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1. Early reduction of estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) predicts poor outcome in acutely ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients firstly admitted to medical regular wards (eGFR-COV19 study)

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Francesco Cei, Ludia Chiarugi, Simona Brancati, Maria Silvia Montini, Silvia Dolenti, Daniele Di Stefano, Salvatore Beatrice, Irene Sellerio, Valentina Messiniti, Marco Maria Gucci, Giulia Vannini, Rinaldo Lavecchia, Elisa Cioni, Chiara Mattaliano, Giulia Pelagalli, Grazia Panigada, Emanuele Murgo, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Giancarlo Landini, and Roberto Tarquini

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SARS-COV-2, COVID-19, Glomerular filtration rate, Acute kidney injury, Prognosis, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
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Background: Analysis of autopsy tissues obtained from patients who died from COVID-19 showed kidney tropism for SARS-COV-2, with COVID-19-related renal dysfunction representing an overlooked problem even in patients lacking previous history of chronic kidney disease. This study aimed to corroborate in a substantial sample of consecutive acutely ill COVID-19 hospitalized patients the efficacy of estimated GFR (eGFR), assessed at hospital admission, to identify acute renal function derangement and the predictive role of its association with in-hospital death and need for mechanical ventilation and admission to intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: We retrospectively analyzed charts of 764 patients firstly admitted to regular medical wards (Division of Internal Medicine) for symptomatic COVID-19 between March 6th and May 30th, 2020 and between October 1st, 2020 and March 15th, 2021. eGFR values were calculated with the 2021 CKD-EPI formula and assessed at hospital admission and discharge. Baseline creatinine and GFR values were assessed by chart review of patients’ medical records from hospital admittance data in the previous year. The primary outcome was in-hospital mortality, while ARDS development and need for non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) were the secondary outcomes. Results: SARS-COV-2 infection was diagnosed in 764 patients admitted with COVID-19 symptoms. A total of 682 patients (age range 23–100 years) were considered for statistical analysis, 310 needed mechanical ventilation and 137 died. An eGFR value

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2022
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2. Clinical and Personal Predictors of Helmet-CPAP Use and Failure in Patients Firstly Admitted to Regular Medical Wards with COVID-19-Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (hCPAP-f Study)

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Francesco Cei, Ludia Chiarugi, Simona Brancati, Silvia Dolenti, Maria Silvia Montini, Matteo Rosselli, Mario Filippelli, Chiara Ciacci, Irene Sellerio, Marco Maria Gucci, Giulia Vannini, Rinaldo Lavecchia, Loredana Staglianò, Daniele di Stefano, Tiziana Gurrera, Mario Romagnoli, Valentina Francolini, Francesca Dainelli, Grazia Panigada, Giancarlo Landini, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, and Roberto Tarquini

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hCPAP, non-invasive ventilation, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, ARDS, prognosis, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) caused by COVID-19 is substantially different from ARDS caused by other diseases and its treatment is dissimilar and challenging. As many studies showed conflicting results regarding the use of Non-invasive ventilation in COVID-19-associated ARDS, no unquestionable indications by operational guidelines were reported. The aim of this study was to estimate the use and success rate of Helmet (h) Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in COVID-19-associated ARDS in medical regular wards patients and describe the predictive risk factors for its use and failure. In our monocentric retrospective observational study, we included patients admitted for COVID-19 in medical regular wards. hCPAP was delivered when supplemental conventional or high-flow nasal oxygen failed to achieve respiratory targets. The primary outcomes were hCPAP use and failure rate (including the need to use Bilevel (BL) PAP or oro-tracheal intubation (OTI) and death during ventilation). The secondary outcome was the rate of in-hospital death and OTI. We computed a score derived from the factors independently associated with hCPAP failure. Out of 701 patients admitted with COVID-19 symptoms, 295 were diagnosed with ARDS caused by COVID-19 and treated with hCPAP. Factors associated with the need for hCPAP use were the PaO2/FiO2 ratio < 270, IL-6 serum levels over 46 pg/mL, AST > 33 U/L, and LDH > 570 U/L; age > 78 years and neuropsychiatric conditions were associated with lower use of hCPAP. Failure of hCPAP occurred in 125 patients and was associated with male sex, polypharmacotherapy (at least three medications), platelet count < 180 × 109/L, and PaO2/FiO2 ratio < 240. The computed hCPAP-f Score, ranging from 0 to 11.5 points, had an AUC of 0.74 in predicting hCPAP failure (significantly superior to Call Score), and 0.73 for the secondary outcome (non-inferior to IL-6 serum levels). In conclusion, hCPAP was widely used in patients with COVID-19 symptoms admitted to medical regular wards and developing ARDS, with a low OTI rate. A score computed combining male sex, multi-pharmacotherapy, low platelet count, and low PaO2/FiO2 was able to predict hCPAP failure in hospitalized patients with ARDS caused by COVID-19.

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2023
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3. Circadian Genes Expression Patterns in Disorders Due to Enzyme Deficiencies in the Heme Biosynthetic Pathway

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Maria Savino, Claudio Carmine Guida, Maria Nardella, Emanuele Murgo, Bartolomeo Augello, Giuseppe Merla, Salvatore De Cosmo, Antonio Fernando Savino, Roberto Tarquini, Francesco Cei, Filippo Aucella, and Gianluigi Mazzoccoli

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heme, porphyria, circadian, rhythm, biological clock, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Heme is a member of the porphyrins family of cyclic tetrapyrroles and influences various cell processes and signalling pathways. Enzyme deficiencies in the heme biosynthetic pathway provoke rare human inherited metabolic diseases called porphyrias. Protein levels and activity of enzymes involved in the heme biosynthetic pathway and especially 5′-Aminolevulinate Synthase 1 are featured by 24-h rhythmic oscillations driven by the biological clock. Heme biosynthesis and circadian pathways intermingle with mutual modulatory roles. Notably, heme is a ligand of important cogs of the molecular clockwork, which upon heme binding recruit co-repressors and inhibit the transcription of numerous genes enriching metabolic pathways and encoding functional proteins bringing on crucial cell processes. Herein, we assessed mRNA levels of circadian genes in patients suffering from porphyrias and found several modifications of core clock genes and clock-controlled genes expression, associated with metabolic and electrolytic changes. Overall, our results show an altered expression of circadian genes accompanying heme biosynthesis disorders and confirm the need to deepen the knowledge of the mechanisms through which the alteration of the circadian clock circuitry could take part in determining signs and symptoms of porphyria patients and then again could represent a target for innovative therapeutic strategies.

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2022
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4. Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis: A Cardio-Orthopedic Disease

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Federico Perfetto, Mattia Zampieri, Giulia Bandini, Roberto Fedi, Roberto Tarquini, Raffaella Santi, Luca Novelli, Marco Allinovi, Alessia Argirò, and Francesco Cappelli

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transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis, musculoskeletal red flags, carpal tunnel syndrome, lumbar spine stenosis, early diagnosis, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Orthopaedic manifestations of wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis are frequent and characteristic, including idiopathic bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome, idiopathic lumbar canal stenosis, atraumatic rupture of the brachial biceps tendon, and, more rarely, finger disease and rotator cuff. These manifestations often coexisting in the same patient, frequently male and aged, steadily precede cardiac involvement inducing a rapidly progressive heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. Although transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis remains a cardiac relevant disease, these extracardiac localisation may increase diagnostic suspicion and allow for early diagnosis assuming the role of useful diagnostic red flags, especially in light of new therapeutic opportunities that can slow or stop the progression of the disease. For the cardiologist, the recognition of these extracardiac red flags is of considerable importance to reinforce an otherwise less emerging diagnostic suspicion. For orthopedists and rheumatologists, the presence in an old patient with or without clinical manifestations of cardiovascular disease, of an unexpected and inexplicable constellation of musculoskeletal symptoms, can represent a fundamental moment for an early diagnosis and treatment is improving a patient’s outcome.

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2022
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5. Ageing and Low-Level Chronic Inflammation: The Role of the Biological Clock

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Barbara Colombini, Monica Dinu, Emanuele Murgo, Sofia Lotti, Roberto Tarquini, Francesco Sofi, and Gianluigi Mazzoccoli

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circadian, biological clock, ageing, ER stress, UPR, inflammation, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, RM1-950
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Ageing is a multifactorial physiological manifestation that occurs inexorably and gradually in all forms of life. This process is linked to the decay of homeostasis due to the progressive decrease in the reparative and regenerative capacity of tissues and organs, with reduced physiological reserve in response to stress. Ageing is closely related to oxidative damage and involves immunosenescence and tissue impairment or metabolic imbalances that trigger inflammation and inflammasome formation. One of the main ageing-related alterations is the dysregulation of the immune response, which results in chronic low-level, systemic inflammation, termed “inflammaging”. Genetic and epigenetic changes, as well as environmental factors, promote and/or modulate the mechanisms of ageing at the molecular, cellular, organ, and system levels. Most of these mechanisms are characterized by time-dependent patterns of variation driven by the biological clock. In this review, we describe the involvement of ageing-related processes with inflammation in relation to the functioning of the biological clock and the mechanisms operating this intricate interaction.

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2022
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6. Arrhythmic Burden in Cardiac Amyloidosis: What We Know and What We Do Not

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Alessia Argirò, Annamaria Del Franco, Carlotta Mazzoni, Marco Allinovi, Alessia Tomberli, Roberto Tarquini, Carlo Di Mario, Federico Perfetto, Francesco Cappelli, and Mattia Zampieri

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arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, pacemaker implantation, cardiac amyloidosis, Biology (General), QH301-705.5
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Cardiac amyloidosis (CA), caused by the deposition of insoluble amyloid fibrils, impairs different cardiac structures, altering not only left ventricle (LV) systo-diastolic function but also atrial function and the conduction system. The consequences of the involvement of the cardiac electrical system deserve more attention, as well as the study of the underlying molecular mechanisms. This is an issue of considerable interest, given the conflicting data on the effectiveness of conventional antiarrhythmic strategies. Therefore, this review aims at summarizing the arrhythmic burden related to CA and the available evidence on antiarrhythmic treatment in this population.

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2022
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7. Non-invasive assessment of fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

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Francesco Vizzutti;, Umberto Arena;, Valerio Nobili;, Roberto Tarquini;, Marco Trappoliere;, Giacomo Laffi;, Fabio Marra;, and Massimo Pinzani

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NAFLD, NASH, non-invasive, fibrosis., Specialties of internal medicine, RC581-951
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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in Western countries, and its prevalence is increasing worldwide. It currently affects approximately 30% of adults and 10% of children and adolescents. The resulting increase in the number of patients with NAFLD is expected to translate into increased numbers of patients with liver cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. In this context, it is particularly important to identify patients at risk for progressive chronic liver disease. Currently, liver biopsy is the gold standard to diagnose non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and to establish the presence and stage of fibrosis. Due to the remarkable increase in the prevalence of NAFLD and the concomitant efforts in developing novel therapies for patients with NASH, non-invasive, simple, reproducible, and reliable noninvasive methodologies are needed. This paper provides a concise overview of the role of non-invasive diagnostic tools for the determination of presence and extent of fibrosis in NAFLD patients, with particular emphasis on the methods currently available in clinical practice.

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2009
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8. Thrombolytic therapy is effective in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: a series of nine patients and a review of the literature

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David J. Araten, Rosario Notaro, Howard T Thaler, Nancy Kernan, Farid Boulad, Hugo Castro-Malaspina, Trudy Small, Andromachi Scaradavou, Heather Magnan, Susan Prockop, Sara Chaffee, Jason Gonsky, Raymond Thertulien, Roberto Tarquini, and Lucio Luzzatto

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Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs, RC633-647.5
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Background Thrombosis is the major risk factor for death in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. Previous case reports indicate that venous thrombosis in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is amenable to thrombolysis.Design and Methods We reviewed the outcome of thrombolytic therapy for patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria who had thromboses refractory to anticoagulation at our institutions.Results In this study of 41 patients who had at least one thrombotic event, we confirmed a very high incidence of recurrence despite anticoagulation. Nine patients with thrombosis were regarded as eligible for administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator, which was effective in reversing thrombi in all of 15 occasions in which it was given. Serious hemorrhagic complications developed in three cases. At last follow-up visit, of the nine patients treated, three had died, and six were in very good to excellent condition in terms of clinical outcome and radiological findings. The only patient in whom thrombolysis may have contributed to a fatal outcome also had complications of “heparin induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis”, which we diagnosed in three additional patients. In our review of the literature, nine out of 15 patients treated with thrombolysis have had a good outcome.Conclusions Although it is associated with a significant but manageable risk of bleeding, systemic thrombolysis is a highly effective treatment for reversing venous thromboses in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria.

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2012
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9. Cardiorenal Syndrome Caused by Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

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Chiara Lazzeri, Serafina Valente, Roberto Tarquini, and Gian Franco Gensini

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Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923
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Since cardiorenal dysfunction is usually secondary to multiple factors acting in concert (and not only reduced cardiac output) in the present paper we are going to focus on the interrelationship between heart failure with normal ejection fraction and the development of cardiorenal syndrome. The coexistence of renal impairment in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (CRS type 2 and 4) is common especially in older females with hypertension and/or diabetes. It can be hypothesized that the incidence of this disease association is growing, while clinical trials enrolling these patients are still lacking. The main mechanisms thought to be involved in the pathophysiology of this condition are represented by the increase of intra-abdominal and central venous pressure and the activation of the renin-angiotensin system. Differently from CRS in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, the involvement of the kidney may be under-diagnosed in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction and the optimal therapeutic strategy in this condition, though challenging, is far to be completely elucidated. Further studies are needed to assess the best therapeutic regimen in patients with renal dysfunction (and worsening) and heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.

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2011
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10. Hyperglycemia at admission, comorbidities, and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients hospitalized in internal medicine wards: data from the RePoSI Registry

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Salvatore, Corrao, Alessandro, Nobili, Giuseppe, Natoli, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Francesco, Perticone, Antonello, Pietrangelo, Christiano, Argano, Giuseppe, Licata, Francesco, Violi, Gino Roberto Corazza, Alessandra, Marengoni, Francesco, Salerno, Matteo, Cesari, Mauro, Tettamanti, Luca, Pasina, Carlotta, Franchi, Laura, Cortesi, Gabriella, Miglio, Ilaria, Ardoino, Alessio, Novella, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Cenci, Caterina, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Martina, Guadagni, Michele, Zaccari, Massimiliano, Chiuch, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Mauro, Bernardi, Silvia Li Bassi, Luca, Santi, Giacomo, Zaccherini, Graziana, Lupattelli, Elmo, Mannarino, Vanessa, Bianconi, Francesco, Paciullo, Riccardo, Alcidi, Ranuccio, Nuti, Roberto, Valenti, Martina, Ruvio, Silvia, Cappelli, Alberto, Palazzuoli, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Floriana, Cocita, Vincenza, Beneduce, Lidia, Plances, Salvatore, Mularo, Massimo, Raspanti, Marco, Zoli, Ilaria, Lazzari, Mattia, Brunori, Elisa, Fabbri, Donatella, Magalotti, Raffaella, Arnò, Franco Laghi Pasini, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Diletta, Maira, Valeria Di Stefano, Giovanna, Fabio, Sonia, Seghezzi, Marta, Mancarella, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah, Damanti, Marta, Clerici, Federica, Conti, Giulia, Bonini, Barbara Brignolo Ottolini, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Giovanni, Murialdo, Alessio, Marra, Federico, Cattaneo, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Maria Beatrice Secchi, Davide, Ghelfi, Luigi, Anastasio, Lucia, Sofia, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Emanuele, Valeriani, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Chiara, Pes, Alessandro, Delitala, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Alessio, Molfino, Enrico, Petrillo, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D'Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Alberto, Zucchelli, Francesca, Manzoni, Andrea, Volpini, Antonio, Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo, Gallo, Chiara, Dell'Unto, Giorgio, Annoni, Maurizio, Corsi, Giuseppe, Bellelli, Sara, Zazzetta, Paolo, Mazzola, Hajnalka, Szabo, Alessandra, Bonfanti, Franco, Arturi, Elena, Succurro, Mariangela, Rubino, Bruno, Tassone, Giorgio, Sesti, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Laura, Gasbarrone, Maria Rosaria Sajeva, Antonio, Brucato, Silvia, Ghidoni, Fabrizio, Fabris, Irene, Bertozzi, Giulia, Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Elisabetta, Cosi, Paolo, Scarinzi, Annalisa, Amabile, Elisabetta, Omenetto, Tancredi, Prandini, Manfredini, Roberto, Fabbian, Fabio, Boari, Benedetta, DE GIORGI, Alfredo, Tiseo, Ruana, DE GIORGIO, Roberto, Giuseppe, Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudio, Borghi, Enrico, Strocchi, Eugenia, Ianniello, Mario, Soldati, Carlo, Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia, Suppressa, Andrea, Schilardi, Francesca, Loparco, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio, Comitangelo, Emanuele, Amoruso, Luigi, Fenoglio, Andrea, Falcetta, Christian, Bracco, Anna, L Fracanzani Silvia Fargion, Silvia, Tiraboschi, Annalisa, Cespiati, Giovanna, Oberti, Giordano, Sigon, Flora, Peyvandi, Raffaella, Rossio, Barbara, Ferrari, Giulia, Colombo, Pasquale, Agosti, Valter, Monzani, Valeria, Savojardo, Christian, Folli, Giuliana, Ceriani, Giada, Pallini, Franco, Dallegri, Luciano, Ottonello, Luca, Liberale, Lara, Caserza, Kassem, Salam, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana, Tognin, Giovanni Battista Bianchi, Sabrina, Giaquinto, Francesco, Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore, Piro, Renzo, Rozzini, Lina, Falanga, Elena, Spazzini, Camillo, Ferrandina, Giuseppe, Montrucchio, Paolo, Petitti, Paolo, Peasso, Edoardo, Favale, Cesare, Poletto, Raffaella, Salmi, Piergiorgio, Gaudenzi, Ludovica, Perri, Raffaele, Landolfi, Massimo, Montalto, Antonio, Mirijello, Luigina, Guasti, Luana, Castiglioni, Andrea, Maresca, Alessandro, Squizzato, Leonardo, Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Marco, Bertolotti, Chiara, Mussi, Giulia, Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Giulia, Dondi, Elisa, Pellegrini, Lucia, Carulli, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Marco, Filice, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara Del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Armando, Gabrielli, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Riccardo, Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Samuele, Pignataro, Alfio, Gennaro, Julien, Blanco, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Antonio, Cittadini, Carlo, Vigorito, Michele, Arcopinto, Andrea, Salzano, Emanuele, Bobbio, Alberto Maria Marra, Domenico, Sirico, Guido, Moreo, Francesca, Gasparini, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Giuseppe, Scattolin, Sergio, Martinelli, Mauro, Turrin, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristina, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Francesca, Losa, Giovanni, Paoletti, Giulia, Costanzo, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Valentina, Malerba, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Antonino, Lasco, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Fulvio, Lauretani, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Alberto, Tedeschi, Lucia, Trotta, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Mara, Cattaneo, Federico, Napoli., Corrao S, Nobili A, Natoli G, Mannucci PM, Perticone F, Pietrangelo A, Argano C, REPOSI Investigator, Borghi C, Corrao S., Nobili A., Natoli G., Mannucci P.M., Perticone F., Pietrangelo A., Argano C., Licata G., Violi F., Corazza G.R., Marengoni A., Salerno F., Cesari M., Tettamanti M., Pasina L., Franchi C., Cortesi L., Miglio G., Ardoino I., Novella A., Prisco D., Silvestri E., Emmi G., Bettiol A., Caterina C., Biolo G., Zanetti M., Guadagni M., Zaccari M., Chiuch M., Vanoli M., Grignani G., Pulixi E.A., Bernardi M., Bassi S.L., Santi L., Zaccherini G., Lupattelli G., Mannarino E., Bianconi V., Paciullo F., Alcidi R., Nuti R., Valenti R., Ruvio M., Cappelli S., Palazzuoli A., Girelli D., Busti F., Marchi G., Barbagallo M., Dominguez L., Cocita F., Beneduce V., Plances L., Mularo S., Raspanti M., Zoli M., Lazzari I., Brunori M., Fabbri E., Magalotti D., Arno R., Pasini F.L., Capecchi P.L., Palasciano G., Modeo M.E., Di Gennaro C., Cappellini M.D., Maira D., Di Stefano V., Fabio G., Seghezzi S., Mancarella M., De Amicis M.M., De Luca G., Scaramellini N., Rossi P.D., Damanti S., Clerici M., Conti F., Bonini G., Ottolini B.B., Di Sabatino A., Miceli E., Lenti M.V., Pisati M., Dominioni C.C., Murialdo G., Marra A., Cattaneo F., Pontremoli R., Beccati V., Nobili G., Secchi M.B., Ghelfi D., Anastasio L., Sofia L., Carbone M., Cipollone F., Guagnano M.T., Valeriani E., Rossi I., Mancuso G., Calipari D., Bartone M., Delitala G., Berria M., Pes C., Delitala A., Muscaritoli M., Molfino A., Petrillo E., Zuccala G., D'Aurizio G., Romanelli G., Zucchelli A., Manzoni F., Volpini A., Picardi A., Gentilucci U.V., Gallo P., Dell'Unto C., Annoni G., Corsi M., Bellelli G., Zazzetta S., Mazzola P., Szabo H., Bonfanti A., Arturi F., Succurro E., Rubino M., Tassone B., Sesti G., Serra M.G., Bleve M.A., Gasbarrone L., Sajeva M.R., Brucato A., Ghidoni S., Fabris F., Bertozzi I., Bogoni G., Rabuini M.V., Cosi E., Scarinzi P., Amabile A., Omenetto E., Prandini T., Manfredini R., Fabbian F., Boari B., De Giorgi A., Tiseo R., De Giorgio R., Paolisso G., Rizzo M.R., Borghi C., Strocchi E., Ianniello E., Soldati M., Sabba C., Vella F.S., Suppressa P., Schilardi A., Loparco F., De Vincenzo G.M., Comitangelo A., Amoruso E., Fenoglio L., Falcetta A., Bracco C., Fargion A.L.F.S., Tiraboschi S., Cespiati A., Oberti G., Sigon G., Peyvandi F., Rossio R., Ferrari B., Colombo G., Agosti P., Monzani V., Savojardo V., Folli C., Ceriani G., Pallini G., Dallegri F., Ottonello L., Liberale L., Caserza L., Salam K., Liberato N.L., Tognin T., Bianchi G.B., Giaquinto S., Purrello F., Di Pino A., Piro S., Rozzini R., Falanga L., Spazzini E., Ferrandina C., Montrucchio G., Petitti P., Peasso P., Favale E., Poletto C., Salmi R., Gaudenzi P., Perri L., Landolfi R., Montalto M., Mirijello A., Guasti L., Castiglioni L., Maresca A., Squizzato A., Campiotti L., Grossi A., Bertolotti M., Mussi C., Lancellotti G., Libbra M.V., Dondi G., Pellegrini E., Carulli L., Galassi M., Grassi Y., Perticone M., Battaglia R., FIlice M., Maio R., Stanghellini V., Ruggeri E., del Vecchio S., Salvi A., Leonardi R., Damiani G., Capeci W., Gabrielli A., Mattioli M., Martino G.P., Biondi L., Pettinari P., Ghio R., Col A.D., Minisola S., Colangelo L., Cilli M., Labbadia G., Afeltra A., Marigliano B., Pipita M.E., Castellino P., Zanoli L., Pignataro S., Gennaro A., Blanco J., Saracco V., Fogliati M., Bussolino C., Mete F., Gino M., Cittadini A., Vigorito C., Arcopinto M., Salzano A., Bobbio E., Marra A.M., Sirico D., Moreo G., Gasparini F., Prolo S., Pina G., Ballestrero A., Ferrando F., Berra S., Dassi S., Nava M.C., Graziella B., Baldassarre S., Fragapani S., Gruden G., Galanti G., Mascherini G., Petri C., Stefani L., Girino M., Piccinelli V., Nasso F., Gioffre V., Pasquale M., Scattolin G., Martinelli S., Turrin M., Sechi L., Catena C., Colussi G., Passariello N., Rinaldi L., Berti F., Famularo G., Tarsitani P., Castello R., Pasino M., Ceda G.P., Maggio M.G., Morganti S., Artoni A., Del Giacco S., Firinu D., Losa F., Paoletti G., Costanzo G., Montalto G., Licata A., Malerba V., Montalto F.A., Lasco A., Basile G., Catalano A., Malatino L., 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Registrie, Male, Comorbidity, Diabetes, Disability, Elderly, Hyperglycemia, Mortality, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Hospital Mortality, Hospitals, Humans, Internal Medicine, Registries, Hospitalization, medicine.medical_specialty, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Socio-culturale, Renal function, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Diabete, Hospital, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Endocrinology, Rating scale, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, 80 and over, medicine, LS4_4, 030212 general & internal medicine, Class III obesity, business.industry, Mortality rate, Comorbidity, Diabetes, Disability, Elderly, Hyperglycemia, Mortality, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Mood disorders, Geriatric Depression Scale, Original Article, business, Human
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Aims The association between hyperglycemia at hospital admission and relevant short- and long-term outcomes in elderly population is known. We assessed the effects on mortality of hyperglycemia, disability, and multimorbidity at admission in internal medicine ward in patients aged ≥ 65 years. Methods Data were collected from an active register of 102 internal medicine and geriatric wards in Italy (RePoSi project). Patients were recruited during four index weeks of a year. Socio-demographic data, reason for hospitalization, diagnoses, treatment, severity and comorbidity indexes (Cumulative Illness rating Scale CIRS-SI and CIRS-CI), renal function, functional (Barthel Index), and cognitive status (Short Blessed Test) and mood disorders (Geriatric Depression Scale) were recorded. Mortality rates were assessed in hospital 3 and 12 months after discharge. Results Of the 4714 elderly patients hospitalized, 361 had a glycemia level ≥ 250 mg/dL at admission. Compared to subjects with lower glycemia level, patients with glycemia ≥ 250 mg/dL showed higher rates of male sex, smoke and class III obesity. These patients had a significantly lower Barthel Index (p = 0.0249), higher CIRS-SI and CIRS-CI scores (p = 0.0025 and p = 0.0013, respectively), and took more drugs. In-hospital mortality rate was 9.2% and 5.1% in subjects with glycemia ≥ 250 and p = 0.0010). Regression analysis showed a strong association between in-hospital death and glycemia ≥ 250 mg/dL (OR 2.07; [95% CI 1.34–3.19]), Barthel Index ≤ 40 (3.28[2.44–4.42]), CIRS-SI (1.87[1.27–2.77]), and male sex (1.54[1.16–2.03]). Conclusions The stronger predictors of in-hospital mortality for older patients admitted in general wards were glycemia level ≥ 250 mg/dL, Barthel Index ≤ 40, CIRS-SI, and male sex.

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2021

12. A rapid and cost-effective diagnostic algorithm for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the emergency area by combining highly sensitive antigenic test and RT-PCR

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Sara Salvetti, Federica Lavinia, Nico Rosi, Simone Vanni, Luca Masotti, Roberto Tarquini, Silvia Guarducci, Gian Maria Rossolini, and Iolanda Montenora

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Microbiology (medical), Infectious Diseases, COVID-19 Testing, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, SARS-CoV-2, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Nasopharynx, COVID-19, Humans, General Medicine, Sensitivity and Specificity, Algorithms
Abstract

A diagnostic algorithm for SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients admitted to the emergency area, based on a combination of rapid antigen and molecular testing, has been evaluated with 3070 nasopharyngeal swabs. Compared to molecular test alone, the proposed algorithm allowed to significantly reduce costs and average time to results.

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2022

13. Impact of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Comorbidities on Elderly Patients Hospitalized in Internal Medicine Wards: Data from the RePoSi Registry

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Christiano, Argano, Giuseppe, Natoli, Salvatore, Mularo, Alessandro, Nobili, Marika Lo Monaco, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Francesco, Perticone, Antonello, Pietrangelo, Salvatore, Corrao, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Irene, Mattioli, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Giacomo, Bartelloni, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Graziana, Lupattelli, Vanessa, Bianconi, Riccardo, Alcidi, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Vincenza, Beneduce, Federica, Cacioppo, Massimo, Raspanti, Marco, Zoli, Maria Laura Matacena, Giuseppe, Orio, Eleonora, Magnolfi, Giovanni, Serafini, Angelo, Simili, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Giovanna, Fabio, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Matteo, Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah, Damanti, Marta, Clerici, Simona, Leoni, Alessandra Danuta Di Mauro, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Giovanna, Leoncini, Luigi, Anastasio, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Alessandro, Delitala, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Alessio, Molfino, Enrico, Petrillo, Antonella, Giorgi, Christian, Gracin, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D’Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Alessandra, Marengoni, Andrea, Volpini, Daniela, Lucente, Antonio, Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo, Gallo, Giuseppe, Bellelli, Maurizio, Corsi, Cesare, Antonucci, Chiara, Sidoli, Giulia, Principato, Franco, Arturi, Elena, Succurro, Bruno, Tassone, Federica, Giofrè, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Antonio, Brucato, Teresa De Falco, Fabrizio, Fabris, Irene, Bertozzi, Giulia, Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Tancredi, Prandini, Manfredini, Roberto, Fabbian, Fabio, Benedetta, Boari, DE GIORGI, Alfredo, Ruana, Tiseo, Giuseppe, Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudia, Catalano, Claudio, Borghi, Enrico, Strocchi, Eugenia, Ianniello, Mario, Soldati, Silvia, Schiavone, Alessio, Bragagni, Carlo, Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia, Suppressa, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio, Comitangelo, Emanuele, Amoruso, Carlo, Custodero, Luigi, Fenoglio, Andrea, Falcetta, Fracanzani, Anna L., Silvia, Tiraboschi, Annalisa, Cespiati, Giovanna, Oberti, Giordano, Sigon, Flora, Peyvandi, Raffaella, Rossio, Giulia, Colombo, Pasquale, Agosti, Valter, Monzani, Valeria, Savojardo, Giuliana, Ceriani, Francesco, Salerno, Giada, Pallini, Fabrizio, Montecucco, Luciano, Ottonello, Lara, Caserza, Giulia, Vischi, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana, Tognin, Francesco, Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore, Piro, Renzo, Rozzini, Lina, Falanga, Maria Stella Pisciotta, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Stefano, Buffelli, Giuseppe, Montrucchio, Paolo, Peasso, Edoardo, Favale, Cesare, Poletto, Carl, Margaria, Maura, Sanino, Francesco, Violi, Ludovica, Perri, Luigina, Guasti, Luana, Castiglioni, Andrea, Maresca, Alessandro, Squizzato, Leonardo, Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Roberto Davide Diprizio, Marco, Bertolotti, Chiara, Mussi, Giulia, Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Alessio, Greco, Angela, Sciacqua, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Riccardo, Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Alfio, Gennaro, Agostino, Gaudio, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Carlo, Vigorito, Antonio, Cittadini, Guido, Moreo, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Roberta, Gonella, Domenico, Cerminara, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristiana, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Alessandro, Cavarape, Andea Da Porto, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Margherita, Grossi, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Giulia, Costanzo, Giacomo, Argiolas, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Francesco, Corica, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Federica, Bellone, Concetto, Principato, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Giandomenico Nigro Imperiale, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Mattia, Bellan, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Federico, Napoli, Italia, Aiello, Raffaele, Landolfi, Massimo, Montalto, Antonio, Mirijello, Silvia, Ghidoni, Teresa, Salvatore, Lucio, Monaco, Carmen, Ricozzi, Alberto, Pilotto, Ilaria, Indiano, Federica, Gandolfo., Argano C., Natoli G., Mularo S., Nobili A., Lo Monaco M., Mannucci P.M., Perticone F., Pietrangelo A., and Corrao S.

Subjects
Leadership and Management, 1-year mortality, cancer, comorbidities, diabetes, heart rate, in-hospital mortality, male sex, Heart rate, Socio-culturale, Health Informatics, comorbidities, Article, Comorbidities, Health Information Management, diabetes, heart rate, cancer, male sex, in-hospital mortality, 1-year mortality, Cancer, Diabetes, In-hospital mortality, Male sex, LS4_4, Health Policy, Medicine, 1-year mortality, Cancer, Comorbidities, Diabetes, Heart rate, In-hospital mortality, Male
Abstract

Background: Currently, diabetes represents the seventh leading cause of death worldwide, with a significant economic burden. The number and severity of comorbidities increase with age, and are identified as important determinants that influence the prognosis. We aimed to investigate comorbidities and outcomes in a cohort of hospitalized elderly patients affected by diabetes. Methods: In this observational study, we retrospectively analyzed data collected from the REgistro dei pazienti per lo studio delle POlipatologie e politerapie in reparti della rete Simi (RePoSi) registry. Socio-demographic, clinical characteristics, and laboratory findings were considered. The association between variables and in-hospital and 1-year follow-up were analyzed. Results: Among 4708 in-patients, 1378 (29.3%) had a diagnosis of diabetes. Patients with diabetes had more previous hospitalization, a clinically significant disability, and more need for a urinary catheter in comparison with subjects without diabetes. Patients affected by diabetes took more drugs, both at admission, at in-hospital stay, at discharge, and at 1-year follow-up. Thirty-five comorbidities were more frequent in patients with diabetes, and the first five were hypertension (57.1%), ischemic heart disease (31.4%), chronic renal failure (28.8%), atrial fibrillation (25.6%), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (22.7%). Heart rate was an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality. At 1-year follow-up, cancer and male sex were strongly independently associated with mortality. Conclusions: Our findings showed the severity of the impact of diabetes and its comorbidities in the real life of internal medicine and geriatric wards, and provide data to be used for a better tailored management of elderly in-patients with diabetes.

Published
2022

14. Relation between drug therapy-based comorbidity indices, Charlson's comorbidity index, polypharmacy and mortality in three samples of older adults

Author

Alessio, Novella, Chiara, Elli, Mauro, Tettamanti, Alessandro, Nobili, Aladar, Ianes, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Luca, Pasina, Carlotta, Franchi, Gualberto, Gussoni, Stefano, Bonassi, Antonella, Valerio, Federica, Mammarella, Codjo Djignefa Djade, Raffaella, Rossio, Barbara, Ferrari, Daniela, Mari, Marco, Ferretti, Francesco, Salerno, Alessio, Conca, Antonino, Tuttolomondo, Anna, Cirrincione, Antonio, Pinto, Antonio, Cherubini, Giuseppina, Dell’Aquila, Roberto, Bernabei, Graziano, Onder, Michele, Ciaburri, Dario, Manfellotto, Irene, Caridi, Enzo, Lancia, Alessandra, Forgione, Concetta, Donato, Serra Maria Grazia, Luigi, Lusiani, Bullo, Cristina, Brocco, Stefano, Pedretti, Giovanni, Pattacini, Corrado, Francesco, Violi, Ludovica, Perri, Luigi Di Cioccio, Carlo Di Meo, Laura, Minchella, Moira, Ceci, Alberto, Ferrari, Salvatore, Foderaro, Antonio, Brucato, Anna, Valenti, Silvia, Ghidoni, Renzo, Rozzini, Lina, Falanga, Alessandra, Marengoni, Simona, Ghibelli, Chiara, Mussi, Maria Alice Ferri, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Irene, Mattioli, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Giacomo, Bartelloni, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Graziana, Lupattelli, Vanessa, Bianconi, Riccardo, Alcidi, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Vincenza, Beneduce, Federica, Cacioppo, Salvatore, Corrao, Giuseppe, Natoli, Salvatore, Mularo, Massimo, Raspanti, Christiano, Argano, Marco, Zoli, Maria Laura Matacena, Giuseppe, Orio, Eleonora, Magnolfi, Giovanni, Serafini, Angelo, Simili, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Giovanna, Fabio, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Matteo, Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah, Damanti, Marta, Clerici, Simona, Leoni, Alessandra Danuta Di Mauro, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Giovanna, Leoncini, Luigi, Anastasio, Lucia, Sofia, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Alessandro, Delitala, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Alessio, Molfino, Enrico, Petrillo, Antonella, Giorgi, Christian, Gracin, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D’Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Andrea, Volpini, Daniela, Lucente, Antonio, Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo, Gallo, Giuseppe, Bellelli, Maurizio, Corsi, Cesare, Antonucci, Chiara, Sidoli, Giulia, Principato, Franco, Arturi, Elena, Succurro, Bruno, Tassone, Federica, Giofrè, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Teresa De Falco, Fabrizio, Fabris, Irene, Bertozzi, Giulia, Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Tancredi, Prandini, Manfredini, Roberto, Fabbian, Fabio, Benedetta, Boari, Alfredo De Giorgi, Ruana, Tiseo, Giuseppe, Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudia, Catalano, Claudio, Borghi, Enrico, Strocchi, Eugenia, Ianniello, Mario, Soldati, Silvia, Schiavone, Alessio, Bragagni, Carlo, Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia, Suppressa, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio, Comitangelo, Emanuele, Amoruso, Carlo, Custodero, Luigi, Fenoglio, Andrea, Falcetta, Fracanzani, Anna L., Silvia, Tiraboschi, Annalisa, Cespiati, Giovanna, Oberti, Giordano, Sigon, Flora, Peyvandi, Giulia, Colombo, Pasquale, Agosti, Valter, Monzani, Valeria, Savojardo, Giuliana, Ceriani, Giada, Pallini, Fabrizio, Montecucco, Luciano, Ottonello, Lara, Caserza, Giulia, Vischi, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana, Tognin, Francesco, Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore, Piro, Maria Stella Pisciotta, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Stefano, Buffelli, Giuseppe, Montrucchio, Paolo, Peasso, Edoardo, Favale, Cesare, Poletto, Carl, Margaria, Maura, Sanino, Luigina, Guasti, Luana, Castiglioni, Andrea, Maresca, Alessandro, Squizzato, Leonardo, Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Roberto Davide Diprizio, Marco, Bertolotti, Giulia, Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Alessio, Greco, Angela, Sciacqua, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Riccardo, Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Alfio, Gennaro, Agostino, Gaudio, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Carlo, Vigorito, Antonio, Cittadini, Guido, Moreo, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Roberta, Gonella, Domenico, Cerminara, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristiana, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Alessandro, Cavarape, Andea Da Porto, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Margherita, Grossi, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Giulia, Costanzo, Giacomo, Argiolas, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Francesco, Corica, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Federica, Bellone, Concetto, Principato, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Giandomenico Nigro Imperiale, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Mattia, Bellan, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Federico, Napoli, Italia, Aiello, Raffaele, Landolfi, Massimo, Montalto, Antonio, Mirijello, Teresa, Salvatore, Lucio, Monaco, Carmen, Ricozzi, Alberto, Pilotto, Ilaria, Indiano, and Federica, Gandolfo.

Subjects
Aging, Comorbidity indices, Health (social science), Socio-culturale, Multimorbidity, Comorbidity, Chronic disease, Hospitalization, Italy, Older adults, Chronic disease, Comorbidity indices, Excessive polypharmacy, Mortality, Multimorbidity, Older adults, Excessive polypharmacy, Polypharmacy, Humans, LS4_4, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Mortality, Gerontology, Aged
Abstract

Comorbidity indexes were designed in order to measure how the disease burden of a patient is related to different clinical outcomes such as mortality, especially in older and intensively treated people. Charlson's Comorbidity Index (CCI) is the most widely used rating system, based on diagnoses, but when this information is not available therapy-based comorbidity indices (TBCI) are an alternative: among them, Drug Derived Complexity Index (DDCI), Medicines Comorbidity Index (MCI), and Chronic Disease Score (CDS) are available.This study assessed the predictive power for 1-year mortality of these comorbidity indices and polypharmacy.Survival analysis and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis were conducted on three Italian cohorts: 2,389 nursing home residents (Korian), 4,765 and 633 older adults admitted acutely to geriatric or internal medicine wards (REPOSI and ELICADHE).Cox's regression indicated that the highest levels of the CCI are associated with an increment of 1-year mortality risk as compared to null score for all the three samples. DDCI and excessive polypharmacy gave similar results but MCI and CDS were not always statistically significant. The predictive power with the ROC curve of each comorbidity index was poor and similar in all settings.On the whole, comorbidity indices did not perform well in our three settings, although the highest level of each index was associated with higher mortality.

Published
2022

15. Kidney Disease Management in the Hospital Setting: A Focus on Inappropriate Drug Prescriptions in Older Patients

Author

Vincenzo, Arcoraci, Maria Antonietta Barbieri, Michelangelo, Rottura, Alessandro, Nobili, Giuseppe, Natoli, Christiano, Argano, Giovanni, Squadrito, Francesco, Squadrito, Salvatore, Corrao, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Irene, Mattioli, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Giacomo, Bartelloni, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Graziana, Lupattelli, Vanessa, Bianconi, Riccardo, Alcidi, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Vincenza, Beneduce, Federica, Cacioppo, Massimo, Raspanti, Marco, Zoli, Maria Laura Matacena, Giuseppe, Orio, Eleonora, Magnolfi, Giovanni, Serafini, Angelo, Simili, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Giovanna, Fabio, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Matteo, Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah, Damanti, Marta, Clerici, Simona, Leoni, Alessandra Danuta Di Mauro, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Giovanna, Leoncini, Luigi, Anastasio, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Alessandro, Delitala, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Alessio, Molfino, Enrico, Petrillo, Antonella, Giorgi, Christian, Gracin, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D’Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Alessandra, Marengoni, Andrea, Volpini, Daniela, Lucente, Antonio, Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo, Gallo, Giuseppe, Bellelli, Maurizio, Corsi, Cesare, Antonucci, Chiara, Sidoli, Giulia, Principato, Franco, Arturi, Elena, Succurro, Bruno, Tassone, Federica, Giofrè, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Antonio, Brucato, Teresa De Falco, Fabrizio, Fabris, Irene, Bertozzi, Giulia, Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Tancredi, Prandini, Manfredini, Roberto, Fabbian, Fabio, Benedetta, Boari, DE GIORGI, Alfredo, Ruana, Tiseo, Giuseppe, Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudia, Catalano, Claudio, Borghi, Enrico, Strocchi, Eugenia, Ianniello, Mario, Soldati, Silvia, Schiavone, Alessio, Bragagni, Carlo, Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia, Suppressa, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio, Comitangelo, Emanuele, Amoruso, Carlo, Custodero, Luigi, Fenoglio, Andrea, Falcetta, Fracanzani, Anna L., Silvia, Tiraboschi, Annalisa, Cespiati, Giovanna, Oberti, Giordano, Sigon, Flora, Peyvandi, Raffaella, Rossio, Giulia, Colombo, Pasquale, Agosti, Valter, Monzani, Valeria, Savojardo, Giuliana, Ceriani, Francesco, Salerno, Giada, Pallini, Fabrizio, Montecucco, Luciano, Ottonello, Lara, Caserza, Giulia, Vischi, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana, Tognin, Francesco, Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore, Piro, Renzo, Rozzini, Lina, Falanga, Maria Stella Pisciotta, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Stefano, Buffelli, Giuseppe, Montrucchio, Paolo, Peasso, Edoardo, Favale, Cesare, Poletto, Carl, Margaria, Maura, Sanino, Francesco, Violi, Ludovica, Perri, Luigina, Guasti, Luana, Castiglioni, Andrea, Maresca, Alessandro, Squizzato, Leonardo, Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Roberto Davide Diprizio, Marco, Bertolotti, Chiara, Mussi, Giulia, Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Alessio, Greco, Angela, Sciacqua, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Riccardo, Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Alfio, Gennaro, Agostino, Gaudio, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Carlo, Vigorito, Antonio, Cittadini, Guido, Moreo, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Roberta, Gonella, Domenico, Cerminara, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristiana, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Alessandro, Cavarape, Andea Da Porto, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Margherita, Grossi, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Giulia, Costanzo, Giacomo, Argiolas, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Francesco, Corica, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Federica, Bellone, Concetto, Principato, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Giandomenico Nigro Imperiale, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Mattia, Bellan, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Federico, Napoli, Italia, Aiello, Raffaele, Landolfi, Massimo, Montalto, Antonio, Mirijello, Silvia, Ghidoni, Teresa, Salvatore, Lucio, Monaco, Carmen, Ricozzi, Alberto, Pilotto, Ilaria, Indiano, Federica, Gandolfo., Arcoraci V., Barbieri M.A., Rottura M., Nobili A., Natoli G., Argano C., Squadrito G., Squadrito F., and Corrao S.

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, appropriateness of prescription, prescribing patterns, Renal function, Context (language use), RM1-950, Logistic regression, NO, chemistry.chemical_compound, older patient, Internal medicine, hospital setting, medicine, Pharmacology (medical), LS4_4, Medical prescription, prescribing pattern, appropriateness of prescriptions, chronic kidney disease, hospital setting, older patients, prescribing patterns, real-world data, Original Research, Pharmacology, Creatinine, real-world data, business.industry, Retrospective cohort study, medicine.disease, older patients, appropriateness of prescriptions, chronic kidney disease, chemistry, Observational study, Therapeutics. Pharmacology, business, Kidney disease
Abstract

Aging with multimorbidity and polytherapy are the most significant factors that could led to inappropriate prescribing of contraindicated medications in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the prescriptions of contraindicated drugs in older adults in CKD and to identify their associated factors in a hospital context. An observational retrospective study was carried out considering all patients ≥65 years with at least one serum creatinine value recorded into the REPOSI register into 2010–2016 period. The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was applied to identify CKD. A descriptive analysis was performed to compare demographic and clinical characteristics; logistic regression models were used to estimate factors of inappropriate and percentage changes of drug use during hospitalization. A total of 4,713 hospitalized patients were recorded, of which 49.8% had an eGFR 2; the 21.9% were in treatment with at least one inappropriate drug at the time of hospital admission with a decrease of 3.0% at discharge (p = 0.010). The probability of using at least one contraindicated drug was significantly higher in patients treated with more several drugs (OR 1.21, 95% CI 1.16–1.25, p p < 0.001; G5: 19.38, 11.51–32.64, p < 0.001). Low-dose acetylsalicylic acid was the contraindicated drug mainly used at the time of admission, reducing 1.2% at discharge. An overall increase in therapeutic appropriateness in hospitalized older patients with CKD was observed, despite a small percentage of therapeutic inappropriateness at discharge that underlines the need for a closer collaboration with the pharmacologist to improve the drug management.

Published
2021

16. Increased CD4/CD8 ratio as a risk factor for critical illness in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a retrospective multicentre study

Author

Stefania Di Martino, Roberto Tarquini, Lorenzo Roberto Suardi, Annarita Botta, Simone Meini, Pierluigi Blanc, Francesco Cei, Alice Valoriani, Sara Esperti, Fiorella Piani, Filippo Baragli, Elisa Grifoni, Carlo Pallotto, Elena Salomoni, and Eleonora Sisti

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), education, 030106 microbiology, MEDLINE, CD4-CD8 Ratio, medicine.disease_cause, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Risk factor, Coronavirus, General Immunology and Microbiology, business.industry, Retrospective cohort study, General Medicine, medicine.disease, humanities, Pneumonia, Infectious Diseases, Critical illness, business
Abstract

To the Editor,A recent report in this journal described the clinical expression of COVID-19 [1] with an emphasis on complications. Cardiac complications were found to be important and, moreover, se...

Published
2020

17. Predictors of poor outcome in tocilizumab treated patients with Sars-CoV-2 related severe respiratory failure: A multicentre real world study

Author

Luca Masotti, Giancarlo Landini, Grazia Panigada, Elisa Grifoni, Roberto Tarquini, Francesco Cei, Barbara Maria Angela Cimolato, Vieri Vannucchi, Massimo Di Pietro, Fiorella Piani, Alberto Fortini, Antonio Faraone, Gabriele Nenci, Franco Cipollini, Pierluigi Blanc, Pamela Lotti, Massimo Di Natale, Filippo Risaliti, Donatella Aquilini, Cristiana Seravalle, Andrea Bribani, Alessandro Farsi, Irene Micheletti, Elisa Cioni, Giulia Pelagalli, Chiara Mattaliano, Gabriele Pinto, Elisa Maria Madonia, Irene Sivieri, Marianna Mannini, Alice Valoriani, Simona Brancati, Matteo Rosselli, Eleonora Pavone, Maria Chiara Burla, and Alessandro Sergi

Subjects
Male, Pharmacology, SARS-CoV-2, Immunology, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Female, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Respiratory Insufficiency, Procalcitonin, Aged, Retrospective Studies, COVID-19 Drug Treatment
Abstract

Despite Tocilizumab is now recognized as a concrete therapeutic option in patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 related respiratory failure, literature lacks about factors influencing the response to it in this context. Therefore, the aim of our study was to provide evidence about predictors of poor outcome in Tocilizumab treated patients in the real-world practice.We retrospectively analyzed clinical, laboratory and chest computer tomography (CCT) data of patients firstly admitted in non Intensive Care Units (ICU) and suffering from severe respiratory failure, who were treated with the IL-6 antagonist Tocilizumab. We compared patients who died and/or required admission to ICU with oro-tracheal intubation (OTI) with those who did not.Two hundreds and eighty-seven patients (29.9% females) with mean age ± SD 64.1 ± 12.6 years were the study population. In-hospital mortality was 18.8%, while the composite endpoint in-hospital mortality and/or ICU admission with OTI occurred in 23.7%. At univariate analysis, patients who died and/or were admitted to ICU with OTI were significantly older and co-morbid, had significantly higher values of creatinine, C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin and lower lymphocytes count, PaO2/FiO2 ratio (P/F) and room air pulsossimetry oxygen saturation (RAOTocilizumab has shown to improve outcome in patients with severe respiratory failure associated to SARS-CoV-2 related pneumonia. In our multicentre study focusing on Tocilizumab treated severe COVID-19 patients, age ≥ 65 years, procalcitonin ≥ 0.14 ng/mL, RAO

Published
2022

18. Renal Function, Cardiovascular Diseases, Appropriateness of Drug Prescription and Outcomes in Hospitalized Older Patients

Author

Antonietta, Gigante, Marco, Proietti, Enrico, Petrillo, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Alessandro, Nobili, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Antonello, Pietrangelo, Francesco, Perticone, Francesco, Violi, Gino Roberto Corazza, Salvatore, Corrao, Alessandra, Marengoni, Francesco, Salerno, Matteo, Cesari, Mauro, Tettamanti, Luca, Pasina, Carlotta, Franchi, Laura, Cortesi, Gabriella, Miglio, Ilaria, Ardoino, Alessio, Novella, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Irene, Mattioli, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Giacomo, Bartelloni, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Graziana, Lupattelli, Vanessa, Bianconi, Riccardo, Alcidi, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Vincenza, Beneduce, Federica, Cacioppo, Giuseppe, Natoli, Salvatore, Mularo, Massimo, Raspanti, Marco, Zoli, Maria Laura Matacena, Giuseppe, Orio, Eleonora, Magnolfi, Giovanni, Serafini, Angelo, Simili, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Giovanna, Fabio, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah, Damanti, Marta, Clerici, Simona, Leoni, Alessandra Danuta Di Mauro, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Giovanna, Leoncini, Luigi, Anastasio, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Alessandro, Delitala, Alessio, Molfino, Antonella, Giorgi, Christian, Gracian, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D’Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Andrea, Volpini, Daniela, Lucente, Antonio, Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo, Gallo, Giorgio, Annoni, Maurizio, Corsi, Giuseppe, Bellelli, Alessandra, Bonfanti, Franco, Arturi, Elena, Succurro, Bruno, Tassone, Federica, Giofrè, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Antonio, Brucato, Teresa De Falco, Fabrizio, Fabris, Irene, Bertozzi, Giulia, Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Tancredi, Prandini, Manfredini, Roberto, Fabbian, Fabio, Boari, Benedetta, DE GIORGI, Alfredo, Ruana, Tiseo, Giuseppe, Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudia, Catalano, Claudio, Borghi, Enrico, Strocchi, Eugenia, Ianniello, Mario, Soldati, Silvia, Schiavone, Alessio, Bragagni, Carlo, Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia, Suppressa, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio, Comitangelo, Emanuele, Amoruso, Carlo, Custodero, Luigi, Fenoglio, Andrea, Falcetta, Fracanzani, Anna L., Silvia, Tiraboschi, Annalisa, Cespiati, Giovanna, Oberti, Giordano, Sigon, Flora, Peyvandi, Raffaella, Rossio, Giulia, Colombo, Pasquale, Agosti, Valter, Monzani, Valeria, Savojardo, Giuliana, Ceriani, Giada, Pallini, Fabrizio, Montecucco, Luciano, Ottonello, Lara, Caserza, Giulia, Vischi, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana, Tognin, Francesco, Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore, Piro, Renzo, Rozzini, Lina, Falanga, Maria Stella Pisciotta, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Stefano, Buffelli, Giuseppe, Montrucchio, Paolo, Peasso, Edoardo, Favale, Cesare, Poletto, Carl, Margaria, Maura, Sanino, Ludovica, Perri, Luigina, Guasti, Luana, Castiglioni, Andrea, Maresca, Alessandro, Squizzato, Leonardo, Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Roberto Davide Diprizio, Marco, Bertolotti, Chiara, Mussi, Giulia, Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Marco, Filice, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Alfio, Gennaro, Agostino, Gaudio, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Carlo, Vigorito, Antonio, Cittadini, Guido, Moreo, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristiana, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Alessandro, Cavarape, Andea Da Porto, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Margherita, Grossi, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Giulia, Costanzo, Giacomo, Argiolas, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Francesco, Corica, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Federica, Bellone, Concetto, Principato, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Giandomenico Nigro Imperiale, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Mattia, Bellan, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Federico, Napoli, Italia, Aiello, Raffaele, Landolfi, Massimo, Montalto, Antonio, Mirijello, Silvia, Ghidoni, Teresa, Salvatore, Lucio, Monaco, Carmen, Ricozzi, Alberto, Pilotto, Ilaria, Indiano, and Federica, Gandolfo.

Subjects
Drug, medicine.medical_specialty, Hospitalized patients, media_common.quotation_subject, Renal function, Socio-culturale, Kidney, Kidney Function Tests, Drug Prescriptions, Older patients, PEOPLE, Internal medicine, Atrial Fibrillation, Humans, Medicine, Pharmacology (medical), LS4_4, Medical prescription, Aged, media_common, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, POLYPHARMACY, FRAILTY POPULATION, PEOPLE, ADULTS, DEATH, business.industry, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, FRAILTY POPULATION, DEATH, ADULTS, Cardiovascular Diseases, Observational study, POLYPHARMACY, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business
Abstract

Reduced estimated creatinine clearance (eCrCl) is prevalent in older patients and impacts on drug prescription. In this study, the burden of eCrCl reduction and its associated factors and impact on outcomes were analyzed. Moreover, the rate of inappropriate drug prescription according to eCrCl and its impact on outcomes were described.Data were obtained from "REgistro POliterapie SIMI" (REPOSI), a prospective observational register enrolling hospitalized patients aged ≥ 65 years. Patients enrolled from 2010-2016 with available data to calculate eCrCl according to the Cockcroft-Gault formula were included in this analysis.A total of 5046 patients were available for analysis. Among these, we found an eCrCl of 45-59 mL/min in 1163 patients (23.0%), an eCrCl of 30-44 mL/min in 1128 (22.4%), an eCrCl of 15-29 mL/min in 702 (13.9%), and an eCrCl 15 mL/min in 152 (3.0%), with several clinical factors associated with decreasing eCrCl. During follow-up, a progressively higher risk for all-cause death, cardiovascular (CV) death, any death/re-hospitalization, and CV death/re-hospitalization was found across the renal function classes. Among patients with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, and heart failure, 476 (10.9%) were inappropriately prescribed medications according to eCrCl. During follow-up, inappropriate prescription was associated with increased risk of all-cause death (odds ratio [OR] 1.49, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13-1.97) and any death/re-hospitalization (OR 1.30, 95% CI 1.03-1.63).In older hospitalized patients, impaired eCrCl is prevalent and associated with several factors, polypharmacy in particular. Patients with reduced eCrCl have a higher risk of major clinical outcomes, and 10% of them are prescribed an inappropriate drug, with a higher risk for major clinical outcomes.

Published
2021

19. What changed in the Italian internal medicine and geriatric wards during the lockdown

Author

M. C. Nava, Ligia J. Dominguez, F. Giofre, S. Dassi, Stella Provini, Roberto Castello, Maria Elena Pipita, Raffaele Landolfi, I. Indiano, S. Schiavone, Renzo Rozzini, Matteo G. Della Porta, A. Cespiati, F. Perticone, G. Bartelloni, Miriam Gino, Maurizio Corsi, Lina Falanga, R. Di Quattro, G. Orio, Salvatore Piro, Antonio Mirijello, Alessio Molfino, L. Biondi, Leonardo A. Sechi, Luciano Ottonello, Marco Bertolotti, C. Sidoli, G. Colombo, C. Bussolino, A. Delitala, P. M. Mannucci, Luigina Guasti, Antonio Nouvenne, Marta Di Pasquale, P. Peasso, E. Favale, A. Volpini, Giulia Costanzo, C. Margaria, S. Morganti, Guido Moreo, F. Nasso, S. Dolenti, Enrico Strocchi, Laura Stefani, Cristian Petri, M. M. De Amicis, Maria Domenica Cappellini, E. Magnolfi, G. Principato, Fabio Fabbian, G. D'Aurizio, M. V. Libbra, Fabrizio Fabris, Michela Zanetti, P. Tarsitani, V. Piccinelli, R. Caruso, Andrea Artoni, G. Argiolas, A. D. Di Mauro, C. Custodero, Angela Sciacqua, Gabriella Gruden, Anna Ludovica Fracanzani, A. Falcetta, M. L. Matacena, E. Ianniello, G. Bogoni, M. Soldati, P. Agosti, Patrizia Mecocci, Benedetta Marigliano, Chiara Lonati, Luca Zanoli, Massimo Raspanti, F. Gandolfo, C. Catena, Paolo Rossi, Francesco Salerno, Carlotta Franchi, A. Gennaro, P. Bocchi, Elena Silvestri, R. Leonardi, Raffaella Rossio, M. Vanoli, V. Gioffre, L. Fondrieschi, B. D'Avanzo, N. Scaramellini, S. Del Giacco, A. da Porto, G. Serafini, I. Rossi, Giuseppe Palasciano, R. Gonella, Alice Valoriani, Antonella Afeltra, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, C. Antonucci, Giorgio Galanti, F. Montecucco, I. Aiello, Giuseppe Natoli, Antonio Brucato, C. Di Gennaro, Marco Zoli, Teresa Salvatore, Maria Ester Modeo, Mosè Bartone, Ilaria Ardoino, Flora Peyvandi, E. Simeone, Y. Grassi, Paolo Gallo, S. Leoni, S. Buffelli, Giacomo Emmi, Antonio Cittadini, Maria Teresa Guagnano, F. Corica, Giorgio Basile, G. Oberti, Giulia Grignani, G. Vannini, B. Graziella, A De Giorgi, Roberto Tarquini, G. M. De Vincenzo, M. Fogliati, G. Famularo, Antonio Picardi, Chiara Mussi, Andrea Maria Maresca, M. Pisati, Silvia Prolo, Domenico Girelli, Maurizio Muscaritoli, E. Amoruso, Silvia Ghidoni, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Caterina Mengoli, Vanessa Bianconi, Carlo Vigorito, M. Galassi, A. Di Pino, M. Bellan, M. Girino, F. Bellone, V. Beccati, Luigi Anastasio, Laura Cortesi, M. Mattioli, Giuseppe Montalto, Gino Roberto Corazza, S. Fragapani, M. V. Rabuini, Pietro Minuz, Lara Caserza, R. Battaglia, F. Cacioppo, D. Cerminara, S. Di Marca, Gian Paolo Ceda, V. Beneduce, A. Ballestrero, Giuseppe Montrucchio, G. De Luca, G. P. Fra, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Raffaele Maio, A. Cavarape, N. Passariello, F. Berti, Patrizia Suppressa, Benedetta Stancanelli, A. Giorgi, Marta Rizzo, L. Colangelo, Massimo Montalto, A. Pilotto, Anna Licata, Francesco Violi, M. S. Pisciotta, Maria Perticone, Giuseppe Zuccalà, Virginia Boccardi, L. Ricevuti, Alessandra Marengoni, Giuseppe Romanelli, V. Saracco, Paola Riva, Giuseppe Paolisso, Alessandro Nobili, Francesco Saverio Vella, S. Tiraboschi, G. Pallini, G. Vischi, Nicola Lucio Liberato, R. Tiseo, Valter Monzani, Marcello Maggio, G. Damiani, G. Leoncini, M. Sanino, M. Cesari, Luana Castiglioni, G. Miglio, Luciano Rinaldi, M. Cilli, T. de Falco, C. Ricozzi, F. Tolloso, R. D. Diprizio, M. Berria, S. Mularo, A. Comitangelo, Carmelinda Ruggiero, Eugenio Ruggeri, Claudio Borghi, Tiziana Tognin, Antonino Catalano, A. Simili, Agostino Gaudio, Mario Barbagallo, Emanuela Miceli, Luca Pasina, A. Vignali, Alessandro Salvi, Giuseppe Delitala, Elena Succurro, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Alessio Novella, Sergio Harari, D. Sola, A. Dal Col, A. Di Sabatino, F. Ferrando, Enrico Petrillo, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Andrea Ticinesi, L. La Malfa, Davide Firinu, Franco Arturi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Lorenzo Malatino, Alessandra Bettiol, Valeria Savojardo, Francesca Mete, R. Quadri, Mancuso G, G. Pina, C. Poletto, G. Colussi, Sarah Damanti, Ginevra De Marchi, Graziana Lupattelli, Mario Pirisi, Pietro Castellino, A. Greco, Marta Clerici, Michela Novelli, Giulia Lancellotti, R. Volpi, R. Scurti, T. Prandini, Marco Carbone, E.A. Pulixi, Gianni Biolo, S. del Vecchio, W. Capeci, Tiziana Meschi, Luigi Fenoglio, Giovanna Fabio, R. Ghio, Francesco Cipollone, Leonardo Campiotti, G. P. Martino, Michela Pasino, Maria Grazia Serra, A. Bragagni, Roberto Pontremoli, Salvatore Corrao, Mauro Tettamanti, C. Catalano, L. Monaco, S. Berra, Alice Grossi, Giuseppe Bellelli, G. N. Imperiale, C. Principato, Gabriele Mascherini, E. Larovere, A. Pietrangelo, Giancarlo Labbadia, Fabiana Busti, I. Bertozzi, F. Napoli, Domenico Prisco, G. Nobili, Carlo Sabbà, Francesco Purrello, P. Pettinari, B. Tassone, G. Ceriani, G. Scanzi, S. Baldassarre, I. Mattioli, G. Sigon, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Alessandro Squizzato, C. Gracin, Benedetta Boari, Roberto Manfredini, M. Grossi, Salvatore Minisola, Daniela Calipari, R. Alcidi, D. Lucente, V. Terranova, D'Avanzo B., Nobili A., Tettamanti M., Pasina L., Mannucci P.M., Pietrangelo A., Perticone F., Violi F., Corazza G.R., Corrao S., Marengoni A., Salerno F., Cesari M., Franchi C., Cortesi L., Miglio G., Ardoino I., Novella A., Prisco D., Silvestri E., Emmi G., Bettiol A., Mattioli I., Biolo G., Zanetti M., Bartelloni G., Vanoli M., Grignani G., Pulixi E.A., Lupattelli G., Bianconi V., Alcidi R., Girelli D., Busti F., Marchi G., Barbagallo M., Dominguez L., Beneduce V., Cacioppo F., Natoli G., Mularo S., Raspanti M., Zoli M., Matacena M.L., Orio G., Magnolfi E., Serafini G., Simili A., Palasciano G., Modeo M.E., Di Gennaro C., Cappellini M.D., Fabio G., de Amicis M.M., de Luca G., Scaramellini N., Rossi P.D., Damanti S., Clerici M., Leoni S., Di Mauro A.D., Di Sabatino A., Miceli E., Lenti M.V., Pisati M., Dominioni C.C., Pontremoli R., Beccati V., Nobili G., Leoncini G., Anastasio L., Carbone M., Cipollone F., Guagnano M.T., Rossi I., Mancuso G., Calipari D., Bartone M., Delitala G., Berria M., Delitala A., Muscaritoli M., Molfino A., Petrillo E., Giorgi A., Gracin C., Zuccala G., D'Aurizio G., Romanelli G., Volpini A., Lucente D., Picardi A., Gentilucci U.V., Gallo P., Bellelli G., Corsi M., Antonucci C., Sidoli C., Principato G., Arturi F., Succurro E., Tassone B., Giofre F., Serra M.G., Bleve M.A., Brucato A., de Falco T., Fabris F., Bertozzi I., Bogoni G., Rabuini M.V., Prandini T., Manfredini R., Fabbian F., Boari B., de Giorgi A., Tiseo R., Paolisso G., Rizzo M.R., Catalano C., Borghi C., Strocchi E., Ianniello E., Soldati M., Schiavone S., Bragagni A., Sabba C., Vella F.S., Suppressa P., de Vincenzo G.M., Comitangelo A., Amoruso E., Custodero C., Fenoglio L., Falcetta A., Fracanzani A.L., Tiraboschi S., Cespiati A., Oberti G., Sigon G., Peyvandi F., Rossio R., Colombo G., Agosti P., Monzani V., Savojardo V., Ceriani G., Pallini G., Montecucco F., Ottonello L., Caserza L., Vischi G., Liberato N.L., Tognin T., Purrello F., Di Pino A., Piro S., Rozzini R., Falanga L., Pisciotta M.S., Bellucci F.B., Buffelli S., Montrucchio G., Peasso P., Favale E., Poletto C., Margaria C., Sanino M., Guasti L., Castiglioni L., Maresca A., Squizzato A., Campiotti L., Grossi A., Diprizio R.D., Bertolotti M., Mussi C., Lancellotti G., Libbra M.V., Galassi M., Grassi Y., Greco A., Sciacqua A., Perticone M., Battaglia R., Maio R., Stanghellini V., Ruggeri E., del Vecchio S., Salvi A., Leonardi R., Damiani G., Capeci W., Mattioli M., Martino G.P., Biondi L., Pettinari P., Ghio R., Dal Col A., Minisola S., Colangelo L., Cilli M., Labbadia G., Afeltra A., Marigliano B., Pipita M.E., Castellino P., Zanoli L., Gennaro A., Gaudio A., Saracco V., Fogliati M., Bussolino C., Mete F., Gino M., Vigorito C., Cittadini A., Moreo G., Prolo S., Pina G., Ballestrero A., Ferrando F., Gonella R., Cerminara D., Berra S., Dassi S., Nava M.C., Graziella B., Baldassarre S., Fragapani S., Gruden G., Galanti G., Mascherini G., Petri C., Stefani L., Girino M., Piccinelli V., Nasso F., Gioffre V., Pasquale M., Sechi L., Catena C., Colussi G., Cavarape A., da Porto A., Passariello N., Rinaldi L., Berti F., Famularo G., Tarsitani P., Castello R., Pasino M., Ceda G.P., Maggio M.G., Morganti S., Artoni A., Grossi M., Del Giacco S., Firinu D., Costanzo G., Argiolas G., Montalto G., Licata A., Montalto F.A., Corica F., Basile G., Catalano A., Bellone F., Principato C., Malatino L., Stancanelli B., Terranova V., Di Marca S., Di Quattro R., la Malfa L., Caruso R., Mecocci P., Ruggiero C., Boccardi V., Meschi T., Ticinesi A., Nouvenne A., Minuz P., Fondrieschi L., Imperiale G.N., Pirisi M., Fra G.P., Sola D., Bellan M., Porta M., Riva P., Quadri R., Larovere E., Novelli M., Scanzi G., Mengoli C., Provini S., Ricevuti L., Simeone E., Scurti R., Tolloso F., Tarquini R., Valoriani A., Dolenti S., Vannini G., Volpi R., Bocchi P., Vignali A., Harari S., Lonati C., Napoli F., Aiello I., Landolfi R., Montalto M., Mirijello A., Ghidoni S., Salvatore T., Monaco L., Ricozzi C., Pilotto A., Indiano I., Gandolfo F., D'Avanzo, B, Nobili, A, Tettamanti, M, Pasina, L, Mannucci, P, Bellelli, G, D'Avanzo, B., Nobili, A., Tettamanti, M., Pasina, L., Mannucci, P. M., Pietrangelo, A., Perticone, F., Violi, F., Corazza, G. R., Corrao, S., Marengoni, A., Salerno, F., Cesari, M., Franchi, C., Cortesi, L., Miglio, G., Ardoino, I., Novella, A., Prisco, D., Silvestri, E., Emmi, G., Bettiol, A., Mattioli, I., Biolo, G., Zanetti, M., Bartelloni, G., Vanoli, M., Grignani, G., Pulixi, E. A., Lupattelli, G., Bianconi, V., Alcidi, R., Girelli, D., Busti, F., Marchi, G., Barbagallo, M., Dominguez, L., Beneduce, V., Cacioppo, F., Natoli, G., Mularo, S., Raspanti, M., Zoli, M., Matacena, M. L., Orio, G., Magnolfi, E., Serafini, G., Simili, A., Palasciano, G., Modeo, M. E., Di Gennaro, C., Cappellini, M. D., Fabio, G., de Amicis, M. M., de Luca, G., Scaramellini, N., Rossi, P. D., Damanti, S., Clerici, M., Leoni, S., Di Mauro, A. D., Di Sabatino, A., Miceli, E., Lenti, M. V., Pisati, M., Dominioni, C. C., Pontremoli, R., Beccati, V., Nobili, G., Leoncini, G., Anastasio, L., Carbone, M., Cipollone, F., Guagnano, M. T., Rossi, I., Mancuso, G., Calipari, D., Bartone, M., Delitala, G., Berria, M., Delitala, A., Muscaritoli, M., Molfino, A., Petrillo, E., Giorgi, A., Gracin, C., Zuccala, G., D'Aurizio, G., Romanelli, G., Volpini, A., Lucente, D., Picardi, A., Gentilucci, U. V., Gallo, P., Bellelli, G., Corsi, M., Antonucci, C., Sidoli, C., Principato, G., Arturi, F., Succurro, E., Tassone, B., Giofre, F., Serra, M. G., Bleve, M. A., Brucato, A., de Falco, T., Fabris, F., Bertozzi, I., Bogoni, G., Rabuini, M. V., Prandini, T., Manfredini, R., Fabbian, F., Boari, B., de Giorgi, A., Tiseo, R., Paolisso, G., Rizzo, M. R., Catalano, C., Borghi, C., Strocchi, E., Ianniello, E., Soldati, M., Schiavone, S., Bragagni, A., Sabba, C., Vella, F. S., Suppressa, P., de Vincenzo, G. M., Comitangelo, A., Amoruso, E., Custodero, C., Fenoglio, L., Falcetta, A., Fracanzani, A. L., Tiraboschi, S., Cespiati, A., Oberti, G., Sigon, G., Peyvandi, F., Rossio, R., Colombo, G., Agosti, P., Monzani, V., Savojardo, V., Ceriani, G., Pallini, G., Montecucco, F., Ottonello, L., Caserza, L., Vischi, G., Liberato, N. L., Tognin, T., Purrello, F., Di Pino, A., Piro, S., Rozzini, R., Falanga, L., Pisciotta, M. S., Bellucci, F. B., Buffelli, S., Montrucchio, G., Peasso, P., Favale, E., Poletto, C., Margaria, C., Sanino, M., Guasti, L., Castiglioni, L., Maresca, A., Squizzato, A., Campiotti, L., Grossi, A., Diprizio, R. D., Bertolotti, M., Mussi, C., Lancellotti, G., Libbra, M. V., Galassi, M., Grassi, Y., Greco, A., Sciacqua, A., Perticone, M., Battaglia, R., Maio, R., Stanghellini, V., Ruggeri, E., del Vecchio, S., Salvi, A., Leonardi, R., Damiani, G., Capeci, W., Mattioli, M., Martino, G. P., Biondi, L., Pettinari, P., Ghio, R., Dal Col, A., Minisola, S., Colangelo, L., Cilli, M., Labbadia, G., Afeltra, A., Marigliano, B., Pipita, M. E., Castellino, P., Zanoli, L., Gennaro, A., Gaudio, A., Saracco, V., Fogliati, M., Bussolino, C., Mete, F., Gino, M., Vigorito, C., Cittadini, A., Moreo, G., Prolo, S., Pina, G., Ballestrero, A., Ferrando, F., Gonella, R., Cerminara, D., Berra, S., Dassi, S., Nava, M. C., Graziella, B., Baldassarre, S., Fragapani, S., Gruden, G., Galanti, G., Mascherini, G., Petri, C., Stefani, L., Girino, M., Piccinelli, V., Nasso, F., Gioffre, V., Pasquale, M., Sechi, L., Catena, C., Colussi, G., Cavarape, A., da Porto, A., Passariello, N., Rinaldi, L., Berti, F., Famularo, G., Tarsitani, P., Castello, R., Pasino, M., Ceda, G. P., Maggio, M. G., Morganti, S., Artoni, A., Grossi, M., Del Giacco, S., Firinu, D., Costanzo, G., Argiolas, G., Montalto, G., Licata, A., Montalto, F. A., Corica, F., Basile, G., Catalano, A., Bellone, F., Principato, C., Malatino, L., Stancanelli, B., Terranova, V., Di Marca, S., Di Quattro, R., la Malfa, L., Caruso, R., Mecocci, P., Ruggiero, C., Boccardi, V., Meschi, T., Ticinesi, A., Nouvenne, A., Minuz, P., Fondrieschi, L., Imperiale, G. N., Pirisi, M., Fra, G. P., Sola, D., Bellan, M., Porta, M., Riva, P., Quadri, R., Larovere, E., Novelli, M., Scanzi, G., Mengoli, C., Provini, S., Ricevuti, L., Simeone, E., Scurti, R., Tolloso, F., Tarquini, R., Valoriani, A., Dolenti, S., Vannini, G., Volpi, R., Bocchi, P., Vignali, A., Harari, S., Lonati, C., Napoli, F., Aiello, I., Landolfi, R., Montalto, M., Mirijello, A., Ghidoni, S., Salvatore, T., Monaco, L., Ricozzi, C., Pilotto, A., Indiano, I., and Gandolfo, F.

Subjects
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Aged, Humans, Italy, Hospitals, Internal Medicine, MEDLINE, geriatric, Socio-culturale, law.invention, lockdown, Hospital, Patient Transport, law, Pandemic, Hospital discharge, medicine, Aged, Hospitals, Humans, Internal Medicine, Italy, Letter to the Editor, Internal medicine, LS7_9, business.industry, geriatric patients, medicine.disease, Intensive care unit, Internal medicine, geriatric patients, lockdown, covid-19, covid-19, Medical emergency, business, Human
Abstract

A total of 48 internal medicine or geriatric wards among the 93 adhering to the register REPOSI answered an online questionnaire aimed to investigate the characteristics and activities of converted and non-converted wards in the crucial period of the first wave of the epidemic, 22 February-4 May 2020

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2021

20. Initiation of Psycholeptic Medication During Hospitalization With Recommendation for Discontinuation After Discharge

Author

Federica, Conti, Dario, Consonni, Sarah, Damanti, Alessandro, Nobili, Luca, Pasina, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Matteo, Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Irene, Mattioli, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Giacomo, Bartelloni, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Graziana, Lupattelli, Vanessa, Bianconi, Riccardo, Alcidi, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Vincenza, Beneduce, Federica, Cacioppo, Salvatore, Corrao, Giuseppe, Natoli, Salvatore, Mularo, Massimo, Raspanti, Marco, Zoli, Maria Laura Matacena, Giuseppe, Orio, Eleonora, Magnolfi, Giovanni, Serafini, Angelo, Simili, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Giovanna, Fabio, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Marta, Clerici, Simona, Leoni, Alessandra Danuta Di Mauro, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Giovanna, Leoncini, Luigi, Anastasio, Lucia, Sofia, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Alessandro, Delitala, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Alessio, Molfino, Enrico, Petrillo, Antonella, Giorgi, Christian, Gracin, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D'Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Alessandra, Marengoni, Andrea, Volpini, Daniela, Lucente, Antonio, Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo, Gallo, Giuseppe, Bellelli, Maurizio, Corsi, Cesare, Antonucci, Chiara, Sidoli, Giulia, Principato, Franco, Arturi, Elena, Succurro, Bruno, Tassone, Federica, Giofrè, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Antonio, Brucato, Teresa De Falco, Fabrizio, Fabris, Irene, Bertozzi, Giulia, Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Tancredi, Prandini, Manfredini, Roberto, Fabbian, Fabio, Benedetta, Boari, DE GIORGI, Alfredo, Ruana, Tiseo, Giuseppe, Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudia, Catalano, Claudio, Borghi, Enrico, Strocchi, Eugenia, Ianniello, Mario, Soldati, Silvia, Schiavone, Alessio, Bragagni, Carlo, Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia, Suppressa, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio, Comitangelo, Emanuele, Amoruso, Carlo, Custodero, Luigi, Fenoglio, Andrea, Falcetta, Fracanzani, Anna L., Silvia, Tiraboschi, Annalisa, Cespiati, Giovanna, Oberti, Giordano, Sigon, Flora, Peyvandi, Raffaella, Rossio, Giulia, Colombo, Pasquale, Agosti, Valter, Monzani, Valeria, Savojardo, Giuliana, Ceriani, Francesco, Salerno, Giada, Pallini, Fabrizio, Montecucco, Luciano, Ottonello, Lara, Caserza, Giulia, Vischi, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana, Tognin, Francesco, Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore, Piro, Renzo, Rozzini, Lina, Falanga, Maria Stella Pisciotta, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Stefano, Buffelli, Giuseppe, Montrucchio, Paolo, Peasso, Edoardo, Favale, Cesare, Poletto, Carl, Margaria, Maura, Sanino, Francesco, Violi, Ludovica, Perri, Luigina, Guasti, Luana, Castiglioni, Andrea, Maresca, Alessandro, Squizzato, Leonardo, Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Roberto Davide Diprizio, Marco, Bertolotti, Chiara, Mussi, Giulia, Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Alessio, Greco, Angela, Sciacqua, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Riccardo, Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Alfio, Gennaro, Agostino, Gaudio, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Carlo, Vigorito, Antonio, Cittadini, Guido, Moreo, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Roberta, Gonella, Domenico, Cerminara, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristiana, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Alessandro, Cavarape, Andea Da Porto, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Margherita, Grossi, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Giulia, Costanzo, Giacomo, Argiolas, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Francesco, Corica, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Federica, Bellone, Concetto, Principato, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Giandomenico Nigro Imperiale, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Mattia, Bellan, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Federico, Napoli, Italia, Aiello, Raffaele, Landolfi, Massimo, Montalto, Antonio, Mirijello, Maria Angela Iseni, Silvia, Ghidoni, Teresa, Salvatore, Lucio, Monaco, Carmen, Ricozzi, Alberto, Pilotto, Ilaria, Indiano, and Federica, Gandolfo.

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medicine.medical_specialty, Socio-culturale, Psycholeptic, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, delirium, deprescribing, medicine, Psycholeptics, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, LS4_4, Medical prescription, Cognitive decline, Risk factor, General Nursing, Aged, Retrospective Studies, business.industry, Health Policy, Retrospective cohort study, General Medicine, Length of Stay, Psycholeptics, delirium, dementia, deprescribing, hospitalization, older patients, older patients, Patient Discharge, Discontinuation, Hospitalization, Italy, Emergency medicine, Delirium, Geriatrics and Gerontology, medicine.symptom, Deprescribing, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, dementia
Abstract

Objectives Psycholeptic drugs have been used in the older population for years, especially to control delirium and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) of dementia. However, data from the literature confirm that the prolonged use of psycholeptics may be responsible for adverse reactions in older patients. The aim of this study was (1) to identify how many patients receive the first prescription of a psycholeptic drug during the hospital stay; (2) to evaluate the main sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of these patients; and (3) to verify if the prescribed psycholeptic drugs are continued after 3 months from the hospital discharge. Design Our retrospective study was based on data from the REPOSI (REgistro POliterapie SIMI) registry, a cohort of older patients hospitalized in internal medicine and geriatric wards throughout Italy from 2010 to 2018. Setting and Participants Patients aged 65 years or older who were not on home therapy with psycholeptic drugs were considered in the analyses. Methods We did both univariate and multivariate analyses in order to find the variables associated independently to an increased risk for first psycholeptic prescription at hospital discharge. Results At hospital discharge, 193 patients (5.8%) out of a total sample of 3322 patients were prescribed at least 1 psycholeptic drug. Cognitive impairment was the main risk factor for the introduction of psycholeptic drugs at discharge. Among them, 89.1% were still on therapy with a psycholeptic drug after 3 months from the hospital discharge. Conclusions and Implications Cognitive impairment represents the main risk factor for psycholeptic initiation in hospitalized older patients. The vast majority of these treatments are chronically continued after the discharge. Therefore, special attention is needed in prescribing psycholeptics at discharge, because their prolonged use may lead to cognitive decline. Moreover, their continued use should be questioned by physicians providing post-acute care, and deprescribing should be considered.

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2021

21. Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs and Associated Outcomes According to Health State Profiles in Hospitalized Older Patients

Author

Carlotta, Franchi, Giulia, Lancellotti, Marco, Bertolotti, Simona Di Salvatore, Alessandro, Nobili, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Chiara, Mussi, Ilaria, Ardoino, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Irene, Mattioli, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Giacomo, Bartelloni, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Graziana, Lupattelli, Vanessa, Bianconi, Riccardo, Alcidi, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Vincenza, Beneduce, Federica, Cacioppo, Salvatore, Corrao, Giuseppe, Natoli, Salvatore, Mularo, Massimo, Raspanti, Marco, Zoli, Maria Laura Matacena, Giuseppe, Orio, Eleonora, Magnolfi, Giovanni, Serafini, Angelo, Simili, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Model, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Giovanna, Fabio, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Matteo, Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah, Damanti, Marta, Clerici, Simona, Leoni, Alessandra Danuta Di Mauro, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Giovanna, Leoncini, Luigi, Anastasio, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Alessandro, Delitala, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Alessio, Molfino, Enrico, Petrillo, Antonella, Giorgi, Christian, Gracin, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D’Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Alessandra, Marengoni, Andrea, Volpini, Daniela, Lucente, Antonio, Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo, Gallo, Giuseppe, Bellelli, Maurizio, Corsi, Cesare, Antonucci, Chiara, Sidoli, Giulia, Principato, Franco, Arturi, Elena, Succurro, Bruno, Tassone, Federica, Giofrè, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Antonio Brucato Teresa De Falco, Fabrizio, Fabris, Irene, Bertozzi, Giulia, Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Tancredi, Prandini, Manfredini, Roberto, Fabbian, Fabio, Benedetta, Boari, DE GIORGI, Alfredo, Ruana, Tiseo, Giuseppe, Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudia, Catalano, Claudio, Borghi, Enrico, Strocchi, Eugenia, Ianniello, Mario, Soldati, Silvia, Schiavone, Alessio, Bragagni, Carlo, Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia, Suppressa, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio, Comitangelo, Emanuele, Amoruso, Carlo, Custodero, Luigi, Fenoglio, Andrea, Falcetta, Fracanzani, Anna L., Silvia, Tiraboschi, Annalisa, Cespiati, Giovanna, Oberti, Giordano, Sigon, Flora, Peyvandi, Raffaella, Rossio, Giulia, Colombo, Pasquale, Agosti, Valter, Monzani, Valeria, Savojardo, Giuliana, Ceriani, Francesco, Salerno, Giada, Pallini, Fabrizio, Montecucco, Luciano, Ottonello, Lara, Caserza, Giulia, Vischi, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana, Tognin, Francesco, Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore, Piro, Renzo, Rozzini, Lina, Falanga, Maria Stella Pisciotta, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Stefano, Buffelli, Giuseppe, Montrucchio, Paolo, Peasso, Edoardo, Favale, Cesare, Poletto, Carl, Margaria, Maura, Sanino, Francesco, Violi, Ludovica, Perri, Luigina, Guasti, Luana, Castiglioni, Andrea, Maresca, Alessandro, Squizzato, Leonardo, Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Roberto Davide Diprizio, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Alessio, Greco, Angela, Sciacqua, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Riccardo, Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Alfio, Gennaro, Agostino, Gaudio, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Carlo, Vigorito, Antonio, Cittadini, Guido, Moreo, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Roberta, Gonella, Domenico, Cerminara, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristiana, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Alessandro, Cavarape, Andea Da Porto, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Margherita, Grossi, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Giulia, Costanzo, Giacomo, Argiolas, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Francesco, Corica, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Federica, Bellone, Concetto, Principato, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Giandomenico Nigro Imperiale, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Mattia, Bellan, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Federico, Napoli, Italia, Aiello, Raffaele, Landolfi, Massimo, Montalto, Antonio, Mirijello, Silvia, Ghidoni, Teresa, Salvatore, Lucio, Monaco, Carmen, Ricozzi, Alberto, Pilotto, Ilaria, Indiano, and Federica, Gandolfo.

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Male, multimorbidity, Health state profile, Frail Elderly, Health Status, Socio-culturale, Comorbidity, statins, Cognition, 80 and over, Prevalence, Humans, LS4_4, polypharmacy, Aged, Hypolipidemic Agents, Retrospective Studies, Original Research, Aged, 80 and over, Frailty, Statins, RC952-954.6, Multimorbidity, health state profile, Lipids, health state profile, multimorbidity, polypharmacy, statins, Hospitalization, Logistic Models, Italy, Socioeconomic Factors, Polypharmacy, Guideline Adherence, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Geriatrics, Clinical Interventions in Aging
Abstract

Carlotta Franchi,1 Giulia Lancellotti,2 Marco Bertolotti,2 Simona Di Salvatore,2 Alessandro Nobili,1 Pier Mannuccio Mannucci,3 Chiara Mussi,2,&ast; Ilaria Ardoino1,&ast; On Behalf of the REPOSI (REgistro POliterapie SIMI and Società Italiana di Medicina Interna) Study Group1Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Milano, Italy; 2Division of Geriatrics, Department of Biomedical, metabolic and Neural Sciences and Center for Gerontological Evaluation and Research, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; 3Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Carlotta FranchiUnit of Pharmacoepidemiological Research in Older People, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, Milano, 20156, ItalyTel +39 02 39014580Fax +39 02 39001916Email carlotta.franchi@marionegri.itObjective: To assess how lipid-lowering drugs (LLDs) are administered in the hospitalized patients aged 65 and older and their association with clinical outcomes according to their health-related profiles.Design: This is a retrospective study based on data from REPOSI (REgistro POliterapie SIMI – Italian Society of Internal Medicine) register, an Italian network of internal medicine hospital wards.Setting and Participants: A total of 4642 patients with a mean age of 79 years enrolled between 2010 and 2018.Methods: Socio-demographic characteristics, functional abilities, cognitive skills, laboratory parameters and comorbidities were used to investigate the health state profiles by using multiple correspondence analysis and clustering. Logistic regression was used to assess whether LLD prescription was associated with patients’ health state profiles and with short-term mortality.Results: Four clusters of patients were identified according to their health state: two of them (Cluster III and IV) were the epitome of frailty conditions with poor short-term outcomes, whereas the others included healthier patients. The average prevalence of LLD use was 27.6%. The lowest prevalence was found among the healthier patients in Cluster I and among the oldest frail patients with severe functional and cognitive impairment in Cluster IV. The highest prevalence was among multimorbid patients in Cluster III (OR=4.50, 95% CI=3.76– 5.38) characterized by a high cardiovascular risk. Being prescribed with LLDs was associated with a lower 3-month mortality, even after adjusting for cluster assignment (OR=0.59; 95% CI = 0.44– 0.80).Conclusion: The prevalence of LLD prescription was low and in overall agreement with guideline recommendations and with respect to patients’ health state profiles.Keywords: statins, health state profile, multimorbidity, polypharmacy

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2021

22. Comparison between drug therapy-based comorbidity indices and the Charlson Comorbidity Index for the detection of severe multimorbidity in older subjects

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Alessio, Novella, Chiara, Elli, Mauro, Tettamanti, Alessandro, Nobili, Aladar, Ianes, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Luca, Pasina, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Irene, Mattioli, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Giacomo, Bartelloni, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Graziana, Lupattelli, Vanessa, Bianconi, Riccardo, Alcidi, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Vincenza, Beneduce, Federica, Cacioppo, Salvatore, Corrao, Giuseppe, Natoli, Salvatore, Mularo, Massimo, Raspanti, Marco, Zoli, Maria Laura Matacena, Giuseppe, Orio, Eleonora, Magnolfi, Giovanni, Serafini, Angelo, Simili, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Giovanna, Fabio, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Matteo, Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah, Damanti, Marta, Clerici, Simona, Leoni, Alessandra Danuta Di Mauro, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Giovanna, Leoncini, Luigi, Anastasio, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Alessandro, Delitala, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Alessio, Molfino, Enrico, Petrillo, Antonella, Giorgi, Christian, Gracian, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D’Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Alessandra, Marengoni, Andrea, Volpini, Daniela, Lucente, Antonio, Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo, Gallo, Giuseppe, Bellelli, Maurizio, Corsi, Cesare, Antonucci, Chiara, Sidoli, Giulia, Principato, Franco, Arturi, Elena, Succurro, Bruno, Tassone, Federica, Giofrè, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Antonio, Brucato, Teresa De Falco, Fabrizio, Fabris, Irene, Bertozzi, Giulia, Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Tancredi, Prandini, Manfredini, Roberto, Fabbian, Fabio, Benedetta, Boari, DE GIORGI, Alfredo, Ruana, Tiseo, Giuseppe, Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudia, Catalano, Claudio, Borghi, Enrico, Strocchi, Eugenia, Ianniello, Mario, Soldati, Silvia, Schiavone, Alessio, Bragagni, Carlo, Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia, Suppressa, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio, Comitangelo, Emanuele, Amoruso, Carlo, Custodero, Luigi, Fenoglio, Andrea, Falcetta, Fracanzani, Anna L., Silvia, Tiraboschi, Annalisa, Cespiati, Giovanna, Oberti, Giordano, Sigon, Flora, Peyvandi, Raffaella, Rossio, Giulia, Colombo, Pasquale, Agosti, Valter, Monzani, Valeria, Savojardo, Giuliana, Ceriani, Francesco, Salerno, Giada, Pallini, Fabrizio, Montecucco, Luciano, Ottonello, Lara, Caserza, Giulia, Vischi, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana, Tognin, Francesco, Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore, Piro, Renzo, Rozzini, Lina, Falanga, Maria Stella Pisciotta, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Stefano, Buffelli, Giuseppe, Montrucchio, Paolo, Peasso, Edoardo, Favale, Cesare, Poletto, Carl, Margaria, Maura, Sanino, Francesco, Violi, Ludovica, Perri, Luigina, Guasti, Luana, Castiglioni, Andrea, Maresca, Alessandro, Squizzato, Leonardo, Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Roberto Davide Diprizio, Marco, Bertolotti, Chiara, Mussi, Giulia, Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Alessio, Greco, Angela, Sciacqua, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Riccardo, Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Alfio, Gennaro, Agostino, Gaudio, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Carlo, Vigorito, Antonio, Cittadini, Guido, Moreo, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Roberta, Gonella, Domenico, Cerminara, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristiana, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Alessandro, Cavarape, Andea Da Porto, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Margherita, Grossi, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Giulia, Costanzo, Giacomo, Argiolas, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Francesco, Corica, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Federica, Bellone, Concetto, Principato, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Giandomenico Nigro Imperiale, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Mattia, Bellan, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Federico, Napoli, Italia, Aiello, Raffaele, Landolfi, Massimo, Montalto, Antonio, Mirijello, Silvia, Ghidoni, Teresa, Salvatore, Lucio, Monaco, Carmen, Ricozzi, Alberto, Pilotto, Ilaria, Indiano, Federica, Gandolfo., Novella, A, Elli, C, Tettamanti, M, Nobili, A, Ianes, A, Mannucci, P, Pasina, L, and Bellelli, G

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Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, Comorbidity indices, Socio-culturale, Comorbidity, Logistic regression, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Pharmacotherapy, Internal medicine, Medicine, Humans, LS4_4, 030212 general & internal medicine, Medical prescription, Medical diagnosis, Older adult, Operating characteristic, Disease burden, Aged, Receiver operating characteristic, business.industry, Chronic diseae, Area under the curve, Multimorbidity, medicine.disease, Comorbidity indice, Hospitalization, Italy, Multimorbidiy, Older adults, Chronic Disease, Chronic disease, Comorbidity indices, Multimorbidiy, Older adults, Operating characteristic, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Background: To know burden disease of a patient is a key point for clinical practice and research, especially in the elderly. Charlson’s Comorbidity Index (CCI) is the most widely used rating system, but when diagnoses are not available therapy-based comorbidity indices (TBCI) are an alternative. However, their performance is debated. This study compares the relations between Drug Derived Complexity Index (DDCI), Medicines Comorbidity Index (MCI), Chronic Disease Score (CDS), and severe multimorbidity, according to the CCI classification, in the elderly. Methods: Logistic regression and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis were conducted on two samples from Italy: 2579 nursing home residents (Korian sample) and 7505 older adults admitted acutely to geriatric or internal medicine wards (REPOSI sample). Results: The proportion of subjects with severe comorbidity rose with TBCI score increment, but the Area Under the Curve (AUC) for the CDS (Korian: 0.70, REPOSI: 0.79) and MCI (Korian: 0.69, REPOSI: 0.81) were definitely better than the DDCI (Korian: 0.66, REPOSI: 0.74). All TBCIs showed low Positive Predictive Values (maximum: 0.066 in REPOSI and 0.317 in Korian) for the detection of severe multimorbidity. Conclusion: CDS and MCI were better predictors of severe multimorbidity in older adults than DDCI, according to the CCI classification. A high CCI score was related to a high TBCI. However, the opposite is not necessarily true probably because of non-evidence-based prescriptions or physicians’ prescribing attitudes. TBCIs did not appear selective for detecting of severe multimorbidity, though they could be used as a measure of disease burden, in the absence of other solutions.

Published
2021

23. Interleukin‐6 added to CALL score better predicts the prognosis of COVID‐19 patients

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Federico Moroni, Vieri Vannucchi, Anna Maria Grazia Gelli, Benedetta Ciambotti, Roberto Tarquini, Alice Valoriani, Roberta Lamanna, Giancarlo Landini, Simone Vanni, Luca Masotti, Lorenzo Pelagatti, Francesco Cei, and Elisa Grifoni

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2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, biology, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), business.industry, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Disease progression, MEDLINE, Bioinformatics, Text mining, biology.protein, Internal Medicine, Medicine, Interleukin 6, business
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2020
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24. The CALL Score for Predicting Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19

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Federico Moroni, Giancarlo Landini, Roberto Tarquini, Elisa Grifoni, Alice Valoriani, Luca Masotti, Lorenzo Pelagatti, Francesco Cei, and Vieri Vannucchi

Subjects
Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), MEDLINE, COVID-19, Severity of Illness Index, Hospitalization, Infectious Diseases, Internal medicine, Severity of illness, medicine, Humans, In patient, business
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2020

25. Melatonin and Sirtuins in Buccal Epithelium: Potential Biomarkers of Aging and Age-Related Pathologies

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Khatira Safikhanova, Julia S. Krylova, V. O. Polyakova, I. M. Kvetnoy, Ahmed Gadzhiev, Roberto Tarquini, T. V. Kvetnaia, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Annalucia Carbone, Ekaterina Mironova, Natalia Linkova, and Ulduz Hashimova

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Male, 0301 basic medicine, melatonin, Epithelium, lcsh:Chemistry, 0302 clinical medicine, Sirtuin 1, Sirtuin 3, Gene expression, lcsh:QH301-705.5, Spectroscopy, Aged, 80 and over, Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, medicine.diagnostic_test, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Computer Science Applications, medicine.anatomical_structure, Female, medicine.drug, Adult, SIRT6, medicine.medical_specialty, Cell signaling, arterial hypertension, SIRT3, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Biology, Immunofluorescence, Article, Catalysis, Inorganic Chemistry, Melatonin, 03 medical and health sciences, sirtuins, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Gene, Aged, Organic Chemistry, aging, Mouth Mucosa, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, lcsh:Biology (General), lcsh:QD1-999, Case-Control Studies, Biomarkers, buccal epithelium, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract

Melatonin (MT) and sirtuins (SIRT) are geroprotective molecules that hold back the aging process and the development of age-related diseases, including cardiovascular pathologies. Buccal epithelium (BE) sampling is a non-invasive procedure, yielding highly informative material for evaluating the expression of genes and proteins as well as the synthesis of molecules. Among these, MT and SIRTs are valuable markers of the aging process and age-related pathologies. The purpose of this study was to examine age-related expression patterns of these signaling molecules, in particular MT, SIRT1, SIRT3, and SIRT6 in BE of subjects of different ages with and without arterial hypertension (AH). We used real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunofluorescence analysis by confocal microscopy. We found that MT immunofluorescence intensity in BE decreases with aging, more evidently in AH patients. SIRT3 and SIRT6 genes expression and immunofluorescence intensity in BE was decreased in aging controls. In AH patients, SIRT1, SIRT3, and SIRT6 gene expression and immunofluorescence intensity in BE was decreased in relation to age and in comparison with age-matched controls. In conclusion, the evaluation of MT and sirtuins in BE could provide a non-invasive method for appraising the aging process, also when accompanied by AH.

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2020

26. Interleukin-6 as prognosticator in patients with COVID-19

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Roberta Lamanna, Giancarlo Landini, Simone Vanni, Anna Maria Grazia Gelli, Federico Moroni, Francesco Cei, Alice Valoriani, Benedetta Ciambotti, Vieri Vannucchi, Luca Masotti, Lorenzo Pelagatti, Roberto Tarquini, and Elisa Grifoni

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Microbiology (medical), Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Pneumonia, Viral, Respiratory failure, Article, Betacoronavirus, Pandemic, Medicine, Humans, In patient, Mortality, Interleukin 6, Pandemics, biology, Viral Epidemiology, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, Interleukin-6, COVID-19, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Prognosis, Virology, Pneumonia, Infectious Diseases, biology.protein, business, Coronavirus Infections
Published
2020

27. Pain and Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults

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Ardoino, Ilaria, Franchi, Carlotta, Nobili, Alessandro, Mannucci, Pier Mannuccio, Corli, Oscar, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Alessandro, Nobili, Antonello, Pietrangelo, Francesco, Perticone, Giuseppe, Licata, Francesco, Violi, Gino Roberto Corazza, Salvatore, Corrao, Alessandra, Marengoni, Francesco, Salerno, Matteo, Cesari, Mauro, Tettamanti, Luca, Pasina, Carlotta, Franchi, Laura, Cortesi, Gabriella, Miglio, Ilaria, Ardoino, Alessio, Novella, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Irene, Mattioli, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Giacomo, Bartelloni, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Graziana, Lupattelli, Vanessa, Bianconi, Riccardo, Alcidi, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Vincenza, Beneduce, Federica, Cacioppo, Giuseppe, Natoli, Salvatore, Mularo, Massimo, Raspanti, Marco, Zoli, Maria Laura Matacena, Giuseppe, Orio, Eleonora, Magnolfi, Giovanni, Serafini, Angelo, Simili, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Giovanna, Fabio, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah, Damanti, Marta, Clerici, Simona, Leoni, Alessandra Danuta Di Mauro, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Giovanna, Leoncini, Luigi, Anastasio, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Alessandro, Delitala, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Alessio, Molfino, Enrico, Petrillo, Antonella, Giorgi, Christian, Gracin, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D'Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Andrea, Volpini, Daniela, Lucente, Antonio, Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo, Gallo, Giuseppe, Bellelli, Maurizio, Corsi, Cesare, Antonucci, Chiara, Sidoli, Giulia, Principato, Franco, Arturi, Elena, Succurro, Bruno, Tassone, Federica, Giofrè, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Antonio, Brucato, Teresa De Falco, Fabrizio, Fabris, Irene, Bertozzi, Giulia, Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Tancredi, Prandini, Roberto, Manfredini, Fabio, Fabbian, Benedetta, Boari, Alfredo De Giorgi, Ruana, Tiseo, Giuseppe, Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudia, Catalano, Claudio, Borghi, Enrico, Strocchi, Eugenia, Ianniello, Mario, Soldati, Silvia, Schiavone, Alessio, Bragagni, Carlo, Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia, Suppressa, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio, Comitangelo, Emanuele, Amoruso, Carlo, Custodero, Luigi, Fenoglio, Andrea, Falcetta, Anna, L Fracanzani, Silvia, Tiraboschi, Annalisa, Cespiati, Giovanna, Oberti, Giordano, Sigon, Flora, Peyvandi, Raffaella, Rossio, Giulia, Colombo, Pasquale, Agosti, Valter, Monzani, Valeria, Savojardo, Giuliana, Ceriani, Giada, Pallini, Montecucco, Fabrizio, Luciano, Ottonello, Lara, Caserza, Giulia, Vischi, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana, Tognin, Francesco, Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore, Piro, Renzo, Rozzini, Lina, Falanga, Maria Stella Pisciotta, Francesco Baffa Bellucci, Stefano, Buffelli, Giuseppe, Montrucchio, Paolo, Peasso, Edoardo, Favale, Cesare, Poletto, Carl, Margaria, Maura, Sanino, Ludovica, Perri, Luigina, Guasti, Luana, Castiglioni, Andrea, Maresca, Alessandro, Squizzato, Leonardo, Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Roberto Davide Diprizio, Marco, Bertolotti, Chiara, Mussi, Giulia, Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Alessio, Greco, Angela, Sciacqua, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara Del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Riccardo, Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Alfio, Gennaro, Agostino, Gaudio, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Carlo, Vigorito, Antonio, Cittadini, Guido, Moreo, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Gonella, Roberta, Domenico, Cerminara, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristiana, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Alessandro, Cavarape, Andea Da Porto, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Margherita, Grossi, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Giulia, Costanzo, Giacomo, Argiolas, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Francesco, Corica, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Federica, Bellone, Concetto, Principato, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Giandomenico Nigro Imperiale, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Mattia, Bellan, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Federico, Napoli, Italia, Aiello, Raffaele, Landolfi, Massimo, Montalto, Antonio, Mirijello, Nome, E Cognome Del Primario, Silvia, Ghidoni, Teresa, Salvatore, Lucio, Monaco, Carmen, Ricozzi, Alberto, Pilotto, Ilaria, Indiano, Federica, Gandolfo, Reposi, Investigator, Ardoino I., Franchi C., Nobili A., Mannucci P.M., Corli O., Pietrangelo A., Perticone F., Licata G., Violi F., Corazza G.R., Corrao S., Marengoni A., Salerno F., Cesari M., Tettamanti M., Pasina L., Cortesi L., Miglio G., Novella A., Prisco D., Silvestri E., Emmi G., Bettiol A., Mattioli I., Biolo G., Zanetti M., Bartelloni G., Vanoli M., Grignani G., Pulixi E.A., Lupattelli G., Bianconi V., Alcidi R., Girelli D., Busti F., Marchi G., Barbagallo M., Dominguez L., Beneduce V., Cacioppo F., Natoli G., Mularo S., Raspanti M., Zoli M., Matacena M.L., Orio G., Magnolfi E., Serafini G., Simili A., Palasciano G., Modeo M.E., Di Gennaro C., Cappellini M.D., Fabio G., De Amicis M.M., De Luca G., Scaramellini N., Rossi P.D., Damanti S., Clerici M., Leoni S., Di Mauro A.D., Di Sabatino A., Miceli E., Lenti M.V., Pisati M., Dominioni C.C., Pontremoli R., Beccati V., Nobili G., Leoncini G., Anastasio L., Carbone M., Cipollone F., Guagnano M.T., Rossi I., Mancuso G., Calipari D., Bartone M., Delitala G., Berria M., Delitala A., Muscaritoli M., Molfino A., Petrillo E., Giorgi A., Gracin C., Zuccala G., D'Aurizio G., Romanelli G., Volpini A., Lucente D., Picardi A., Gentilucci U.V., Gallo P., Bellelli G., Corsi M., Antonucci C., Sidoli C., Principato G., Arturi F., Succurro E., Tassone B., Giofre F., Serra M.G., Bleve M.A., Brucato A., De Falco T., Fabris F., Bertozzi I., Bogoni G., Rabuini M.V., Prandini T., Manfredini R., Fabbian F., Boari B., De Giorgi A., Tiseo R., Paolisso G., Rizzo M.R., Catalano C., Borghi C., Strocchi E., Ianniello E., Soldati M., Schiavone S., Bragagni A., Sabba C., Vella F.S., Suppressa P., De Vincenzo G.M., Comitangelo A., Amoruso E., Custodero C., Fenoglio L., Falcetta A., Fracanzani A.L., Tiraboschi S., Cespiati A., Oberti G., Sigon G., Peyvandi F., Rossio R., Colombo G., Agosti P., Monzani V., Savojardo V., Ceriani G., Pallini G., Montecucco F., Ottonello L., Caserza L., Vischi G., Liberato N.L., Tognin T., Purrello F., Di Pino A., Piro S., Rozzini R., Falanga L., Pisciotta M.S., Bellucci F.B., Buffelli S., Montrucchio G., Peasso P., Favale E., Poletto C., Margaria C., Sanino M., Perri L., Guasti L., Castiglioni L., Maresca A., Squizzato A., Campiotti L., Grossi A., Diprizio R.D., Bertolotti M., Mussi C., Lancellotti G., Libbra M.V., Galassi M., Grassi Y., Greco A., Sciacqua A., Perticone M., Battaglia R., Maio R., Stanghellini V., Ruggeri E., del Vecchio S., Salvi A., Leonardi R., Damiani G., Capeci W., Mattioli M., Martino G.P., Biondi L., Pettinari P., Ghio R., Col A.D., Minisola S., Colangelo L., Cilli M., Labbadia G., Afeltra A., Marigliano B., Pipita M.E., Castellino P., Zanoli L., Gennaro A., Gaudio A., Saracco V., Fogliati M., Bussolino C., Mete F., Gino M., Vigorito C., Cittadini A., Moreo G., Prolo S., Pina 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Tolloso F., Tarquini R., Valoriani A., Dolenti S., Vannini G., Volpi R., Bocchi P., Vignali A., Harari S., Lonati C., Napoli F., Aiello I., Landolfi R., Montalto M., Mirijello A., del Primario N.C., Ghidoni S., Salvatore T., Monaco L., Ricozzi C., Pilotto A., Indiano I., Gandolfo F., Ardoino, Ilaria, Franchi, Carlotta, Nobili, Alessandro, Mannucci, Pier Mannuccio, Corli, Oscar, Borghi C, Stanghellini V, Ardoino, I, Franchi, C, Nobili, A, Mannucci, P, Corli, O, Bellelli, G, Ardoino, I., Franchi, C., Nobili, A., Mannucci, P. 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Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Pain medicine, Socio-culturale, Chronic pain, Osteoarthritis, Affect (psychology), Internal medicine and geriatric wards, Musculoskeletal diseases, Older population, Chronic pain, Internal medicine and geriatric wards, Musculoskeletal diseases, Quality of life, Musculoskeletal disease, Anesthesiology, Internal medicine, medicine, RD78.3-87.3, LS4_4, Original Research, business.industry, medicine.disease, Internal medicine and geriatric ward, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Rheumatoid arthritis, Neurology (clinical), Ordered logit, business
Abstract

Introduction Pain and frailty are prevalent conditions in the older population. Many chronic diseases are likely involved in their origin, and both have a negative impact on quality of life. However, few studies have analysed their association. Methods In light of this knowledge gap, 3577 acutely hospitalized patients 65 years or older enrolled in the REPOSI register, an Italian network of internal medicine and geriatric hospital wards, were assessed to calculate the frailty index (FI). The impact of pain and some of its characteristics on the degree of frailty was evaluated using an ordinal logistic regression model after adjusting for age and gender. Results The prevalence of pain was 24.7%, and among patients with pain, 42.9% was regarded as chronic pain. Chronic pain was associated with severe frailty (OR = 1.69, 95% CI 1.38–2.07). Somatic pain (OR = 1.59, 95% CI 1.23–2.07) and widespread pain (OR = 1.60, 95% CI 0.93–2.78) were associated with frailty. Osteoarthritis was the most common cause of chronic pain, diagnosed in 157 patients (33.5%). Polymyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis and other musculoskeletal diseases causing chronic pain were associated with a lower degree of frailty than osteoarthritis (OR = 0.49, 95%CI 0.28–0.85). Conclusions Chronic and somatic pain negatively affect the degree of frailty. The duration and type of pain, as well as the underlying diseases associated with chronic pain, should be evaluated to improve the hospital management of frail older people. Electronic Supplementary Material The online version of this article (10.1007/s40122-020-00202-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

Published
2020

28. Prognostic role of Interleukin-6/lymphocytes ratio in SARS-CoV2 related pneumonia

Author

Luca Masotti, Elisa Grifoni, Giulia Pelagalli, Elisa Cioni, Chiara Mattaliano, Elisa Cioffi, Francesca Maggi, Gabriele Pinto, Elisa Maria Madonia, Irene Micheletti, Anna Maria Grazia Gelli, Benedetta Ciambotti, Amanda Mannucci, Roberta Bello, Francesco Cei, Silvia Dolenti, Roberto Tarquini, Iolanda Montenora, Rosario Spina, and Simone Vanni

Subjects
Aged, 80 and over, Male, Pharmacology, Interleukin-6, SARS-CoV-2, Immunology, COVID-19, Middle Aged, Cytokine storm, Prognosis, Article, SARS-CoV2, Multivariate Analysis, Humans, Regression Analysis, Immunology and Allergy, Female, Lymphocytes, Respiratory Insufficiency, Biomarkers, Aged, Retrospective Studies
Abstract

Introduction and aim Interleukin-6 to lymphocyte (IL-6/Lym) ratio has been identified as a potential prognostic tool in patients with SARS-CoV2 related pneumonia. The aim of our study was to compare the prognostic power of IL-6/Lym ratio with other biomarkers in patients initially admitted in a non intensive unit and suffering for respiratory failure associated with SARS-CoV2 related pneumonia. Materials and methods IL-6/Lym ratio, IL-6, D-Dimer, D-Dimer/fibrinogen ratio, fibrinogen, C-reactive protein (CRP), lymphocytes count and neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio collected at hospital admission were tested as prognosticators of negative outcome, defined as combined endpoint in-hospital mortality and/or Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission requiring oro-tracheal intubation (OTI). Results Study population encompassed two hundreds and twenty-three patients (46% females) with mean age ± DS 69.4 ± 13.3 years. Eighty-nine patients (39.9%) suffered for severe respiratory failure and required non invasive ventilation, helmets and/or high flow nasal cannula. Fourty-one patients (18.3%) died during hospital stay and/or required OTI. In these patients mean values of IL-6/Lym ratio, IL-6, CRP and N/L were significantly higher and lymphocytes count was significantly lower compared with patients discharged alive and/or not requiring OTI, while no difference was found in mean values of D-Dimer, D-Dimer/Fibrinogen ratio and fibrinogen. AUC (0.797, 95% CI: 0.738–0.848) of IL-6/Lym ratio was the highest compared with those of all the other analyzed biomarkers and the difference was significant with the exception of IL-6. At multivariate logistic regression IL-6/Lym ratio > 66.5 resulted the only independent biomarker associated with mortality and/or OTI (OR 5.65; 95% 1.63–19.54). Conclusion IL-6/Lym ratio seems to be an optimal prognosticator in SARS-CoV2 related pneumonia. Its routinary use in COVID-19 patients could be warranted.

Published
2022

30. Daylight saving time and circadian rhythms in the neuro-endocrine-immune system: impact on cardiovascular health

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Roberto Tarquini, Micaela E. Martinez, Annalucia Carbone, and Gianluigi Mazzoccoli

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Time Factors, business.industry, Cardiovascular health, MEDLINE, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Bioinformatics, Cardiovascular System, Article, Circadian Rhythm, 03 medical and health sciences, 030104 developmental biology, 0302 clinical medicine, Immune system, Humans, Immune System, Time, Risk Factors, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Endocrine system, Medicine, Seasons, Circadian rhythm, business, Daylight saving time
Abstract

Very recently, the European Parliament, called to decide on possible abolition of the Daylight Saving Time (DST), approved a resolution calling the scientific community to conduct a more in-depth evaluation. The question is based on disruption of body's circadian rhythms. We review here the relationship between DST and cardiovascular health. The available evidence suggests the existence of an association between DST and a modest increase of occurrence of acute myocardial infarction, especially in the first week after the spring shift. Possible mechanisms include sleep deprivation, circadian misalignment and environmental conditions. The role of gender and individual preference in circadian rhythms (chronotype) will need further assessment.

Published
2018

31. Prevalence of use and appropriateness of antidepressants prescription in acutely hospitalized elderly patients

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Franchi Carlotta, Rossio Raffaella, Ardoino Ilaria, Nobili Alessandro, Mannucci Pier Mannuccio, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Alessandro Nobili, Antonello Pietrangelo, Francesco Perticone, Giuseppe Licata, Francesco Violi, Gino Roberto Corazza, Salvatore Corrao, Alessandra Marengoni, Francesco Salerno, Matteo Cesari, Mauro Tettamanti, Luca Pasina, Carlotta Franchi, Laura Cortesi, Gabriella Miglio, Ilaria Ardoino, Alessio Novella, Domenico Prisco, Elena Silvestri, Giacomo Emmi, Alessandra Bettiol, Cenci Caterina, Gianni Biolo, Michela Zanetti, Martina Guadagni, Michele Zaccari, Massimiliano Chiuch, Massimo Vanoli, Giulia Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Mauro Bernardi, Silvia Li Bassi, Luca Santi, Giacomo Zaccherini, Graziana Lupattelli, Elmo Mannarino, Vanessa Bianconi, Francesco Paciullo, Riccardo Alcidi, Ranuccio Nuti, Roberto Valenti, Martina Ruvio, Silvia Cappelli, Alberto Palazzuoli, Domenico Girelli, Fabiana Busti, Giacomo Marchi, Mario Barbagallo, Ligia Dominguez, Floriana Cocita, Vincenza Beneduce, Lidia Plances, Giuseppe Natoli, Salvatore Mularo, Massimo Raspanti, Federica Cavallaro, Marco Zoli, Ilaria Lazzari, Mattia Brunori, Elisa Fabbri, Donatella Magalotti, Raffaella Arnò, Franco Laghi Pasini, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi, Giuseppe Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Diletta Maira, Valeria Di Stefano, Giovanna Fabio, Sonia Seghezzi, Marta Mancarella, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia Scaramellini, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah Damanti, Marta Clerici, Federica Conti, Giulia Bonini, Barbara Brignolo Ottolini, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Giovanni Murialdo, Alessio Marra, Federico Cattaneo, Roberto Pontremoli, Valentina Beccati, Giulia Nobili, Maria Beatrice Secchi, Davide Ghelfi, Luigi Anastasio, Lucia Sofia, Maria Carbone, Francesco Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Emanuele Valeriani, Ilaria Rossi, Gerardo Mancuso, Daniela Calipari, Mosè Bartone, Giuseppe Delitala, Maria Berria, Chiara Pes, Alessandro Delitala, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Alessio Molfino, Enrico Petrillo, Giuseppe Zuccalà, Gabriella D’Aurizio, Giuseppe Romanelli, Alberto Zucchelli, Francesca Manzoni, Andrea Volpini, Antonio Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo Gallo, Chiara Dell’Unto, Giorgio Annoni, Maurizio Corsi, Giuseppe Bellelli, Sara Zazzetta, Paolo Mazzola, Hajnalka Szabo, Alessandra Bonfanti, Franco Arturi, Elena Succurro, Mariangela Rubino, Bruno Tassone, Giorgio Sesti, Medicina Interna, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Laura Gasbarrone, Maria Rosaria Sajeva, Antonio Brucato, Silvia Ghidoni, Fabrizio Fabris, Irene Bertozzi, Giulia Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Elisabetta Cosi, Paolo Scarinzi, Annalisa Amabile, Elisabetta Omenetto, Tancredi Prandini, Roberto Manfredini, Fabio Fabbian, Benedetta Boari, Alfredo De Giorgi, Ruana Tiseo, Roberto De Giorgio, Giuseppe Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudio Borghi, Enrico Strocchi, Eugenia Ianniello, Mario Soldati, Carlo Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia Suppressa, Andrea Schilardi, Francesca Loparco, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio Comitangelo, Emanuele Amoruso, Luigi Fenoglio, Andrea Falcetta, Christian Bracco, Anna L. Fracanzani, Silvia Fargion, Silvia Tiraboschi, Annalisa Cespiati, Giovanna Oberti, Giordano Sigon, Flora Peyvandi, Raffaella Rossio, Barbara Ferrari, Giulia Colombo, Pasquale Agosti, Valter Monzani, Valeria Savojardo, Christian Folli, Giuliana Ceriani, Giada Pallini, Franco Dallegri, Luciano Ottonello, Luca Liberale, Lara Caserza, Kassem Salam, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana Tognin, Giovanni Battista Bianchi, Sabrina Giaquinto, Francesco Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore Piro, Renzo Rozzini, Lina Falanga, Elena Spazzini, Camillo Ferrandina, Giuseppe Montrucchio, Paolo Petitti, Paolo Peasso, Edoardo Favale, Cesare Poletto, Raffaella Salmi, Piergiorgio Gaudenzi, Ludovica Perri, Raffaele Landolfi, Massimo Montalto, Antonio Mirijello, Luigina Guasti, Luana Castiglioni, Andrea Maresca, Alessandro Squizzato, Leonardo Campiotti, Alessandra Grossi, Marco Bertolotti, Chiara Mussi, Giulia Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Giulia Dondi, Elisa Pellegrini, Lucia Carulli, Matteo Galassi, Yasmine Grassi, Maria Perticone, Rosa Battaglia, Marco FIlice, Raffaele Maio, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Eugenio Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea Salvi, Roberto Leonardi, Giampaolo Damiani, William Capeci, Armando Gabrielli, Massimo Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo Biondi, Pietro Pettinari, Riccardo Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore Minisola, Luciano Colangelo, Mirella Cilli, Giancarlo Labbadia, Antonella Afeltra, Benedetta Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro Castellino, Luca Zanoli, Samuele Pignataro, Alfio Gennaro, Julien Blanco, Valter Saracco, Marisa Fogliati, Carlo Bussolino, Francesca Mete, Miriam Gino, Antonio Cittadini, Carlo Vigorito, Michele Arcopinto, Andrea Salzano, Emanuele Bobbio, Alberto Maria Marra, Domenico Sirico, Guido Moreo, Francesca Gasparini, Silvia Prolo, Gloria Pina, Alberto Ballestrero, Fabio Ferrando, Sergio Berra, Simonetta Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno Graziella, Stefano Baldassarre, Salvatore Fragapani, Gabriella Gruden, Giorgio Galanti, Gabriele Mascherini, Cristian Petri, Laura Stefani, Margherita Girino, Valeria Piccinelli, Francesco Nasso, Vincenza Gioffrè, Maria Pasquale, Giuseppe Scattolin, Sergio Martinelli, Mauro Turrin, Leonardo Sechi, Cristina Catena, Gianluca Colussi, Nicola Passariello, Luca Rinaldi, Franco Berti, Giuseppe Famularo, Patrizia Tarsitani, Roberto Castello, Michela Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta Morganti, Andrea Artoni, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide Firinu, Francesca Losa, Giovanni Paoletti, Giulia Costanzo, Giuseppe Montalto, Anna Licata, Valentina Malerba, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Antonino Lasco, Giorgio Basile, Antonino Catalano, Lorenzo Malatino, Benedetta Stancanelli, Valentina Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella Caruso, Patrizia Mecocci, Carmelinda Ruggiero, Virginia Boccardi, Tiziana Meschi, Fulvio Lauretani, Andrea Ticinesi, Antonio Nouvenne, Pietro Minuz, Luigi Fondrieschi, Mario Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele Sola, Massimo Porta, Piero Riva, Roberto Quadri, Erica Larovere, Marco Novelli, Giorgio Scanzi, Caterina Mengoli, Stella Provini, Laura Ricevuti, Emilio Simeone, Rosa Scurti, Fabio Tolloso, Roberto Tarquini, Alice Valoriani, Silvia Dolenti, Giulia Vannini, Alberto Tedeschi, Lucia Trotta, Riccardo Volpi, Pietro Bocchi, Alessandro Vignali, Sergio Harari, Chiara Lonati, Mara Cattaneo, Federico Napoli, Carlotta, F., Raffaella, R., Ilaria, A., Alessandro, N., Mannuccio, M. 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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Socio-culturale, Inappropriate Prescribing, Potentially inappropriate medication, older, Practice Patterns, depression, hospitalized patients, drugs, elderly, drugs, antidepressivi anziano, Polypharmacy | Inappropriate Prescribing | Medications PIMs, antidepressant agent, escitalopram, paroxetine, Internal Medicine, medicine, Hospital discharge, older, Escitalopram, Humans, LS4_4, Medical prescription, Practice Patterns, Physicians', Depression (differential diagnoses), Aged, Polypharmacy, Sertraline, Physicians', antidepressant, business.industry, Trazodone, hospitalized patients, Antidepressive Agents, Hospitalization, Acute Disease, Female, Italy, antidepressants, Emergency medicine, depression, Polypharmacy , Inappropriate Prescribing , Medications, PIM, Delirium, Potentially inappropriate medication, medicine.symptom, business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Depression is often under-recognized in older patients, even if antidepressants (AD) are commonly prescribed, with a prevalence of use that increase with ageing [ 1 ]. Nevertheless, even if a diagnosis of depression is established, inappropriate treatment can occur [ 2 ]. Beers criteria are the most widely screening tools used to detect inappropriate prescription of drugs in people aged 65 years or more [ 3 ]. Since 2010, attempts to adapt the Beers' criteria have been made in Europe [ 4 , 5 ]. Tricyclic drugs are the ADs to be always avoided in the elderly, owing to their anticholinergic side effects, such as cognitive impairment, delirium, urinary retention and falls [ 3 ]. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) should be used with caution because they can cause or exacerbate hyponatraemia [ 3 ]. To our knowledge no studies have been conducted on recent data collected in hospitalized older patients in order to assess the appropriateness of prescription of ADs. With this background, the objectives of this study were to investigate the prevalence of AD use and prescription appropriateness, according to the above-cited criteria, in a large cohort of older patients hospitalized in Italian internal medicine and geriatric wards from 2010 to 2017.

Published
2019

32. Use and prescription appropriateness of drugs for peptic ulcer and gastrooesophageal reflux disease in hospitalized older people

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Carlotta, Franchi, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Alessandro, Nobili, Ilaria, Ardoino, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Cenci, Caterina, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Martina, Guadagni, Michele, Zaccari, Massimiliano, Chiuch, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Mauro, Bernardi, Silvia Li Bassi, Luca, Santi, Giacomo, Zaccherini, Graziana, Lupattelli, Elmo, Mannarino, Vanessa, Bianconi, Francesco, Paciullo, Riccardo, Alcidi, Ranuccio, Nuti, Roberto, Valenti, Martina, Ruvio, Silvia, Cappelli, Alberto, Palazzuoli, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Floriana, Cocita, Vincenza, Beneduce, Lidia, Plances, Salvatore, Corrao, Giuseppe, Natoli, Salvatore, Mularo, Massimo, Raspanti, Federica, Cavallaro, Marco, Zoli, Ilaria, Lazzari, Mattia, Brunori, Elisa, Fabbri, Donatella, Magalotti, Raffaella, Arnò, Franco Laghi Pasini, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Diletta, Maira, Valeria Di Stefano, Giovanna, Fabio, Sonia, Seghezzi, Marta, Mancarella, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Matteo, Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah, Damanti, Marta, Clerici, Federica, Conti, Giulia, Bonini, Barbara Brignolo Ottolini, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Giovanni, Murialdo, Alessio, Marra, Federico, Cattaneo, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Maria Beatrice Secchi, Davide, Ghelfi, Luigi, Anastasio, Lucia, Sofia, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Emanuele, Valeriani, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Chiara, Pes, Alessandro, Delitala, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Alessio, Molfino, Enrico, Petrillo, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D’Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Alessandra, Marengoni, Alberto, 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Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Marco, Bertolotti, Chiara, Mussi, Giulia, Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Giulia, Dondi, Elisa, Pellegrini, Lucia, Carulli, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Francesco, Perticone, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Marco, Filice, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Armando, Gabrielli, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Riccardo, Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Samuele, Pignataro, Alfio, Gennaro, Julien, Blanco, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Antonio, Cittadini, Carlo, Vigorito, Michele, Arcopinto, Andrea, Salzano, Emanuele, Bobbio, Alberto Maria Marra, Domenico, Sirico, Guido, Moreo, Francesca, Gasparini, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Giuseppe, Scattolin, Sergio, Martinelli, Mauro, Turrin, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristina, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Francesca, Losa, Giovanni, Paoletti, Giulia, Costanzo, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Valentina, Malerba, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Antonino, Lasco, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Fulvio, Lauretani, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Alberto, Tedeschi, Lucia, Trotta, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Mara, Cattaneo, and Federico, Napoli.

Subjects
Drug, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Peptic Ulcer, Appropriateness, Drug prescription, Hospital setting, Older people, Proton pump inhibitors, Prescription Drugs, Proton pump inhibitors, media_common.quotation_subject, Drug prescription, Socio-culturale, Context (language use), Inappropriate Prescribing, 030226 pharmacology & pharmacy, Drug Prescriptions, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Gastrooesophageal reflux disease, medicine, Prevalence, LS7_3, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), Appropriateness, 030212 general & internal medicine, Medical prescription, Reimbursement, media_common, Aged, Pharmacology, biology, business.industry, General Medicine, Helicobacter pylori, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, digestive system diseases, Drug Utilization, Patient Discharge, Hospitalization, Cross-Sectional Studies, Italy, Peptic ulcer, GERD, Gastroesophageal Reflux, Female, Hospital setting, Older people, business
Abstract

The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of use and prescription appropriateness of drugs for peptic ulcer and gastrooesophageal reflux disease (GERD) at hospital admission and discharge. Patients aged 65 years or more hospitalized from 2010 to 2016 in 101 Italian internal medicine and geriatric wards in the context of the REPOSI register were scrutinized to assess if they were prescribed with drugs for peptic ulcer and GERD at hospital admission and discharge. Appropriateness of prescription was assessed considering the presence of specific conditions (i.e., history of peptic ulcer or gastrointestinal hemorrhages, advanced age, Helicobacter Pylori) or gastro-toxic drug combinations, according to the criteria provided by the reimbursement rules of the Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco (NOTA 1 and 48). Among 4715 enrolled patients, 3899 were discharged alive. At hospital discharge, 2412 (61.9%, 95%CI: 60.3–63.4%) patients were prescribed with drugs for peptic ulcer and GERD, a 12% of increase from hospital admission. Almost half of the patients (N = 1776, 45.6%, 95%CI: 44.0–47.1%) were inappropriately prescribed or not prescribed: among the drugs for peptic ulcer and GERD users, about 60% (1444/2412) were overprescribed, and among nonusers, 22% (332/1487) were underprescribed. Among patients newly prescribed at hospital discharge, 60% (392/668) were inappropriately prescribed. The appropriateness of drugs for peptic ulcer and GERD therapy decreased by 3% from hospital admission to discharge. Hospitalization missed the opportunity to improve the quality of prescription of this class of drug.

Published
2019

33. Inappropriate prescription of benzodiazepines in acutely hospitalized older patients

Author

Carlotta, Franchi, Raffaella, Rossio, Ilaria, Ardoino, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Alessandro, Nobili, Domenico, Prisco, Elena, Silvestri, Giacomo, Emmi, Alessandra, Bettiol, Caterina, Cenci, Gianni, Biolo, Michela, Zanetti, Martina, Guadagni, Michele, Zaccari, Massimiliano, Chiuch, Massimo, Vanoli, Giulia, Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Mauro, Bernardi, Silvia Li Bassi, Luca, Santi, Giacomo, Zaccherini, Graziana, Lupattelli, Elmo, Mannarino, Vanessa, Bianconi, Francesco, Paciullo, Riccardo, Alcidi, Ranuccio, Nuti, Roberto, Valenti, Martina, Ruvio, Silvia, Cappelli, Alberto, Palazzuoli, Domenico, Girelli, Fabiana, Busti, Giacomo, Marchi, Mario, Barbagallo, Ligia, Dominguez, Floriana, Cocita, Vincenza, Beneduce, Lidia, Plances, Salvatore, Corrao, Giuseppe, Natoli, Salvatore, Mularo, Massimo, Raspanti, Federica, Cavallaro, Marco, Zoli, Ilaria, Lazzari, Mattia, Brunori, Elisa, Fabbri, Donatella, Magalotti, Raffaella, Arnò, Franco Laghi Pasini, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi, Giuseppe, Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Diletta, Maira, Valeria Di Stefano, Giovanna, Fabio, Sonia, Seghezzi, Marta, Mancarella, Margherita Migone De Amicis, Giacomo De Luca, Natalia, Scaramellini, Matteo, Cesari, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah, Damanti, Marta, Clerici, Federica, Conti, Giulia, Bonini, Barbara Brignolo Ottolini, Antonio Di Sabatino, Emanuela, Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina, Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Giovanni, Murialdo, Alessio, Marra, Federico, Cattaneo, Roberto, Pontremoli, Valentina, Beccati, Giulia, Nobili, Maria Beatrice Secchi, Davide, Ghelfi, Luigi, Anastasio, Lucia, Sofia, Maria, Carbone, Francesco, Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Emanuele, Valeriani, Ilaria, Rossi, Gerardo, Mancuso, Daniela, Calipari, Mosè, Bartone, Giuseppe, Delitala, Maria, Berria, Chiara, Pes, Alessandro, Delitala, Maurizio, Muscaritoli, Alessio, Molfino, Enrico, Petrillo, Giuseppe, Zuccalà, Gabriella, D’Aurizio, Giuseppe, Romanelli, Alessandra, Marengoni, Alberto, Zucchelli, Francesca, Manzoni, Andrea, Volpini, Antonio, Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo, Gallo, Chiara, Dell’Unto, Giorgio, Annoni, Maurizio, Corsi, Giuseppe, Bellelli, Sara, Zazzetta, Paolo, Mazzola, Hajnalka, Szabo, Alessandra, Bonfanti, Franco, Arturi, Elena, Succurro, Mariangela, Rubino, Bruno, Tassone, Giorgio, Sesti, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Laura, Gasbarrone, Maria Rosaria Sajeva, Antonio, Brucato, Silvia, Ghidoni, Fabrizio, Fabris, Irene, Bertozzi, Giulia, Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Elisabetta, Cosi, Paolo, Scarinzi, Annalisa, Amabile, Elisabetta, Omenetto, Tancredi, Prandini, Manfredini, Roberto, Fabbian, Fabio, Benedetta, Boari, Alfredo De Giorgi, Ruana, Tiseo, DE GIORGIO, Roberto, Giuseppe, Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudio, Borghi, Enrico, Strocchi, Eugenia, Ianniello, Mario, Soldati, Carlo, Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia, Suppressa, Pasquale, Agosti, Andrea, Schilardi, Francesca, Loparco, Giovanni Michele De Vincenzo, Alessio, Comitangelo, Emanuele, Amoruso, Luigi, Fenoglio, Andrea, Falcetta, Christian, Bracco, Fracanzani, Anna L., Silvia, Fargion, Silvia, Tiraboschi, Annalisa, Cespiati, Giovanna, Oberti, Giordano, Sigon, Flora, Peyvandi, Barbara, Ferrari, Giulia, Colombo, Valter, Monzani, Valeria, Savojardo, Christian, Folli, Giuliana, Ceriani, Francesco, Salerno, Giada, Pallini, Franco, Dallegri, Luciano, Ottonello, Luca, Liberale, Lara, Caserza, Kassem, Salam, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana, Tognin, Giovanni Battista Bianchi, Sabrina, Giaquinto, Francesco, Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore, Piro, Renzo, Rozzini, Lina, Falanga, Elena, Spazzini, Camillo, Ferrandina, Giuseppe, Montrucchio, Paolo, Petitti, Paolo, Peasso, Edoardo, Favale, Cesare, Poletto, Raffaella, Salmi, Piergiorgio, Gaudenzi, Francesco, Violi, Ludovica, Perri, Raffaele, Landolfi, Massimo, Montalto, Antonio, Mirijello, Luigina, Guasti, Luana, Castiglioni, Andrea, Maresca, Alessandro, Squizzato, Leonardo, Campiotti, Alessandra, Grossi, Marco, Bertolotti, Chiara, Mussi, Giulia, Lancellotti, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Giulia, Dondi, Elisa, Pellegrini, Lucia, Carulli, Matteo, Galassi, Yasmine, Grassi, Francesco, Perticone, Maria, Perticone, Rosa, Battaglia, Marco, Filice, Raffaele, Maio, Vincenzo, Stanghellini, Eugenio, Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea, Salvi, Roberto, Leonardi, Giampaolo, Damiani, William, Capeci, Armando, Gabrielli, Massimo, Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo, Biondi, Pietro, Pettinari, Riccardo, Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore, Minisola, Luciano, Colangelo, Mirella, Cilli, Giancarlo, Labbadia, Antonella, Afeltra, Benedetta, Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro, Castellino, Luca, Zanoli, Samuele, Pignataro, Alfio, Gennaro, Julien, Blanco, Valter, Saracco, Marisa, Fogliati, Carlo, Bussolino, Francesca, Mete, Miriam, Gino, Antonio, Cittadini, Carlo, Vigorito, Michele, Arcopinto, Andrea, Salzano, Emanuele, Bobbio, Alberto Maria Marra, Domenico, Sirico, Guido, Moreo, Francesca, Gasparini, Silvia, Prolo, Gloria, Pina, Alberto, Ballestrero, Fabio, Ferrando, Sergio, Berra, Simonetta, Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno, Graziella, Stefano, Baldassarre, Salvatore, Fragapani, Gabriella, Gruden, Giorgio, Galanti, Gabriele, Mascherini, Cristian, Petri, Laura, Stefani, Margherita, Girino, Valeria, Piccinelli, Francesco, Nasso, Vincenza, Gioffrè, Maria, Pasquale, Giuseppe, Scattolin, Sergio, Martinelli, Mauro, Turrin, Leonardo, Sechi, Cristina, Catena, Gianluca, Colussi, Nicola, Passariello, Luca, Rinaldi, Franco, Berti, Giuseppe, Famularo, Patrizia, Tarsitani, Roberto, Castello, Michela, Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide, Firinu, Francesca, Losa, Giovanni, Paoletti, Giulia, Costanzo, Giuseppe, Montalto, Anna, Licata, Valentina, Malerba, Filippo Alessandro Montalto, Antonino, Lasco, Giorgio, Basile, Antonino, Catalano, Lorenzo, Malatino, Benedetta, Stancanelli, Valentina, Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Rosario Di Quattro, Lara La Malfa, Rossella, Caruso, Patrizia, Mecocci, Carmelinda, Ruggiero, Virginia, Boccardi, Tiziana, Meschi, Fulvio, Lauretani, Andrea, Ticinesi, Antonio, Nouvenne, Pietro, Minuz, Luigi, Fondrieschi, Mario, Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele, Sola, Massimo, Porta, Piero, Riva, Roberto, Quadri, Erica, Larovere, Marco, Novelli, Giorgio, Scanzi, Caterina, Mengoli, Stella, Provini, Laura, Ricevuti, Emilio, Simeone, Rosa, Scurti, Fabio, Tolloso, Roberto, Tarquini, Alice, Valoriani, Silvia, Dolenti, Giulia, Vannini, Alberto, Tedeschi, Lucia, Trotta, Riccardo, Volpi, Pietro, Bocchi, Alessandro, Vignali, Sergio, Harari, Chiara, Lonati, Mara, Cattaneo, Federico, Napoli., Franchi, C., Rossio R., Ardoino I., Mannucci P. M., Nobili A., and Rinaldi, Luca

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Beers Criteria, Socio-culturale, Inappropriate Prescribing, Hypnotic, 03 medical and health sciences, Benzodiazepines, 0302 clinical medicine, Older patients, Older peopl, Internal medicine and geriatric wards, Appropriateness of prescription, Benzodiazepine, Hypnotics, Older people, REPOSI register, 80 and over, Medicine, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), Medical prescription, Biological Psychiatry, Aged, Pharmacology, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Settore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNA, Patient Discharge, 030227 psychiatry, Hospitalization, Psychiatry and Mental health, Internal medicine and geriatric ward, Increased risk, Neurology, Hospital admission, Emergency medicine, Female, Neurology (clinical), business, Nursing homes, Appropriateness of prescription, Benzodiazepine, Hypnotics, Internal medicine and geriatric wards, Older peopl, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Human
Abstract

Benzodiazepines (BDZs) are widely prescribed in older people. The aims of the study are to assess the prevalence of inappropriate prescription of BZDs and the associated factors in acutely hospitalized older patients. Patients aged 65 years or more hospitalized from 2010 to 2017 in more than 100 Italian internal medicine and geriatric wards in the frame of the REPOSI register were included if prescribed with BDZs at hospital admission or discharge. Appropriateness of prescription was assessed according to the 2015 Beers criteria and their modified French and German versions. Among 4681 patients discharged from hospital, 15% (N = 710) were discharged with BDZs, and 62% of them (N = 441, 95% CI: 58.5%–65.6%) were inappropriately prescribed, being prescribed with BDZ to be always avoided in the elderly (45%), at higher doses than recommended (31%) or with no appropriate clinical conditions (19%). From admission to discharge the prevalence of inappropriate BDZ prescription decreased by 4%, but 62% of patients inappropriately prescribed at admission were still inappropriately prescribed at discharge. Among the 179 patients first prescribed at the time of discharge, half were inappropriately prescribed. Being female (OR 1.32, 95%CI 0.95–1.85), enrolled in REPOSI during the years 2016 and 2017 (OR 1.94, 95%CI 1.10–3.39; OR 1.57, 95%CI 0.95–2.58) and living in nursing homes (OR 2.04, 95%CI 0.95–4.37) were associated with an increased risk to be inappropriately prescribed. This study shows a high prevalence of inappropriate use of BDZ in acutely hospitalized older patients both at hospital admission and discharge.

Published
2019

34. Hospital Care of Older Patients With COPD: Adherence to International Guidelines for Use of Inhaled Bronchodilators and Corticosteroids

Author

Marco Proietti, Pasquale Agosti, Chiara Lonati, Salvatore Corrao, Francesco Perticone, Pier Mannuccio Mannucci, Alessandro Nobili, Sergio Harari, Mauro Tettamanti, Luca Pasina, Carlotta Franchi, Alessandra Marengoni, Francesco Salerno, Matteo Cesari, Giuseppe Licata, Francesco Violi, Gino Roberto Corazza, Laura Cortesi, Ilaria Ardoino, Domenico Prisco, Elena Silvestri, Caterina Cenci, Giacomo Emmi, Gianni Biolo, Michela Zanetti, Martina Guadagni, Michele Zaccari, Massimo Vanoli, Giulia Grignani, Edoardo Alessandro Pulixi, Mauro Bernardi, Silvia Li Bassi, Luca Santi, Giacomo Zaccherini, Elmo Mannarino, Graziana Lupattelli, Vanessa Bianconi, Francesco Paciullo, Ranuccio Nuti, Roberto Valenti, Martina Ruvio, Silvia Cappelli, Alberto Palazzuoli, Oliviero Olivieri, Domenico Girelli, Thomas Matteazzi, Mario Barbagallo, Ligia Dominguez, Floriana Cocita, Vincenza Beneduce, Lidia Plances, Marco Zoli, Ilaria Lazzari, Mattia Brunori, Franco Laghi Pasini, Pier Leopoldo Capecchi, Giuseppe Palasciano, Maria Ester Modeo, Carla Di Gennaro, Maria Domenica Cappellini, Diletta Maira, Valeria Di Stefano, Giovanna Fabio, Sonia Seghezzi, Marta Mancarella, Paolo Dionigi Rossi, Sarah Damanti, Marta Clerici, Federica Conti, Emanuela Miceli, Marco Vincenzo Lenti, Martina Pisati, Costanza Caccia Dominioni, Giovanni Murialdo, Alessio Marra, Federico Cattaneo, Roberto Pontremoli, Maria Beatrice Secchi, Davide Ghelfi, Luigi Anastasio, Lucia Sofia, Maria Carbone, Francesco Cipollone, Maria Teresa Guagnano, Ermanno Angelucci, Emanuele Valeriani, Gerardo Mancuso, Daniela Calipari, Mosè Bartone, Giuseppe Delitala, Maria Berria, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Alessio Molfino, Enrico Petrillo, Giuseppe Zuccalà, Gabriella D’Aurizio, Giuseppe Romanelli, Alberto Zucchelli, Antonio Picardi, Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo Gallo, Chiara Dell’Unto, Giorgio Annoni, Maurizio Corsi, Giuseppe Bellelli, Sara Zazzetta, Paolo Mazzola, Hajnalka Szabo, Alessandra Bonfanti, Franco Arturi, Elena Succurro, Mariangela Rubino, Maria Grazia Serra, Maria Antonietta Bleve, Laura Gasbarrone, Maria Rosaria Sajeva, Antonio Brucato, Silvia Ghidoni, Fabrizio Fabris, Irene Bertozzi, Giulia Bogoni, Maria Victoria Rabuini, Elisabetta Cosi, Roberto Manfredini, Fabio Fabbian, Benedetta Boari, Alfredo De Giorgi, Ruana Tiseo, Giuseppe Paolisso, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Claudio Borghi, Enrico Strocchi, Valeria De Sando, Ilenia Pareo, Carlo Sabbà, Francesco Saverio Vella, Patrizia Suppressa, Andrea Schilardi, Francesca Loparco, Luigi Fenoglio, Christian Bracco, Alessia Valentina Giraudo, Silvia Fargion, Giulia Periti, Marianna Porzio, Slivia Tiraboschi, Flora Peyvandi, Raffaella Rossio, Barbara Ferrari, Giulia Colombo, Valter Monzani, Valeria Savojardo, Christian Folli, Giuliana Ceriani, Giada Pallini, Franco Dallegri, Luciano Ottonello, Luca Liberale, Lara Caserza, Kassem Salam, Nicola Lucio Liberato, Tiziana Tognin, Giovanni Battista Bianchi, Sabrina Giaquinto, Francesco Purrello, Antonino Di Pino, Salvatore Piro, Renzo Rozzini, Lina Falanga, Elena Spazzini, Camillo Ferrandina, Giuseppe Montrucchio, Paolo Petitti, Raffaella Salmi, Piergiorgio Gaudenzi, Ludovica Perri, Raffaele Landolfi, Massimo Montalto, Antonio Mirijello, Luigina Guasti, Luana Castiglioni, Andrea Maresca, Alessandro Squizzato, Marta Molaro, Alessandra Grossi, Marco Bertolotti, Chiara Mussi, Maria Vittoria Libbra, Giulia Dondi, Elisa Pellegrini, Lucia Carulli, Lidia Colangelo, Tania Falbo, Vincenzo Stanghellini, Roberto De Giorgio, Eugenio Ruggeri, Sara del Vecchio, Andrea Salvi, Roberto Leonardi, Giampaolo Damiani, Armando Gabrielli, William Capeci, Massimo Mattioli, Giuseppe Pio Martino, Lorenzo Biondi, Pietro Pettinari, Riccardo Ghio, Anna Dal Col, Salvatore Minisola, Luciano Colangelo, Antonella Afeltra, Benedetta Marigliano, Maria Elena Pipita, Pietro Castellino, Julien Blanco, Luca Zanoli, Samuele Pignataro, Valter Saracco, Marisa Fogliati, Carlo Bussolino, Francesca Mete, Miriam Gino, Antonio Cittadini, Carlo Vigorito, Michele Arcopinto, Andrea Salzano, Emanuele Bobbio, Alberto Maria Marra, Domenico Sirico, Guido Moreo, Francesca Gasparini, Silvia Prolo, Gloria Pina, Alberto Ballestrero, Fabio Ferrando, Sergio Berra, Simonetta Dassi, Maria Cristina Nava, Bruno Graziella, Stefano Baldassarre, Salvatore Fragapani, Gabriella Gruden, Giorgio Galanti, Gabriele Mascherini, Cristian Petri, Laura Stefani, Margherita Girino, Valeria Piccinelli, Francesco Nasso, Vincenza Gioffrè, Maria Pasquale, Giuseppe Scattolin, Sergio Martinelli, Mauro Turrin, Leonardo Sechi, Cristina Catena, Gianluca Colussi, Nicola Passariello, Luca Rinaldi, Franco Berti, Giuseppe Famularo, Tarsitani Patrizia, Roberto Castello, Michela Pasino, Gian Paolo Ceda, Marcello Giuseppe Maggio, Simonetta Morganti, Andrea Artoni, Stefano Del Giacco, Davide Firinu, Francesca Losa, Giovanni Paoletti, Giuseppe Montalto, Anna Licata, Valentina Malerba, Lasco Antonino, Giorgio Basile, Catalano Antonino, Lorenzo Malatino, Benedetta Stancanelli, Valentina Terranova, Salvatore Di Marca, Patrizia Mecocci, Carmelinda Ruggiero, Virginia Boccardi, Tiziana Meschi, Fulvio Lauretani, Andrea Ticinesi, Pietro Minuz, Luigi Fondrieschi, Mario Pirisi, Gian Paolo Fra, Daniele Sola, Massimo Porta, Piero Riva, Roberto Quadri, Giorgio Scanzi, Caterina Mengoli, Stella Provini, Laura Ricevuti, Emilio Simeone, Rosa Scurti, Fabio Tolloso, Roberto Tarquini, Alice Valoriani, Silvia Dolenti, Giulia Vannini, Alberto Tedeschi, Lucia Trotta, Riccardo Volpi, Pietro Bocchi, Alessandro Vignali, Mara Cattaneo, Mannucci PM, Nobili A, Tettamanti M, Pasina L, Franchi C, Corrao S, Marengoni A, Salerno F, Cesari M, Perticone F, Licata G, Violi F, Corazza GR, Franchi C, Cortesi L, Tettamanti M, Cortesi L, Ardoino I, Prisco D, Silvestri E, Cenci C, Emmi G, Biolo G, Zanetti M, Guadagni M, Zaccari M, Vanoli M, Grignani G, Pulixi EA, Bernardi M, Bassi SL, Santi L, Zaccherini G, Mannarino E, Lupattelli G, Bianconi V, Paciullo F, Nuti R, Valenti R, Ruvio M, Cappelli S, Palazzuoli A, Olivieri O, Girelli D, Matteazzi T, Barbagallo M, Dominguez L, Cocita F, Beneduce V, Plances L, Zoli M, Lazzari I, Brunori M, Pasini FL, Capecchi PL, Palasciano G, Modeo ME, Di Gennaro C, Cappellini MD, Maira D, Di Stefano V, Fabio G, Seghezzi S, Mancarella M, Cesari M, Rossi PD, Damanti S, Clerici M, Conti F, Corazza GR, Miceli E, Lenti MV, Pisati M, Dominioni CC, Murialdo G, Marra A, Cattaneo F, Pontremoli R, Secchi MB, Ghelfi D, Anastasio L, Sofia L, Carbone M, Cipollone F, Guagnano MT, Angelucci E, Valeriani E, Mancuso G, Calipari D, Bartone M, Delitala G, Berria M, Muscaritoli M, Molfino A, Petrillo E, Zuccalà G, D'Aurizio G, Romanelli G, Marengoni A, Zucchelli A, Picardi A, Gentilucci UV, Gallo P, Dell'Unto C, Annoni G, Corsi M, Bellelli G, Zazzetta S, Mazzola P, Szabo H, Bonfanti A, Arturi F, Succurro E, Rubino M, Serra MG, Bleve MA, Gasbarrone L, Sajeva MR, Brucato A, Ghidoni S, Fabris F, Bertozzi I, Bogoni G, Rabuini MV, Cosi E, Manfredini R, Fabbian F, Boari B, De Giorgi A, Tiseo R, Paolisso G, Rizzo MR, Borghi C, Strocchi E, De Sando V, Pareo I, Sabbà C, Vella FS, Suppressa P, Agosti P, Schilardi A, Loparco F, Fenoglio L, Bracco C, Giraudo AV, Fargion S, Periti G, Porzio M, Tiraboschi S, Peyvandi F, Rossio R, Ferrari B, Colombo G, Monzani V, Savojardo V, Folli C, Ceriani G, Salerno F, Pallini G, Dallegri F, Ottonello L, Liberale L, Caserza L, Salam K, Liberato NL, Tognin T, Bianchi GB, Giaquinto S, Purrello F, Di Pino A, Piro S, Rozzini R, Falanga L, Spazzini E, Ferrandina C, Montrucchio G, Petitti P, Salmi R, Gaudenzi P, Violi F, Perri L, Landolfi R, Montalto M, Mirijello A, Guasti L, Castiglioni L, Maresca A, Squizzato A, Molaro M, Grossi A, Bertolotti M, Mussi C, Libbra MV, Dondi G, Pellegrini E, Carulli L, Perticone F, Colangelo L, Falbo T, Stanghellini V, De Giorgio R, Ruggeri E, Vecchio SD, Salvi A, Leonardi R, Damiani G, Gabrielli A, Capeci W, Mattioli M, Martino GP, Biondi L, Pettinari P, Ghio R, Col AD, Minisola 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Colombo, G, Monzani, V, Savojardo, V, Folli, C, Ceriani, G, Pallini, G, Dallegri, F, Ottonello, L, Liberale, L, Caserza, L, Salam, K, Liberato, N, Tognin, T, Bianchi, G, Giaquinto, S, Purrello, F, Di Pino, A, Piro, S, Rozzini, R, Falanga, L, Spazzini, E, Ferrandina, C, Montrucchio, G, Petitti, P, Salmi, R, Gaudenzi, P, Perri, L, Landolfi, R, Montalto, M, Mirijello, A, Guasti, L, Castiglioni, L, Maresca, A, Squizzato, A, Molaro, M, Grossi, A, Bertolotti, M, Mussi, C, Libbra, M, Dondi, G, Pellegrini, E, Carulli, L, Colangelo, L, Falbo, T, Stanghellini, V, De Giorgio, R, Ruggeri, E, Vecchio, S, Salvi, A, Leonardi, R, Damiani, G, Gabrielli, A, Capeci, W, Mattioli, M, Martino, G, Biondi, L, Pettinari, P, Ghio, R, Col, A, Minisola, S, Afeltra, A, Marigliano, B, Pipita, M, Castellino, P, Blanco, J, Zanoli, L, Pignataro, S, Saracco, V, Fogliati, M, Bussolino, C, Mete, F, Gino, M, Cittadini, A, Vigorito, C, Arcopinto, M, Salzano, A, Bobbio, E, Sirico, D, Moreo, G, Gasparini, F, Prolo, S, Pina, G, Ballestrero, A, Ferrando, F, Berra, S, Dassi, S, Nava, M, Graziella, B, Baldassarre, S, Fragapani, S, Gruden, G, Galanti, G, Mascherini, G, Petri, C, Stefani, L, Girino, M, Piccinelli, V, Nasso, F, Gioffre, V, Pasquale, M, Scattolin, G, Martinelli, S, Turrin, M, Sechi, L, Catena, C, Colussi, G, Passariello, N, Rinaldi, L, Berti, F, Famularo, G, Patrizia, T, Castello, R, Pasino, M, Ceda, G, Maggio, M, Morganti, S, Artoni, A, Del Giacco, S, Firinu, D, Losa, F, Paoletti, G, Montalto, G, Licata, A, Malerba, V, Antonino, L, Basile, G, Antonino, C, Malatino, L, Stancanelli, B, Terranova, V, Di Marca, S, Mecocci, P, Ruggiero, C, Boccardi, V, Meschi, T, Lauretani, F, Ticinesi, A, Minuz, P, Fondrieschi, L, Pirisi, M, Fra, G, Sola, D, Porta, M, Riva, P, Quadri, R, Scanzi, G, Mengoli, C, Provini, S, Ricevuti, L, Simeone, E, Scurti, R, Tolloso, F, Tarquini, R, Valoriani, A, Dolenti, S, Vannini, G, Tedeschi, A, Trotta, L, Volpi, R, Bocchi, P, Vignali, A, and Cattaneo, M

Subjects
Male, major clinical event, major clinical events, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, 0302 clinical medicine, Older patients, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, 80 and over, 030212 general & internal medicine, LS4_4, adherence, Prospective Studies, General Nursing, Nursing (all)2901 Nursing (miscellaneous), Aged, 80 and over, COPD, Health Policy, General Medicine, COPD guidelines, adherence, major clinical events, older patients, older patients, Obstructive lung disease, Bronchodilator Agents, guidelines adherence, Hospitalization, Inhalation, Administration, Inhalation, Aged, Female, Humans, Guideline Adherence, Administration, COPD guidelines, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Chronic Obstructive, medicine.medical_specialty, Socio-culturale, Pulmonary Disease, 03 medical and health sciences, older patient, Internal medicine, medicine, Medical prescription, Polypharmacy, business.industry, Settore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNA, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, respiratory tract diseases, Observational study, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Objectives We aimed to analyze the prevalence and impact of COPD in older patients hospitalized in internal medicine or geriatric wards, and to investigate adherence to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines, associated clinical factors, and outcomes. Design Data were obtained from REgistro POliterapie SIMI (REPOSI), a prospective multicenter observational registry that enrolls inpatients aged ≥65 years. Setting and Participants Older hospitalized patients enrolled from 2008 to 2016 with a diagnosis of COPD. Measures We evaluated adherence to the 2018 GOLD guidelines at admission and discharge, by examining the prescription of inhaled bronchodilators and corticosteroids in COPD patients. We also evaluated the occurrence of outcomes and its association with COPD and guideline adherence. Results At hospital admission, COPD was diagnosed in 1302 (21.5%) of 6046 registered patients. COPD patients were older, with more impaired clinical and functional status and multiple comorbidities. Overall, 34.3% of COPD patients at admission and 35.6% at discharge were adherent to the GOLD guidelines. Polypharmacy (≥5 drugs) at admission [odds ratio (OR): 3.28, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.24-4.81], a history of acute COPD exacerbation (OR: 2.65, 95% CI: 1.44-4.88) at admission, smoking habit (OR: 1.45, 95% CI: 1.08-1.94), and polypharmacy at discharge (OR: 6.76, 95% CI: 4.15-11.0) were associated with adherence to guidelines. COPD was independently associated with the risk of cardiovascular and respiratory death and rehospitalization occurrence compared to patients without COPD during follow-up. Adherence to guidelines was inversely associated with the occurrence of death from all causes (OR: 0.12, 95% CI: 0.02-0.90). Conclusions/Implications COPD was common in older patients acutely hospitalized, showing an impaired functional and clinical status. Prescriptions for older COPD patients were often not adherent to GOLD guidelines. Poor adherence to guidelines was associated with a worse clinical status. There is a need to improve adherence to guidelines in treating COPD patients, with the ultimate goal of reducing clinical events.

Published
2019

35. The circadecadal rhythm of oscillation of umbilical cord blood parameters correlates with geomagnetic activity – An analysis of long-term measurements (1999–2011)

Author

Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Lazzaro Di Mauro, Alberto Bosi, Giuseppe Miscio, Felix Scholkmann, Rosa Rubino, and Roberto Tarquini

Subjects
Geological Phenomena, Periodicity, Time Factors, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Physiology, CD34, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Biology, 01 natural sciences, Umbilical cord, Andrology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Rhythm, Pregnancy, Physiology (medical), medicine, Humans, Progenitor cell, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, Blood Specimen Collection, Magnetic Phenomena, Fetal Blood, Haematopoiesis, Earth's magnetic field, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cord blood, Immunology, Female, Stem cell
Abstract

Recently, we have shown that the contents of total nucleated cells (TNCs) and CD34+ hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (CD34+ HSPCs) as well as the cord blood volume (CBV) in umbilical cord blood (UCB) show a circadecadal (~10 years) rhythm of oscillation. This observation was based on an analysis of 17,936 cord blood donations collected during 1999–2011. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether this circadecadal rhythm of oscillation in TNCs, CD34+ HSPCs and CBV is related to geomagnetic activity. For the analysis, the yearly averages of TNCs, CD34+ HSPCs and CBV in UCB were correlated with geomagnetic activity (Dcx index). Our analysis revealed that (i) all three UCB parameters were statistically significantly correlated with the level of geomagnetic activity, (ii) CBV showed a linear correlation with the Dcx index (r = 0.5290), (iii) the number of TNCs and CD34+ HSPCs were quadratic inversely correlated with the Dcx index (r = −0.5343 and r = −0.7749, respectively). Furtherm...

Published
2016

36. Clock Genes, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Risk

Author

Roberto Tarquini and Gianluigi Mazzoccoli

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Anabolism, medicine.drug_class, Circadian clock, Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Circadian Clocks, medicine, Animals, Humans, Circadian rhythm, Bile acid, Catabolism, business.industry, General Medicine, Cell biology, CLOCK, Metabolic pathway, 030104 developmental biology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular, Circadian, Clock, Gene, Metabolism, Rhythm, Energy Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Hormone
Abstract

The molecular clockwork drives rhythmic oscillations of signaling pathways managing intermediate metabolism; the circadian timing system synchronizes behavioral cycles and anabolic/catabolic processes with environmental cues, mainly represented by light/darkness alternation. Metabolic pathways, bile acid synthesis, and autophagic and immune/inflammatory processes are driven by the biological clock. Proper timing of hormone secretion, metabolism, bile acid turnover, autophagy, and inflammation with behavioral cycles is necessary to avoid dysmetabolism. Disruption of the biological clock and mistiming of body rhythmicity with respect to environmental cues provoke loss of internal synchronization and metabolic derangements, causing liver steatosis, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes mellitus.

Published
2017

37. SAFE trial: an ongoing randomized clinical study to assess the role of cardiotoxicity prevention in breast cancer patients treated with anthracyclines with or without trastuzumab

Author

Giorgio Galanti, Roberto Tarquini, Valentina Guarneri, Sandro Barni, Lorenzo Livi, Pierluigi Piovano, Giuseppe Barletta, Francesca Martella, Francesca Terziani, Carmelo Bengala, Giacomo Allegrini, Agnese Vannini, Paolo Marchetti, Domenico Amoroso, Isacco Desideri, Mario Airoldi, Giuseppe Curigliano, Icro Meattini, and Carlotta Becherini

Subjects
Oncology, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Cardiotonic Agents, medicine.medical_treatment, Breast Neoplasms, Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Placebo, Beta-blockers, 03 medical and health sciences, Breast cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, Ramipril, Trastuzumab, Cardiotoxicity prevention, Internal medicine, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, medicine, Bisoprolol, Humans, Clinical Trials, Anthracyclines, Adjuvant anthracyclines, Cardiotoxicity, Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic, Female, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, business.industry, Hematology, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Surgery, Phase III as Topic, Radiation therapy, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Breast disease, business, medicine.drug
Abstract

Over the years, thanks to the addition of new generation systemic agents, as well as the use of more advanced and precise radiotherapy techniques, it was able to obtain a high curability rate for breast cancer. Anthracyclines play a key role in the treatment of breast disease, with a well-known benefit on disease-free survival of patients with positive nodal status. Trastuzumab have shown a significant outcome advantage after 1-year administration in case of HER2-positive disease. Unfortunately, significant increase in cardiotoxicity has been observed after anthracyclines and trastuzumab therapies. Even though the cardiology and oncology community strongly recommend a cardiotoxicity prevention strategy for this subset of patients, there is still no consensus on the optimal patient's approach. We aimed to review the published and ongoing researches on cardioprevention strategies and to present the SAFE trial (CT registry ID: NCT2236806; EudraCT number: 2015-000914-23). It is a randomized phase 3, four-arm, single-blind, placebo-controlled study that aims to evaluate the effect of bisoprolol, ramipril or both drugs, compared to placebo, on subclinical heart damage evaluated by speckle tracking cardiac ultrasound in non-metastatic breast cancer patients.

Published
2017

38. Rheumatoid arthritis and the biological clock

Author

Roberto Tarquini, Angelo De Cata, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, and Leonardo D'Agruma

Subjects
Autoimmune disease, business.industry, Immunology, Circadian clock, Models, Immunological, Arthritis, Inflammation, medicine.disease, Neurosecretory Systems, Circadian Rhythm, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Pathogenesis, CLOCK, Immune system, Biological Clocks, Immune System, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, Circadian rhythm, medicine.symptom, business, Signal Transduction
Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease of unknown cause and a chronic and progressive inflammatory disorder ensuing in genetically predisposed subjects, characterized by synovitis causing joint destruction, as well as inflammation in body organ systems, leading to anatomical alteration and functional disability. Immune competent cells, deregulated synoviocytes and cytokines play a key role in the pathophysiological mechanisms. The immune system function shows time-related variations related to the influence of the neuroendocrine system and driven by the circadian clock circuitry. Immune processes and symptom intensity in RA are characterized by oscillations during the day following a pattern of circadian rhythmicity. A cross-talk between inflammatory and circadian pathways is involved in RA pathogenesis and underlies the mutual actions of disruption of the circadian clock circuitry on immune system function as well as of inflammation on the function of the biological clock. Modulation of molecular processes and humoral factors mediating in RA the interplay between the biological clock and the immune response and underlying the rhythmic fluctuations of pathogenic processes and symptomatology could represent a promising therapeutic strategy in the future.

Published
2014

39. The home management of Artificial Nutrition: a survey among doctors and nurses

Author

Sara, Gamberi, Diletta, Calamassi, David, Coletta, Silvia, Dolenti, Alice, Valoriani, and Roberto, Tarquini

Subjects
Gastrostomy, Catheterization, Central Venous, skills, training, Nurses, artificial nutrition, team, home management, Enteral Nutrition, Nutrition Assessment, Physicians, Surveys and Questionnaires, Home Care Agencies, Humans, Original Article, Clinical Competence, Intubation, Gastrointestinal, doctors
Abstract

The management of Artificial Nutrition (NA), especially in the home environment (HAN) requires specific skills in order to ensure the correct therapeutic education, prevention of complications and the provision of appropriate treatment to the person. The aim of this survey was to identify the perceptions of nurses and doctors, as well as comparing to their perceived competence in NA and the gap between their perceived versus actual knowledge and management methods.This observational study was conducted in a Tuscan health region of Italy, involving 50 Home Care Services nurses and 50 general practitioners. Participants were asked to complete an online questionnaire that was constructed for purpose.The results show that for the management of the person with NA, both for doctors and for nurses show great variability in responses. Less than half of those providing care make assessments of nutritional status and dysphagia as well as the possibility of re-feeding by natural means in NA patients. Care providers expressed uncertainty as to which professional should carry out such assessments. A mismatch was also evident between the skills possessed and the self-assessments performed regarding their knowledge base of NA. Almost all of doctors of nurses indicated a desire to participate in training events relating to NA.The results highlight the need for caregivers to have specific operating protocols. The results also highlight the need to aim to work as a team, emphasizing the importance of basic communication as well as the need for clarity as to the responsibilities and roles of the professionals involved.Key words: Artificial Nutrition, Nurses, Doctors, home management, skills, training, team.

Published
2016

40. Clock gene expression in human and mouse hepatic models shows similar periodicity but different dynamics of variation

Author

Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Cristiana Tiberio, Shu Liu, Roberto Tarquini, Manlio Vinciguerra, Salvatore De Cosmo, Francesco Giuliani, Angelo De Cata, Y. Cai, Jude A. Oben, and Rosa Rubino

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Male, endocrine system, medicine.medical_specialty, Physiology, Circadian clock, CLOCK Proteins, Gene Expression, Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, Circadian Clocks, medicine, Animals, Humans, Circadian rhythm, RNA, Messenger, Cells, Cultured, Regulation of gene expression, Suprachiasmatic nucleus, Reproducibility of Results, Cell biology, Circadian Rhythm, PER2, CLOCK, Mice, Inbred C57BL, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, Gene Expression Regulation, Liver, Suprachiasmatic Nucleus, Chronobiology, clock genes, hepatocytes, liver, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, PER1
Abstract

The biological hard-wiring of 24-hour rhythmicity relies on the circadian clock circuitry, made of peripheral oscillators operated by molecular clockworks and synchronized through humoral and neural outputs by central oscillators located in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei. Metabolically active tissues, such as the liver, are entrained also by local cues represented by metabolic flux related to feeding. The mechanics of the molecular clockwork have been explored by studies using cell lines and wild type or genetically engineered mouse models. There is a compelling need to reduce the use of animals in experimental settings. The aim of our study was to evaluate the periodicity and dynamics of functioning of the hepatic clock gene machinery in human and mouse hepatic models. We compared the results obtained in human hepatoma cells (HepG2 cells) and in mouse liver, and a significant 24-hour rhythmic component was found for five clock genes in the HepG2 cells (Bmal1, Cry1, Per1, Per2, NR1D1) and for six clock genes in the mouse liver (Bmal1, Clock, Cry1, Per1, Per2, NR1D1). The amplitude of oscillation rendered by the cosine curve and the dynamics of expression rendered by the rate of change (the derivative of gene expression level with respect to time) were greater in the mouse liver than in the HepG2 cells for Bmal1, Per1, Per2 and NR1D1, and the cosine curve phase was different for many of them. In conclusion, the periodicity of expression of the clock genes showed similar patterns when the two experimental models were compared, whereas the dynamics of transcription in human hepatoma cells cultured in vitro were less vigorous and phased in a different way when compared to mouse hepatic tissue. The results support the reliability of the human hepatic in vitro model as an alternative to animal models only to study the periodicity of function of the molecular clockwork, but not to evaluate the dynamics of clock gene expression.

Published
2016

41. Time related variations in stem cell harvesting of umbilical cord blood

Author

Massimiliano Copetti, Alice Valoriani, Angelo De Cata, A. Totaro, Rosa Rubino, Alberto Bosi, Giuseppe Miscio, Roberto Tarquini, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Michele Santodirocco, Andrea Fontana, Federico Perfetto, Massimo Francavilla, and Lazzaro Di Mauro

Subjects
Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, Time Factors, Adolescent, CD34, Cell Separation, Umbilical cord, Article, Andrology, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Birth Weight, Humans, Medicine, Progenitor cell, Retrospective Studies, Blood Specimen Collection, Multidisciplinary, business.industry, Mesenchymal stem cell, Infant, Newborn, Middle Aged, Fetal Blood, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Transplantation, Haematopoiesis, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cord blood, Immunology, Female, Stem cell, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Maternal Age
Abstract

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) contains hematopoietic stem cells and multipotent mesenchymal cells useful for treatment in malignant/nonmalignant hematologic-immunologic diseases and regenerative medicine. Transplantation outcome is correlated with cord blood volume (CBV), number of total nucleated cells (TNC), CD34+ progenitor cells and colony forming units in UCB donations. Several studies have addressed the role of maternal/neonatal factors associated with the hematopoietic reconstruction potential of UCB, including: gestational age, maternal parity, newborn sex and birth weight, placental weight, labor duration and mode of delivery. Few data exist regarding as to how time influences UCB collection and banking patterns. We retrospectively analyzed 17.936 cord blood donations collected from 1999 to 2011 from Tuscany and Apulia Cord Blood Banks. Results from generalized multivariable linear mixed models showed that CBV, TNC and CD34+ cell were associated with known obstetric and neonatal parameters and showed rhythmic patterns in different time domains and frequency ranges. The present findings confirm that volume, total nucleated cells and stem cells of the UCB donations are hallmarked by rhythmic patterns in different time domains and frequency ranges and suggest that temporal rhythms in addition to known obstetric and neonatal parameters influence CBV, TNC and CD34+ cell content in UBC units.

Published
2016

42. Hepato-systemic gradient of carbon monoxide in cirrhosis

Author

Francesco Vizzutti, Roberto Giulio Romanelli, Umberto Arena, Roberto Tarquini, Giorgio La Villa, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Ugo Santosuosso, Rosanna Mastroianni, Giacomo Laffi, and Emanuela Masini

Subjects
Liver Cirrhosis, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cirrhosis, Portal venous pressure, Hepatic Veins, Gastroenterology, Nitric oxide, chemistry.chemical_compound, Internal medicine, Ascites, Internal Medicine, Humans, Medicine, Vein, Carbon Monoxide, business.industry, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Peripheral, Heme oxygenase, medicine.anatomical_structure, chemistry, Female, medicine.symptom, business, Splanchnic
Abstract

Background and aims Experimental data suggest that in liver cirrhosis splanchnic and systemic vasculature exhibit marked endothelial Carbon monoxide (CO) overproduction, while recent data demonstrated heme oxygenase (HO) hyperactivity in the liver of rats with cirrhosis. No data are so far available on CO levels in the hepatic veins of cirrhotic patients. We aimed at evaluating whether plasma CO levels differ between systemic (peripheral vein) and hepatic (hepatic vein) circulation in patients with viral cirrhosis with and without ascites. Methods We enrolled 31 consecutive non-smoking in- or outpatients with liver cirrhosis. We measured wedge (occluded, WHVP) and free hepatic venous pressures (FHVP) and hepatic-vein pressure gradient (HVPG) was the calculated. Plasma level of NO and plasma CO concentration were determined both in peripheral vein and in the hepatic vein in cirrhotics. Results In cirrhotic patients plasma CO levels were significantly higher in the hepatic vein (16.66 ± 10.71 p.p.m.) than in the peripheral vein (11.71 ± 7.00 p.p.m). Plasma NO levels were significantly higher in peripheral vein (97.02 ± 21.11 μmol/ml) than in the hepatic vein (60.76 ± 22.93 μmol/ml). Conclusions In patients with liver cirrhosis we documented a hepato-systemic CO gradient as inferred by the higher CO values in the hepatic vein than in the peripheral vein. In cirrhotic patients, CO and NO exhibit opposite behavior in the liver, while both molecules show increased values in the systemic circulation. It can be speculated that increased intra-hepatic CO levels might represent a counterbalancing response to reduced NO intra-hepatic levels in human liver cirrhosis.

Published
2012

43. Stage dependent destructuration of neuro-endocrine-immune system components in lung cancer patients

Author

Andrea Fontana, Valerio Pazienza, Francesco Giuliani, Massimiliano Copetti, Lucia Anna Muscarella, Ada Piepoli, Fabio Pellegrini, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, and Roberto Tarquini

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Lung Neoplasms, T cell, Biology, GPI-Linked Proteins, Melatonin, Immune system, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, IL-2 receptor, Lung cancer, Neoplasm Staging, Pharmacology, Receptors, IgG, Interleukin, Cancer, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Antigens, CD20, medicine.disease, Neurosecretory Systems, Lymphocyte Subsets, Endocrinology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Immune System, Female, CD8, medicine.drug
Abstract

Close relationships among the nervous, endocrine and immune system components maintain body homeostasis. Alteration of time-related prophile of variation of system components and loss of integrated function may favour the developing of cancer and may be aggravated in the presence of neoplastic disease. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prophiles of time-related variation of neuro-endocrine-immune system components in lung cancer patients.Peripheral blood samples were collected at intervals of 4hours for 24hours from 11 healthy subjects (age range 35-53years, mean age±s.e. 43.6±1.7) and nine patients suffering from nonsmall cell lung cancer (age range 43-63years, mean age±s.e. 51.0±2.4). In each blood sample, lymphocyte subpopulations (CD3, CD4, CD8, HLA-DR, CD16, CD20, CD25, γδTcR) were analyzed and melatonin, cortisol, TRH, TSH, free thyroxine, GH, IGF1 and interleukin IL2 on serum were measured.In our I-II stage lung cancer patients CD8+ lymphocytes (P=0.01), and in particular the T suppressor subset (P0.0001), CD20+ cells (P=0.05), γδTCR expressing cells (P0.01) and IGF1 (P=0.004) were diminished, whereas CD16+ cells (P0.0001), CD25+ cells (P=0.03), free thyroxine (P=0.001) and GH (P0.0001) were increased in respect of healthy subjects. In our III-IV stage lung cancer patients CD8+ lymphocytes (P=0.003) and in particular the T suppressor subset (P0.0001), CD20+ cells (P=0.05), γδTCR expressing cells (P=0.01), melatonin (P=0.03), TSH (P=0.006) and IGF1 (P0.0001) were diminished, whereas CD4+ cells (P=0.002), CD16+ cells (P0.0001), CD25+ cells (P=0.002), cortisol (P=0.003), TRH (P=0.004), free thyroxine (P=0.001), GH (P0.0001) and IL2 (P=0.0002) were increased in respect of healthy subjects. A statistically significant difference was evidenced between the two groups of cancer patients for the values of CD16+ cells (P0.0001), free thyroxine (P=0.001) and IGF1 (P0.0001) higher in I-II stage lung cancer patients and for the values of CD4+ cells (P0.0001), γδTCR expressing cells (P=0.002), TRH (P=0.002) and IL2 (P=0.01) higher in III-IV stage lung cancer patients. Lung cancer patients showed alteration of the pattern of circadian variation of CD3+, CD8+, CD8+ dim, CD16+, CD20+ and γδTCR expressing cells and of cortisol, TSH and GH serum levels. Pair-wise comparisons showed severe and stage dependent alterations in lung cancer patients.The prophiles of time-related variation of neuro-endocrine-immune system components are altered in a stage dependent manner in lung cancer patients and this alteration may impair the customary integrated system function.

Published
2011

44. Age-related changes of GH-IGF1 axis function

Author

Mariangela Pia Dagostino, Valerio Pazienza, Michele Inglese, Lucia Anna Muscarella, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Roberto Tarquini, Francesco Giuliani, and Ada Piepoli

Subjects
Cortisol secretion, endocrine system, Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Significant difference, Growth hormone, Growth hormone secretion, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Melatonin, Endocrinology, Cortisol serum, Internal medicine, Age related, Medicine, Circadian rhythm, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists, medicine.drug
Abstract

Background There is a reduction in the GH-IGF1 axis activity with increasing age, but there is evidence that the pool of GH available for release is not diminished in elderly subjects. We investigated whether there are differences among healthy young-middle aged and old aged subjects in the 24 hour secretory profiles of GH and IGF1. Methods The study was carried out on 15 healthy young-middle aged subjects (age range 36–55 years) and 15 healthy old aged subjects (age range 67–79 years). GH, IGF1, melatonin and cortisol serum levels were measured on blood samples collected every four hours for 24 hours. The fractional variation between single time point GH and IGF1 serum levels, mean photoperiod (06:00h–10:00h–14:00 h) and scotoperiod (18:00h–22:00h–02:00 h) values and the presence of circadian rhythmicity were evaluated. Results A normal circadian rhythmicity was recognizable for GH, melatonin and cortisol secretion in young-middle aged and old aged subjects, MESOR of cortisol was higher in the elderly ( P = 0.002 ) and the acrophase of cortisol was advanced in the group of old aged subjects ( P = 0.03 ), whereas the amplitude of IGF1 was higher in the group of young-middle-aged subjects ( P 0.01 ). Old aged subjects presented higher mean GH levels in the photoperiod ( P = 0.01 ), but lack of variability of GH and IGF1 fractional variations, whereas young-middle aged subjects presented significant variability of GH and IGF1 factional variations ( P = 0.05 and P = 0.003, respectively) and increased fractional variation of nocturnal GH and IGF1 serum levels in respect to older subjects ( P = 0.03 and P = 0.05, respectively). There was no statistically significant difference between mean melatonin serum levels in the photoperiod ( P = 0.937) and in the scotoperiod (P = 0.494) . There was no statistically significant difference between mean cortisol serum levels in the photoperiod (P = 0.235) , whereas mean cortisol serum levels were higher in old aged subjects in the scotoperiod (P = 0.04) . Linear regression evidenced a statistically significant negative trend between age and the 24 h mean of GH (P 0.01) and a statistically significant positive trend between age and the 24 h mean of cortisol (P 0.001). Conclusions Aging is associated with an altered pattern of GH secretion and IGF1 production.

Published
2011

45. Neuroendocrine axes function in healthy aging: Evaluation of predictive and manipulable blood serum indexes

Author

Valerio Pazienza, A. De Cata, Gianluigi Vendemiale, Michele Inglese, Roberto Tarquini, Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Lucia Anna Muscarella, and Ada Piepoli

Subjects
endocrine system, Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, Significant difference, Healthy elderly, Growth hormone secretion, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Melatonin, Blood serum, Endocrinology, Internal medicine, medicine, Circadian rhythm, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Healthy aging, Psychology, hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists, Hormone, medicine.drug
Abstract

Aging is characterized by alteration of neuroendocrine axes function. We evaluated possible predictive and manipulable blood serum indexes of function of these axes in healthy elderly. The study was carried out on 15 healthy young-middle aged subjects (age range 36–55 years) and 15 healthy old-aged subjects (age range 67–79 years). Melatonin, cortisol, TRH, TSH, FT4, GH and IGF1 serum levels were measured on blood samples collected every four hours for 24 hours. The presence of circadian rhythmicity, the differences in MESOR, amplitude and acrophases, the differences in the mean of 06:00–10:00–14:00 h values and the mean of 18:00–22:00–02:00 h values hormone serum levels and ratios (melatonin/cortisol ratio, TRH/TSH ratio and GH/IGF1 ratio) between the two groups were evaluated. A normal circadian rhythmicity was recognizable for melatonin, cortisol, TRH, TSH and GH secretion in young-middle aged subjects and for melatonin, cortisol TSH and GH in old-aged subjects, that showed higher cortisol MESOR value (P = 0.001 ) and lower TSH MESOR value (P = 0.002 ) . Old-aged subjects presented higher GH/IGF1 ratio in the photoperiod (P = 0.02 ) , and higher TRH/TSH ratio in the scotoperiod (P = 0.001 ) . There was no statistically significant difference in melatonin/cortisol ratio between young-middle aged and old-aged subjects. Aging is associated with alteration of some neuroendocrine axes function, but melatonin/cortisol ratio is a valuable predictive and manipulable blood serum index of normal function in healthy aging.

Published
2011

46. Cardiorenal Syndrome Caused by Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Author

Serafina Valente, Gian Franco Gensini, Chiara Lazzeri, and Roberto Tarquini

Subjects
Cardiac output, medicine.medical_specialty, Kidney, animal structures, Ejection fraction, business.industry, Central venous pressure, Review Article, Cardiorenal syndrome, lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, lcsh:RC870-923, medicine.disease, medicine.anatomical_structure, Nephrology, Diabetes mellitus, Internal medicine, Heart failure, medicine, Cardiology, Intensive care medicine, business, Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
Abstract

Since cardiorenal dysfunction is usually secondary to multiple factors acting in concert (and not only reduced cardiac output) in the present paper we are going to focus on the interrelationship between heart failure with normal ejection fraction and the development of cardiorenal syndrome. The coexistence of renal impairment in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (CRS type 2 and 4) is common especially in older females with hypertension and/or diabetes. It can be hypothesized that the incidence of this disease association is growing, while clinical trials enrolling these patients are still lacking. The main mechanisms thought to be involved in the pathophysiology of this condition are represented by the increase of intra-abdominal and central venous pressure and the activation of the renin-angiotensin system. Differently from CRS in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, the involvement of the kidney may be under-diagnosed in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction and the optimal therapeutic strategy in this condition, though challenging, is far to be completely elucidated. Further studies are needed to assess the best therapeutic regimen in patients with renal dysfunction (and worsening) and heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.

Published
2011

47. Autoimmune hepatitis in a patient affected by neuromyelitis optica: A new association

Author

Francesco Cappelli, Roberto Tarquini, Andrea Matucci, Fabio Almerigogna, Ilaria Cecioni, Filippo Fassio, Maria Grazia Giudizi, Roberto Giulio Romanelli, and Francesca Castiglione

Subjects
Hepatitis, medicine.medical_specialty, Neuromyelitis optica, Hepatology, biology, Patient affected, business.industry, Gastroenterology, MEDLINE, Myelitis, Autoimmune hepatitis, medicine.disease, Dermatology, biology.protein, medicine, Antibody, business
Published
2014

48. Chronobiologic study of the GH-IGF1 axis and the ageing immune system

Author

Gianluigi Mazzoccoli, Mariangela Pia Dagostino, Angelo De Cata, Stefano Carughi, Nunzia Marzulli, Michele Inglese, Roberto Tarquini, Francesco Giuliani, and Antonio Greco

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, General Immunology and Microbiology, General Neuroscience, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Lymphocyte, T cell, Biomedical Engineering, General Medicine, Biology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Immune system, Endocrinology, Artificial Intelligence, Ageing, Internal medicine, medicine, IL-2 receptor, Circadian rhythm, General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, CD8, Hormone
Abstract

One of the many systems that weakens as we age is our immune system and there is a reduction in the GH-IGF1 axis activity with increasing age. In this study we evaluated the immune system and the GH-IGF1 axis function in healthy ageing. CD3, CD4, CD20, CD25, HLA-DR and GH showed acrophase during the night, whereas CD8, CD16 and TCRγδ expressing cells showed acrophase during the day. MESOR of CD3 was higher in the old aged subjects, MESOR of CD20 and CD20 values at 14:00h and at 02:00h were higher in the young middle aged subjects, MESOR of CD25 and CD25 values at 10:00 were higher in the elderly subjects, MESOR of HLA-DR was higher in the young middle aged subjects, whereas MESOR of DR+T cells and HLA-DR at 02:00h were higher in the elderly subjects, MESOR of TCRγδ bearing cells was higher in the elderly subjects, GH value at 18:00h was also higher in the elderly subjects, and MESOR of IGF1 was higher in the young middle aged subjects. There was a statistically significant difference for the acrophases of CD25, HLA-DR and IGF1. There were different and opposing correlations among lymphocyte subpopulations and GH-IGF1 axis hormones in young and middle aged subjects in comparison with old aged subjects. Linear regression evidenced a statistically significant positive trend between age and the 24h mean of CD3 and CD25 and a statistically significant negative trend between age and the 24h mean of CD20 and GH. In conclusion, ageing is associated with an altered GH and IGF1 secretion, with decreased peripheral B cell compartment, increased peripheral T cell compartment and alterations of circadian rhythmicity.

Published
2010

49. The diabetic cardiomyopathy

Author

Gian Franco Gensini, Roberto Tarquini, Chiara Lazzeri, Carlo Maria Rotella, and Laura Pala

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Diabetic Cardiomyopathies, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiovascular System, Asymptomatic, Endocrinology, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Diabetic cardiomyopathy, Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, Internal Medicine, medicine, Hyperinsulinemia, Animals, Humans, business.industry, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Disease Models, Animal, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Heart failure, Cardiology, Myocardial fibrosis, medicine.symptom, business
Abstract

Diabetic cardiomyopathy has been defined as "a distinct entity characterized by the presence of abnormal myocardial performance or structure in the absence of epicardial coronary artery disease, hypertension, and significant valvular disease". The diagnosis stems from the detection of myocardial abnormalities and the exclusion of other contributory causes of cardiomyopathy. It rests on non-invasive imaging techniques which can demonstrate myocardial dysfunction across the spectra of clinical presentation. The presence of diabetes is associated with an increased risk of developing heart failure, and the 75% of patients with unexplained idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy were found to be diabetic. Diabetic patients with microvascular complications show the strongest association between diabetes and cardiomyopathy, an association that parallels the duration and severity of hyperglycemia. Metabolic abnormalities (that is hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hyperlipemia) can lead to the cellular alterations characterizing diabetic cardiomyopathy (that is myocardial fibrosis and/or myocardial hypertrophy) directly or indirectly (that is by means of renin-angiotensin system activation, cardiac autonomic neuropathy, alterations in calcium homeostasis). Moreover, metabolic abnormalities represent, on a clinical ground, the main therapeutic target in the patients with diabetes since the diagnosis of diabetes is made. Since diabetic cardiomyopathy is highly prevalent in the asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients, screening for its presence at the earliest stage of development can lead to prevent the progression to chronic heart failure. The most sensitive test is standard echocardiogram, while a less expensive pre-screening method is the detection of microalbuminuria.

Published
2010

50. Emerging drugs for acute myocardial infarction

Author

Roberto Tarquini, Serafina Valente, Gian Franco Gensini, Rosanna Abbate, and Chiara Lazzeri

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, medicine.drug_class, Vasodilator Agents, medicine.medical_treatment, Myocardial Infarction, Shock, Cardiogenic, Disease, Drug Delivery Systems, Hematologic Agents, Animals, Humans, Medicine, Pharmacology (medical), cardiovascular diseases, Myocardial infarction, Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, Intensive care medicine, Pharmacology, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping, business.industry, Cardiogenic shock, Anticoagulant, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Drugs, Investigational, medicine.disease, Defibrillators, Implantable, Reperfusion Injury, Hemostasis, Conventional PCI, No-Reflow Phenomenon, business, Early phase, Stem Cell Transplantation
Abstract

The present review is aimed at going over the pharmacological profile (and the clinical impact) of the emerging drugs involved in the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in order to provide the cardiologists who deal with these patients in the early phase with the most recent evidence on this topic.Anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs are the main cornerstones of therapy in the treatment of STEMI patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The main issues that clinicians have to deal with are represented by balancing thrombotic and bleeding risks. In tailoring therapy, variables such as age, sex and previous disease should be taken into account, as well as ongoing complications (such as acute renal failure) that could affect hemostasis. Despite the well-established clinical benefits of antiplatelet agents, questions remain, mainly surrounding potential for variable platelet response, which are strictly related to non-genetic (i.e., diet, drug-drug interaction, clinical factors such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, and inflammation) and genetic determinants.In their daily practice, cardiologists cannot abstract from the knowledge and updating on the ongoing research fields as well as the newly developed drugs, which they should frame in the very patient in the attempt to the develop a personalized medical strategy. These include also the pharmacological option(s) in the treatment of the reperfusion injury, the metabolic aspects and the stem cell therapy. TAKE HOME MASSAGE: In our opinion, the goal of ongoing research on the pharmacological approach to STEMI patients is a personalized medical strategy that relies on critical clinicians who merge newly developed acquisitions on this topic and a more complete, systemic and critical approach to the patient.

Published
2010

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