting 1432 health care workers (HCWs) belonging to a mailing list provided by the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery. The self-administered questionnaire was developed by a multidisciplinary team. The survey was open from May 22, 2021, and June 22, 2021. Three reminders were sent, after 7, 14, and 21 days. Results: Three hundred four respondents from 72 countries returned a questionnaire, with an overall response rate of 21.2%. Respectively, 90.4% and 68.8% of participants stated their hospital had a multidisciplinary IPC team or a multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship team. Local protocols for antimicrobial therapy of surgical infections and protocols for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis were present in 76.6% and 90.8% of hospitals, respectively. In 23.4% and 24.0% of hospitals no surveillance systems for surgical site infections and no monitoring systems of used antimicrobials were implemented. Patient and family involvement in IPC management was considered to be slightly or not important in their hospital by the majority of respondents (65.1%). Awareness of the global burden of AMR among HCWs was considered very important or important by 54.6% of participants. The COVID-19 pandemic was considered by 80.3% of respondents as a very important or important factor in raising HCWs awareness of the IPC programs in their hospital. Based on the survey results, the authors developed 15 statements for

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2022

12. WSES/GAIS/WSIS/SIS-E/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with skin and soft tissue infections

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Sartelli, M, Coccolini, F, Kluger, Y, Agastra, E, Abu-Zidan, F, Abbas, A, Ansaloni, L, Adesunkanmi, A, Augustin, G, Bala, M, Baraket, O, Biffl, W, Ceresoli, M, Cerutti, E, Chiara, O, Cicuttin, E, Chiarugi, M, Coimbra, R, Corsi, D, Cortese, F, Cui, Y, Damaskos, D, De'Angelis, N, Delibegovic, S, Demetrashvili, Z, De Simone, B, de Jonge, S, Di Bella, S, Di Saverio, S, Duane, T, Fugazzola, P, Galante, J, Ghnnam, W, Gkiokas, G, Gomes, C, Griffiths, E, Hardcastle, T, Hecker, A, Herzog, T, Karamarkovic, A, Khokha, V, Kim, P, Kim, J, Kirkpatrick, A, Kong, V, Koshy, R, Inaba, K, Isik, A, Ivatury, R, Labricciosa, F, Lee, Y, Leppaniemi, A, Litvin, A, Luppi, D, Maier, R, Marinis, A, Marwah, S, Mesina, C, Moore, E, Moore, F, Negoi, I, Olaoye, I, Ordonez, C, Ouadii, M, Peitzman, A, Perrone, G, Pintar, T, Pipitone, G, Podda, M, Rasa, K, Ribeiro, J, Rodrigues, G, Rubio-Perez, I, Sall, I, Sato, N, Sawyer, R, Shelat, V, Sugrue, M, Tarasconi, A, Tolonen, M, Viaggi, B, Celotti, A, Casella, C, Pagani, L, Dhingra, S, Baiocchi, G, Catena, F, Sartelli M., Coccolini F., Kluger Y., Agastra E., Abu-Zidan F. M., Abbas A. E. S., Ansaloni L., Adesunkanmi A. K., Augustin G., Bala M., Baraket O., Biffl W. L., Ceresoli M., Cerutti E., Chiara O., Cicuttin E., Chiarugi M., Coimbra R., Corsi D., Cortese F., Cui Y., Damaskos D., de'Angelis N., Delibegovic S., Demetrashvili Z., De Simone B., de Jonge S. W., Di Bella S., Di Saverio S., Duane T. M., Fugazzola P., Galante J. M., Ghnnam W., Gkiokas G., Gomes C. A., Griffiths E. A., Hardcastle T. C., Hecker A., Herzog T., Karamarkovic A., Khokha V., Kim P. K., Kim J. I., Kirkpatrick A. W., Kong V., Koshy R. M., Inaba K., Isik A., Ivatury R., Labricciosa F. M., Lee Y. Y., Leppaniemi A., Litvin A., Luppi D., Maier R. V., Marinis A., Marwah S., Mesina C., Moore E. E., Moore F. A., Negoi I., Olaoye I., Ordonez C. A., Ouadii M., Peitzman A. B., Perrone G., Pintar T., Pipitone G., Podda M., Rasa K., Ribeiro J., Rodrigues G., Rubio-Perez I., Sall I., Sato N., Sawyer R. G., Shelat V. G., Sugrue M., Tarasconi A., Tolonen M., Viaggi B., Celotti A., Casella C., Pagani L., Dhingra S., Baiocchi G. L., Catena F., Sartelli, M, Coccolini, F, Kluger, Y, Agastra, E, Abu-Zidan, F, Abbas, A, Ansaloni, L, Adesunkanmi, A, Augustin, G, Bala, M, Baraket, O, Biffl, W, Ceresoli, M, Cerutti, E, Chiara, O, Cicuttin, E, Chiarugi, M, Coimbra, R, Corsi, D, Cortese, F, Cui, Y, Damaskos, D, De'Angelis, N, Delibegovic, S, Demetrashvili, Z, De Simone, B, de Jonge, S, Di Bella, S, Di Saverio, S, Duane, T, Fugazzola, P, Galante, J, Ghnnam, W, Gkiokas, G, Gomes, C, Griffiths, E, Hardcastle, T, Hecker, A, Herzog, T, Karamarkovic, A, Khokha, V, Kim, P, Kim, J, Kirkpatrick, A, Kong, V, Koshy, R, Inaba, K, Isik, A, Ivatury, R, Labricciosa, F, Lee, Y, Leppaniemi, A, Litvin, A, Luppi, D, Maier, R, Marinis, A, Marwah, S, Mesina, C, Moore, E, Moore, F, Negoi, I, Olaoye, I, Ordonez, C, Ouadii, M, Peitzman, A, Perrone, G, Pintar, T, Pipitone, G, Podda, M, Rasa, K, Ribeiro, J, Rodrigues, G, Rubio-Perez, I, Sall, I, Sato, N, Sawyer, R, Shelat, V, Sugrue, M, Tarasconi, A, Tolonen, M, Viaggi, B, Celotti, A, Casella, C, Pagani, L, Dhingra, S, Baiocchi, G, Catena, F, Sartelli M., Coccolini F., Kluger Y., Agastra E., Abu-Zidan F. M., Abbas A. E. S., Ansaloni L., Adesunkanmi A. K., Augustin G., Bala M., Baraket O., Biffl W. L., Ceresoli M., Cerutti E., Chiara O., Cicuttin E., Chiarugi M., Coimbra R., Corsi D., Cortese F., Cui Y., Damaskos D., de'Angelis N., Delibegovic S., Demetrashvili Z., De Simone B., de Jonge S. W., Di Bella S., Di Saverio S., Duane T. M., Fugazzola P., Galante J. M., Ghnnam W., Gkiokas G., Gomes C. A., Griffiths E. A., Hardcastle T. C., Hecker A., Herzog T., Karamarkovic A., Khokha V., Kim P. K., Kim J. I., Kirkpatrick A. W., Kong V., Koshy R. M., Inaba K., Isik A., Ivatury R., Labricciosa F. M., Lee Y. Y., Leppaniemi A., Litvin A., Luppi D., Maier R. V., Marinis A., Marwah S., Mesina C., Moore E. E., Moore F. A., Negoi I., Olaoye I., Ordonez C. A., Ouadii M., Peitzman A. B., Perrone G., Pintar T., Pipitone G., Podda M., Rasa K., Ribeiro J., Rodrigues G., Rubio-Perez I., Sall I., Sato N., Sawyer R. G., Shelat V. G., Sugrue M., Tarasconi A., Tolonen M., Viaggi B., Celotti A., Casella C., Pagani L., Dhingra S., Baiocchi G. L., and Catena F.

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Skin and soft-tissue infections (SSTIs) encompass a variety of pathological conditions that involve the skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue, fascia, or muscle, ranging from simple superficial infections to severe necrotizing infections. Together, the World Society of Emergency Surgery, the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery, the Surgical Infection Society-Europe, The World Surgical Infection Society, and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma have jointly completed an international multi-society document to promote global standards of care in SSTIs guiding clinicians by describing reasonable approaches to the management of SSTIs. An extensive non-systematic review was conducted using the PubMed and MEDLINE databases, limited to the English language. The resulting evidence was shared by an international task force with different clinical backgrounds.

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2022

13. A Regime switching Student-t copula model for the analysis of cryptocurrencies data

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Marco Corazza, Cira Perna, Claudio Pizzi, Marilena Sibillo, Magni, G, Bimonte, G, Naimoli, A, Cortese, F, Bartolucci, F, Pennoni, F, Cortese, F., Bartolucci, F., Pennoni, F., Marco Corazza, Cira Perna, Claudio Pizzi, Marilena Sibillo, Magni, G, Bimonte, G, Naimoli, A, Cortese, F, Bartolucci, F, Pennoni, F, Cortese, F., Bartolucci, F., and Pennoni, F.

Abstract

Flexible statistical models have an important role in explaining the joint distribution of financial returns. In these analyses, it is necessary to consider abrupt switches in the market conditions, especially if the focus is on cryptoassets, the market of which is characterized by high instabilities. Regime switching (RS) copula models represent a powerful tool to formulate the joint distribution of time-series accurately: they are based on a copula distribution with parameters governed by a hidden Markov process of first-order so as to account for the correlation patterns between series. The hidden states represent different market regimes, each described by a state-specific vector of copula parameters. We propose RS copula models as a valuable instrument for describing the joint behavior of log- returns. We choose a Student-t copula function to consider extreme dependent values appropriately as they are often observed in financial returns. We split the modeling process into two steps: the first one consists in fitting the marginal distribution of each univariate time-series, while the second one deals with the estimation of the joint distribution of the log-returns described by a RS copula model. Maximum likelihood estimation of the model parameters is carried out by the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm, which alternates two steps until convergence: at the E-step, we compute the expectation of the log-likelihood evaluated using the current values for the parameters and, at the M-step, parameters estimates are updated by maximizing the expected complete-data log-likelihood computed at the previous step. The main computational burdens deal with estimating the correlation matrix (R) and the number of degrees of freedom (v) of the Student t-copula. At this aim, we propose performing the M-step by computing R given v using a closed form solution obtained from a constrained optimization of the log-likelihood using Lagrange multipliers. Then, we numerically maxim

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2022

18. Il testimone. Mattia Ceccotti

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Fanchi, M, Lombardi, M, Eugeni, R, Saracino, S, Venturelli, V, Lifonti, D, Stagnitto, A, Abbiezzi, P, Caputo, L, Locatelli, E, Morandi, R, Carlo, S, Varini, M, Crotta, C, Locatelli, M, Ovena, L, Messetti, G, Fumagalli, A, Piredda, M, F, Scaglioni, M, Crippa, N, Contu, M, G, Bionda, F, Bianchi, S, Cortese, F, M, Gomarasca, P, Franceschini, S, Vilardi, I, Peja, L, Monti, L, Braga, I, Cantù, C, Musso, P, Fiocca, R, Bottani, C, Tunisini, A, Sebastiani, R, Anzivino, A, Covassi, G, Hu, L, Nadin, G, Giulietti, D, Dondena, M, Ravasio, M, Bionda, M, L, Corallo, M, Vottero, A, Rabozzi, R, Cantarelli, L, Mussa, S, Galimberti, C, Stellari, A, Gaudio, D, P, Bresciani, G, ALMED - Alta Scuola in Media, Comunicazione e Spettacolo, Varini, Michele, Varini Michele (ORCID:0000-0002-7912-975X), Fanchi, M, Lombardi, M, Eugeni, R, Saracino, S, Venturelli, V, Lifonti, D, Stagnitto, A, Abbiezzi, P, Caputo, L, Locatelli, E, Morandi, R, Carlo, S, Varini, M, Crotta, C, Locatelli, M, Ovena, L, Messetti, G, Fumagalli, A, Piredda, M, F, Scaglioni, M, Crippa, N, Contu, M, G, Bionda, F, Bianchi, S, Cortese, F, M, Gomarasca, P, Franceschini, S, Vilardi, I, Peja, L, Monti, L, Braga, I, Cantù, C, Musso, P, Fiocca, R, Bottani, C, Tunisini, A, Sebastiani, R, Anzivino, A, Covassi, G, Hu, L, Nadin, G, Giulietti, D, Dondena, M, Ravasio, M, Bionda, M, L, Corallo, M, Vottero, A, Rabozzi, R, Cantarelli, L, Mussa, S, Galimberti, C, Stellari, A, Gaudio, D, P, Bresciani, G, ALMED - Alta Scuola in Media, Comunicazione e Spettacolo, Varini, Michele, and Varini Michele (ORCID:0000-0002-7912-975X)

Abstract

Il contributo approfondisce il caso di studi di Mattia Ceccotti e la sua carriera, iniziata con la posizione di junior consultant fino ad arrivare alla situazione attuale, che lo vede impegnato nella gestione e acquisizione clienti.

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2023

20. Come cambia il dottorato di ricerca

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Carloni, E, Cortese, F, Giglioni, F, Libertini, M, Marra, A, Mattarella, BG, Moscati, R, Rivellini, G, Vella, F, Vesperini, G, Ramajoli, M, Carloni, E, Cortese, F, Giglioni, F, Libertini, M, Marra, A, Mattarella, BG, Moscati, R, Rivellini, G, Vella, F, Vesperini, G, and Ramajoli, M

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2023

21. Introduzione

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Carloni, E, Cortese, F, Giglioni, F, Libertini, M, Marra, A, Mattarella, BG, Moscati, R, Rivellini, G, Vella, F, Vesperini, G, Ramajoli M, Ramajoli, M, Marra A., Carloni, E, Cortese, F, Giglioni, F, Libertini, M, Marra, A, Mattarella, BG, Moscati, R, Rivellini, G, Vella, F, Vesperini, G, Ramajoli M, Ramajoli, M, and Marra A.

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2023

22. Generalized Information Criteria for Sparse Statistical Jump Models

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Cortese, F, Kolm, P, Linstrom, E, Cortese, FP, Kolm, PN, Cortese, F, Kolm, P, Linstrom, E, Cortese, FP, and Kolm, PN

Abstract

We extend the generalized information criteria for high-dimensional penalized models to sparse statistical jump models, a new class of statistically robust and computationally efficient alternatives to hidden Markov models. In a simulation study, we demonstrate that the new generalized information criteria selects the correct hyperparameters with high probability. Finally, providing an empirical application, we infer the key features that drive the return dynamics of the largest cryptocurrencies. We find that a four-state model best describes the dynamics of cryptocurrency returns. The states have natural market-based interpretations as they correspond to bull, bull-neutral, bear-neutral, and bear market regimes, respectively.

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2023

23. Radiomics in colorectal cancer patients

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Inchingolo, R, Maino, C, Cannella, R, Vernuccio, F, Cortese, F, Dezio, M, Pisani, A, Giandola, T, Gatti, M, Giannini, V, Ippolito, D, Faletti, R, Pisani, AR, Inchingolo, R, Maino, C, Cannella, R, Vernuccio, F, Cortese, F, Dezio, M, Pisani, A, Giandola, T, Gatti, M, Giannini, V, Ippolito, D, Faletti, R, and Pisani, AR

Abstract

The main therapeutic options for colorectal cancer are surgical resection and adjuvant chemotherapy in non-metastatic disease. However, the evaluation of the overall adjuvant chemotherapy benefit in patients with a high risk of recurrence is challenging. Radiological images can represent a source of data that can be analyzed by using automated computer-based techniques, working on numerical information coded within Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine files: This image numerical analysis has been named “radiomics”. Radiomics allows the extraction of quantitative features from radiological images, mainly invisible to the naked eye, that can be further analyzed by artificial intelligence algorithms. Radiomics is expanding in oncology to either understand tumor biology or for the development of imaging biomarkers for diagnosis, staging, and prognosis, prediction of treatment response and diseases monitoring and surveillance. Several efforts have been made to develop radiomics signatures for colorectal cancer patient using computed tomography (CT) images with different aims: The preoperative prediction of lymph node metastasis, detecting BRAF and RAS gene mutations. Moreover, the use of delta-radiomics allows the analysis of variations of the radiomics parameters extracted from CT scans performed at different timepoints. Most published studies concerning radiomics and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) mainly focused on the response of advanced tumors that under-went neoadjuvant therapy. Nodes status is the main determinant of adjuvant chemotherapy. Therefore, several radiomics model based on MRI, especially on T2-weighted images and ADC maps, for the preoperative prediction of nodes metastasis in rectal cancer has been developed. Current studies mostly focused on the applications of radiomics in positron emission tomogra-phy/CT for the prediction of survival after curative surgical resection and assessment of response following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Si

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2023

24. Perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) treatment: an Italian nationwide propensity score-matched cohort study investigating laparoscopic vs open approach

Author

Costa, Gianluca, Fransvea, Pietro, Lepre, Luca, Liotta, Gianluca, Mazzoni, Gianluca, Biloslavo, Alan, Bianchi, Valentina, Occhionorelli, Savino, Costa, Alessandro, Sganga, Gabriele, FACS on behalf of the IGo-GIPS study group (Agresta, F, Alemanno, G, Altieri, G, Antropoli, M, Argenio, G, Atzeni, J, Avenia, N, Azzinnaro, A, Badessi, G, Baldazzi, G, Bergamini, C, Biloslavo, A, Bombardini, C, Borzellino, G, Bozzo, S, Brachini, G, Brisinda, G, Buonanno, Gm, Canini, T, Capolupo, Gt, Carannante, F, Cardella, S, Caricato, M, Carrara, G, Cascone, Ca, Cassini, D, Castriconi, M, Catarci, M, Ceccarelli, G, Celi, D, Ceresoli, M, Chiarugi, M, Cimino, F, Cirocchi, R, Cobuccio, L, Coccolini, C, Cocorullo, G, Colangelo, E, Colozzi, S, Cortese, F, Costa, A, Costa, G, Cozza, V, Crucitti, A, Cucinotta, E, D’Alessio, R, Dalla Caneva, P, De Manzini, N, de Manzoni Garberini, A, De Nisco, C, De Prizio, M, De Sol, A, De Stefano, M, Dibella, A, Di Cosimi, C, Di Grezia, M, Falcioni, T, Falco, N, Farina, C, Fico, V, Finotti, E, Fontana, T, Francioni, G, Fransvea, P, Frezza, B, Garbarino, Gm, Garulli, G, Genna, M, Giannessi, S, Gioffrè, A, Giordano, A, Gozzo, D, Grimaldi, S, Iacopini, V, Iarussi, T, Kurihara, H, La Greca, A, Laracca, Gg, Laterza, E, La Vaccara, V, Leonardi, A, Lepre, L, Liotta, G, Luridiana, G, Magalini, S, Malagnino, A, Mar, G, Mariani, D, Marini, P, Marzaioli, R, Macianà, G, Mazzoni, G, Mecarelli, V, Mercantini, P, Mingoli, A, Mirco, P, Montuori, M, Nigro, C, Occhionorelli, S, Paderno, N, Palini, Gm, Paradies, D, Paroli, M, Perrone, F, Pepe, G, Petruzzelli, L, Pezzolla, A, Piazza, D, Piazza, V, Pignata, G, Pinotti, E, Pisanu, A, Podda, M, Poillucci, G, Porfidia, R, Puccioni, C, Rocca, A, Rondelli, F, Rossi, G, Sacchi, M, Sapienza, P, Sganga, G, Spagnoli, A, Spinoglio, G, Sulis, R, Tartaglia, D, Tranà, C, Travaglino, A, Tomaiuolo, P, Tomassini, F, Tropeano, G, Valeri, A, Zago, M, and Zanoni, E. ).

Subjects
Surgical treatment, Laparoscopic approach, Perforated peptic ulcer
Published
2023

25. A Regime switching Student-t copula model for the analysis of cryptocurrencies data

Author

Cortese, F., Bartolucci, F., Pennoni, F., Marco Corazza, Cira Perna, Claudio Pizzi, Marilena Sibillo, Magni, G, Bimonte, G, Naimoli, A, Cortese, F, Bartolucci, F, and Pennoni, F

Subjects
copula models, cryptocurrencies, daily log-returns, Expectation-Maximization algorithm, latent variable models, SECS-S/01 - STATISTICA
Abstract

Flexible statistical models have an important role in explaining the joint distribution of financial returns. In these analyses, it is necessary to consider abrupt switches in the market conditions, especially if the focus is on cryptoassets, the market of which is characterized by high instabilities. Regime switching (RS) copula models represent a powerful tool to formulate the joint distribution of time-series accurately: they are based on a copula distribution with parameters governed by a hidden Markov process of first-order so as to account for the correlation patterns between series. The hidden states represent different market regimes, each described by a state-specific vector of copula parameters. We propose RS copula models as a valuable instrument for describing the joint behavior of log- returns. We choose a Student-t copula function to consider extreme dependent values appropriately as they are often observed in financial returns. We split the modeling process into two steps: the first one consists in fitting the marginal distribution of each univariate time-series, while the second one deals with the estimation of the joint distribution of the log-returns described by a RS copula model. Maximum likelihood estimation of the model parameters is carried out by the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm, which alternates two steps until convergence: at the E-step, we compute the expectation of the log-likelihood evaluated using the current values for the parameters and, at the M-step, parameters estimates are updated by maximizing the expected complete-data log-likelihood computed at the previous step. The main computational burdens deal with estimating the correlation matrix (R) and the number of degrees of freedom (v) of the Student t-copula. At this aim, we propose performing the M-step by computing R given v using a closed form solution obtained from a constrained optimization of the log-likelihood using Lagrange multipliers. Then, we numerically maximize the log-likelihood with respect to v given the previous update of R. The proposal is validated through a simulation study showing that the estimators have good finite sample properties. We consider data on daily log-returns over four years of five cryptos Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple as an application.

Published
2022

26. Hidden Markov and regime switching copula models for state allocation in multiple time-series

Author

Giovanni C Porzio, Carla Rampichini, Chiara Bocci, Bartolucci, F, Pennoni, F, Cortese, F, Bartolucci F., Pennoni F., Cortese F., Giovanni C Porzio, Carla Rampichini, Chiara Bocci, Bartolucci, F, Pennoni, F, Cortese, F, Bartolucci F., Pennoni F., and Cortese F.

Abstract

We consider hidden Markov and regime-switching copula models as approaches for state allocation in multiple time-series, where state allocation means the prediction of the latent state characterizing each time occasion based on the observed data. This dynamic clustering, performed under the two model specifications, takes the correlation structure of the time-series into account. Maximum likelihood estimation of the model parameters is carried out by the expectation-maximization algorithm. For illustration we use data on the market of cryptocurrencies characterized by periods of high turbulence in which interdependence among assets is marked.

Published
2021

27. WSES/GAIS/SIS-E/WSIS/AAST global clinical pathways for patients with intra-abdominal infections

Author

Sartelli, M, Coccolini, F, Kluger, Y, Agastra, E, Abu-Zidan, F, Abbas, A, Ansaloni, L, Adesunkanmi, A, Atanasov, B, Augustin, G, Bala, M, Baraket, O, Baral, S, Biffl, W, Boermeester, M, Ceresoli, M, Cerutti, E, Chiara, O, Cicuttin, E, Chiarugi, M, Coimbra, R, Colak, E, Corsi, D, Cortese, F, Cui, Y, Damaskos, D, de' Angelis, N, Delibegovic, S, Demetrashvili, Z, De Simone, B, de Jonge, S, Dhingra, S, Di Bella, S, Di Marzo, F, Di Saverio, S, Dogjani, A, Duane, T, Enani, M, Fugazzola, P, Galante, J, Gachabayov, M, Ghnnam, W, Gkiokas, G, Gomes, C, Griffiths, E, Hardcastle, T, Hecker, A, Herzog, T, Kabir, S, Karamarkovic, A, Khokha, V, Kim, P, Kim, J, Kirkpatrick, A, Kong, V, Koshy, R, Kryvoruchko, I, Inaba, K, Isik, A, Iskandar, K, Ivatury, R, Labricciosa, F, Lee, Y, Leppaniemi, A, Litvin, A, Luppi, D, Machain, G, Maier, R, Marinis, A, Marmorale, C, Marwah, S, Mesina, C, Moore, E, Moore, F, Negoi, I, Olaoye, I, Ordonez, C, Ouadii, M, Peitzman, A, Perrone, G, Pikoulis, M, Pintar, T, Pipitone, G, Podda, M, Rasa, K, Ribeiro, J, Rodrigues, G, Rubio-Perez, I, Sall, I, Sato, N, Sawyer, R, Segovia Lohse, H, Sganga, G, Shelat, V, Stephens, I, Sugrue, M, Tarasconi, A, Tochie, J, Tolonen, M, Tomadze, G, Ulrych, J, Vereczkei, A, Viaggi, B, Gurioli, C, Casella, C, Pagani, L, Baiocchi, G, Catena, F, Sartelli M., Coccolini F., Kluger Y., Agastra E., Abu-Zidan F. M., Abbas A. E. S., Ansaloni L., Adesunkanmi A. K., Atanasov B., Augustin G., Bala M., Baraket O., Baral S., Biffl W. L., Boermeester M. A., Ceresoli M., Cerutti E., Chiara O., Cicuttin E., Chiarugi M., Coimbra R., Colak E., Corsi D., Cortese F., Cui Y., Damaskos D., de' Angelis N., Delibegovic S., Demetrashvili Z., De Simone B., de Jonge S. W., Dhingra S., Di Bella S., Di Marzo F., Di Saverio S., Dogjani A., Duane T. M., Enani M. A., Fugazzola P., Galante J. M., Gachabayov M., Ghnnam W., Gkiokas G., Gomes C. A., Griffiths E. A., Hardcastle T. C., Hecker A., Herzog T., Kabir S. M. U., Karamarkovic A., Khokha V., Kim P. K., Kim J. I., Kirkpatrick A. W., Kong V., Koshy R. M., Kryvoruchko I. A., Inaba K., Isik A., Iskandar K., Ivatury R., Labricciosa F. M., Lee Y. Y., Leppaniemi A., Litvin A., Luppi D., Machain G. M., Maier R. V., Marinis A., Marmorale C., Marwah S., Mesina C., Moore E. E., Moore F. A., Negoi I., Olaoye I., Ordonez C. A., Ouadii M., Peitzman A. B., Perrone G., Pikoulis M., Pintar T., Pipitone G., Podda M., Rasa K., Ribeiro J., Rodrigues G., Rubio-Perez I., Sall I., Sato N., Sawyer R. G., Segovia Lohse H., Sganga G., Shelat V. G., Stephens I., Sugrue M., Tarasconi A., Tochie J. N., Tolonen M., Tomadze G., Ulrych J., Vereczkei A., Viaggi B., Gurioli C., Casella C., Pagani L., Baiocchi G. L., Catena F., Sartelli, M, Coccolini, F, Kluger, Y, Agastra, E, Abu-Zidan, F, Abbas, A, Ansaloni, L, Adesunkanmi, A, Atanasov, B, Augustin, G, Bala, M, Baraket, O, Baral, S, Biffl, W, Boermeester, M, Ceresoli, M, Cerutti, E, Chiara, O, Cicuttin, E, Chiarugi, M, Coimbra, R, Colak, E, Corsi, D, Cortese, F, Cui, Y, Damaskos, D, de' Angelis, N, Delibegovic, S, Demetrashvili, Z, De Simone, B, de Jonge, S, Dhingra, S, Di Bella, S, Di Marzo, F, Di Saverio, S, Dogjani, A, Duane, T, Enani, M, Fugazzola, P, Galante, J, Gachabayov, M, Ghnnam, W, Gkiokas, G, Gomes, C, Griffiths, E, Hardcastle, T, Hecker, A, Herzog, T, Kabir, S, Karamarkovic, A, Khokha, V, Kim, P, Kim, J, Kirkpatrick, A, Kong, V, Koshy, R, Kryvoruchko, I, Inaba, K, Isik, A, Iskandar, K, Ivatury, R, Labricciosa, F, Lee, Y, Leppaniemi, A, Litvin, A, Luppi, D, Machain, G, Maier, R, Marinis, A, Marmorale, C, Marwah, S, Mesina, C, Moore, E, Moore, F, Negoi, I, Olaoye, I, Ordonez, C, Ouadii, M, Peitzman, A, Perrone, G, Pikoulis, M, Pintar, T, Pipitone, G, Podda, M, Rasa, K, Ribeiro, J, Rodrigues, G, Rubio-Perez, I, Sall, I, Sato, N, Sawyer, R, Segovia Lohse, H, Sganga, G, Shelat, V, Stephens, I, Sugrue, M, Tarasconi, A, Tochie, J, Tolonen, M, Tomadze, G, Ulrych, J, Vereczkei, A, Viaggi, B, Gurioli, C, Casella, C, Pagani, L, Baiocchi, G, Catena, F, Sartelli M., Coccolini F., Kluger Y., Agastra E., Abu-Zidan F. M., Abbas A. E. S., Ansaloni L., Adesunkanmi A. K., Atanasov B., Augustin G., Bala M., Baraket O., Baral S., Biffl W. L., Boermeester M. A., Ceresoli M., Cerutti E., Chiara O., Cicuttin E., Chiarugi M., Coimbra R., Colak E., Corsi D., Cortese F., Cui Y., Damaskos D., de' Angelis N., Delibegovic S., Demetrashvili Z., De Simone B., de Jonge S. W., Dhingra S., Di Bella S., Di Marzo F., Di Saverio S., Dogjani A., Duane T. M., Enani M. A., Fugazzola P., Galante J. M., Gachabayov M., Ghnnam W., Gkiokas G., Gomes C. A., Griffiths E. A., Hardcastle T. C., Hecker A., Herzog T., Kabir S. M. U., Karamarkovic A., Khokha V., Kim P. K., Kim J. I., Kirkpatrick A. W., Kong V., Koshy R. M., Kryvoruchko I. A., Inaba K., Isik A., Iskandar K., Ivatury R., Labricciosa F. M., Lee Y. Y., Leppaniemi A., Litvin A., Luppi D., Machain G. M., Maier R. V., Marinis A., Marmorale C., Marwah S., Mesina C., Moore E. E., Moore F. A., Negoi I., Olaoye I., Ordonez C. A., Ouadii M., Peitzman A. B., Perrone G., Pikoulis M., Pintar T., Pipitone G., Podda M., Rasa K., Ribeiro J., Rodrigues G., Rubio-Perez I., Sall I., Sato N., Sawyer R. G., Segovia Lohse H., Sganga G., Shelat V. G., Stephens I., Sugrue M., Tarasconi A., Tochie J. N., Tolonen M., Tomadze G., Ulrych J., Vereczkei A., Viaggi B., Gurioli C., Casella C., Pagani L., Baiocchi G. L., and Catena F.

Abstract

Intra-abdominal infections (IAIs) are common surgical emergencies and have been reported as major contributors to non-trauma deaths in hospitals worldwide. The cornerstones of effective treatment of IAIs include early recognition, adequate source control, appropriate antimicrobial therapy, and prompt physiologic stabilization using a critical care environment, combined with an optimal surgical approach. Together, the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES), the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery (GAIS), the Surgical Infection Society-Europe (SIS-E), the World Surgical Infection Society (WSIS), and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma (AAST) have jointly completed an international multi-society document in order to facilitate clinical management of patients with IAIs worldwide building evidence-based clinical pathways for the most common IAIs. An extensive non-systematic review was conducted using the PubMed and MEDLINE databases, limited to the English language. The resulting information was shared by an international task force from 46 countries with different clinical backgrounds. The aim of the document is to promote global standards of care in IAIs providing guidance to clinicians by describing reasonable approaches to the management of IAIs.

Published
2021

28. Continuous flow left ventricular assist devices do not worsen endothelial function in subjects with chronic heart failure: a pilot study

Author

Cortese, F, Ciccone, M, Gesualdo, M, Iacoviello, M, Frigerio, M, Cipriani, M, Giannattasio, C, Maloberti, A, Giordano, P, Cortese F., Ciccone M. M., Gesualdo M., Iacoviello M., Frigerio M., Cipriani M., Giannattasio C., Maloberti A., Giordano P., Cortese, F, Ciccone, M, Gesualdo, M, Iacoviello, M, Frigerio, M, Cipriani, M, Giannattasio, C, Maloberti, A, Giordano, P, Cortese F., Ciccone M. M., Gesualdo M., Iacoviello M., Frigerio M., Cipriani M., Giannattasio C., Maloberti A., and Giordano P.

Abstract

Aims: To evaluate endothelial function in subjects with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), comparing them with subjects with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction on the list for heart transplant (HT) and with HT patients with a normal systolic cardiac function to identify any differences. Methods: We enrolled 28 subjects with LVAD, 55 subjects with HT, and 42 subjects with heart failure on the transplant list. The subjects underwent a general physical examination, assessment of laboratory blood parameters, and assessment of endothelial function through flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of brachial artery. Results: The three groups were homogeneous as regards age, gender, smoke abuse, C-reactive protein (CRP) and FMD parameters (P = ns). In LVAD group percentage of FMD change showed an inverse correlation with CRP (rho: −0.5, P: 0.003), a well-known marker of inflammation and tissue damage. Conclusions: Continuous flow related to LVAD seems to not worsen endothelial function. Endothelial function was not affected by cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, diabetes, obesity, and tobacco habit), by the functional status expressed by New York Heart Association class, by the left ventricular systolic function and by the presence or absence of ischaemic heart disease in all the populations analysed. CRP was the only factor able to influence percentage of FMD change in patient with LVAD, reinforcing the hypothesis that inflammation is the main determinant of endothelial function.

Published
2021

30. How radical prostatectomy procedures have changed over the last 10 years in Italy: a comparative analysis based on more than 1500 patients participating in the MIRROR-SIU/LUNA and the Pros-IT CNR study

Author

Gacci, M., Artibani, W., Bassi, P., Bertoni, F., Bracarda, S., Briganti, A., Carmignani, G., Carmignani, L., Conti, G., Corvo, R., De Nunzio, C., Fusco, F., Graziotti, P., Greco, I., Maggi, S., Magrini, S. M., Mirone, V., Montironi, R., Morgia, G., Muto, G., Noale, M., Pecoraro, S., Porreca, A., Ricardi, U., Russi, E., Russo, G., Salonia, A., Simonato, A., Serni, S., Tomasini, D., Tubaro, A., Zagonel, V., Crepaldi, G., Conti, G. N., Alitto, A. R., Ambrosi, E., Antonelli, A., Aristei, C., Bardari, F., Bardoscia, L., Barra, S., Bartoncini, S., Basso, U., Becherini, C., Bellavita, R., Bergamaschi, F., Berlingheri, S., Berruti, A., Borghesi, M., Bortolus, R., Borzillo, V., Bosetti, D., Bove, G., Bove, P., Brausi, M., Bruni, A., Bruno, G., Brunocilla, E., Buffoli, A., Buglione, M., Buttigliero, C., Cacciamani, G., Caldiroli, M., Cardo, G., Carrieri, G., Castelli, E., Castrezzati, E., Catalano, G., Cattarino, S., Catucci, F., Cavallini Francolini, D., Ceccarini, O., Celia, A., Chiancone, F., Chini, T., Cianci, C., Cisternino, A., Collura, D., Corbella, F., Corinti, M., Corsi, P., Cortese, F., Corti, L., Decosimo, N., Cristiano, O., Rolando, D. A., Da Pozzo, L., D'Agostino, D., D'Elia, C., Dandrea, M., De Angelis, M., De Angelis, P., De Cobelli, O., De Concilio, B., De Lisa, A., De Luca, S., De Stefani, A., Deantoni, C. L., Degli Esposti, C., Destito, A., Detti, B., Di Muzio, N., Di Stasio, A., Di Stefano, C., Di Trapani, D., Difino, G., Falivene, S., Farullo, G., Fedelini, P., Ferrari, I., Ferrau, F., Ferro, M., Fodor, A., Fontana, F., Francesca, F., Francolini, G., Frata, P., Frezza, G., Gabriele, P., Galeandro, M., Garibaldi, E., Gennari, P. G., Gentilucci, A., Giacobbe, A., Giussani, L., Giusti, G., Gontero, P., Guarneri, A., Guida, C., Gurioli, A., Huqi, D., Imbimbo, C., Ingrosso, G., Iotti, C., Italia, C., La Mattina, P., La Rocca, R., Lamanna, E., Lastrucci, L., Lazzari, G., Liberale, F., Liguori, G., Lisi, R., Lohr, F., Lombardo, R., Lovisolo, J. A., Ludovico, G. M., Macchione, N., Maggio, F., Malizia, M., Manasse, G., Mandoliti, G., Mantini, G., Marafioti, L., Marciello, L., Marconi, A. M., Martilotta, A., Marzano, S., Masciullo, S., Maso, G., Massenzo, A., Mazzeo, E., Mearini, L., Medoro, S., Mole, R., Monesi, G., Montanari, E., Montefiore, F., Montesi, G., Moro, G., Muscas, G., Musio, D., Muto, P., Muzzonigro, G., Napodano, G., Negro, C. L. A., Nidini, M., Ntreta, M., Orsatti, M., Palazzolo, C., Palumbo, I., Parisi, A., Parma, P., Pavan, N., Pericolini, M., Pinto, F., Pistone, A., Pizzuti, V., Platania, A., Polli, C., Pomara, G., Ponti, E., Porcaro, A. B., Porpiglia, F., Pugliese, D., Pycha, A., Raguso, G., Rampini, A., Randone, D. F., Roboldi, V., Roscigno, M., Ruggieri, M. P., Ruoppo, G., Sanseverino, R., Santacaterina, A., Santarsieri, M., Santoni, R., Scagliarini, S., Scagliotti, G. V., Scanzi, M., Scarcia, M., Schiavina, R., Sciarra, A., Sciorio, C., Scolaro, T., Scuzzarella, S., Selvaggio, O., Serao, A., Signor, M. A., Silvani, M., Silvano, G., Silvestris, F., Simeone, C., Simone, V., Spagnoletti, G., Spinelli, M. G., Squillace, L., Tombolini, V., Toninelli, M., Triggiani, L., Trinchieri, A., Trodella, L., Luca, E., Trombetta, C., Tronnolone, L., Tucci, M., Urzi, D., Valdagni, R., Valeriani, M., Vanoli, M., Vitali, E., Volpe, A., Zaramella, S., Zeccolini, G., Zini, G., Acanfora, F., Aiello, E., Alchiede, S., Altieri, V., Anceschi, C., Aragona, F., Balloni, F., Barasolo, E., Barba, G., Bartoletti, R., Bigazzi, B., Belgrano, E., Salvatore, S., Battaglia, M., Bellei, L., Bettin, A., Bianchi, G., Bombieri, L., Brancato, T., Breda, G., Caggiano, S., Calabro, A., Caldironi, M., Campo, B., Capobianco, S., Capparelli, F., Carbone, A., Carlo, D., Catanzaro, F., Ciaraldi, F., Cicalese, V., Corbu, C., Cosciani Cunico, S., Cosentino, V., Crimi, A., Cucchiarale, G., Cuscuna, D., Damiano, R., D'Armiento, M., De Dominicis, C., De Grande, G., Del Boca, C., D'Elia, A., De Mayo, E., De Martin, M., Di Clemente, L., Di Meo, S., Di Monaco, G., Di Nicola, G., Di Silverio, A., Di Silverio, F., Fabri, F., Falsaperla, M., Fanciullacci, F., Ferrari, G., Fiaccavento, G., Filoni, A., Fontana, D., Fontana, G., Ghabin, H., Frea, B., Gaboardi, F., Gentile, V., Giandotti, M., Grasso, M., Grosso, G., Guazzieri, S., Isaia, A., Landi, G., Landolfi, R., Larcher, P., Laurenti, C., Lavelli, D., Leidi, G. L., Lembo, A., Leoni, S., Maffei, N., Maffezzini, M., Martinengo, C., Manieri, C., Martorana, G., Mazza, R., Medica, M., Melloni, D., Miano, L., Micheli, E., Milesi, R., Minervini, M. S., Minocci, D., Molon, A., Morello, P., Motta, M., Narcisi, F., Nicita, G., Palermo, S., Paoluzzi, M., Pompa, P., Porena, M., Raciti, G., Rizzotto, A., Rocco, F., Romano, M., Rossini, L., Russo, G. R., Salvioni, R., Sandri, S., Savoca, G., Selli, C., Selvaggi, F. P., Sercia, F., Tallarigo, C., Tanello, M., Tasca, A., Tenaglia, R., Tensi, M., Terrone, C., Tralce, L., Vagge, A., Valenti, P., Varaldo, M., Vespasiani, G., Vicentini, C., Vicirca, F., Vigano, P., Zaccone, V., Zartar, C., Gacci, M., Artibani, W., Bassi, P., Bertoni, F., Bracarda, S., Briganti, A., Carmignani, G., Carmignani, L., Conti, G., Corvo, R., De Nunzio, C., Fusco, F., Graziotti, P., Greco, I., Maggi, S., Magrini, S. M., Mirone, V., Montironi, R., Morgia, G., Muto, G., Noale, M., Pecoraro, S., Porreca, A., Ricardi, U., Russi, E., Russo, G., Salonia, A., Simonato, A., Serni, S., Tomasini, D., Tubaro, A., Zagonel, V., Crepaldi, G., Conti, G. N., Alitto, A. R., Ambrosi, E., Antonelli, A., Aristei, C., Bardari, F., Bardoscia, L., Barra, S., Bartoncini, S., Basso, U., Becherini, C., Bellavita, R., Bergamaschi, F., Berlingheri, S., Berruti, A., Borghesi, M., Bortolus, R., Borzillo, V., Bosetti, D., Bove, G., Bove, P., Brausi, M., Bruni, A., Bruno, G., Brunocilla, E., Buffoli, A., Buglione, M., Buttigliero, C., Cacciamani, G., Caldiroli, M., Cardo, G., Carrieri, G., Castelli, E., Castrezzati, E., Catalano, G., Cattarino, S., Catucci, F., Cavallini Francolini, D., Ceccarini, O., Celia, A., Chiancone, F., Chini, T., Cianci, C., Cisternino, A., Collura, D., Corbella, F., Corinti, M., Corsi, P., Cortese, F., Corti, L., Decosimo, N., Cristiano, O., Rolando, D. 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G., Carrieri G., Castelli E., Castrezzati E., Catalano G., Cattarino S., Catucci F., Cavallini Francolini D., Ceccarini O., Celia A., Chiancone F., Chini T., Cianci C., Cisternino A., Collura D., Corbella F., Corinti M., Corsi P., Cortese F., Corti L., deCosimo N., Cristiano O., Rolando D.A., Da Pozzo L., D'Agostino D., D'Elia C., Dandrea M., De Angelis M., De Angelis P., De Cobelli O., De Concilio B., De Lisa A., De Luca S., De Stefani A., Deantoni C.L., Degli Esposti C., Destito A., Detti B., Di Muzio N., Di Stasio A., Di Stefano C., Di Trapani D., Difino G., Falivene S., Farullo G., Fedelini P., Ferrari I., Ferrau F., Ferro M., Fodor A., Fontana F., Francesca F., Francolini G., Frata P., Frezza G., Gabriele P., Galeandro M., Garibaldi E., Gennari P.G., Gentilucci A., Giacobbe A., Giussani L., Giusti G., Gontero P., Guarneri A., Guida C., Gurioli A., Huqi D., Imbimbo C., Ingrosso G., Iotti C., Italia C., La Mattina P., La Rocca R., Lamanna E., Lastrucci L., Lazzari G., Liberale F., Liguori G., Lisi R., Lohr F., Lombardo R., Lovisolo J.A., Ludovico G.M., Macchione N., Maggio F., Malizia M., Manasse G., Mandoliti G., Mantini G., Marafioti L., Marciello L., Marconi A.M., Martilotta A., Marzano S., Masciullo S., Maso G., Massenzo A., Mazzeo E., Mearini L., Medoro S., Mole R., Monesi G., Montanari E., Montefiore F., Montesi G., Moro G., Muscas G., Musio D., Muto P., Muzzonigro G., Napodano G., Negro C.L.A., Nidini M., Ntreta M., Orsatti M., Palazzolo C., Palumbo I., Parisi A., Parma P., Pavan N., Pericolini M., Pinto F., Pistone A., Pizzuti V., Platania A., Polli C., Pomara G., Ponti E., Porcaro A.B., Porpiglia F., Pugliese D., Pycha A., Raguso G., Rampini A., Randone D.F., Roboldi V., Roscigno M., Ruggieri M.P., Ruoppo G., Sanseverino R., Santacaterina A., Santarsieri M., Santoni R., Scagliarini S., Scagliotti G.V., Scanzi M., Scarcia M., Schiavina R., Sciarra A., Sciorio C., Scolaro T., Scuzzarella S., Selvaggio O., Serao A., Signor M.A., Silvani M., Silvano G., Silvestris F., Simeone C., Simone V., Spagnoletti G., Spinelli M.G., Squillace L., Tombolini V., Toninelli M., Triggiani L., Trinchieri A., Trodella L., Luca E., Trombetta C., Tronnolone L., Tucci M., Urzi D., Valdagni R., Valeriani M., Vanoli M., Vitali E., Volpe A., Zaramella S., Zeccolini G., Zini G., Acanfora F., Aiello E., Alchiede S., Altieri V., Anceschi C., Aragona F., Balloni F., Barasolo E., Barba G., Bartoletti R., Bigazzi B., Belgrano E., Salvatore S., Battaglia M., Bellei L., Bettin A., Bianchi G., Bombieri L., Brancato T., Breda G., Caggiano S., Calabro A., Caldironi M., Campo B., Capobianco S., Capparelli F., Carbone A., Carlo D., Catanzaro F., Ciaraldi F., Cicalese V., Corbu C., Cosciani Cunico S., Cosentino V., Crimi A., Cucchiarale G., Cuscuna D., Damiano R., D'Armiento M., De Dominicis C., De Grande G., Del Boca C., D'Elia A., De Mayo E., De Martin M., Di Clemente L., Di Meo S., Di Monaco G., Di Nicola G., Di Silverio A., Di Silverio F., Fabri F., Falsaperla M., Fanciullacci F., Ferrari G., Fiaccavento G., Filoni A., Fontana D., Fontana G., Ghabin H., Frea B., Gaboardi F., Gentile V., Giandotti M., Grasso M., Grosso G., Guazzieri S., Isaia A., Landi G., Landolfi R., Larcher P., Laurenti C., Lavelli D., Leidi G.L., Lembo A., Leoni S., Maffei N., Maffezzini M., Martinengo C., Manieri C., Martorana G., Mazza R., Medica M., Melloni D., Miano L., Micheli E., Milesi R., Minervini M.S., Minocci D., Molon A., Morello P., Motta M., Narcisi F., Nicita G., Palermo S., Paoluzzi M., Pompa P., Porena M., Raciti G., Rizzotto A., Rocco F., Romano M., Rossini L., Russo G.R., Salvioni R., Sandri S., Savoca G., Selli C., Selvaggi F.P., Sercia F., Tallarigo C., Tanello M., Tasca A., Tenaglia R., Tensi M., Terrone C., Tralce L., Vagge A., Valenti P., Varaldo M., Vespasiani G., Vicentini C., Vicirca F., Vigano P., Zaccone V., Zartar C., Gacci, Mauro, Artibani, Walter, Bassi, Pierfrancesco, Bertoni, Filippo, Bracarda, Sergio, Briganti, Alberto, Carmignani, Giorgio, Carmignani, Luca, Conti, Giario, Corvò, Renzo, De Nunzio, Cosimo, Fusco, Ferdinando, Graziotti, Pierpaolo, Greco, Isabella, Maggi, Stefania, Magrini, Stefano Maria, Mirone, Vincenzo, Montironi, Rodolfo, Morgia, Giuseppe, Muto, Giovanni, Noale, Marianna, Pecoraro, Stefano, Porreca, Angelo, Ricardi, Umberto, Russi, Elvio, Russo, Giorgio, Salonia, Andrea, Simonato, Alchiede, Serni, Sergio, Tomasini, Davide, Tubaro, Andrea, Zagonel, Vittorina, and Crepaldi, Gaetano

Subjects
Male, Nephrology, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, Urology, medicine.medical_treatment, 030232 urology & nephrology, Lymph node dissection, Logistic regression, 03 medical and health sciences, Prostate cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, LUNA study, Biopsy, Humans, Medicine, Prospective Studies, Nerve sparing, Lymph node, Aged, Prostatectomy, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, MIRROR SIU/LUNA study, Lymph node dissection, MIRROR SIU/LUNA study, Nerve sparing, Pros-IT CNR study, Prostate cancer, Robotic procedures, Prostatic Neoplasms, Cancer, Pros-IT CNR study, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, MIRROR SIU, Dissection, Robotic procedures, Logistic Models, medicine.anatomical_structure, Italy, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, business
Abstract

Purpose Therapeutic strategies for prostate cancer (PCa) have been evolving dramatically worldwide. The current article reports on the evolution of surgical management strategies for PCa in Italy. Methods The data from two independent Italian multicenter projects, the MIRROR-SIU/LUNA (started in 2007, holding data of 890 patients) and the Pros-IT-CNR project (started in 2014, with data of 692 patients), were compared. Differences in patients' characteristics were evaluated. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to identify characteristics associated with robot-assisted (RA) procedure, nerve sparing (NS) approach, and lymph node dissection (LND). Results The two cohorts did not differ in terms of age and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels at biopsy. Patients enrolled in the Pros-IT-CNR project more frequently were submitted to RA (58.8% vs 27.6%,p < 0.001) and NS prostatectomy (58.4% vs. 52.9%,p = 0.04), but received LND less frequently (47.7% vs. 76.7%,p < 0.001), as compared to the MIRROR-SIU/LUNA patients. At multivariate logistic models, Lower Gleason Scores (GS) and PSA levels were significantly associated with RA prostatectomy in both cohorts. As for the MIRROR-SIU/LUNA data, clinical T-stage was a predictor for NS (OR = 0.07 for T3, T4) and LND (OR = 2.41 for T2) procedures. As for Pros-IT CNR data, GS >= (4 + 3) and positive cancer cores >= 50% were decisive factors both for NS (OR 0.29 and 0.30) and LND (OR 7.53 and 2.31) strategies. Conclusions PCa management has changed over the last decade in Italian centers: RA and NS procedures without LND have become the methods of choice to treat newly medium-high risk diagnosed PCa.

Published
2021

31. Ivabradine, coronary artery disease, and heart failure: beyond rhythm control

Author

Scicchitano P, Cortese F, Ricci G, Carbonara S, Moncelli M, Iacoviello M, Cecere A, Gesualdo M, Zito A, Caldarola P, Scrutinio D, Lagioia R, Riccioni G, and Ciccone MM

Subjects
Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
Abstract

Pietro Scicchitano,1 Francesca Cortese,1 Gabriella Ricci,1 Santa Carbonara,1 Michele Moncelli,1 Massimo Iacoviello,1 Annagrazia Cecere,1 Michele Gesualdo,1 Annapaola Zito,1 Pasquale Caldarola,2 Domenico Scrutinio,3 Rocco Lagioia,3 Graziano Riccioni,4 Marco Matteo Ciccone1 1Section of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, School of Medicine, Policlinico, Bari, Italy; 2Section of Cardiovascular Diseases, Policlinic, San Paolo Hospital, Bari, Italy; 3Section of Cardiovascular Diseases, Fondazione Maugeri, Cassano Murge, Italy; 4Intensive Cardiology Care Unit, San Camillo de Lellis Hospital, Manfredonia, Foggia, Italy Abstract: Elevated heart rate could negatively influence cardiovascular risk in the general population. It can induce and promote the atherosclerotic process by means of several mechanisms involving endothelial shear stress and biochemical activities. Furthermore, elevated heart rate can directly increase heart ischemic conditions because of its skill in unbalancing demand/supply of oxygen and decreasing the diastolic period. Thus, many pharmacological treatments have been proposed in order to reduce heart rate and ameliorate the cardiovascular risk profile of individuals, especially those suffering from coronary artery diseases (CAD) and chronic heart failure (CHF). Ivabradine is the first pure heart rate reductive drug approved and currently used in humans, created in order to selectively reduce sinus node function and to overcome the many side effects of similar pharmacological tools (ie, β-blockers or calcium channel antagonists). The aim of our review is to evaluate the role and the safety of this molecule on CAD and CHF therapeutic strategies. Keywords: chronic heart failure, heart rate reduction, cardiac ischemic disease, heart-rate lowering drugs, funny current

Published
2014

32. 2020 update of the WSES guidelines for the management of acute colonic diverticulitis in the emergency setting

Author

Sartelli, M, Weber, D, Kluger, Y, Ansaloni, L, Coccolini, F, Abu-Zidan, F, Augustin, G, Ben-Ishay, O, Biffl, W, Bouliaris, K, Catena, R, Ceresoli, M, Chiara, O, Chiarugi, M, Coimbra, R, Cortese, F, Cui, Y, Damaskos, D, De' Angelis, G, Delibegovic, S, Demetrashvili, Z, De Simone, B, Di Marzo, F, Di Saverio, S, Duane, T, Faro, M, Fraga, G, Gkiokas, G, Gomes, C, Hardcastle, T, Hecker, A, Karamarkovic, A, Kashuk, J, Khokha, V, Kirkpatrick, A, Kok, K, Inaba, K, Isik, A, Labricciosa, F, Latifi, R, Leppaniemi, A, Litvin, A, Mazuski, J, Maier, R, Marwah, S, Mcfarlane, M, Moore, E, Moore, F, Negoi, I, Pagani, L, Rasa, K, Rubio-Perez, I, Sakakushev, B, Sato, N, Sganga, G, Siquini, W, Tarasconi, A, Tolonen, M, Ulrych, J, Zachariah, S, Catena, F, Sartelli M., Weber D. G., Kluger Y., Ansaloni L., Coccolini F., Abu-Zidan F., Augustin G., Ben-Ishay O., Biffl W. L., Bouliaris K., Catena R., Ceresoli M., Chiara O., Chiarugi M., Coimbra R., Cortese F., Cui Y., Damaskos D., De' Angelis G. L., Delibegovic S., Demetrashvili Z., De Simone B., Di Marzo F., Di Saverio S., Duane T. M., Faro M. P., Fraga G. P., Gkiokas G., Gomes C. A., Hardcastle T. C., Hecker A., Karamarkovic A., Kashuk J., Khokha V., Kirkpatrick A. W., Kok K. Y. Y., Inaba K., Isik A., Labricciosa F. M., Latifi R., Leppaniemi A., Litvin A., Mazuski J. E., Maier R. V., Marwah S., McFarlane M., Moore E. E., Moore F. A., Negoi I., Pagani L., Rasa K., Rubio-Perez I., Sakakushev B., Sato N., Sganga G., Siquini W., Tarasconi A., Tolonen M., Ulrych J., Zachariah S. K., Catena F., Sartelli, M, Weber, D, Kluger, Y, Ansaloni, L, Coccolini, F, Abu-Zidan, F, Augustin, G, Ben-Ishay, O, Biffl, W, Bouliaris, K, Catena, R, Ceresoli, M, Chiara, O, Chiarugi, M, Coimbra, R, Cortese, F, Cui, Y, Damaskos, D, De' Angelis, G, Delibegovic, S, Demetrashvili, Z, De Simone, B, Di Marzo, F, Di Saverio, S, Duane, T, Faro, M, Fraga, G, Gkiokas, G, Gomes, C, Hardcastle, T, Hecker, A, Karamarkovic, A, Kashuk, J, Khokha, V, Kirkpatrick, A, Kok, K, Inaba, K, Isik, A, Labricciosa, F, Latifi, R, Leppaniemi, A, Litvin, A, Mazuski, J, Maier, R, Marwah, S, Mcfarlane, M, Moore, E, Moore, F, Negoi, I, Pagani, L, Rasa, K, Rubio-Perez, I, Sakakushev, B, Sato, N, Sganga, G, Siquini, W, Tarasconi, A, Tolonen, M, Ulrych, J, Zachariah, S, Catena, F, Sartelli M., Weber D. G., Kluger Y., Ansaloni L., Coccolini F., Abu-Zidan F., Augustin G., Ben-Ishay O., Biffl W. L., Bouliaris K., Catena R., Ceresoli M., Chiara O., Chiarugi M., Coimbra R., Cortese F., Cui Y., Damaskos D., De' Angelis G. L., Delibegovic S., Demetrashvili Z., De Simone B., Di Marzo F., Di Saverio S., Duane T. M., Faro M. P., Fraga G. P., Gkiokas G., Gomes C. A., Hardcastle T. C., Hecker A., Karamarkovic A., Kashuk J., Khokha V., Kirkpatrick A. W., Kok K. Y. Y., Inaba K., Isik A., Labricciosa F. M., Latifi R., Leppaniemi A., Litvin A., Mazuski J. E., Maier R. V., Marwah S., McFarlane M., Moore E. E., Moore F. A., Negoi I., Pagani L., Rasa K., Rubio-Perez I., Sakakushev B., Sato N., Sganga G., Siquini W., Tarasconi A., Tolonen M., Ulrych J., Zachariah S. K., and Catena F.

Abstract

Acute colonic diverticulitis is one of the most common clinical conditions encountered by surgeons in the acute setting. An international multidisciplinary panel of experts from the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) updated its guidelines for management of acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis (ALCD) according to the most recent available literature. The update includes recent changes introduced in the management of ALCD. The new update has been further integrated with advances in acute right-sided colonic diverticulitis (ARCD) that is more common than ALCD in select regions of the world.

Published
2020

33. Overview of potential determinants of radical prostatectomy versus radiation therapy in management of clinically localized prostate cancer: results from an Italian, prospective, observational study (the Pros-IT CNR study)

Author

Antonelli, A, Palumbo, C, Noale, M, Artibani, W, Bassi, P, Bertoni, F, Bracarda, S, Bruni, A, Corvò, R, Gacci, M, Magrini, S, Montironi, R, Porreca, A, Tubaro, A, Zagonel, V, Maggi, S, Alitto, A, Ambrosi, E, Aristei, C, Barbieri, M, Bardari, F, Bardoscia, L, Barra, S, Bartoncini, S, Basso, U, Becherini, C, Bellavita, R, Bergamaschi, F, Berlingheri, S, Berruti, A, Borghesi, M, Bortolus, R, Borzillo, V, Bosetti, D, Bove, G, Bove, P, Brausi, M, Bruno, G, Brunocilla, E, Buffoli, A, Buglione, M, Buttigliero, C, Cacciamani, G, Caldiroli, M, Cardo, G, Carmignani, G, Carrieri, G, Castelli, E, Castrezzati, E, Catalano, G, Cattarino, S, Catucci, F, Cavallini Francolini, D, Ceccarini, O, Celia, A, Chiancone, F, Chini, T, Cianci, C, Cisternino, A, Collura, D, Corbella, F, Corinti, M, Corsi, P, Cortese, F, Corti, L, De Nunzio, C, Cristiano, O, D'Angelillo, R, Da Pozzo, L, D'Agostino, D, D'Andrea, D, Dandrea, M, De Angelis, M, De Cobelli, O, De Concilio, B, De Lisa, A, De Luca, S, De Stefani, A, Deantoni, C, Degli Esposti, C, Destito, A, Detti, B, Di Muzio, N, Di Stasio, A, Di Stefano, C, Di Trapani, D, Difino, G, Fabiano, M, Falivene, S, Farullo, G, Fedelini, P, Ferrari, I, Ferrau, F, Ferro, M, Fodor, A, Fontana, F, Francesca, F, Francolini, G, Frata, P, Frezza, G, Gabriele, P, Galeandro, M, Garibaldi, E, Gennari, P, Gentilucci, A, Giacobbe, A, Giussani, L, Giusti, G, Gontero, P, Guarneri, A, Guida, C, Gurioli, A, Huqi, D, Imbimbo, C, Ingrosso, G, Iotti, C, Italia, C, La Mattina, P, Lamanna, E, Lastrucci, L, Lazzari, G, Liberale, F, Liguori, G, Lisi, R, Lohr, F, Lombardo, R, Lovisolo, J, Ludovico, G, Macchione, N, Maggio, F, Malizia, M, Manasse, G, Mandoliti, G, Mantini, G, Marafioti, L, Marciello, L, Marconi, A, Martillotta, A, Marzano, S, Masciullo, S, Maso, G, Massenzo, A, Mazzeo, E, Mearini, L, Medoro, S, Molè, R, Monesi, G, Montanari, E, Montefiore, F, Montesi, G, Morgia, G, Moro, G, Muscas, G, Musio, D, Muto, P, Muzzonigro, G, Napodano, G, Negro, C, Nidini, M, Ntreta, M, Orsatti, M, Palazzolo, C, Palumbo, I, Parisi, A, Parma, P, Pavan, N, Pericolini, M, Pinto, F, Pistone, A, Pizzuti, V, Platania, A, Polli, C, Pomara, G, Ponti, E, Porcaro, A, Porpiglia, F, Pugliese, D, Pycha, A, Raguso, G, Rampini, A, Randone, D, Roboldi, V, Roscigno, M, Ruggieri, M, Ruoppo, G, Sanseverino, R, Santacaterina, A, Santarsieri, M, Santoni, R, Scagliotti, G, Scanzi, M, Scarcia, M, Schiavina, R, Sciarra, A, Sciorio, C, Scolaro, T, Scuzzarella, S, Selvaggio, O, Serao, A, Serni, S, Signor, M, Silvani, M, Silvano, G, Silvestris, F, Simeone, C, Simone, V, Spagnoletti, G, Spinelli, M, Squillace, L, Tombolini, V, Toninelli, M, Triggiani, L, Trinchieri, A, Trodella, L, Trombetta, C, Tronnolone, L, Tucci, M, Urzì, D, Valdagni, R, Valeriani, M, Vanoli, M, Vitali, E, Zaramella, S, Zeccolini, G, Zini, G, Antonelli A, Palumbo C, Noale M, Artibani W, Bassi P, Bertoni F, Bracarda S, Bruni A, Corvò R, Gacci M, Magrini SM, Montironi R, Porreca A, Tubaro A, Zagonel V, Alitto AR, Ambrosi E, Aristei C, Barbieri M, Bardari F, Bardoscia L, Barra S, Bartoncini S, Basso U, Becherini C, Bellavita R, Bergamaschi F, Berlingheri S, Berruti A, Borghesi M, Bortolus R, Borzillo V, Bosetti D, Bove G, Bove P, Brausi M, Bruno G, Brunocilla E, Buffoli A, Buglione M, Buttigliero C, Cacciamani G, Caldiroli M, Cardo G, Carmignani G, Carrieri G, Castelli E, Castrezzati E, Catalano G, Cattarino S, Catucci F, Cavallini Francolini D, Ceccarini O, Celia A, Chiancone F, Chini T, Cianci C, Cisternino A, Collura D, Corbella F, Corinti M, Corsi P, Cortese F, Corti L, De Nunzio C, Cristiano O, D'angelillo R, Da Pozzo L, D'agostino D, D'andrea D, Dandrea M, De Angelis M, De Cobelli O, De Concilio B, De Lisa A, De Luca S, De Stefani A, Deantoni CL, Degli Esposti C, Destito A, Detti B, Di Muzio N, Di Stasio A, Di Stefano C, Di Trapani D, Difino G, Fabiano M, Falivene S, Farullo G, Fedelini P, Ferrari I, Ferrau F, Ferro M, Fodor A, Fontana F, Francesca F, Francolini G, Frata P, Frezza G, Gabriele P, Galeandro M, Garibaldi E, Gennari PG, Gentilucci A, Giacobbe A, Giussani L, Giusti G, Gontero P, Guarneri A, Guida C, Gurioli A, Huqi D, Imbimbo C, Ingrosso G, Iotti C, Italia C, La Mattina P, Lamanna E, Lastrucci L, Lazzari G, Liberale F, Liguori G, Lisi R, Lohr F, Lombardo R, Lovisolo J, Ludovico GM, Macchione N, Maggio F, Malizia M, Manasse G, Mandoliti G, Mantini G, Marafioti L, Marciello L, Marconi AM, Martillotta A, Marzano S, Masciullo S, Maso G, Massenzo A, Mazzeo E, Mearini L, Medoro S, Molè R, Monesi G, Montanari E, Montefiore F, Montesi G, Morgia G, Moro G, Muscas G, Musio D, Muto P, Muzzonigro G, Napodano G, Negro CL, Nidini M, Ntreta M, Orsatti M, Palazzolo C, Palumbo I, Parisi A, Parma P, Pavan N, Pericolini M, Pinto F, Pistone A, Pizzuti V, Platania A, Polli C, Pomara G, Ponti E, Porcaro AB, Porpiglia F, Pugliese D, Pycha A, Raguso G, Rampini A, Randone DF, Roboldi V, Roscigno M, Ruggieri MP, Ruoppo G, Sanseverino R, Santacaterina A, Santarsieri M, Santoni R, Scagliotti GV, Scanzi M, Scarcia M, Schiavina R, Sciarra A, Sciorio C, Scolaro T, Scuzzarella S, Selvaggio O, Serao A, Serni S, Signor MA, Silvani M, Silvano G, Silvestris F, Simeone C, Simone V, Spagnoletti G, Spinelli MG, Squillace L, Tombolini V, Toninelli M, Triggiani L, Trinchieri A, Trodella LE, Trodella L, Trombetta C, Tronnolone L, Tucci M, Urzì D, Valdagni R, Valeriani M, Vanoli M, Vitali E, Zaramella S, Zeccolini G, Zini G., Antonelli, A, Palumbo, C, Noale, M, Artibani, W, Bassi, P, Bertoni, F, Bracarda, S, Bruni, A, Corvò, R, Gacci, M, Magrini, S, Montironi, R, Porreca, A, Tubaro, A, Zagonel, V, Maggi, S, Alitto, A, Ambrosi, E, Aristei, C, Barbieri, M, Bardari, F, Bardoscia, L, Barra, S, Bartoncini, S, Basso, U, Becherini, C, Bellavita, R, Bergamaschi, F, Berlingheri, S, Berruti, A, Borghesi, M, Bortolus, R, Borzillo, V, Bosetti, D, Bove, G, Bove, P, Brausi, M, Bruno, G, Brunocilla, E, Buffoli, A, Buglione, M, Buttigliero, C, Cacciamani, G, Caldiroli, M, Cardo, G, Carmignani, G, Carrieri, G, Castelli, E, Castrezzati, E, Catalano, G, Cattarino, S, Catucci, F, Cavallini Francolini, D, Ceccarini, O, Celia, A, Chiancone, F, Chini, T, Cianci, C, Cisternino, A, Collura, D, Corbella, F, Corinti, M, Corsi, P, Cortese, F, Corti, L, De Nunzio, C, Cristiano, O, D'Angelillo, R, Da Pozzo, L, D'Agostino, D, D'Andrea, D, Dandrea, M, De Angelis, M, De Cobelli, O, De Concilio, B, De Lisa, A, De Luca, S, De Stefani, A, Deantoni, C, Degli Esposti, C, Destito, A, Detti, B, Di Muzio, N, Di Stasio, A, Di Stefano, C, Di Trapani, D, Difino, G, Fabiano, M, Falivene, S, Farullo, G, Fedelini, P, Ferrari, I, Ferrau, F, Ferro, M, Fodor, A, Fontana, F, Francesca, F, Francolini, G, Frata, P, Frezza, G, Gabriele, P, Galeandro, M, Garibaldi, E, Gennari, P, Gentilucci, A, Giacobbe, A, Giussani, L, Giusti, G, Gontero, P, Guarneri, A, Guida, C, Gurioli, A, Huqi, D, Imbimbo, C, Ingrosso, G, Iotti, C, Italia, C, La Mattina, P, Lamanna, E, Lastrucci, L, Lazzari, G, Liberale, F, Liguori, G, Lisi, R, Lohr, F, Lombardo, R, Lovisolo, J, Ludovico, G, Macchione, N, Maggio, F, Malizia, M, Manasse, G, Mandoliti, G, Mantini, G, Marafioti, L, Marciello, L, Marconi, A, Martillotta, A, Marzano, S, Masciullo, S, Maso, G, Massenzo, A, Mazzeo, E, Mearini, L, Medoro, S, Molè, R, Monesi, G, Montanari, E, Montefiore, F, Montesi, G, Morgia, G, Moro, G, Muscas, G, Musio, D, Muto, P, Muzzonigro, G, Napodano, G, Negro, C, Nidini, M, Ntreta, M, Orsatti, M, Palazzolo, C, Palumbo, I, Parisi, A, Parma, P, Pavan, N, Pericolini, M, Pinto, F, Pistone, A, Pizzuti, V, Platania, A, Polli, C, Pomara, G, Ponti, E, Porcaro, A, Porpiglia, F, Pugliese, D, Pycha, A, Raguso, G, Rampini, A, Randone, D, Roboldi, V, Roscigno, M, Ruggieri, M, Ruoppo, G, Sanseverino, R, Santacaterina, A, Santarsieri, M, Santoni, R, Scagliotti, G, Scanzi, M, Scarcia, M, Schiavina, R, Sciarra, A, Sciorio, C, Scolaro, T, Scuzzarella, S, Selvaggio, O, Serao, A, Serni, S, Signor, M, Silvani, M, Silvano, G, Silvestris, F, Simeone, C, Simone, V, Spagnoletti, G, Spinelli, M, Squillace, L, Tombolini, V, Toninelli, M, Triggiani, L, Trinchieri, A, Trodella, L, Trombetta, C, Tronnolone, L, Tucci, M, Urzì, D, Valdagni, R, Valeriani, M, Vanoli, M, Vitali, E, Zaramella, S, Zeccolini, G, Zini, G, Antonelli A, Palumbo C, Noale M, Artibani W, Bassi P, Bertoni F, Bracarda S, Bruni A, Corvò R, Gacci M, Magrini SM, Montironi R, Porreca A, Tubaro A, Zagonel V, Alitto AR, Ambrosi E, Aristei C, Barbieri M, Bardari F, Bardoscia L, Barra S, Bartoncini S, Basso U, Becherini C, Bellavita R, Bergamaschi F, Berlingheri S, Berruti A, Borghesi M, Bortolus R, Borzillo V, Bosetti D, Bove G, Bove P, Brausi M, Bruno G, Brunocilla E, Buffoli A, Buglione M, Buttigliero C, Cacciamani G, Caldiroli M, Cardo G, Carmignani G, Carrieri G, Castelli E, Castrezzati E, Catalano G, Cattarino S, Catucci F, Cavallini Francolini D, Ceccarini O, Celia A, Chiancone F, Chini T, Cianci C, Cisternino A, Collura D, Corbella F, Corinti M, Corsi P, Cortese F, Corti L, De Nunzio C, Cristiano O, D'angelillo R, Da Pozzo L, D'agostino D, D'andrea D, Dandrea M, De Angelis M, De Cobelli O, De Concilio B, De Lisa A, De Luca S, De Stefani A, Deantoni CL, Degli Esposti C, Destito A, Detti B, Di Muzio N, Di Stasio A, Di Stefano C, Di Trapani D, Difino G, Fabiano M, Falivene S, Farullo G, Fedelini P, Ferrari I, Ferrau F, Ferro M, Fodor A, Fontana F, Francesca F, Francolini G, Frata P, Frezza G, Gabriele P, Galeandro M, Garibaldi E, Gennari PG, Gentilucci A, Giacobbe A, Giussani L, Giusti G, Gontero P, Guarneri A, Guida C, Gurioli A, Huqi D, Imbimbo C, Ingrosso G, Iotti C, Italia C, La Mattina P, Lamanna E, Lastrucci L, Lazzari G, Liberale F, Liguori G, Lisi R, Lohr F, Lombardo R, Lovisolo J, Ludovico GM, Macchione N, Maggio F, Malizia M, Manasse G, Mandoliti G, Mantini G, Marafioti L, Marciello L, Marconi AM, Martillotta A, Marzano S, Masciullo S, Maso G, Massenzo A, Mazzeo E, Mearini L, Medoro S, Molè R, Monesi G, Montanari E, Montefiore F, Montesi G, Morgia G, Moro G, Muscas G, Musio D, Muto P, Muzzonigro G, Napodano G, Negro CL, Nidini M, Ntreta M, Orsatti M, Palazzolo C, Palumbo I, Parisi A, Parma P, Pavan N, Pericolini M, Pinto F, Pistone A, Pizzuti V, Platania A, Polli C, Pomara G, Ponti E, Porcaro AB, Porpiglia F, Pugliese D, Pycha A, Raguso G, Rampini A, Randone DF, Roboldi V, Roscigno M, Ruggieri MP, Ruoppo G, Sanseverino R, Santacaterina A, Santarsieri M, Santoni R, Scagliotti GV, Scanzi M, Scarcia M, Schiavina R, Sciarra A, Sciorio C, Scolaro T, Scuzzarella S, Selvaggio O, Serao A, Serni S, Signor MA, Silvani M, Silvano G, Silvestris F, Simeone C, Simone V, Spagnoletti G, Spinelli MG, Squillace L, Tombolini V, Toninelli M, Triggiani L, Trinchieri A, Trodella LE, Trodella L, Trombetta C, Tronnolone L, Tucci M, Urzì D, Valdagni R, Valeriani M, Vanoli M, Vitali E, Zaramella S, Zeccolini G, and Zini G.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We assessed patients and tumor characteristics, as well as health-related quality of life (HRQoL) items, associated with curative intent treatment decision-making in clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa) patients. METHODS: Clinically localized PCa treated with either radical prostatectomy (RP) or radiation therapy (RT) within 12 months from diagnosis were abstracted from The PROState cancer monitoring in ITaly, from the National Research Council (Pros-IT CNR) database. Multivariable logistic regression (MLR) models predicting RT vs. RP were fitted, after adjustment for HRQoL items, patients and tumor characteristics. RESULTS: Of 1041 patients, 631 (60.2%) were treated with RP and 410 (39.8%) with RT. Relative to RT, RP patients were younger age (mean age 64.5±6.6 vs. 71.4±4.9, P<0.001) and had higher rates of D’Amico low-intermediate risk groups (31.8 vs. 21.9% low, 46.3% vs. 43.5% intermediate and 21.9% vs. 34.6% high risk, P<0.001). Overall, 93.2% of RP patients were enrolled by urologists and 82.7% of RT patients by radiation oncologists. RP patients had generally higher means values of HRQoL items. In MLR models, higher RT rates were independently associated with more advanced age (odds ratio [OR] 6.14, P<0.001) and BMI≥30 kg/m2 (OR 1.78, P<0.001). Conversely, lower rates of RT were independently associated with married (OR 0.55, P=0.01) and worker status (OR 0.52, P=0.004), enrollment in academic centers (OR 0.59, P=0.005) and higher physical composite score (OR 0.88, P=0.03) and baseline sexual function items (OR 0.92, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Most patients with clinically localized prostate cancer undergoing definitive treatment at Italian institutions receive RP instead of RT. Moreover, those who are younger, married, working, as well as those with better physical and sexual function are more likely to undergo surgery.

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2020

34. Bronze Age and Iron Age salt production on the Italian Tyrrhenian coast

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Alessandri, L., Belardelli, C., Attema, P., Cortese, F., Rolfo, M.F., Sevink, J., van Gorp, W., Gnade, M., Revello Lami, M., and Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics (IBED, FNWI)

Abstract

A synthesis of the current knowledge of the so-called Italian giacimenti a olle d’impasto rossiccio (reddish jar potsherd deposits) is presented. These sites are common along the Tyrrhenian side of Central Italy and are usually interpreted as salt-production sites, because of parallels with similar European specialised sites. In the latter, salt was obtained by boiling a brine in special disposable pottery, a technique known as briquetage. However, the analogies are not straightforward and alternative hypotheses, e.g. fish-processing, and a more complex intertwined economy have also been put forward. To solve the interpretation issues, we advocate to use a multidisciplinary approach involving quantification of the ceramics encountered, establishment of their morphological and functional typologies, and physico/chemical analyses to identify their use.

Published
2021

35. It is time to define an organizational model for the prevention and management of infections along the surgical pathway: a worldwide cross-sectional survey

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Sartelli, M., Labricciosa, F. M., Coccolini, F., Coimbra, R., Abu-Zidan, F. M., Ansaloni, L., Al-Hasan, M. N., Ansari, S., Barie, P. S., Cainzos, M. A., Ceresoli, M., Chiarugi, M., Claridge, J. A., Cicuttin, E., Dellinger, E. P., Fry, D. E., Guirao, X., Hardcastle, T. C., Hecker, A., Leppaniemi, A. K., Litvin, A., Marwah, S., Maseda, E., Mazuski, J. E., Memish, Z. A., Kirkpatrick, A. W., Pagani, L., Podda, Maria Vittoria, Rasa, H. K., Sakakushev, B. E., Sawyer, R. G., Tumietto, F., Xiao, Y., Aboubreeg, W. F., Adamou, H., Akhmeteli, L., Akin, E., Alberio, M. G., Alconchel, F., Magagi, I. A., Arauz, A. B., Argenio, G., Atanasov, B. C., Atici, S. D., Awad, S. S., Baili, E., Bains, L., Bala, M., Baraket, O., Baral, S., Belskii, V. A., Benboubker, M., Ben-Ishay, O., Bordoni, P., Boumediene, A., Brisinda, Giuseppe, Cavazzuti, L., Chandy, S. J., Chiarello, M. M., Cillara, N., Clarizia, G., Cocuz, M. -E., Cocuz, I. G., Conti, L., Coppola, R., Cui, Y., Czepiel, J., D'Acapito, Fabrizio, Damaskos, D., Das, Anil Kumar, De Simone, B., Delibegovic, S., Demetrashvili, Z., Detanac, D. S., Dhingra, S., Di Bella, S., Dimitrov, E. N., Dogjani, A., D'Oria, M., Dumitru, I. M., Elmangory, M. M., Enciu, O., Fantoni, M., Filipescu, D., Fleres, F., Foghetti, D., Fransvea, Pietro, Gachabayov, M., Galeiras, R., Gattuso, G., Ghannam, W. M., Ghisetti, Valeria, Giraudo, G., Gonfa, K. B., Gonullu, E., Hamad, Y. T. E. Y., Hecker, M., Isik, A., Ismail, N., Ismail, A., Jain, S. A., Kanj, S. S., Kapoor, G., Karaiskos, I., Kavalakat, A. J., Kenig, J., Khamis, F., Khokha, V., Kiguba, R., Kim, J. I., Kobe, Y., Kok, K. Y. Y., Kovacevic, B. M., Kryvoruchko, I. A., Kuriyama, A., Landaluce-Olavarria, A., Lasithiotakis, K., Lohsiriwat, V., Lostoridis, E., Luppi, D., Vega, G. M. M., Maegele, M., Marinis, A., Martines, G., Martinez-Perez, A., Massalou, D., Mesina, C., Metan, G., Miranda-Novales, M. G., Mishra, S. K., Mohamed, M. I. H., Mohamedahmed, A. Y. Y., Mora-Guzman, I., Mulita, F., Musina, A. -M., Navsaria, P. H., Negoi, I., Nita, G. E., O'Connor, D. B., Ordonez, C. A., Pantalone, D., Panyko, A., Papadopoulos, A., Pararas, N., Pata, F., Patel, T., Pellino, Giuseppe, Perra, T., Perrone, G., Pesce, Antonio, Pintar, T., Popivanov, G. I., Porcu, A., Quiodettis, M. A., Rahim, R., Mitul, A. R., Reichert, M., Rems, M., Campbell, G. Y. R., Rocha-Pereira, N., Rodrigues, G., Villamil, G. E. R., Rossi, S., Sall, I., Kafil, H. S., Sasia, D., Seni, J., Seretis, C., Serradilla-Martin, M., Shelat, V. G., Siribumrungwong, B., Slavchev, M., Solaini, L., Tan, B. K., Tarasconi, A., Tartaglia, D., Toma, E. A., Tomadze, G., Toro, A., Tovani-Palone, M. R., van Goor, H., Vasilescu, A., Vereczkei, A., Veroux, M., Weckmann, S. A., Widmer, L. W., Yahya, A. I., Zachariah, S. K., Zakaria, A. D., Zubareva, N., Zuidema, W. P., Di Carlo, I., Cortese, Francesco, Baiocchi, G. L., Maier, R. V., Catena, F., Podda M. (ORCID:0000-0002-2779-8417), Brisinda G. (ORCID:0000-0001-8820-9471), D'Acapito F., Das K., Fransvea P. (ORCID:0000-0003-4969-3373), Ghisetti V., Pellino G., Pesce A., Cortese F., Sartelli, M., Labricciosa, F. M., Coccolini, F., Coimbra, R., Abu-Zidan, F. M., Ansaloni, L., Al-Hasan, M. N., Ansari, S., Barie, P. S., Cainzos, M. A., Ceresoli, M., Chiarugi, M., Claridge, J. A., Cicuttin, E., Dellinger, E. P., Fry, D. E., Guirao, X., Hardcastle, T. C., Hecker, A., Leppaniemi, A. K., Litvin, A., Marwah, S., Maseda, E., Mazuski, J. E., Memish, Z. A., Kirkpatrick, A. W., Pagani, L., Podda, Maria Vittoria, Rasa, H. K., Sakakushev, B. E., Sawyer, R. G., Tumietto, F., Xiao, Y., Aboubreeg, W. F., Adamou, H., Akhmeteli, L., Akin, E., Alberio, M. G., Alconchel, F., Magagi, I. A., Arauz, A. B., Argenio, G., Atanasov, B. C., Atici, S. D., Awad, S. S., Baili, E., Bains, L., Bala, M., Baraket, O., Baral, S., Belskii, V. A., Benboubker, M., Ben-Ishay, O., Bordoni, P., Boumediene, A., Brisinda, Giuseppe, Cavazzuti, L., Chandy, S. J., Chiarello, M. M., Cillara, N., Clarizia, G., Cocuz, M. -E., Cocuz, I. G., Conti, L., Coppola, R., Cui, Y., Czepiel, J., D'Acapito, Fabrizio, Damaskos, D., Das, Anil Kumar, De Simone, B., Delibegovic, S., Demetrashvili, Z., Detanac, D. S., Dhingra, S., Di Bella, S., Dimitrov, E. N., Dogjani, A., D'Oria, M., Dumitru, I. M., Elmangory, M. M., Enciu, O., Fantoni, M., Filipescu, D., Fleres, F., Foghetti, D., Fransvea, Pietro, Gachabayov, M., Galeiras, R., Gattuso, G., Ghannam, W. M., Ghisetti, Valeria, Giraudo, G., Gonfa, K. B., Gonullu, E., Hamad, Y. T. E. Y., Hecker, M., Isik, A., Ismail, N., Ismail, A., Jain, S. A., Kanj, S. S., Kapoor, G., Karaiskos, I., Kavalakat, A. J., Kenig, J., Khamis, F., Khokha, V., Kiguba, R., Kim, J. I., Kobe, Y., Kok, K. Y. Y., Kovacevic, B. M., Kryvoruchko, I. A., Kuriyama, A., Landaluce-Olavarria, A., Lasithiotakis, K., Lohsiriwat, V., Lostoridis, E., Luppi, D., Vega, G. M. M., Maegele, M., Marinis, A., Martines, G., Martinez-Perez, A., Massalou, D., Mesina, C., Metan, G., Miranda-Novales, M. G., Mishra, S. K., Mohamed, M. I. H., Mohamedahmed, A. Y. Y., Mora-Guzman, I., Mulita, F., Musina, A. -M., Navsaria, P. H., Negoi, I., Nita, G. E., O'Connor, D. B., Ordonez, C. A., Pantalone, D., Panyko, A., Papadopoulos, A., Pararas, N., Pata, F., Patel, T., Pellino, Giuseppe, Perra, T., Perrone, G., Pesce, Antonio, Pintar, T., Popivanov, G. I., Porcu, A., Quiodettis, M. A., Rahim, R., Mitul, A. R., Reichert, M., Rems, M., Campbell, G. Y. R., Rocha-Pereira, N., Rodrigues, G., Villamil, G. E. R., Rossi, S., Sall, I., Kafil, H. S., Sasia, D., Seni, J., Seretis, C., Serradilla-Martin, M., Shelat, V. G., Siribumrungwong, B., Slavchev, M., Solaini, L., Tan, B. K., Tarasconi, A., Tartaglia, D., Toma, E. A., Tomadze, G., Toro, A., Tovani-Palone, M. R., van Goor, H., Vasilescu, A., Vereczkei, A., Veroux, M., Weckmann, S. A., Widmer, L. W., Yahya, A. I., Zachariah, S. K., Zakaria, A. D., Zubareva, N., Zuidema, W. P., Di Carlo, I., Cortese, Francesco, Baiocchi, G. L., Maier, R. V., Catena, F., Podda M. (ORCID:0000-0002-2779-8417), Brisinda G. (ORCID:0000-0001-8820-9471), D'Acapito F., Das K., Fransvea P. (ORCID:0000-0003-4969-3373), Ghisetti V., Pellino G., Pesce A., and Cortese F.

Abstract

Background: The objectives of the study were to investigate the organizational characteristics of acute care facilities worldwide in preventing and managing infections in surgery; assess participants’ perception regarding infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, antibiotic prescribing practices, and source control; describe awareness about the global burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and IPC measures; and determine the role of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic on said awareness. Methods: A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted contacting 1432 health care workers (HCWs) belonging to a mailing list provided by the Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery. The self-administered questionnaire was developed by a multidisciplinary team. The survey was open from May 22, 2021, and June 22, 2021. Three reminders were sent, after 7, 14, and 21 days. Results: Three hundred four respondents from 72 countries returned a questionnaire, with an overall response rate of 21.2%. Respectively, 90.4% and 68.8% of participants stated their hospital had a multidisciplinary IPC team or a multidisciplinary antimicrobial stewardship team. Local protocols for antimicrobial therapy of surgical infections and protocols for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis were present in 76.6% and 90.8% of hospitals, respectively. In 23.4% and 24.0% of hospitals no surveillance systems for surgical site infections and no monitoring systems of used antimicrobials were implemented. Patient and family involvement in IPC management was considered to be slightly or not important in their hospital by the majority of respondents (65.1%). Awareness of the global burden of AMR among HCWs was considered very important or important by 54.6% of participants. The COVID-19 pandemic was considered by 80.3% of respondents as a very important or important factor in raising HCWs awareness of the IPC programs in their hospital. Based on the survey results, the authors developed 15 statements for

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2022

40. Gastro-intestinal emergency surgery: Evaluation of morbidity and mortality. Protocol of a prospective, multicenter study in Italy for evaluating the burden of abdominal emergency surgery in different age groups. (The GESEMM study)

Author

Costa, Gianluca, Fransvea, Pietro, Puccioni, Caterina, Giovinazzo, Francesco, Carannante, Filippo, Bianco, Gianfranco, Catamero, Alberto, Masciana, Gianluca, Miacci, Valentina, Caricato, Marco, Capolupo, Gabriella Teresa, Sganga, Gabriele on behalf of the IGo-GIPS Study Group (Agresta, F, Alemanno, G, Altieri, G, Antropoli, M, Argenio, G, Atzeni, J, Avenia, N, Azzinnaro, A, Badessi, G, Baldazzi, G, Bergamini, C, Biloslavo, A, Bombardini, C, Borzellino, G, Bozzo, S, Brachini, G, Brisinda, G, Buonanno, Gm, Canini, T, Capolupo, Gt, Carannante, F, Cardella, S, Caricato, M, Carrara, G, Cascone, Ca, Cassini, D, Castriconi, M, Catarci, M, Ceccarelli, G, Celi, D, Ceresoli, M, Chiarugi, M, Cimino, F, Cirocchi, R, Cobuccio, L, Coccolini, C, Cocorullo, G, Colangelo, E, Colozzi, S, Cortese, F, Costa, A, Costa, G, Cozza, V, Crucitti, A, Cucinotta, E, D’Alessio, R, Dalla Caneva, P, De Manzini, N, de Manzoni Garberini, A, De Nisco, C, De Prizio, M, De Sol, A, De Stefano, M, Dibella, A, Di Cosimi, C, Di Grezia, M, Falcioni, T, Falco, N, Farina, C, Fico, V, Finotti, E, Fontana, T, Francioni, G, Fransvea, P, Frezza, B, Garbarino, Gm, Garulli, G, Genna, M, Giannessi, S, Gioffrè, A, Giordano, A, Gozzo, D, Grimaldi, S, Iacopini, V, Iarussi, T, Kurihara, H, La Greca, A, Laracca, Gg, Laterza, E, La Vaccara, V, Leonardi, A, Lepre, L, Liotta, G, Luridiana, G, Magalini, S, Malagnino, A, Mar, G, Mariani, D, Marini, P, Marzaioli, R, Macianà, G, Mazzoni, G, Mecarelli, V, Mercantini, P, Mingoli, A, Mirco, P, Montuori, M, Nigro, C, Occhionorelli, S, Paderno, N, Palini, Gm, Paradies, D, Paroli, M, Perrone, F, Pepe, G, Petruzzelli, L, Pezzolla, A, Piazza, D, Piazza, V, Pignata, G, Pinotti, E, Pisanu, A, Podda, M, Poillucci, G, Porfidia, R, Puccioni, C, Rocca, A, Rondelli, F, Rossi, G, Sacchi, M, Sapienza, P, Sganga, G, Spagnoli, A, Spinoglio, G, Sulis, R, Tartaglia, D, Tranà, C, Travaglino, A, Tomaiuolo, P, Tomassini, F, Tropeano, G, Valeri, A, Zago, M, and Zanoni, E. ).

Subjects
acute care, gastrointestinal emergency, morbidity, mortality, surgery, Settore MED/18 - CHIRURGIA GENERALE
Abstract

Gastrointestinal emergencies (GE) are frequently encountered in emergency department (ED), and patients can present with wide-ranging symptoms. more than 3 million patients admitted to US hospitals each year for EGS diagnoses, more than the sum of all new cancer diagnoses. In addition to the complexity of the urgent surgical patient (often suffering from multiple co-morbidities), there is the unpredictability and the severity of the event. In the light of this, these patients need a rapid decision-making process that allows a correct diagnosis and an adequate and timely treatment. The primary endpoint of this Italian nationwide study is to analyze the clinicopathological findings, management strategies and short-term outcomes of gastrointestinal emergency procedures performed in patients over 18. Secondary endpoints will be to evaluate to analyze the prognostic role of existing risk-scores to define the most suitable scoring system for gastro-intestinal surgical emergency. The primary outcomes are 30-day overall postoperative morbidity and mortality rates. Secondary outcomes are 30-day postoperative morbidity and mortality rates, stratified for each procedure or cause of intervention, length of hospital stay, admission and length of stay in ICU, and place of discharge (home or rehabilitation or care facility). In conclusion, to improve the level of care that should be reserved for these patients, we aim to analyze the clinicopathological findings, management strategies and short-term outcomes of gastrointestinal emergency procedures performed in patients over 18, to analyze the prognostic role of existing risk-scores and to define new tools suitable for EGS. This process could ameliorate outcomes and avoid futile treatments. These results may potentially influence the survival of many high-risk EGS procedure.

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2022

41. Hidden Markov and regime switching copula models for state allocation in multiple time-series

Author

Bartolucci F., Pennoni F., Cortese F., Giovanni C Porzio, Carla Rampichini, Chiara Bocci, Bartolucci, F, Pennoni, F, and Cortese, F

Subjects
daily log-returns, expectation-maximization algorithm, forecast, latent variables, model-based clustering
Abstract

We consider hidden Markov and regime-switching copula models as approaches for state allocation in multiple time-series, where state allocation means the prediction of the latent state characterizing each time occasion based on the observed data. This dynamic clustering, performed under the two model specifications, takes the correlation structure of the time-series into account. Maximum likelihood estimation of the model parameters is carried out by the expectation-maximization algorithm. For illustration we use data on the market of cryptocurrencies characterized by periods of high turbulence in which interdependence among assets is marked.

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2021

42. Treatment paths for localised prostate cancer in Italy: The results of a multidisciplinary, observational, prospective study (Pros-IT CNR)

Author

Buglione, M, Noale, M, Bruni, A, Antonelli, A, Bertoni, F, Corvo, R, Ricardi, U, Borghetti, P, Maddalo, M, Simeone, C, Mazzeo, E, Porreca, A, Serni, S, Bassi, P, Gacci, M, Mirone, V, Montironi, R, Tubaro, A, Berruti, A, Conti, G, Maggi, S, Magrini, S, Triggiani, L, Crepaldi, G, Artibani, W, Bracarda, S, Graziotti, P, Russi, E, Muto, G, Pecoraro, S, Zagonel, V, Alitto, A, Ambrosi, E, Aristei, C, Bardari, F, Bardoscia, L, Barra, S, Bartoncini, S, Basso, U, Becherini, C, Bellavita, R, Bergamaschi, F, Berlingheri, S, Borghesi, M, Bortolus, R, Borzillo, V, Bosetti, D, Bove, G, Bove, P, Brausi, M, Bruno, G, Brunocilla, E, Buffoli, A, Buttigliero, C, Cacciamani, G, Caldiroli, M, Cardo, G, Carmignani, G, Carrieri, G, Castelli, E, Castrezzati, E, Catalano, G, Cattarino, S, Catucci, F, Cavallini, F, Ceccarini, O, Celia, A, Chiancone, F, Chini, T, Cianci, C, Cisternino, A, Collura, D, Corbella, F, Corinti, M, Corsi, P, Cortese, F, Corti, L, de Nunzio, C, Cristiano, O, D'Angelillo, R, Da Pozzo, L, D'Agostino, D, D'Elia, C, Dandrea, M, De Angelis, M, De Angelis, P, De Cobelli, O, De Concilio, B, De Lisa, A, De Luca, S, De Stefani, A, Deantoni, C, Degli, E, Destito, A, Detti, B, Di Muzio, N, Di Stasio, A, Di Stefano, C, Di Trapani, D, Difino, G, Falivene, S, Farullo, G, Fedelini, P, Ferrari, I, Ferrau, F, Ferro, M, Fodor, A, Fontana, F, Francesca, F, Francolini, G, Frata, P, Frezza, G, Gabriele, P, Galeandro, M, Garibaldi, E, Gennari, P, Gentilucci, A, Giacobbe, A, Giussani, L, Giusti, G, Gontero, P, Guarneri, A, Guida, C, Gurioli, A, Huqi, D, Imbimbo, C, Ingrosso, G, Iotti, C, Italia, C, La Mattina, P, La Rocca, R, Lamanna, E, Lastrucci, L, Lazzari, G, Liberale, F, Liguori, G, Lisi, R, Lohr, F, Lombardo, R, Lovisolo, J, Ludovico, G, Macchione, N, Maggio, F, Malizia, M, Manasse, G, Mandoliti, G, Mantini, G, Marafioti, L, Marciello, L, Marconi, A, Martilotta, A, Marzano, S, Masciullo, S, Maso, G, Massenzo, A, Mearini, L, Medoro, S, Mole, R, Monesi, G, Montanari, E, Montefiore, F, Montesi, G, Morgia, G, Moro, G, Muscas, G, Musio, D, Muto, P, Muzzonigro, G, Napodano, G, Negro, C, Nidini, M, Ntreta, M, Orsatti, M, Palazzolo, C, Palumbo, I, Parisi, A, Parma, P, Pavan, N, Pericolini, M, Pinto, F, Pistone, A, Pizzuti, V, Platania, A, Polli, C, Pomara, G, Ponti, E, Porcaro, A, Porpiglia, F, Pugliese, D, Pycha, A, Raguso, G, Rampini, A, Randone, D, Roboldi, V, Roscigno, M, Ruggieri, M, Ruoppo, G, Sanseverino, R, Santacaterina, A, Santarsieri, M, Santoni, R, Scagliarini, S, Scagliotti, G, Scanzi, M, Scarcia, M, Schiavina, R, Sciarra, A, Sciorio, C, Scolaro, T, Scuzzarella, S, Selvaggio, O, Serao, A, Signor, M, Silvani, M, Silvano, G, Silvestris, F, Simone, V, Spagnoletti, G, Spinelli, M, Squillace, L, Tombolini, V, Toninelli, M, Trinchieri, A, Trodella, L, Trombetta, C, Tronnolone, L, Tucci, M, Urzi, D, Valdagni, R, Valeriani, M, Vanoli, M, Vitali, E, Volpe, A, Zaramella, S, Zeccolini, G, Zini, G, Buglione M., Noale M., Bruni A., Antonelli A., Bertoni F., Corvo R., Ricardi U., Borghetti P., Maddalo M., Simeone C., Mazzeo E., Porreca A., Serni S., Bassi P., Gacci M., Mirone V., Montironi R., Tubaro A., Berruti A., Conti G. N., Maggi S., Magrini S. M., Triggiani L., Crepaldi G., Artibani W., Bracarda S., Graziotti P., Russi E., Muto G., Pecoraro S., Zagonel V., Alitto A. R., Ambrosi E., Aristei C., Bardari F., Bardoscia L., Barra S., Bartoncini S., Basso U., Becherini C., Bellavita R., Bergamaschi F., Berlingheri S., Borghesi M., Bortolus R., Borzillo V., Bosetti D., Bove G., Bove P., Brausi M., Bruno G., Brunocilla E., Buffoli A., Buttigliero C., Cacciamani G., Caldiroli M., Cardo G., Carmignani G., Carrieri G., Castelli E., Castrezzati E., Catalano G., Cattarino S., Catucci F., Cavallini F. D., Ceccarini O., Celia A., Chiancone F., Chini T., Cianci C., Cisternino A., Collura D., Corbella F., Corinti M., Corsi P., Cortese F., Corti L., de Nunzio C., Cristiano O., D'angelillo R. M., Da Pozzo L., D'agostino D., D'elia C., Dandrea M., De Angelis M., De Angelis P., De Cobelli O., De Concilio B., De Lisa A., De Luca S., De Stefani A., Deantoni C. L., Degli E. C., Destito A., Detti B., Di Muzio N., Di Stasio A., Di Stefano C., Di Trapani D., Difino G., Falivene S., Farullo G., Fedelini P., Ferrari I., Ferrau F., Ferro M., Fodor A., Fontana F., Francesca F., Francolini G., Frata P., Frezza G., Gabriele P., Galeandro M., Garibaldi E., Gennari P. G., Gentilucci A., Giacobbe A., Giussani L., Giusti G., Gontero P., Guarneri A., Guida C., Gurioli A., Huqi D., Imbimbo C., Ingrosso G., Iotti C., Italia C., La Mattina P., La Rocca R., Lamanna E., Lastrucci L., Lazzari G., Liberale F., Liguori G., Lisi R., Lohr F., Lombardo R., Lovisolo J. A. J., Ludovico G. M., Macchione N., Maggio F., Malizia M., Manasse G., Mandoliti G., Mantini G., Marafioti L., Marciello L., Marconi A. M., Martilotta A., Marzano S., Masciullo S., Maso G., Massenzo A., Mearini L., Medoro S., Mole R., Monesi G., Montanari E., Montefiore F., Montesi G., Morgia G., Moro G., Muscas G., Musio D., Muto P., Muzzonigro G., Napodano G., Negro C. L. A., Nidini M., Ntreta M., Orsatti M., Palazzolo C., Palumbo I., Parisi A., Parma P., Pavan N., Pericolini M., Pinto F., Pistone A., Pizzuti V., Platania A., Polli C., Pomara G., Ponti E., Porcaro A. B., Porpiglia F., Pugliese D., Pycha A., Raguso G., Rampini A., Randone D. F., Roboldi V., Roscigno M., Ruggieri M. P., Ruoppo G., Sanseverino R., Santacaterina A., Santarsieri M., Santoni R., Scagliarini S., Scagliotti G. V., Scanzi M., Scarcia M., Schiavina R., Sciarra A., Sciorio C., Scolaro T., Scuzzarella S., Selvaggio O., Serao A., Signor M. A., Silvani M., Silvano G., Silvestris F., Simone V., Spagnoletti G., Spinelli M. G., Squillace L., Tombolini V., Toninelli M., Trinchieri A., Trodella L. E., Trodella L., Trombetta C., Tronnolone L., Tucci M., Urzi D., Valdagni R., Valeriani M., Vanoli M., Vitali E., Volpe A., Zaramella S., Zeccolini G., Zini G., Buglione, M, Noale, M, Bruni, A, Antonelli, A, Bertoni, F, Corvo, R, Ricardi, U, Borghetti, P, Maddalo, M, Simeone, C, Mazzeo, E, Porreca, A, Serni, S, Bassi, P, Gacci, M, Mirone, V, Montironi, R, Tubaro, A, Berruti, A, Conti, G, Maggi, S, Magrini, S, Triggiani, L, Crepaldi, G, Artibani, W, Bracarda, S, Graziotti, P, Russi, E, Muto, G, Pecoraro, S, Zagonel, V, Alitto, A, Ambrosi, E, Aristei, C, Bardari, F, Bardoscia, L, Barra, S, Bartoncini, S, Basso, U, Becherini, C, Bellavita, R, Bergamaschi, F, Berlingheri, S, Borghesi, M, Bortolus, R, Borzillo, V, Bosetti, D, Bove, G, Bove, P, Brausi, M, Bruno, G, Brunocilla, E, Buffoli, A, Buttigliero, C, Cacciamani, G, Caldiroli, M, Cardo, G, Carmignani, G, Carrieri, G, Castelli, E, Castrezzati, E, Catalano, G, Cattarino, S, Catucci, F, Cavallini, F, Ceccarini, O, Celia, A, Chiancone, F, Chini, T, Cianci, C, Cisternino, A, Collura, D, Corbella, F, Corinti, M, Corsi, P, Cortese, F, Corti, L, de Nunzio, C, Cristiano, O, D'Angelillo, R, Da Pozzo, L, D'Agostino, D, D'Elia, C, Dandrea, M, De Angelis, M, De Angelis, P, De Cobelli, O, De Concilio, B, De Lisa, A, De Luca, S, De Stefani, A, Deantoni, C, Degli, E, Destito, A, Detti, B, Di Muzio, N, Di Stasio, A, Di Stefano, C, Di Trapani, D, Difino, G, Falivene, S, Farullo, G, Fedelini, P, Ferrari, I, Ferrau, F, Ferro, M, Fodor, A, Fontana, F, Francesca, F, Francolini, G, Frata, P, Frezza, G, Gabriele, P, Galeandro, M, Garibaldi, E, Gennari, P, Gentilucci, A, Giacobbe, A, Giussani, L, Giusti, G, Gontero, P, Guarneri, A, Guida, C, Gurioli, A, Huqi, D, Imbimbo, C, Ingrosso, G, Iotti, C, Italia, C, La Mattina, P, La Rocca, R, Lamanna, E, Lastrucci, L, Lazzari, G, Liberale, F, Liguori, G, Lisi, R, Lohr, F, Lombardo, R, Lovisolo, J, Ludovico, G, Macchione, N, Maggio, F, Malizia, M, Manasse, G, Mandoliti, G, Mantini, G, Marafioti, L, Marciello, L, Marconi, A, Martilotta, A, Marzano, S, Masciullo, S, Maso, G, Massenzo, A, Mearini, L, Medoro, S, Mole, R, Monesi, G, Montanari, E, Montefiore, F, Montesi, G, Morgia, G, Moro, G, Muscas, G, Musio, D, Muto, P, Muzzonigro, G, Napodano, G, Negro, C, Nidini, M, Ntreta, M, Orsatti, M, Palazzolo, C, Palumbo, I, Parisi, A, Parma, P, Pavan, N, Pericolini, M, Pinto, F, Pistone, A, Pizzuti, V, Platania, A, Polli, C, Pomara, G, Ponti, E, Porcaro, A, Porpiglia, F, Pugliese, D, Pycha, A, Raguso, G, Rampini, A, Randone, D, Roboldi, V, Roscigno, M, Ruggieri, M, Ruoppo, G, Sanseverino, R, Santacaterina, A, Santarsieri, M, Santoni, R, Scagliarini, S, Scagliotti, G, Scanzi, M, Scarcia, M, Schiavina, R, Sciarra, A, Sciorio, C, Scolaro, T, Scuzzarella, S, Selvaggio, O, Serao, A, Signor, M, Silvani, M, Silvano, G, Silvestris, F, Simone, V, Spagnoletti, G, Spinelli, M, Squillace, L, Tombolini, V, Toninelli, M, Trinchieri, A, Trodella, L, Trombetta, C, Tronnolone, L, Tucci, M, Urzi, D, Valdagni, R, Valeriani, M, Vanoli, M, Vitali, E, Volpe, A, Zaramella, S, Zeccolini, G, Zini, G, Buglione M., Noale M., Bruni A., Antonelli A., Bertoni F., Corvo R., Ricardi U., Borghetti P., Maddalo M., Simeone C., Mazzeo E., Porreca A., Serni S., Bassi P., Gacci M., Mirone V., Montironi R., Tubaro A., Berruti A., Conti G. N., Maggi S., Magrini S. M., Triggiani L., Crepaldi G., Artibani W., Bracarda S., Graziotti P., Russi E., Muto G., Pecoraro S., Zagonel V., Alitto A. R., Ambrosi E., Aristei C., Bardari F., Bardoscia L., Barra S., Bartoncini S., Basso U., Becherini C., Bellavita R., Bergamaschi F., Berlingheri S., Borghesi M., Bortolus R., Borzillo V., Bosetti D., Bove G., Bove P., Brausi M., Bruno G., Brunocilla E., Buffoli A., Buttigliero C., Cacciamani G., Caldiroli M., Cardo G., Carmignani G., Carrieri G., Castelli E., Castrezzati E., Catalano G., Cattarino S., Catucci F., Cavallini F. D., Ceccarini O., Celia A., Chiancone F., Chini T., Cianci C., Cisternino A., Collura D., Corbella F., Corinti M., Corsi P., Cortese F., Corti L., de Nunzio C., Cristiano O., D'angelillo R. M., Da Pozzo L., D'agostino D., D'elia C., Dandrea M., De Angelis M., De Angelis P., De Cobelli O., De Concilio B., De Lisa A., De Luca S., De Stefani A., Deantoni C. L., Degli E. C., Destito A., Detti B., Di Muzio N., Di Stasio A., Di Stefano C., Di Trapani D., Difino G., Falivene S., Farullo G., Fedelini P., Ferrari I., Ferrau F., Ferro M., Fodor A., Fontana F., Francesca F., Francolini G., Frata P., Frezza G., Gabriele P., Galeandro M., Garibaldi E., Gennari P. G., Gentilucci A., Giacobbe A., Giussani L., Giusti G., Gontero P., Guarneri A., Guida C., Gurioli A., Huqi D., Imbimbo C., Ingrosso G., Iotti C., Italia C., La Mattina P., La Rocca R., Lamanna E., Lastrucci L., Lazzari G., Liberale F., Liguori G., Lisi R., Lohr F., Lombardo R., Lovisolo J. A. J., Ludovico G. M., Macchione N., Maggio F., Malizia M., Manasse G., Mandoliti G., Mantini G., Marafioti L., Marciello L., Marconi A. M., Martilotta A., Marzano S., Masciullo S., Maso G., Massenzo A., Mearini L., Medoro S., Mole R., Monesi G., Montanari E., Montefiore F., Montesi G., Morgia G., Moro G., Muscas G., Musio D., Muto P., Muzzonigro G., Napodano G., Negro C. L. A., Nidini M., Ntreta M., Orsatti M., Palazzolo C., Palumbo I., Parisi A., Parma P., Pavan N., Pericolini M., Pinto F., Pistone A., Pizzuti V., Platania A., Polli C., Pomara G., Ponti E., Porcaro A. B., Porpiglia F., Pugliese D., Pycha A., Raguso G., Rampini A., Randone D. F., Roboldi V., Roscigno M., Ruggieri M. P., Ruoppo G., Sanseverino R., Santacaterina A., Santarsieri M., Santoni R., Scagliarini S., Scagliotti G. V., Scanzi M., Scarcia M., Schiavina R., Sciarra A., Sciorio C., Scolaro T., Scuzzarella S., Selvaggio O., Serao A., Signor M. A., Silvani M., Silvano G., Silvestris F., Simone V., Spagnoletti G., Spinelli M. G., Squillace L., Tombolini V., Toninelli M., Trinchieri A., Trodella L. E., Trodella L., Trombetta C., Tronnolone L., Tucci M., Urzi D., Valdagni R., Valeriani M., Vanoli M., Vitali E., Volpe A., Zaramella S., Zeccolini G., and Zini G.

Abstract

Background There are several treatments available to newly diagnosed prostate cancer (PCA) patients. Although surgery and radiotherapy (RT) with or without androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) are widely adopted treatment options for localized PCA together with active surveillance (AS), there is no consensus nor randomised trials on treatment selection, prospective quality of life (QOL), along with toxicity outcomes and according to treatment modality in the Italian population. The current study aimed to describe clinical-therapeutic features and QOL at PCA diagnosis, according to different treatment patterns in a large prospective, Italian population, enrolled in the Pros-IT CNR study. Methods The Pros-IT CNR is an on-going national, multicenter, observational, prospective study on patients affected by PCA who have been referred by 97 Italian Urology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology facilities participating in the project. The possible relationships between the treatment patterns reported in the 6 month follow-up case report form and patients’ features at diagnosis were evaluated using exploratory multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) and other data analysis method. Results At diagnosis, surgery and AS patients were significantly younger, had fewer comorbidities, lower PSA levels and Gleason Score (GS) values; they were also diagnosed at an earlier stage of disease with respect to the RT or ADT patients who showed significantly worse QoL scores at the time of diagnosis. Conclusions An analysis of the data collected at baseline and 6 months later uncovered substantial differences in ages, comorbidities, clinical and QOL features in the various treatment groups. These findings do not fully reflect the current PCA treatment guidelines and suggest the need for a multidisciplinary consensus guideline to ameliorate both the counselling and treatments of PCA patients.

Published
2019

43. Impact of Surgical Approach on Patient-Reported Outcomes after Radical Prostatectomy: A Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis from a Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Study (The Pros-IT CNR Study)

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Antonelli, A, Palumbo, C, Noale, M, Porreca, A, Maggi, S, Simeone, C, Bassi, P, Bertoni, F, Bracarda, S, Buglione, M, Conti, G, Corvo, R, Gacci, M, Mirone, V, Montironi, R, Triggiani, L, Tubaro, A, Artibani, W, Crepaldi, G, Graziotti, P, Russi, E, Magrini Stefano, M, Muto, G, Pecoraro, S, Ricardi, U, Zagonel, V, Alitto Anna, R, Ambrosi, E, Aristei, C, Barbieri, M, Bardari, F, Bardoscia, L, Barra, S, Bartoncini, S, Basso, U, Becherini, C, Bellavita, R, Bergamaschi, F, Berlingheri, S, Berruti, A, Borghesi, M, Bortolus, R, Borzillo, V, Bosetti, D, Bove, G, Bove, P, Brausi, M, Bruni, A, Bruno, G, Brunocilla, E, Buffoli, A, Buttigliero, C, Cacciamani, G, Caldiroli, M, Cardo, G, Carmignani, G, Carrieri, G, Castelli, E, Castrezzati, E, Catalano, G, Cattarino, S, Catucci, F, Cavallini, F, Ceccarini, O, Celia, A, Chiancone, F, Chini, T, Cianci, C, Cisternino, A, Collura, D, Corbella, F, Corinti, M, Corsi, P, Cortese, F, Corti, L, de Cosimo, N, Cristiano, O, D'Angelillo, R, Da Pozzo, L, D'Agostino, D, D'Elia, C, Dandrea, M, De Angelis, M, De Angelis, P, De Cobelli, O, De Concilio, B, De Lisa, A, De Luca, S, De Stefani, A, Deantoni, C, Degli Esposti, C, Destito, A, Detti, B, Di Muzio, N, Di Stasio, A, Di Stefano, C, Di Trapani, D, Difino, G, Falivene, S, Farullo, G, Fedelini, P, Ferrari, I, Ferrau, F, Ferro, M, Fodor, A, Fontana, F, Francesca, F, Francolini, G, Frata, P, Frezza, G, Gabriele, P, Galeandro, M, Garibaldi, E, Gennari Pietro, G, Gentilucci, A, Giacobbe, A, Giussani, L, Giusti, G, Gontero, P, Guarneri, A, Guida, C, Gurioli, A, Huqi, D, Imbimbo, C, Ingrosso, G, Iotti, C, Italia, C, La Mattina, P, Lamanna, E, Lastrucci, L, Lazzari, G, Liberale, F, Liguori, G, Lisi, R, Lohr, F, Lombardo, R, Lovisolo, J, Ludovico Giuseppe, M, Macchione, N, Maggio, F, Malizia, M, Manasse, G, Mandoliti, G, Mantini, G, Marafioti, L, Marciello, L, Marconi Alberto, M, Martilotta, A, Marzano, S, Masciullo, S, Maso, G, Massenzo, A, Mazzeo, E, Mearini, L, Medoro, S, Mole, R, Monesi, G, Montanari, E, Montefiore, F, Montesi, G, Morgia, G, Moro, G, Muscas, G, Musio, D, Muto, P, Muzzonigro, G, Napodano, G, Negro, C, Nidini, M, Ntreta, M, Orsatti, M, Palazzolo, C, Palumbo, I, Parisi, A, Parma, P, Pavan, N, Pericolini, M, Pinto, F, Pistone, A, Pizzuti, V, Platania, A, Polli, C, Pomara, G, Ponti, E, Porcaro, A, Porpiglia, F, Pugliese, D, Pycha, A, Raguso, G, Rampini, A, Randone Donato, F, Roboldi, V, Roscigno, M, Ruggieri, M, Ruoppo, G, Sanseverino, R, Santacaterina, A, Santarsieri, M, Santoni, R, Scagliarini, S, Scagliotti Giorgio, V, Scanzi, M, Scarcia, M, Schiavina, R, Sciarra, A, Sciorio, C, Scolaro, T, Scuzzarella, S, Selvaggio, O, Serao, A, Serni, S, Signor, M, Silvani, M, Silvano, G, Silvestris, F, Simone, V, Spagnoletti, G, Spinelli Matteo, G, Squillace, L, Tombolini, V, Toninelli, M, Trinchieri, A, Trodella, L, Trombetta, C, Tronnolone, L, Tucci, M, Urzi, D, Valdagni, R, Valeriani, M, Vanoli, M, Vitali, E, Volpe, A, Zaramella, S, Zeccolini, G, Zini, G, Antonelli A., Palumbo C., Noale M., Porreca A., Maggi S., Simeone C., Bassi P., Bertoni F., Bracarda S., Buglione M., Conti G. N., Corvo R., Gacci M., Mirone V., Montironi R., Triggiani L., Tubaro A., Artibani W., Crepaldi G., Graziotti P., Russi E., Magrini Stefano M., Muto G., Pecoraro S., Ricardi U., Zagonel V., Alitto Anna R., Ambrosi E., Aristei C., Barbieri M., Bardari F., Bardoscia L., Barra S., Bartoncini S., Basso U., Becherini C., Bellavita R., Bergamaschi F., Berlingheri S., Berruti A., Borghesi M., Bortolus R., Borzillo V., Bosetti D., Bove G., Bove P., Brausi M., Bruni A., Bruno G., Brunocilla E., Buffoli A., Buttigliero C., Cacciamani G., Caldiroli M., Cardo G., Carmignani G., Carrieri G., Castelli E., Castrezzati E., Catalano G., Cattarino S., Catucci F., Cavallini F. D., Ceccarini O., Celia A., Chiancone F., Chini T., Cianci C., Cisternino A., Collura D., Corbella F., Corinti M., Corsi P., Cortese F., Corti L., de Cosimo N., Cristiano O., D'Angelillo R., Da Pozzo L., D'agostino D., D'Elia C., Dandrea M., De Angelis M., De Angelis P., De Cobelli O., De Concilio B., De Lisa A., De Luca S., De Stefani A., Deantoni C. L., Degli Esposti C., Destito A., Detti B., Di Muzio N., Di Stasio A., Di Stefano C., Di Trapani D., Difino G., Falivene S., Farullo G., Fedelini P., Ferrari I., Ferrau F., Ferro M., Fodor A., Fontana F., Francesca F., Francolini G., Frata P., Frezza G., Gabriele P., Galeandro M., Garibaldi E., Gennari Pietro G., Gentilucci A., Giacobbe A., Giussani L., Giusti G., Gontero P., Guarneri A., Guida C., Gurioli A., Huqi D., Imbimbo C., Ingrosso G., Iotti C., Italia C., La Mattina P., Lamanna E., Lastrucci L., Lazzari G., Liberale F., Liguori G., Lisi R., Lohr F., Lombardo R., Lovisolo J. A. 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A., Silvani M., Silvano G., Silvestris F., Simone V., Spagnoletti G., Spinelli Matteo G., Squillace L., Tombolini V., Toninelli M., Trinchieri A., Trodella L. 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A., Silvani M., Silvano G., Silvestris F., Simone V., Spagnoletti G., Spinelli Matteo G., Squillace L., Tombolini V., Toninelli M., Trinchieri A., Trodella L. E., Trodella L., Trombetta C., Tronnolone L., Tucci M., Urzi D., Valdagni R., Valeriani M., Vanoli M., Vitali E., Volpe A., Zaramella S., Zeccolini G., and Zini G.

Abstract

Background: To report health-related quality of life outcomes as assessed by validated patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) after radical prostatectomy (RP).-Methods: This study analyzed patients treated with RP within The PROState cancer monitoring in Italy, from the National Research Council (Pros-IT CNR). Italian versions of Short-Form Heath Survey and university of California los Angeles-prostate cancer index questionnaires were administered. PROMs were physical composite scores, mental composite scores and urinary, bowel, sexual functions and bothers (UF/B, BF/B, SF/B). Baseline unbalances were controlled with propensity scores and stabilized inverse weights; differences in PROMs between different RP approaches were estimated by mixed models. Results: Of 541 patients treated with RP, 115 (21%) received open RP (ORP), 90 (17%) laparoscopic RP (LRP) and 336 (61%) robot-assisted RP (RARP). At head-to-head-comparisons, RARP showed higher 12-month UF vs. LRP (interaction treatment ∗ time p = 0.03) and 6-month SF vs. ORP (p < 0.001). At 12-month from surgery, 67, 73 and 79% of patients used no pad for urinary loss in ORP, LRP and RARP respectively (no differences for each comparison). Conversely, 16, 27 and 40% of patients declared erections firm enough for sexual intercourse in ORP, LRP and RARP respectively (only significant difference for ORP vs. RARP, p = 0.0004). Conclusions: Different RP approaches lead to significant variations in urinary and sexual PROMs, with a general trend in favour of RARP. However, their clinical significance seems limited.

Published
2019

44. Treatment paths for localised prostate cancer in Italy: The results of a multidisciplinary, observational, prospective study (Pros-IT CNR)

Author

Buglione, M., Noale, M., Bruni, A., Antonelli, A., Bertoni, F., Corvo, R., Ricardi, U., Borghetti, P., Maddalo, M., Simeone, C., Mazzeo, E., Porreca, A., Serni, S., Bassi, P., Gacci, M., Mirone, V., Montironi, R., Tubaro, A., Berruti, A., Conti, G. N., Maggi, S., Magrini, S. M., Triggiani, L., Crepaldi, G., Artibani, W., Bracarda, S., Graziotti, P., Russi, E., Muto, G., Pecoraro, S., Zagonel, V., Alitto, A. R., Ambrosi, E., Aristei, C., Bardari, F., Bardoscia, L., Barra, S., Bartoncini, S., Basso, U., Becherini, C., Bellavita, R., Bergamaschi, F., Berlingheri, S., Borghesi, M., Bortolus, R., Borzillo, V., Bosetti, D., Bove, G., Bove, P., Brausi, M., Bruno, G., Brunocilla, E., Buffoli, A., Buttigliero, C., Cacciamani, G., Caldiroli, M., Cardo, G., Carmignani, G., Carrieri, G., Castelli, E., Castrezzati, E., Catalano, G., Cattarino, S., Catucci, F., Cavallini, F. D., Ceccarini, O., Celia, A., Chiancone, F., Chini, T., Cianci, C., Cisternino, A., Collura, D., Corbella, F., Corinti, M., Corsi, P., Cortese, F., Corti, L., de Nunzio, C., Cristiano, O., D'Angelillo, R. M., Da Pozzo, L., D'Agostino, D., D'Elia, C., Dandrea, M., De Angelis, M., De Angelis, P., De Cobelli, O., De Concilio, B., De Lisa, A., De Luca, S., De Stefani, A., Deantoni, C. L., Degli, E. C., Destito, A., Detti, B., Di Muzio, N., Di Stasio, A., Di Stefano, C., Di Trapani, D., Difino, G., Falivene, S., Farullo, G., Fedelini, P., Ferrari, I., Ferrau, F., Ferro, M., Fodor, A., Fontana, F., Francesca, F., Francolini, G., Frata, P., Frezza, G., Gabriele, P., Galeandro, M., Garibaldi, E., Gennari, P. G., Gentilucci, A., Giacobbe, A., Giussani, L., Giusti, G., Gontero, P., Guarneri, A., Guida, C., Gurioli, A., Huqi, D., Imbimbo, C., Ingrosso, G., Iotti, C., Italia, C., La Mattina, P., La Rocca, R., Lamanna, E., Lastrucci, L., Lazzari, G., Liberale, F., Liguori, G., Lisi, R., Lohr, F., Lombardo, R., Lovisolo, J. A. J., Ludovico, G. M., Macchione, N., Maggio, F., Malizia, M., Manasse, G., Mandoliti, G., Mantini, G., Marafioti, L., Marciello, L., Marconi, A. M., Martilotta, A., Marzano, S., Masciullo, S., Maso, G., Massenzo, A., Mearini, L., Medoro, S., Mole, R., Monesi, G., Montanari, E., Montefiore, F., Montesi, G., Morgia, G., Moro, G., Muscas, G., Musio, D., Muto, P., Muzzonigro, G., Napodano, G., Negro, C. L. A., Nidini, M., Ntreta, M., Orsatti, M., Palazzolo, C., Palumbo, I., Parisi, A., Parma, P., Pavan, N., Pericolini, M., Pinto, F., Pistone, A., Pizzuti, V., Platania, A., Polli, C., Pomara, G., Ponti, E., Porcaro, A. B., Porpiglia, F., Pugliese, D., Pycha, A., Raguso, G., Rampini, A., Randone, D. F., Roboldi, V., Roscigno, M., Ruggieri, M. P., Ruoppo, G., Sanseverino, R., Santacaterina, A., Santarsieri, M., Santoni, R., Scagliarini, S., Scagliotti, G. V., Scanzi, M., Scarcia, M., Schiavina, R., Sciarra, A., Sciorio, C., Scolaro, T., Scuzzarella, S., Selvaggio, O., Serao, A., Signor, M. A., Silvani, M., Silvano, G., Silvestris, F., Simone, V., Spagnoletti, G., Spinelli, M. G., Squillace, L., Tombolini, V., Toninelli, M., Trinchieri, A., Trodella, L. E., Trodella, L., Trombetta, C., Tronnolone, L., Tucci, M., Urzi, D., Valdagni, R., Valeriani, M., Vanoli, M., Vitali, E., Volpe, A., Zaramella, S., Zeccolini, G., Zini, G., Buglione, M., Noale, M., Bruni, A., Antonelli, A., Bertoni, F., Corvo, R., Ricardi, U., Borghetti, P., Maddalo, M., Simeone, C., Mazzeo, E., Porreca, A., Serni, S., Bassi, P., Gacci, M., Mirone, V., Montironi, R., Tubaro, A., Berruti, A., Conti, G. N., Maggi, S., Magrini, S. M., Triggiani, L., Crepaldi, G., Artibani, W., Bracarda, S., Graziotti, P., Russi, E., Muto, G., Pecoraro, S., Zagonel, V., Alitto, A. R., Ambrosi, E., Aristei, C., Bardari, F., Bardoscia, L., Barra, S., Bartoncini, S., Basso, U., Becherini, C., Bellavita, R., Bergamaschi, F., Berlingheri, S., Borghesi, M., Bortolus, R., Borzillo, V., Bosetti, D., Bove, G., Bove, P., Brausi, M., Bruno, G., Brunocilla, E., Buffoli, A., Buttigliero, C., Cacciamani, G., Caldiroli, M., Cardo, G., Carmignani, G., Carrieri, G., Castelli, E., Castrezzati, E., Catalano, G., Cattarino, S., Catucci, F., Cavallini, F. D., Ceccarini, O., Celia, A., Chiancone, F., Chini, T., Cianci, C., Cisternino, A., Collura, D., Corbella, F., Corinti, M., Corsi, P., Cortese, F., Corti, L., de Nunzio, C., Cristiano, O., D'Angelillo, R. M., Da Pozzo, L., D'Agostino, D., D'Elia, C., Dandrea, M., De Angelis, M., De Angelis, P., De Cobelli, O., De Concilio, B., De Lisa, A., De Luca, S., De Stefani, A., Deantoni, C. L., Degli, E. C., Destito, A., Detti, B., Di Muzio, N., Di Stasio, A., Di Stefano, C., Di Trapani, D., Difino, G., Falivene, S., Farullo, G., Fedelini, P., Ferrari, I., Ferrau, F., Ferro, M., Fodor, A., Fontana, F., Francesca, F., Francolini, G., Frata, P., Frezza, G., Gabriele, P., Galeandro, M., Garibaldi, E., Gennari, P. G., Gentilucci, A., Giacobbe, A., Giussani, L., Giusti, G., Gontero, P., Guarneri, A., Guida, C., Gurioli, A., Huqi, D., Imbimbo, C., Ingrosso, G., Iotti, C., Italia, C., La Mattina, P., La Rocca, R., Lamanna, E., Lastrucci, L., Lazzari, G., Liberale, F., Liguori, G., Lisi, R., Lohr, F., Lombardo, R., Lovisolo, J. A. J., Ludovico, G. M., Macchione, N., Maggio, F., Malizia, M., Manasse, G., Mandoliti, G., Mantini, G., Marafioti, L., Marciello, L., Marconi, A. M., Martilotta, A., Marzano, S., Masciullo, S., Maso, G., Massenzo, A., Mearini, L., Medoro, S., Mole, R., Monesi, G., Montanari, E., Montefiore, F., Montesi, G., Morgia, G., Moro, G., Muscas, G., Musio, D., Muto, P., Muzzonigro, G., Napodano, G., Negro, C. L. A., Nidini, M., Ntreta, M., Orsatti, M., Palazzolo, C., Palumbo, I., Parisi, A., Parma, P., Pavan, N., Pericolini, M., Pinto, F., Pistone, A., Pizzuti, V., Platania, A., Polli, C., Pomara, G., Ponti, E., Porcaro, A. B., Porpiglia, F., Pugliese, D., Pycha, A., Raguso, G., Rampini, A., Randone, D. F., Roboldi, V., Roscigno, M., Ruggieri, M. P., Ruoppo, G., Sanseverino, R., Santacaterina, A., Santarsieri, M., Santoni, R., Scagliarini, S., Scagliotti, G. V., Scanzi, M., Scarcia, M., Schiavina, R., Sciarra, A., Sciorio, C., Scolaro, T., Scuzzarella, S., Selvaggio, O., Serao, A., Signor, M. A., Silvani, M., Silvano, G., Silvestris, F., Simone, V., Spagnoletti, G., Spinelli, M. G., Squillace, L., Tombolini, V., Toninelli, M., Trinchieri, A., Trodella, L. E., Trodella, L., Trombetta, C., Tronnolone, L., Tucci, M., Urzi, D., Valdagni, R., Valeriani, M., Vanoli, M., Vitali, E., Volpe, A., Zaramella, S., Zeccolini, G., Zini, G., Buglione, M, Noale, M, Bruni, A, Antonelli, A, Bertoni, F, Corvo, R, Ricardi, U, Borghetti, P, Maddalo, M, Simeone, C, Mazzeo, E, Porreca, A, Serni, S, Bassi, P, Gacci, M, Mirone, V, Montironi, R, Tubaro, A, Berruti, A, Conti, G, Maggi, S, Magrini, S, Triggiani, L, Crepaldi, G, Artibani, W, Bracarda, S, Graziotti, P, Russi, E, Muto, G, Pecoraro, S, Zagonel, V, Alitto, A, Ambrosi, E, Aristei, C, Bardari, F, Bardoscia, L, Barra, S, Bartoncini, S, Basso, U, Becherini, C, Bellavita, R, Bergamaschi, F, Berlingheri, S, Borghesi, M, Bortolus, R, Borzillo, V, Bosetti, D, Bove, G, Bove, P, Brausi, M, Bruno, G, Brunocilla, E, Buffoli, A, Buttigliero, C, Cacciamani, G, Caldiroli, M, Cardo, G, Carmignani, G, Carrieri, G, Castelli, E, Castrezzati, E, Catalano, G, Cattarino, S, Catucci, F, Cavallini, F, Ceccarini, O, Celia, A, Chiancone, F, Chini, T, Cianci, C, Cisternino, A, Collura, D, Corbella, F, Corinti, M, Corsi, P, Cortese, F, Corti, L, de Nunzio, C, Cristiano, O, D'Angelillo, R, Da Pozzo, L, D'Agostino, D, D'Elia, C, Dandrea, M, De Angelis, M, De Angelis, P, De Cobelli, O, De Concilio, B, De Lisa, A, De Luca, S, De Stefani, A, Deantoni, C, Degli, E, Destito, A, Detti, B, Di Muzio, N, Di Stasio, A, Di Stefano, C, Di Trapani, D, Difino, G, Falivene, S, Farullo, G, Fedelini, P, Ferrari, I, Ferrau, F, Ferro, M, Fodor, A, Fontana, F, Francesca, F, Francolini, G, Frata, P, Frezza, G, Gabriele, P, Galeandro, M, Garibaldi, E, Gennari, P, Gentilucci, A, Giacobbe, A, Giussani, L, Giusti, G, Gontero, P, Guarneri, A, Guida, C, Gurioli, A, Huqi, D, Imbimbo, C, Ingrosso, G, Iotti, C, Italia, C, La Mattina, P, La Rocca, R, Lamanna, E, Lastrucci, L, Lazzari, G, Liberale, F, Liguori, G, Lisi, R, Lohr, F, Lombardo, R, Lovisolo, J, Ludovico, G, Macchione, N, Maggio, F, Malizia, M, Manasse, G, Mandoliti, G, Mantini, G, Marafioti, L, Marciello, L, Marconi, A, Martilotta, A, Marzano, S, Masciullo, S, Maso, G, Massenzo, A, Mearini, L, Medoro, S, Mole, R, Monesi, G, Montanari, E, Montefiore, F, Montesi, G, Morgia, G, Moro, G, Muscas, G, Musio, D, Muto, P, Muzzonigro, G, Napodano, G, Negro, C, Nidini, M, Ntreta, M, Orsatti, M, Palazzolo, C, Palumbo, I, Parisi, A, Parma, P, Pavan, N, Pericolini, M, Pinto, F, Pistone, A, Pizzuti, V, Platania, A, Polli, C, Pomara, G, Ponti, E, Porcaro, A, Porpiglia, F, Pugliese, D, Pycha, A, Raguso, G, Rampini, A, Randone, D, Roboldi, V, Roscigno, M, Ruggieri, M, Ruoppo, G, Sanseverino, R, Santacaterina, A, Santarsieri, M, Santoni, R, Scagliarini, S, Scagliotti, G, Scanzi, M, Scarcia, M, Schiavina, R, Sciarra, A, Sciorio, C, Scolaro, T, Scuzzarella, S, Selvaggio, O, Serao, A, Signor, M, Silvani, M, Silvano, G, Silvestris, F, Simone, V, Spagnoletti, G, Spinelli, M, Squillace, L, Tombolini, V, Toninelli, M, Trinchieri, A, Trodella, L, Trombetta, C, Tronnolone, L, Tucci, M, Urzi, D, Valdagni, R, Valeriani, M, Vanoli, M, Vitali, E, Volpe, A, Zaramella, S, Zeccolini, G, and Zini, G

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Male, European People, medicine.medical_treatment, Cancer Treatment, prospective study (Pros-IT CNR), Androgen deprivation therapy, Prostate cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, 80 and over, Medicine and Health Sciences, Ethnicities, 030212 general & internal medicine, Prospective Studies, Stage (cooking), Prospective cohort study, Case report form, Aged, 80 and over, Multidisciplinary, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Diseases, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Italian People, Surgical Oncology, Treatment Outcome, Oncology, Italy, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, PCA treatment guidelines, prostate cancer, quality of life, surgery and radiotherapy, Critical Pathways, Medicine, Human, Research Article, Clinical Oncology, medicine.medical_specialty, Science, Urology, Surgical and Invasive Medical Procedures, 03 medical and health sciences, Diagnostic Medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, Cancer Detection and Diagnosis, Humans, Aged, business.industry, Neoplasm Grading, Prostatic Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Cancers and Neoplasms, medicine.disease, Radiation therapy, Prospective Studie, Genitourinary Tract Tumors, Prostatic Neoplasm, People and Places, Observational study, Population Groupings, Clinical Medicine, business
Abstract

Background There are several treatments available to newly diagnosed prostate cancer (PCA) patients. Although surgery and radiotherapy (RT) with or without androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) are widely adopted treatment options for localized PCA together with active surveillance (AS), there is no consensus nor randomised trials on treatment selection, prospective quality of life (QOL), along with toxicity outcomes and according to treatment modality in the Italian population. The current study aimed to describe clinical-therapeutic features and QOL at PCA diagnosis, according to different treatment patterns in a large prospective, Italian population, enrolled in the Pros-IT CNR study. Methods The Pros-IT CNR is an on-going national, multicenter, observational, prospective study on patients affected by PCA who have been referred by 97 Italian Urology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology facilities participating in the project. The possible relationships between the treatment patterns reported in the 6 month follow-up case report form and patients' features at diagnosis were evaluated using exploratory multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) and other data analysis method. Results At diagnosis, surgery and AS patients were significantly younger, had fewer comorbidities, lower PSA levels and Gleason Score (GS) values; they were also diagnosed at an earlier stage of disease with respect to the RT or ADT patients who showed significantly worse QoL scores at the time of diagnosis. Conclusions An analysis of the data collected at baseline and 6 months later uncovered substantial differences in ages, comorbidities, clinical and QOL features in the various treatment groups. These findings do not fully reflect the current PCA treatment guidelines and suggest the need for a multidisciplinary consensus guideline to ameliorate both the counselling and treatments of PCA patients.

Published
2019

45. Impact of Surgical Approach on Patient-Reported Outcomes after Radical Prostatectomy: A Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis from a Multicenter, Prospective, Observational Study (The Pros-IT CNR Study)

Author

Antonelli, A., Palumbo, C., Noale, M., Porreca, A., Maggi, S., Simeone, C., Bassi, P., Bertoni, F., Bracarda, S., Buglione, M., Conti, G. N., Corvò, R., Gacci, M., Mirone, V., Montironi, R., Triggiani, L., Tubaro, A., Artibani, W., Crepaldi, G., Graziotti, P., Russi, E., Magrini, Stefano, Muto, M., Pecoraro, G., Ricardi, S., Zagonel, U., Alitto, Anna, Ambrosi, R., Aristei, E., Barbieri, C., Bardari, M., Bardoscia, F., Barra, L., Bartoncini, S., Basso, S., Becherini, U., Bellavita, C., Bergamaschi, R., Berlingheri, F., Berruti, S., Borghesi, M., Bortolus, R., Borzillo, V., Bosetti, D., Bove, G., Bove, P., Brausi, M., Bruni, A., Bruno, G., Brunocilla, E., Buffoli, A., Buttigliero, C., Cacciamani, G., Caldiroli, M., Cardo, G., Carmignani, G., Carrieri, G., Castelli, E., Castrezzati, E., Catalano, G., Cattarino, S., Catucci, F., Cavallini, F. D., Ceccarini, O., Celia, A., Chiancone, F., Chini, T., Cianci, C., Cisternino, A., Collura, D., Corbella, F., Corinti, M., Corsi, P., Cortese, F., Corti, L., Cosimo, De, Cristiano, N., D'Angelillo, O., Pozzo, Da, D'Agostino, L., D'Elia, D., Dandrea, C., Angelis, De, Cobelli, De, Concilio, De, Lisa, De, Luca, De, Stefani, De, Deantoni, A., C. L., Degli, Esposti, Destito, C., Detti, A., Muzio, Di, Stasio, Di, Stefano, Di, Trapani, Di, Difino, D., Falivene, G., Farullo, S., Fedelini, G., Ferrari, P., Ferraù, I., Ferro, F., Fodor, M., Fontana, A., Francesca, F., Francolini, F., Frata, G., Frezza, P., Gabriele, G., Galeandro, P., Garibaldi, M., Gennari, Pietro, Gentilucci, G., Giacobbe, A., Giussani, A., Giusti, L., Gontero, G., Guarneri, P., Guida, A., Gurioli, C., Huqi, A., Imbimbo, D., Ingrosso, C., Iotti, G., Italia, C., Mattina, La, Lamanna, P., Lastrucci, E., Lazzari, L., Liberale, G., Liguori, F., Lisi, G., Lohr, R., Lombardo, F., Lovisolo, R., J. A. J., Ludovico, Giuseppe, Macchione, M., Maggio, N., Malizia, F., Manasse, M., Mandoliti, G., Mantini, G., Marafioti, G., Marciello, L., Marconi, Alberto, Martilotta, M., Marzano, A., Masciullo, S., Maso, S., Massenzo, G., Mazzeo, A., Mearini, E., Medoro, L., Molè, S., Monesi, R., Montanari, G., Montefiore, E., Montesi, F., Morgia, G., Moro, G., Muscas, G., Musio, G., Muto, D., Muzzonigro, P., Napodano, G., Negro, G., Nidini, C. L. A., Ntreta, M., Orsatti, M., Palazzolo, M., Parisi, I., Parma, A., Pavan, P., Pericolini, N., Pinto, M., Pistone, F., Pizzuti, A., Platania, V., Polli, A., Pomara, C., Ponti, G., Porcaro, E., Porpiglia, A. B., Pugliese, F., Pycha, D., Raguso, A., Rampini, G., Randone, Donato, Roboldi, F., Roscigno, V., Ruggieri, M., Ruoppo, M. P., Sanseverino, G., Santacaterina, R., Santarsieri, A., Santoni, M., Scagliarini, R., Scagliotti, Giorgio, Scanzi, V., Scarcia, M., Schiavina, M., Sciarra, R., Sciorio, A., Scolaro, C., Scuzzarella, T., Selvaggio, S., Serao, O., Serni, A., Signor, S., Silvani, M. A., Silvano, M., Silvestris, G., Simone, F., Spagnoletti, V., Spinelli, Matteo, Squillace, G., Tombolini, L., Toninelli, V., Trinchieri, M., Trodella, A., Trodella, L. E., Trombetta, L., Tronnolone, C., Tucci, L., Urzì, M., Valdagni, D., Valeriani, R., Vanoli, M., Vitali, M., Volpe, E., Zaramella, A., Zeccolini, S., Zini, G., Antonelli, A., Palumbo, C., Noale, M., Porreca, A., Maggi, S., Simeone, C., Bassi, P., Bertoni, F., Bracarda, S., Buglione, M., Conti, G. N., Corvo, R., Gacci, M., Mirone, V., Montironi, R., Triggiani, L., Tubaro, A., Artibani, W., Crepaldi, G., Graziotti, P., Russi, E., Magrini Stefano, M., Muto, G., Pecoraro, S., Ricardi, U., Zagonel, V., Alitto Anna, R., Ambrosi, E., Aristei, C., Barbieri, M., Bardari, F., Bardoscia, L., Barra, S., Bartoncini, S., Basso, U., Becherini, C., Bellavita, R., Bergamaschi, F., Berlingheri, S., Berruti, A., Borghesi, M., Bortolus, R., Borzillo, V., Bosetti, D., Bove, G., Bove, P., Brausi, M., Bruni, A., Bruno, G., Brunocilla, E., Buffoli, A., Buttigliero, C., Cacciamani, G., Caldiroli, M., Cardo, G., Carmignani, G., Carrieri, G., Castelli, E., Castrezzati, E., Catalano, G., Cattarino, S., Catucci, F., Cavallini, F. D., Ceccarini, O., Celia, A., Chiancone, F., Chini, T., Cianci, C., Cisternino, A., Collura, D., Corbella, F., Corinti, M., Corsi, P., Cortese, F., Corti, L., de Cosimo, N., Cristiano, O., D'Angelillo, R., Da Pozzo, L., D'Agostino, D., D'Elia, C., Dandrea, M., De Angelis, M., De Angelis, P., De Cobelli, O., De Concilio, B., De Lisa, A., De Luca, S., De Stefani, A., Deantoni, C. L., Degli Esposti, C., Destito, A., Detti, B., Di Muzio, N., Di Stasio, A., Di Stefano, C., Di Trapani, D., Difino, G., Falivene, S., Farullo, G., Fedelini, P., Ferrari, I., Ferrau, F., Ferro, M., Fodor, A., Fontana, F., Francesca, F., Francolini, G., Frata, P., Frezza, G., Gabriele, P., Galeandro, M., Garibaldi, E., Gennari Pietro, G., Gentilucci, A., Giacobbe, A., Giussani, L., Giusti, G., Gontero, P., Guarneri, A., Guida, C., Gurioli, A., Huqi, D., Imbimbo, C., Ingrosso, G., Iotti, C., Italia, C., La Mattina, P., Lamanna, E., Lastrucci, L., Lazzari, G., Liberale, F., Liguori, G., Lisi, R., Lohr, F., Lombardo, R., Lovisolo, J. A. J., Ludovico Giuseppe, M., Macchione, N., Maggio, F., Malizia, M., Manasse, G., Mandoliti, G., Mantini, G., Marafioti, L., Marciello, L., Marconi Alberto, M., Martilotta, A., Marzano, S., Masciullo, S., Maso, G., Massenzo, A., Mazzeo, E., Mearini, L., Medoro, S., Mole, R., Monesi, G., Montanari, E., Montefiore, F., Montesi, G., Morgia, G., Moro, G., Muscas, G., Musio, D., Muto, P., Muzzonigro, G., Napodano, G., Negro, C. L. A., Nidini, M., Ntreta, M., Orsatti, M., Palazzolo, C., Palumbo, I., Parisi, A., Parma, P., Pavan, N., Pericolini, M., Pinto, F., Pistone, A., Pizzuti, V., Platania, A., Polli, C., Pomara, G., Ponti, E., Porcaro, A. B., Porpiglia, F., Pugliese, D., Pycha, A., Raguso, G., Rampini, A., Randone Donato, F., Roboldi, V., Roscigno, M., Ruggieri, M. P., Ruoppo, G., Sanseverino, R., Santacaterina, A., Santarsieri, M., Santoni, R., Scagliarini, S., Scagliotti Giorgio, V., Scanzi, M., Scarcia, M., Schiavina, R., Sciarra, A., Sciorio, C., Scolaro, T., Scuzzarella, S., Selvaggio, O., Serao, A., Serni, S., Signor, M. A., Silvani, M., Silvano, G., Silvestris, F., Simone, V., Spagnoletti, G., Spinelli Matteo, G., Squillace, L., Tombolini, V., Toninelli, M., Trinchieri, A., Trodella, L. E., Trodella, L., Trombetta, C., Tronnolone, L., Tucci, M., Urzi, D., Valdagni, R., Valeriani, M., Vanoli, M., Vitali, E., Volpe, A., Zaramella, S., Zeccolini, G., Zini, G., Antonelli, A, Palumbo, C, Noale, M, Porreca, A, Maggi, S, Simeone, C, Bassi, P, Bertoni, F, Bracarda, S, Buglione, M, Conti, G, Corvo, R, Gacci, M, Mirone, V, Montironi, R, Triggiani, L, Tubaro, A, Artibani, W, Crepaldi, G, Graziotti, P, Russi, E, Magrini Stefano, M, Muto, G, Pecoraro, S, Ricardi, U, Zagonel, V, Alitto Anna, R, Ambrosi, E, Aristei, C, Barbieri, M, Bardari, F, Bardoscia, L, Barra, S, Bartoncini, S, Basso, U, Becherini, C, Bellavita, R, Bergamaschi, F, Berlingheri, S, Berruti, A, Borghesi, M, Bortolus, R, Borzillo, V, Bosetti, D, Bove, G, Bove, P, Brausi, M, Bruni, A, Bruno, G, Brunocilla, E, Buffoli, A, Buttigliero, C, Cacciamani, G, Caldiroli, M, Cardo, G, Carmignani, G, Carrieri, G, Castelli, E, Castrezzati, E, Catalano, G, Cattarino, S, Catucci, F, Cavallini, F, Ceccarini, O, Celia, A, Chiancone, F, Chini, T, Cianci, C, Cisternino, A, Collura, D, Corbella, F, Corinti, M, Corsi, P, Cortese, F, Corti, L, de Cosimo, N, Cristiano, O, D'Angelillo, R, Da Pozzo, L, D'Agostino, D, D'Elia, C, Dandrea, M, De Angelis, M, De Angelis, P, De Cobelli, O, De Concilio, B, De Lisa, A, De Luca, S, De Stefani, A, Deantoni, C, Degli Esposti, C, Destito, A, Detti, B, Di Muzio, N, Di Stasio, A, Di Stefano, C, Di Trapani, D, Difino, G, Falivene, S, Farullo, G, Fedelini, P, Ferrari, I, Ferrau, F, Ferro, M, Fodor, A, Fontana, F, Francesca, F, Francolini, G, Frata, P, Frezza, G, Gabriele, P, Galeandro, M, Garibaldi, E, Gennari Pietro, G, Gentilucci, A, Giacobbe, A, Giussani, L, Giusti, G, Gontero, P, Guarneri, A, Guida, C, Gurioli, A, Huqi, D, Imbimbo, C, Ingrosso, G, Iotti, C, Italia, C, La Mattina, P, Lamanna, E, Lastrucci, L, Lazzari, G, Liberale, F, Liguori, G, Lisi, R, Lohr, F, Lombardo, R, Lovisolo, J, Ludovico Giuseppe, M, Macchione, N, Maggio, F, Malizia, M, Manasse, G, Mandoliti, G, Mantini, G, Marafioti, L, Marciello, L, Marconi Alberto, M, Martilotta, A, Marzano, S, Masciullo, S, Maso, G, Massenzo, A, Mazzeo, E, Mearini, L, Medoro, S, Mole, R, Monesi, G, Montanari, E, Montefiore, F, Montesi, G, Morgia, G, Moro, G, Muscas, G, Musio, D, Muto, P, Muzzonigro, G, Napodano, G, Negro, C, Nidini, M, Ntreta, M, Orsatti, M, Palazzolo, C, Palumbo, I, Parisi, A, Parma, P, Pavan, N, Pericolini, M, Pinto, F, Pistone, A, Pizzuti, V, Platania, A, Polli, C, Pomara, G, Ponti, E, Porcaro, A, Porpiglia, F, Pugliese, D, Pycha, A, Raguso, G, Rampini, A, Randone Donato, F, Roboldi, V, Roscigno, M, Ruggieri, M, Ruoppo, G, Sanseverino, R, Santacaterina, A, Santarsieri, M, Santoni, R, Scagliarini, S, Scagliotti Giorgio, V, Scanzi, M, Scarcia, M, Schiavina, R, Sciarra, A, Sciorio, C, Scolaro, T, Scuzzarella, S, Selvaggio, O, Serao, A, Serni, S, Signor, M, Silvani, M, Silvano, G, Silvestris, F, Simone, V, Spagnoletti, G, Spinelli Matteo, G, Squillace, L, Tombolini, V, Toninelli, M, Trinchieri, A, Trodella, L, Trombetta, C, Tronnolone, L, Tucci, M, Urzi, D, Valdagni, R, Valeriani, M, Vanoli, M, Vitali, E, Volpe, A, Zaramella, S, Zeccolini, G, and Zini, G

Subjects
Male, Patient-reported outcome measures, Prostate cancer, Quality of life, Radical prostatectomy, Sexual function, Urinary function, Patient Reported Outcome Measure, medicine.medical_treatment, 030232 urology & nephrology, Longitudinal Studie, Aged, Data Collection, Humans, Italy, Longitudinal Studies, Middle Aged, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Prospective Studies, Prostate, Prostatectomy, Prostatic Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Retrospective Studies, Robotic Surgical Procedures, Surveys and Questionnaires, Treatment Outcome, Propensity Score, 0302 clinical medicine, Retrospective Studie, Medicine, Surveys and Questionnaire, Prospective cohort study, Patient-reported outcome measure, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, Robotic Surgical Procedure, Urology, 03 medical and health sciences, Clinical significance, business.industry, Retrospective cohort study, Prospective Studie, Propensity score matching, Prostatic Neoplasm, Observational study, business
Abstract

Background: To report health-related quality of life outcomes as assessed by validated patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) after radical prostatectomy (RP). ­Methods: This study analyzed patients treated with RP within The PROState cancer monitoring in Italy, from the National Research Council (Pros-IT CNR). Italian versions of Short-Form Heath Survey and university of California los Angeles-prostate cancer index questionnaires were administered. PROMs were physical composite scores, mental composite scores and urinary, bowel, sexual functions and bothers (UF/B, BF/B, SF/B). Baseline unbalances were controlled with propensity scores and stabilized inverse weights; differences in PROMs between different RP approaches were estimated by mixed models. Results: Of 541 patients treated with RP, 115 (21%) received open RP (ORP), 90 (17%) laparoscopic RP (LRP) and 336 (61%) robot-assisted RP (RARP). At head-to-head ­comparisons, RARP showed higher 12-month UF vs. LRP (interaction treatment * time p = 0.03) and 6-month SF vs. ORP (p < 0.001). At 12-month from surgery, 67, 73 and 79% of patients used no pad for urinary loss in ORP, LRP and RARP respectively (no differences for each comparison). Conversely, 16, 27 and 40% of patients declared erections firm enough for sexual intercourse in ORP, LRP and RARP respectively (only significant difference for ORP vs. RARP, p = 0.0004). Conclusions: Different RP approaches lead to significant variations in urinary and sexual PROMs, with a general trend in favour of RARP. However, their clinical significance seems limited.

Published
2019

47. Impact of Gastrointestinal Side Effects on Patients’ Reported Quality of Life Trajectories after Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: Data from the Prospective, Observational Pros-IT CNR Study

Author

Noale, M., Bruni, A., Triggiani, L., Buglione, M., Bertoni, F., Frassinelli, L., Montironi, R., Corvo, R., Zagonel, V., Porreca, A., Bassi, P., Gacci, M., Conti, G. N., Maggi, S., Magrini, S., Alitto, A. R., Ambrosi, E., Antonelli, A., Aristei, C., Barbieri, M., Bardari, F., Bardoscia, L., Barra, S., Bartoncini, S., Basso, U., Becherini, C., Bellavita, R., Bergamaschi, F., Berlingheri, S., Berruti, A., Bigazzi, B., Borghesi, M., Bortolus, R., Borzillo, V., Bosetti, D., Bove, G., Bove, P., Brausi, M., Bruno, G., Brunocilla, E., Buffoli, A., Buttigliero, C., Cacciamani, G., Caldiroli, M., Cardo, G., Carmignani, G., Carrieri, G., Castelli, E., Castrezzati, E., Catalano, G., Cattarino, S., Catucci, F., Francolini, D. C., Ceccarini, O., Celia, A., Chiancone, F., Chini, T., Cianci, C., Cisternino, A., Collura, D., Corbella, F., Corinti, M., Corsi, P., Cortese, F., Corti, L., Nunzio, C. D., Cristiano, O., D'Angelillo, R., Da Pozzo, L., D'Agostino, D., D'Andrea, D., Dandrea, M., De Angelis, M., De Cobelli, O., De Concilio, B., De Lisa, A., De Luca, S., De Stefani, A., Deantoni, C. L., Esposti, C. D., Destito, A., Detti, B., Muzio, N. D., Stasio, A. D., Stefano, C. D., Trapani, D. D., Difino, G., Fabiano, M., Facondo, G., Falivene, S., Farullo, G., Fedelini, P., Ferrari, I., Ferrau, F., Ferro, M., Fodor, A., Fontana, F., Francesca, F., Francolini, G., Frezza, G., Gabriele, P., Galeandro, M., Garibaldi, E., Gennari, P. G., Gentilucci, A., Giacobbe, A., Giussani, L., Giusti, G., Gontero, P., Guarneri, A., Guida, C., Gurioli, A., Huqi, D., Imbimbo, C., Ingrosso, G., Iotti, C., Italia, C., Mattina, P. L., Lamanna, E., Lastrucci, L., Lazzari, G., Liberale, F., Liguori, G., Lisi, R., Lohr, F., Lombardo, R., Lovisolo, J., Ludovico, G. M., Macchione, N., Maggio, F., Malizia, M., Manasse, G., Mandoliti, G., Mantini, G., Marafioti, L., Marciello, L., Marconi, A. M., Martillotta, A., Marzano, S., Masciullo, S., Maso, G., Massenzo, A., Mazzeo, E., Mearini, L., Medoro, S., Mole, R., Monesi, G., Montanari, E., Montefiore, F., Montesi, G., Morgia, G., Moro, G., Muscas, G., Musio, D., Muto, P., Muzzonigro, G., Napodano, G., Negro, C. L. A., Nidini, M., Ntreta, M., Orsatti, M., Palazzolo, C., Palumbo, I., Parisi, A., Parma, P., Pavan, N., Pericolini, M., Pinto, F., Pistone, A., Pizzuti, V., Platania, A., Polli, C., Pomara, G., Ponti, E., Porcaro, A. B., Porpiglia, F., Pugliese, D., Pycha, A., Raguso, G., Rampini, A., Randone, D. F., Roboldi, V., Roscigno, M., Ruggieri, M. P., Ruoppo, G., Sanseverino, R., Santacaterina, A., Santarsieri, M., Santoni, R., Scagliotti, G. V., Scanzi, M., Scarcia, M., Schiavina, R., Sciarra, A., Sciorio, C., Scolaro, T., Scuzzarella, S., Selvaggio, O., Serao, A., Serni, S., Signor, M. A., Silvani, M., Silvano, G., Silvestris, F., Simeone, C., Simone, V., Spagnoletti, G., Spinelli, M. G., Squillace, L., Tombolini, V., Toninelli, M., Trinchieri, A., Trodella, L. E., Trodella, L., Trombetta, C., Tronnolone, L., Tucci, M., Urzi, D., Valdagni, R., Valeriani, M., Vanoli, M., Vitali, E., Zaramella, S., Zeccolini, G., and Zini, G.

Subjects
Oncology, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Growth mixture model, Health-related quality of life, Prostate cancer, Radiation therapy, medicine.medical_treatment, 030232 urology & nephrology, radiation therapy, lcsh:RC254-282, Article, Androgen deprivation therapy, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Quality of life, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Medicine, growth mixture model, business.industry, Cancer, medicine.disease, prostate cancer, lcsh:Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, humanities, health-related quality of life, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Conventional PCI, Observational study, business
Abstract

Radiotherapy (RT) represents an important therapeutic option for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. The aim of the current study is to examine trajectories in patients’ reported quality of life (QoL) aspects related to bowel function and bother, considering data from the PROState cancer monitoring in ITaly from the National Research Council (Pros-IT CNR) study, analyzed with growth mixture models. Data for patients who underwent RT, either associated or not associated with androgen deprivation therapy, were considered. QoL outcomes were assessed over a 2-year period from the diagnosis, using the Italian version of the University of California Los Angeles-Prostate Cancer Index (Italian-UCLA-PCI). Three trajectories were identified for the bowel function, having three or more comorbidities and the use of 3D-CRT technique for RT were associated with the worst trajectory (OR = 3.80, 95% CI 2.04–7.08, OR = 2.17, 95% CI 1.22–3.87, respectively). Two trajectories were identified for the bowel bother scores, diabetes and the non-Image guided RT method were associated with being in the worst bowel bother trajectory group (OR = 1.69, 95% CI 1.06–2.67, OR = 2.57, 95% CI 1.70–3.86, respectively). The findings from this study suggest that the absence of comorbidities and the use of intensity modulated RT techniques with image guidance are related with a better tolerance to RT in terms of bowel side effects.

Published
2021

50. Commento all'art. 15 c.p.a.

Author

Falcon, G., Cortese, F, Marchetti, B, Piscitelli, L, Piscitelli, L., Falcon, G., Cortese, F, Marchetti, B, Piscitelli, L, and Piscitelli, L.

Published
2021

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