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1. Potential Benefits Of Using An Energy-Dense, High-Protein Formula Enriched With Β-Hydroxy-Β-Methylbutyrate (HMB), Fructo-Oligosaccharide (FOS) And Vitamin D For Enteral Feeding In Icu: A Pilot Case-Control Study In COVID-19 Patients.

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Cereda, E., primary, Guzzardella, A., additional, Tamayo, L., additional, Piano, M., additional, Alquati, O., additional, Vadalà, R., additional, Resta, M.V., additional, Balzarini, A., additional, Tavola, M., additional, Ripamonti, C., additional, Cerri, M., additional, Pennacchio, N., additional, Cozzi, S., additional, Grasselli, G., additional, and Caccialanza, R., additional

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2023
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3. Use of critical care resources during the first 2 weeks (February 24–March 8, 2020) of the Covid-19 outbreak in Italy

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Tonetti T., Grasselli G., Zanella A., Pizzilli G., Fumagalli R., Piva S., Lorini L., Iotti G., Foti G., Colombo S., Vivona L., Rossi S., Girardis M., Agnoletti V., Campagna A., Gordini G., Navalesi P., Boscolo A., Graziano A., Valeri I., Vianello A., Cereda D., Filippini C., Cecconi M., Locatelli F., Bartoletti M., Giannella M., Viale P., Antonelli M., Nava S., Pesenti A., Ranieri V. M., Albano G., Alborghetti A., Aldegheri G., Antonini B., Belgiorno N., Bellani G., Beretta E., Bonazzi S., Borelli M., Cabrini L., Carnevale L., Carnevale S., Castelli G., Catena E., Chiumello D., Coluccello A., Coppini D., Covello D., DeFilippi G., DeiPoli M., Dughi P., Gallioli G., Gnesin P., Greco S., Guatteri L., Guzzon D., Keim R., Landoni G., Langer T., Lombardo A., Marino G., Merli G., Merlo D., Mojoli F., Muttini S., Natalini G., Petrucci N., Pezzi A., Radrizzani D., Raimondi M., Riccio M., Storti E., Tavola M., Vitale G., Bosco E., Calo M. A., Danzi V., DeRosa S., Farnia A., Lazzari F., Meggiolaro M., Munari M., Saia M., Sella N., Serra E., Tiberio I., Baiocchi M., Benedetto M., Bordini M., Caramelli F., Cilloni N., DellaGiovampaola M., Fanelli A., Frascaroli G., Fusari M., Maitan S., Martino C., Melotti R. M., Merola R., Minardi F., Moro F., Nardi G., Nolli M., Pierucci E., Potalivo A., Repetti F., Salsi P., Terzitta M., Tosi M., Venturi S., Volta C. A., Zani G., Zanoni A (COVID-19 Northern Italian ICU Network), Landoni G, Tonetti, Tommaso, Grasselli, Giacomo, Zanella, Alberto, Pizzilli, Giacinto, Fumagalli, Roberto, Piva, Simone, Lorini, Luca, Iotti, Giorgio, Foti, Giuseppe, Colombo, Sergio, Vivona, Luigi, Rossi, Sandra, Girardis, Massimo, Agnoletti, Vanni, Campagna, Anselmo, Gordini, Giovanni, Navalesi, Paolo, Boscolo, Annalisa, Graziano, Alessandro, Valeri, Ilaria, Vianello, Andrea, Cereda, Danilo, Filippini, Claudia, Cecconi, Maurizio, Locatelli, Franco, Bartoletti, Michele, Giannella, Maddalena, Viale, Pierluigi, Antonelli, Massimo, Nava, Stefano, Pesenti, Antonio, Ranieri, V Marco, Tonetti, T, Grasselli, G, Zanella, A, Pizzilli, G, Fumagalli, R, Piva, S, Lorini, L, Iotti, G, Foti, G, Colombo, S, Vivona, L, Rossi, S, Girardis, M, Agnoletti, V, Campagna, A, Gordini, G, Navalesi, P, Boscolo, A, Graziano, A, Valeri, I, Vianello, A, Cereda, D, Filippini, C, Cecconi, M, Locatelli, F, Bartoletti, M, Giannella, M, Viale, P, Antonelli, M, Nava, S, Pesenti, A, Ranieri, V, Langer, T, Tonetti, T., Grasselli, G., Zanella, A., Pizzilli, G., Fumagalli, R., Piva, S., Lorini, L., Iotti, G., Foti, G., Colombo, S., Vivona, L., Rossi, S., Girardis, M., Agnoletti, V., Campagna, A., Gordini, G., Navalesi, P., Boscolo, A., Graziano, A., Valeri, I., Vianello, A., Cereda, D., Filippini, C., Cecconi, M., Locatelli, F., Bartoletti, M., Giannella, M., Viale, P., Antonelli, M., Nava, S., Pesenti, A., Ranieri, V. M., Albano, G., Alborghetti, A., Aldegheri, G., Antonini, B., Belgiorno, N., Bellani, G., Beretta, E., Bonazzi, S., Borelli, M., Cabrini, L., Carnevale, L., Carnevale, S., Castelli, G., Catena, E., Chiumello, D., Coluccello, A., Coppini, D., Covello, D., Defilippi, G., Deipoli, M., Dughi, P., Gallioli, G., Gnesin, P., Greco, S., Guatteri, L., Guzzon, D., Keim, R., Landoni, G., Langer, T., Lombardo, A., Marino, G., Merli, G., Merlo, D., Mojoli, F., Muttini, S., Natalini, G., Petrucci, N., Pezzi, A., Radrizzani, D., Raimondi, M., Riccio, M., Storti, E., Tavola, M., Vitale, G., Bosco, E., Calo, M. A., Danzi, V., Derosa, S., Farnia, A., Lazzari, F., Meggiolaro, M., Munari, M., Saia, M., Sella, N., Serra, E., Tiberio, I., Baiocchi, M., Benedetto, M., Bordini, M., Caramelli, F., Cilloni, N., Dellagiovampaola, M., Fanelli, A., Frascaroli, G., Fusari, M., Maitan, S., Martino, C., Melotti, R. M., Merola, R., Minardi, F., Moro, F., Nardi, G., Nolli, M., Pierucci, E., Potalivo, A., Repetti, F., Salsi, P., Terzitta, M., Tosi, M., Venturi, S., Volta, C. A., Zani, G., Zanoni, A (COVID-19 Northern Italian ICU Network), and Landoni, G

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medicine.medical_specialty, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Respiratory rate, Socio-culturale, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Acute respiratory failure, acute respiratory failure, COVID-19, ICU, non-invasive ventilation, rationing, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Anesthesiology, Intensive care, Retrospective analysis, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Non-invasive ventilation, Rationing, Case report form, business.industry, Research, lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid, Outbreak, lcsh:RC86-88.9, Settore MED/38 - PEDIATRIA GENERALE E SPECIALISTICA, 030228 respiratory system, Emergency medicine, Base excess, business
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Background A Covid-19 outbreak developed in Lombardy, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna (Italy) at the end of February 2020. Fear of an imminent saturation of available ICU beds generated the notion that rationing of intensive care resources could have been necessary. Results In order to evaluate the impact of Covid-19 on the ICU capacity to manage critically ill patients, we performed a retrospective analysis of the first 2 weeks of the outbreak (February 24–March 8). Data were collected from regional registries and from a case report form sent to participating sites. ICU beds increased from 1545 to 1989 (28.7%), and patients receiving respiratory support outside the ICU increased from 4 (0.6%) to 260 (37.0%). Patients receiving respiratory support outside the ICU were significantly older [65 vs. 77 years], had more cerebrovascular (5.8 vs. 13.1%) and renal (5.3 vs. 10.0%) comorbidities and less obesity (31.4 vs. 15.5%) than patients admitted to the ICU. PaO2/FiO2 ratio, respiratory rate and arterial pH were higher [165 vs. 244; 20 vs. 24 breath/min; 7.40 vs. 7.46] and PaCO2 and base excess were lower [34 vs. 42 mmHg; 0.60 vs. 1.30] in patients receiving respiratory support outside the ICU than in patients admitted to the ICU, respectively. Conclusions Increase in ICU beds and use of out-of-ICU respiratory support allowed effective management of the first 14 days of the Covid-19 outbreak, avoiding resource rationing.

Published
2020

4. Mortality attributable to different Klebsiella susceptibility patterns and to the coverage of empirical antibiotic therapy: a cohort study on patients admitted to the ICU with infection

Author

Bottazzi A., Chieregato A., Fumagalli R., Livigni S., Nardi G., Negro G., Olivieri C., Radrizzani D., Ripamonti C., Tavola M., Bertolini G., Nattino G., Carrara G., Rossi C., Crespi D., Mondini M., Tascini C., Poole D., Viaggi B., Langer M., Rossolini G. M., Malacarne P., Bottazzi, A, Chieregato, A, Fumagalli, R, Livigni, S, Nardi, G, Negro, G, Olivieri, C, Radrizzani, D, Ripamonti, C, Tavola, M, Bertolini, G, Nattino, G, Carrara, G, Rossi, C, Crespi, D, Mondini, M, Tascini, C, Poole, D, Viaggi, B, Langer, M, Rossolini, G, and Malacarne, P

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0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Klebsiella, 030106 microbiology, Intensive Care Unit, Drug resistance, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Empirical antibiotic therapy, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Anesthesiology, Intensive care, Anti-Bacterial Agent, medicine, In patient, 030212 general & internal medicine, Carbapenem, Attributable mortality, Aged, biology, business.industry, Microbial Sensitivity Test, Middle Aged, biology.organism_classification, Klebsiella infection, Multicenter study, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Standardized mortality ratio, Italy, Female, Cohort Studie, business, Cohort study, Human
Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the prognostic importance of different Klebsiella spp. sensitivity patterns: multi-susceptible Klebsiella (MS-K), extended-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant, but carbapenem-susceptible Klebsiella (ESCR-CS-K), and carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella (CR-K). Methods: We developed a prognostic model to predict hospital mortality in patients with infection on admission to the intensive care units (ICUs), and assessed its calibration in the subgroups of interest: patients with infections due to MS-K, ESCR-CS-K, CR-K. We assessed the calibration of the model also in ESCR-CS-K treated empirically with carbapenems and with piperacillin-tazobactam. Results: A total of 13,292 adults with an ongoing infection were admitted to 137 Italian ICUs in 2012–2013. Of 801 Klebsiella spp. infected patients, 451 had MS-K, 116 ESCR-CS-K, and 234 CR-K. The prognostic model calibrated well for the MS-K and ESCR-CS-K subgroups. In the CR-K subgroup there were more deaths than predicted (standardized mortality ratio 1.20; 95% CI 1.08–1.31), indicating a negative prognostic role of the infection, mainly in the medium and high risk-of-death patients. When infection was caused by ESCR-CS-K, treatment with piperacillin-tazobactam increased adjusted mortality among the most severe patients (similarly to CR-K), while treatment with carbapenems did not (similarly to MS-K). Conclusions: In low risk-of-death patients admitted to the ICU with a Klebsiella spp. infection, the appropriateness of empirical antibiotic therapy seemed uninfluential to eventual mortality, while it appeared to be crucial in high-risk ones. The use of piperacillin-tazobactam may be inappropriate in severe patients with ESCR-CS-K infection. CR-K is associated to a significant 20% increase of adjusted mortality, only for patients at higher risk of death.

Published
2018

5. The role of the intensive care unit in real-time surveillance of emerging pandemics: the Italian GiViTI experience

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Bertolini, G, Nattino, G, Langer, M, Tavola, M, Crespi, D, Mondini, M, Rossi, C, Previtali, C, Marshall, J, Poole, D, Abascià, A, Acquarolo, A, Adorni, A, Agnelli, V, Agostini, F, Alampi, D, Alberti, A, Alborghetti, A, Alleva, S, Ambrosoni, S, Antonini, B, Arditi, E, Avalli, L, Babini, M, Bagalini, G, Balata, A, Balicco, B, Barbagallo, M, Bartoli, T, Bassi, G, Becarelli, S, Beck, E, Bellin, M, Bellonzi, A, Bellorini, M, Benanti, C, Bensi, M, Bernasconi, Mo, Berruto, F, Bertolini, R, Besozzi, A, Biamino, C, Bianchi, T, Bianchin, A, Boccalatte, D, Bocchi, A, Bonaccorso, G, Bonazzi, M, Balsamo, C, Bonicalzi, V, Boniotti, C, Bonizzoli, M, Bottazzi, A, Breschi, C, Brizio, E, Brunetti, B, Brunori, E, Bubbico, G, Buscaglia, G, Calicchio, G, Calligaro, P, Calva, S, Candido, M, Capitanio, G, Caroleo, S, Casagli, S, Casalini, P, Castiglione, G, Cerana, M, Chiani, C, Chierego, G, Ciani, A, Ciceri, R, Cigada, Mg, Cima, M, Cingolani, E, Cinque, E, Coletta, Rp, Colombo, L, Colombo, R, Converso, M, Corrado, A, Cortis, G, Costagli, V, Crema, L, Crestan, E, Da, D, Cero, Pd, Ferro, Md, De Blasi RA, De Blasio, E, De Cristofaro MG, De Luca, A, Di Pasquale, D, Doroni, L, Fabi, Mc, Facondini, F, Fagoni, Nazzareno, Falzetti, G, Faraldi, L, Fiore, G, Fiume, C, Galeotti, E, Galleschi, N, Gallo, M, Gamberini, E, Garelli, A, Giacomello, S, Gianni, M, Giudici, R, Giuntini, R, Gnesin, P, Gorietti, A, Grassitelli, S, Greco, M, Irpino, A, Guadagna, A, Guadagnucci, A, Guagliardi, C, Laici, C, Lain, G, Lanza, G, Lefons, U, Leggieri, C, Lembo, R, Librenti, M, Liverani, C, Longobardo, A, Madeira, Sm, Madonna, R, Magatti, Mf, Mamprin, F, Mannolini, G, Marafon, S, Marchesi, G, Marifoglou, D, Martinelli, P, Martinelli, S, Escobar, Rm, Mastroianni, A, Mastropierro, R, Mediani, Ts, Messina, M, Milan, B, Molesi, A, Alberto, Cm, Mongelli, P, Morigi, A, Mosti, G, Muttini, S, Nardini, M, Nascimben, E, Natalini, G, Negri, G, Negro, G, Neri, M, Netto, R, Nonini, S, Odetto, L, Olivieri, C, Candida, Mo, Osti, D, Palmer, M, Parnigotto, A, Parrini, V, Pasculli, M, Pasetti, G, Passafiume, M, Pastorini, S, Patrignani, L, Pedeferri, M, Pegoraro, M, Pelati, E, Pelosi, G, Pera, L, Perino, P, Pero, A, Perzolla, D, Peta, M, Pinna, C, Pizzali, M, Postiglione, M, Potalivo, A, Raffaeli, M, Randellini, R, Rech, A, Renda, B, Ricciardi, G, Rizzi, S, Romagnoli, S, Rossi, G, Rossi, M, Rutta, C, Sagliaschi, U, Salcuni, R, Salvi, G, Scalera, M, Scarrone, S, Schiavuzzi, M, Aurelio, Ps, Selvaggi, P, Sicignano, A, Sorbara, C, Spagarino, E, Sparicio, D, Spinazzola, Ar, Sucre, Mj, Terzitta, M, Tetamo, R, Tibaldi, G, Todesco, L, Tomaselli, P, Torta, M, Turriziani, I, Ughi, L, Vaccari, C, Vaj, M, Vanzino, R, Vardanega, A, Vecchiarelli, P, Vedovati, S, Zanni, V, Zappa, S, Zardin, M, Zaro, G, Zuccaro, F, Barattini, M, Chieregato, A, Fumagalli, R, Livigni, S, Mengoli, F, Nardi, G, Palma, D, Portolani, L, Radrizzani, D, Terzitta, M., Bertolini, G, Nattino, G, Langer, M, Tavola, M, Crespi, D, Mondini, M, Rossi, C, Previtali, C, Marshall, J, Poole, D, Abascia, A, Acquarolo, A, Adorni, A, Agnelli, V, Agostini, F, Alampi, D, Alberti, A, Alborghetti, A, Alleva, S, Ambrosoni, S, Antonini, B, Arditi, E, Avalli, L, Babini, M, Bagalini, G, Balata, A, Balicco, B, Barbagallo, M, Bartoli, T, Bassi, G, Becarelli, S, Beck, E, Bellin, M, Bellonzi, A, Bellorini, M, Benanti, C, Bensi, M, Bernasconi, M, Berruto, F, Besozzi, A, Biamino, C, Bianchi, T, Bianchin, A, Boccalatte, D, Bocchi, A, Bonaccorso, G, Bonazzi, M, Balsamo, C, Bonicalzi, V, Boniotti, C, Bonizzoli, M, Bottazzi, A, Breschi, C, Brizio, E, Brunetti, B, Brunori, E, Bubbico, G, Buscaglia, G, Calicchio, G, Calligaro, P, Calva, S, Candido, M, Capitanio, G, Caroleo, S, Casagli, S, Casalini, P, Castiglione, G, Cerana, M, Chiani, C, Chierego, G, Ciani, A, Ciceri, R, Cigada, M, Cima, M, Cingolani, E, Cinque, E, Coletta, R, Colombo, L, Colombo, R, Converso, M, Corrado, A, Cortis, G, Costagli, V, Crema, L, Crestan, E, Da, D, Cero, P, Ferro, M, De Blasi, R, De Blasio, E, De Cristofaro, M, De Luca, A, Di Pasquale, D, Doroni, L, Fabi, M, Facondini, F, Fagoni, N, Falzetti, G, Faraldi, L, Fiore, G, Fiume, C, Galeotti, E, Galleschi, N, Gallo, M, Gamberini, E, Garelli, A, Giacomello, S, Gianni, M, Giudici, R, Giuntini, R, Gnesin, P, Gorietti, A, Grassitelli, S, Greco, M, Irpino, A, Guadagna, A, Guadagnucci, A, Guagliardi, C, Laici, C, Lain, G, Lanza, G, Lefons, U, Leggieri, C, Lembo, R, Librenti, M, Liverani, C, Longobardo, A, Madeira, S, Madonna, R, Magatti, M, Mamprin, F, Mannolini, G, Marafon, S, Marchesi, G, Marifoglou, D, Martinelli, P, Martinelli, S, Escobar, R, Mastroianni, A, Mastropierro, R, Mediani, T, Messina, M, Milan, B, Molesi, A, Alberto, C, Mongelli, P, Morigi, A, Mosti, G, Muttini, S, Nardini, M, Nascimben, E, Natalini, G, Negri, G, Negro, G, Neri, M, Netto, R, Nonini, S, Odetto, L, Olivieri, C, Candida, M, Osti, D, Palmer, M, Parnigotto, A, Parrini, V, Pasculli, M, Pasetti, G, Passafiume, M, Pastorini, S, Patrignani, L, Pedeferri, M, Pegoraro, M, Pelati, E, Pelosi, G, Pera, L, Perino, P, Pero, A, Perzolla, D, Peta, M, Pinna, C, Pizzali, M, Postiglione, M, Potalivo, A, Raffaeli, M, Randellini, R, Rech, A, Renda, B, Ricciardi, G, Rizzi, S, Romagnoli, S, Rossi, G, Rossi, M, Rutta, C, Sagliaschi, U, Salcuni, R, Salvi, G, Scalera, M, Scarrone, S, Schiavuzzi, M, Aurelio, P, Selvaggi, P, Sicignano, A, Sorbara, C, Spagarino, E, Sparicio, D, Spinazzola, A, Sucre, M, Terzitta, M, Tetamo, R, Tibaldi, G, Todesco, L, Tomaselli, P, Torta, M, Turriziani, I, Ughi, L, Vaccari, C, Vaj, M, Vanzino, R, Vardanega, A, Vecchiarelli, P, Vedovati, S, Zanni, V, Zappa, S, Zardin, M, Zaro, G, Zuccaro, F, Barattini, M, Chieregato, A, Fumagalli, R, Livigni, S, Mengoli, F, Nardi, G, Palma, D, Portolani, L, and Radrizzani, D

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medicine.medical_specialty, Epidemiology, surveillance system, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype, 0302 clinical medicine, Public health surveillance, law, Infectious disease epidemiology, influenza, pandemic, Humans, Influenza, Human, Intensive Care Units, Italy, Public Health Surveillance, Pandemics, Pandemic, medicine, human, 030212 general & internal medicine, medicine (all), Intensive care medicine, business.industry, Public health, Outbreak, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Monitoring system, medicine.disease, Intensive care unit, infectious disease epidemiology, humans, influenza a virus, h1n1 subtype, intensive care units, italy, public health surveillance, pandemics, infectious diseases, epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Human mortality from H5N1, Medical emergency, business
Abstract

SUMMARYThe prompt availability of reliable epidemiological information on emerging pandemics is crucial for public health policy-makers. Early in 2013, a possible new H1N1 epidemic notified by an intensive care unit (ICU) to GiViTI, the Italian ICU network, prompted the re-activation of the real-time monitoring system developed during the 2009–2010 pandemic. Based on data from 216 ICUs, we were able to detect and monitor an outbreak of severe H1N1 infection, and to compare the situation with previous years. The timely and correct assessment of the severity of an epidemic can be obtained by investigating ICU admissions, especially when historical comparisons can be made.

Published
2015

6. The prognostic importance of chronic end-stage diseases in geriatric patients admitted to 163 Italian ICUs

Author

Poole, D., Finazzi, S., Nattino, G., Radrizzani, D., Gristina, G., Malacarne, P., Livigni, S., Bertolini, G., Sorgato, C., Mannoni, R., Agnelli, V., Chiani, C., Lanza, G., Venturini, E., Gianni, M., Olivieri, M. C., Guerriero, B., Della Mora, E., Palmer, M., Blasetti, A., Coletta, R., Covani Frigieri, F., Guarducci, M. D., Caracciolo, A., Lain, G., Bernard, M., DE Blasio, E., Zanni, V., Marchesi, G., Madeira, S. M., Spagarino, E., Potalivo, A., Mengoli, F., Parrini, V., Sagliaschi, U., Prandini, A., Rosano, A., Natalini, G., Piccioni, G., Schiavuzzi, M., Bronzini, N., Piva, S., Besozzi, A., Napoleone, A., Patrignani, L., Pisu, M., Mancosu, S., Chiarello, M., Pastorini, S., Bassi, G., Negro, G., Orsini, I., Marifoglou, D., Pota, V., Pegoraro, M., Sucre, M. J., DI Masi, P., Castiglione, G., Morello, G., Garofalo, G., Caroleo, S., Visconti, M. G., Gamberini, E., Mastroianni, A., Liccardi, M. M., Anelati, D., Martinelli, S., Bonato, A., Adorni, A., Colombo, D., Dal Cero, P., Crema, L., Petrucci, N., Beck, E., Alleva, S., Giuntini, R., DA Re, D., Casalini, P., Fabi, M. C., Galeotti, E., Bagalini, G., Bellonzi, A., Zoppellari, R., Lamborghini, S., Pera, L., Doni, L., Bonizzoli, M., Librenti, M., Barattini, M., Mangani, V., Terzitta, M., Guagliardi, C., Bruzzone, C., Arditi, E., Cerana, M., Tavola, M., Falini, S., Vespignani, M. G., Salvi, G., Ramello, P. L., Molesi, A., Ceradelli, M., Buonanno, R., Righini, E., DI Cocco, A., DI Martino, R., Cinque, E., Bonfiglio, M., Ciceri, R., Colombo, L., Nardini, M., Rossi, G., Boccalatte-Rosa, D. L., Babini, M., Zompanti, V., Negri, G., Antonini, B., Baratta, A., Zuccaro, F., Rossi, M., Pedeferri, M., Bellin, M., Sicignano, A., Pezzi, A., Leggieri, C., Fontana, G., Faraldi, L., Cigada, M. G., Magenta, P., Colombo, R., Colombo, S., Gonzi, S., Pizzali, M., Girardis, M., Piccinini, P., Bignone, P., Padovan, L., Bianchin, A., Caria, F. C., Randellini, R., Roticiani, V., Grassi, M., Belluomo Anello, C., Decristofaro, M., Postiglione, M., Giacomello, S., Olivieri, C., Vaccari, C., Dal Ferro, M., Messina, M., Belgiorno, N., Odetto, L., Pasetti, G. S., Balicco, B., Pizzaballa, M. L., Muraro, L., Pignataro, A., Guadagna, A., Fabbri, P. G., Tetamo, R., Bottazzi, A., Mediani, T. S., Gorietti, A., Breschi, C., Ciani, A., Segalini, P., Codeluppi, V., Berruto, F., Pastorelli, M., Comite, C., Pelati, E., Bertolini, R., Lefons, U., DI Pasquale, D. A., Mannolini, G., Vlassich, F., Becarelli, S., Garelli, A., Salsi, P., Rossi, S., Facondini, F., Alampi, D., Cingolani, E., Molino, F. M., Nardi, G., Casula, M., DE Blasi, R. A., Vulcano, G. A., Azzolini, M., Bernasconi, M. O., Bellato, V., Calicchio, G., Righetti, F., Turati, M., Dei Poli, M., Zaro, G., Brizio, E., Coaloa, M., Falzetti, G., Mamprin, F., Liverani, C. M., Clementi, S., Bonucci, P., Varesio, V., Pannacci, R., Fiore, G., Gallo, M., Torta, M., Selvaggi, P., Bert, P. P., Segala, V., Pettazzi, G., Bensi, M., Bocchi, A., Cima, M., Morbelli, M., Peta, M., DI Stella, R., Maggiolo, C., Lembo, R., Pero, A., Marafon, S., Carnevale, L., Vanzino, R., Vecchiarelli, P., and Marino, G.

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Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cirrhosis, Disease, Severity of Illness Index, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Patient Admission, Postoperative Complications, law, Internal medicine, 80 and over, aged, critical care, prognosis, Medicine, Dementia, Humans, Hospital Mortality, Elective surgery, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Critical care, Prognosis, Female, Intensive Care Units, Italy, Chronic Disease, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Comorbidity, Intensive care unit, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, 030228 respiratory system, Cohort, business
Abstract

BACKGROUND The number of elderly patients undergoing major surgical interventions and then needing admission to intensive care unit (ICU) grows steadily. We investigated this issue in a cohort of 232,278 patients admitted in five years (2011-2015) to 163 Italian general ICUs. METHODS Surgical patients older than 75 registered in the GiViTI MargheritaPROSAFE project were analyzed. The impact on hospital mortality of important chronic conditions (severe COPD, NYHA class IV, dementia, end-stage renal disease, cirrhosis with portal hypertension) was investigated with two prognostic models developed yearly on patients staying in the ICU less or more than 24 hours. RESULTS 44,551 elderly patients (19.2%) underwent emergency (47.3%) or elective surgery (52.7%). At least one severe comorbidity was present in 14.6% of them, yielding a higher hospital mortality (32.4%, vs. 21.1% without severe comorbidity). In the models for patients staying in the ICU 24 hours or more, cirrhosis, NYHA class IV, and severe COPD were constant independent predictors of death (adjusted odds ratios [ORs] range 1.67-1.97, 1.54-1.91, and 1.34-1.50, respectively), while dementia was statistically significant in four out of five models (adjusted ORs 1.23-1.28). End-stage renal disease, instead, never resulted to be an independent prognostic factor. For patients staying in the ICU less than 24 hours, chronic comorbidities were only occasionally independent predictors of death. CONCLUSIONS Our study confirms that elderly surgical patients represent a relevant part of all ICUs admissions. About one of seven bear at least one severe chronic comorbidity, that, excluding end-stage renal disease, are all strong independent predictors of hospital death.

Published
2017

7. Antibiotic use and impact on outcome from bacteraemic critical illness: the BActeraemia Study in Intensive Care (BASIC)

Author

Corona, A, Bertolini, G, Lipman, J, Wilson, Ap, Singer, M, Rodriguez, A, Cueto, G, Canales, Hs, Acosta Gnass, S, Marinoni, M, Becherucci, A, Baccaro, F, Peake, S, Reece, G, Blythe, D, Mcfayden, B, French, C, Hawker, F, Dobb, G, Seppelt, I, Finfer, S, Skowronski, G, Banerjee, A, Richards, B, Neumark, G, Hiesmayr, M, Rutraert, P, Franck, S, Spapen, H, Ludovic, L, Bruzzi de Carvalho, F, Souza, P, Gasparovic, V, Barsic, B, Chytra, I, Novak, I, Pestel, G, Kaiser, S, Giokas, G, Matamis, D, Yap Hiu Yi, F, Kapadia, F, Iqbal, M, Batoli, T, Costanzo, E, Pistocchini, A, Acquarolo, A, Greco, S, Di Masi, P, Quattrocchi, P, Navarra, M, Rotella, S, Giugiaro, P, Todesco, L, Borromeo, R, Ostando, M, Benassai, C, Pezzi, G, Marchi, M, Luise, C, Di Filippo, A, Mangani, V, Pelagatti, C, Pasetti, G, Salvi, G, Salcuni, R, Marongiu, A, Tavola, M, Rossi, G, Biffali, F, Brunori, E, Piccioni, G, Guadagnucci, A, David, Antonio, Pulici, M, Ughi, F, Sicignano, A, Leggieri, C, Fiore, G, Banfi, G, Lanza, S, Postiglione, M, Bosso, R, Piga, G, Croce, G, Sapuppo, Mf, Giarratano, A, Barbagallo, M, Favetta, P, Gorietti, A, Breschi, C, Andrei, O, Bertolini, R, Bonfà, A, Rossi, S, Asti, A, Rendina, F, Bilotta, F, Azzeri, F, Piacevoli, Q, Hellmann, F, Vaira, C, Avarello, N, Clementi, S, Della Valle, A, Segala, V, Berardino, M, Vaj, M, Sega, P, Bcchi, A, Pizzaballa, Ml, Cohen, J, Sprung, C, Hashimoto, S, Baskiene, R, Mcdonald, J, Sollid, S, Paiva, Ja, Moreno, R, Gloria, C, Yaghi, A, Voga, G, Joo Lee, Y, Zaragoza, R, Valles, J, Gonzalez Diaz, G, Alvarez Lerma, F, Sirvent, Jm, Herve, Z, Romand, Ja, Niblett, D, Laurenson, J, Peters, T, von der Osten, I, and Tomic, V.

Subjects
Adult, Male, Microbiology (medical), medicine.medical_specialty, Pediatrics, Asia, Critical Care, medicine.drug_class, Critical Illness, Antibiotics, Bacteremia, Microbial Sensitivity Tests, Outcome (game theory), Pharmacotherapy, Intensive care, Epidemiology, medicine, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), Prospective Studies, Antibiotic use, Intensive care medicine, bloodstream infections, critically ill patients, prevalence, antibiotic strategy, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Pharmacology, Australasia, business.industry, Septic shock, Mortality rate, Odds ratio, Middle Aged, South America, medicine.disease, Drug Utilization, Confidence interval, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Europe, Treatment Outcome, Infectious Diseases, Critical illness, Female, business, Fungemia
Abstract

The lack of prospective, randomized, controlled trial data to guide optimal antibiotic use in bacteraemic critically ill patients has led to a wide variety of strategies and major issues with drug resistance. We therefore prospectively investigated the epidemiology of bacteraemia and fungaemia in intensive care units (ICUs); and the impact of timing, type and appropriateness of antibiotic intervention.We conducted a multinational, multicentre, prospective observational study in 132 ICUs from 26 countries with no interventions.1702 patients [European (69.6%), Australasian (12.2%), South American (8.3%) and Asian (9.9%)] developed 1942 bacteraemic episodes over the study period. Mortality rates were similar for those receiving empirical (40.5%), semi-targeted (37.6%) or fully targeted (33.3%) antibiotic therapy (P=0.40), and in those initially receiving broad- (39.3%) or restricted-spectrum (39.1%) therapy (P=0.94). First-line therapy was effective in terms of the antibiogram (where available) in 70.4% of cases. This in vitro susceptibility ranged from 76.3% for broad-spectrum antibiotics to 46.3% for restricted-spectrum antibiotics (P0.0001). However, no antibiotic policy-associated variable, including in vitro susceptibility (odds ratio 0.89, 95% confidence interval 0.61-1.30), was a statistically significant predictor of mortality.We could not show an impact of antibiotics on mortality in critically ill patients, despite in vitro activity and early commencement. Randomized, multicentre trials are urgently needed to establish the appropriate duration, timing and combinations of antibiotics that will both optimally treat infection and minimize development of resistance and other complications.

Published
2010

8. Recommendations for anesthesia and sedation in nonoperating room locations [Raccomandazioni per l'esecuzione dell'anestesia e della sedazione al di fuori dei blocchi operatori]

Author

Calderini, E., Accorsi, A., Adrario, E., Bettelli, G., Cornara, G., Gasperi, A., Della Rocca, G., Di Castri, D., Frova, G., Gregorini, P., Iapichino, G., Landoni, G., Lombardo, G., Mondello, E., Paolillo, G. M., Peduto, V. A., Petrini, F., Piazza, L., Pierdominici, S., Pietropaoli, P., Rosi, R., Salvo, I., Santagostino, R., Savoia, G., Serafini, G., maurizio solca, Stella, L., Tavola, M., Torri, G., Tufano, R., Vesconi, S., Zoia, E., Zuccoli, P., Calderini, E, Accorsi, A, Adrario, E, Bettelli, G, Cornara, G, De Gasperi, A, Della Rocca, G, Di Castri, D, Frova, G, Gregorini, P, Iapichino, G, Landoni, Giovanni, Lombardo, G, Mondello, E, Paolillo G., M, Peduto V., A, Petrini, F, Piazza, L, Pierdominici, S, Pietropaoli, P, Rosi, R, Salvo, I, Santagostino, R, Savoia, G, Serafini, G, Solca, M, Stella, L, Tavola, M, Torri, G, Tufano, R, Vesconi, S, Zoia, E, Zuccoli, P., Calderini, E., Accorsi, A., Adrario, E., Bettelli, G., Cornara, G., De Gasperi, A., Della Rocca, G., Di Castri, D., Frova, G., Gregorini, P., Iapichino, G., Landoni, G., Lombardo, G., Mondello, E., Paolillo, G. M., Peduto, V. A., Petrini, F., Piazza, L., Pierdominici, S., Pietropaoli, P., Rosi, R., Salvo, I., Santagostino, R., Savoia, G., Serafini, G., Solca, M., Stella, L., Tavola, M., Torri, G., Tufano, Rosalba, Vesconi, S., and Zoia, E.

Published
2005

9. Guidelines for completing the Perioperative Anesthesia Record

Author

Calderini, E., Accorsi, A., Adrario, E., Bettelli, G., Carrani, L., Cornara, G., De Gasperi, A., Della Rocca, G., Di Castri, D., Frova, G., Gregorini, P., Iapichino, G., Landoni, G., Lombardo, G., Mondello, E., Paolillo, G. M., Peduto, V. A., Petrini, F., Piazza, L., Pierdominici, S., Pietropaoli, Paolo, Rosi, R., Salvo, I., Santagostino, R., Savoia, G., Serafini, G., Solca, M., Stella, L., Tavola, M., Torri, G., Tufano, R., Vesconi, S., Zoia, E., Zuccoli, P., Siaarti Study Group For Safety In Anesthesia, Intensive, Care, E., Calderini, A., Accorsi, E., Adrario, G., Bettelli, L., Carrani, G., Cornara, A., De Gasperi, G., Della Rocca, D., Di Castri, G., Frova, P., Gregorini, G., Iapichino, G., Landoni, G., Lombardo, E., Mondello, G. M., Paolillo, V. A., Peduto, F., Petrini, L., Piazza, S., Pierdominici, P., Pietropaoli, R., Rosi, I., Salvo, R., Santagostino, G., Savoia, G., Serafini, M., Solca, L., Stella, M., Tavola, G., Torri, Tufano, Rosalba, S., Vesconi, E., Zoia, P., Zuccoli, S. I., A., Intensive, Care, Calderini, E, Accorsi, A, Adrario, E, Bettelli, G, Carrani, L, Cornara, G, De Gasperi, A, Della Rocca, G, Di Castri, D, Frova, G, Gregorini, P, Iapichino, G, Landoni, G, Lombardo, G, Mondello, E, Paolillo, G M, Peduto, V A, Petrini, F, Piazza, L, Pierdominici, S, Pietropaoli, P, Rosi, R, Salvo, I, Santagostino, R, Savoia, G, Serafini, G, Solca, M, Stella, L, Tavola, M, Torri, G, Tufano, R, Vesconi, S, Zoia, E, and Zuccoli, P

Subjects
Medical Record, Anesthesia, Medical Records, Perioperative Care
Published
2002

10. End-of-life decision-making and quality of ICU performance: an observational study in 84 Italian units

Author

Bertolini, G, Boffelli, S, Malacarne, P, Peta, M, Marchesi, M, Barbisan, C, Tomelleri, S, Spada, S, Satolli, R, Gridelli, B, Lizzola, I, Gianni M, Mazzon D., Nasso, A, Perno, S, Cocco, L, Caracciolo, A, Di Masi, P, Moretti, M, Mazzon, D, Luise, C, Abate, C, Morigi, A, Zotti, Mc, Natalini, G, Antonini, B, Pedemonte, A, Brizio, E, Rossi, M, Ruggeri, P, Vitale, Mr, Garofalo, G, Bonaccorso, V, Cocciolo, F, Gamberini, E, Bufalini, M, Pedullà, A, Barbagli, R, Pelagatti, C, Oggioni, R, Barattini, M, Giuntini, R, Isetta, M, Cinque, E, Tavola, M, Negro, G, Ferrari, F, Chiarello, M, David, Antonio, Solca, M, Cattaneo, A, Bassini, E, Pinciroli, D, Negri, G, Ughi, L, Sicignano, A, Rotelli, S, Reineke, R, Rossi, S, Clementi, S, Bellocchio, E, Antonelli, S, Furfori, P, Guadagnucci, A, Postiglione, M, Catanzaro, P, Burgio, G, Todesco, L, Spina, T, Zava, R, Simeoni, C, Mosca, C, Bandini, M, Breschi, C, Casalini, P, Cosimati, F, Davini, D, Alampi, D, Alberti, A, Malengo, S, Tartari, S, Mastroianni, A, Perino, P, Belloni, Ug, Salcuni, R, Fiore, G, Odetto, L, Pastorelli, M, Agnelli, E, Vacca, M, Segala, V, Arbinolo, Ma, Vaj, M, Larghero, E, Vergano, M, Roncato, P, Lugano, M, Cominotti, S, Deprado, A, and Badii, F.

Subjects
Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Critical Care, Critical Illness, Decision Making, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Logistic regression, law.invention, Young Adult, law, Intensive care, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Organ donation, Intensive care medicine, Critically ill, Decision-making, End-of-life, Ethics, Intensive care units, Aged, Resuscitation Orders, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Odds ratio, Middle Aged, Euthanasia, Passive, Intensive care unit, Confidence interval, Life Support Care, Standardized mortality ratio, Italy, Withholding Treatment, Female, Observational study, Settore SPS/07 - Sociologia Generale, Family Relations, business
Abstract

To appraise the end-of-life decision-making in several intensive care units (ICUs) and to evaluate the association between the average inclination to limit treatment and overall survival at ICU level. Prospective, multicenter, observational study, lasting 12 months. Eighty-four Italian, adult ICUs. Consecutive patients (3,793) who died in ICU or were discharged in terminal condition, in 2005. Data collection included patient description, treatment limitation and decision-makers, involvement of patients and relatives in the decision, and organ donation. A logistic regression model was used to identify predictors of treatment limitation and develop a measure of the inclination to limit treatment for each ICU. This was compared with the standardized mortality ratio, an index of the overall performance of the unit. Treatment limitation preceded 62% of deaths. In 25% of cases, nurses were involved in the decision. Half the limitations were do-not-resuscitate orders, with the remaining half almost equally split between withholding and withdrawing treatment. Units less inclined to limit treatments (odds ratio

Published
2010

11. External validation of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) 3 in a cohort of 28,357 patients from 147 Italian intensive care units

Author

Poole, D, Rossi, C, Anghileri, A, Giardino, M, Latronico, N, Radrizzani, D, Langer, M, Bertolini, G, Acciarri, C, Acquarolo, A, Adorni, A, Alberti, A, Alborghetti, A, Antonini, B, Archi, D, Arditi, E, Badii, F, Balata, A, Barattini, M, Barbagli, R, Barbieri, P, Baroncia, M, Bartoccini, A, Bartoli, T, Bassi, F, Beck, E, Bellato, V, Bellorini, M, Belluomo Anello, C, Benanti, C, Berardino, M, Bernasconi, Mo, Besozzi, A, Bianchin, A, Bindi, Ml, Biolino, P, Blasetti, A, Boccalatte, D, Bonaccorso, G, Bonfà, A, Bonfiglio, M, Boniotti, C, Bonizzoli, M, Bottari, V, Breschi, C, Brunori, E, Buonanno, R, Buzzetti, V, Calicchio, G, Calva, S, Capannolo, B, Caracciolo, A, Carnevale, L, Carsana, C, Casadei, E, Casagli, S, Casagrande, L, Casalini, P, Castiglione, G, Cavallo, R, Chiarello, M, Chieregato, A, Chinelli, E, Cigada, M, Coaloa, M, Colombo, R, Colombo, S, Corsini, W, Corvi, D, Cosentino, E, Costa, R, Costanzo, E, Cottignoli, T, Crema, L, Crestan, E, Da Re, D, Dal Cero, P, Dal Ferro, M, David, Antonio, De Blasi RA, De Blasio, E, De Luca, A, De Negri, P, Dei Poli, M, Del Sarto, P, Di Lorenzo, G, Di Masi, P, Di Pasquale, D, Di Serafino, G, Donato, I, Fabbri, L, Fabbri, E, Fabbri, Pg, Fabi, Mc, Faccio, L, Ferla, F, Ferri, F, Fiore, G, Fognani, G, Galeotti, E, Gamberini, E, Garelli, A, Garofalo, G, Garzilli, T, Giacopuzzi, L, Gianni, M, Giannoni, S, Giugiaro, Pm, Gorietti, A, Grassi, P, Greco, M, Guadagnucci, A, Guagliardi, C, Isetta, M, Lapolla, A, Lefons, U, Livigni, S, Madonna, R, Maestrone, C, Magatti, Mf, Maggiolo, C, Malacarne, P, Mancosu, S, Mangani, Va, Mantovani, G, Marafon, S, Martinez Escobar, R, Mastroianni, A, Mastropierro, R, Meloni, A, Messina, M, Miglioranzi, R, Molino, Fm, Morigi, A, Mosca, C, Murri, V, Nardi, G, Nascimben, E, Natalini, G, Negri, G, Negro, G, Neri, M, Nicolini, A, Nuovo, D, Odetto, L, Olivieri, C, Ortoleva, A, Pacini, Dm, Paganini, G, Paganoni, G, Palmer, M, Papiri, S, Parma, A, Parrini, V, Pastorelli, M, Pastorini, S, Pegoraro, M, Pezzi, A, Pinciroli, D, Piredda, G, Piva, S, Pizzaballa, M, Possamai, C, Postiglione, M, Potalivo, A, Pulici, M, Quattrocchi, P, Raffaeli, M, Ranzini, L, Righini, E, Rona, R, Rossi, G, Rossi, S, Rossi, M, Rottoli, F, Salcuni, R, Salvi, G, Savioli, M, Scarrone, S, Schellino, Mm, Segala, V, Segalini, Pa, Sera, G, Sforza, D, Sicignano, A, Sorbara, C, Spadini, E, Staccioli, P, Stefani, M, Sucre, Mj, Tartari, S, Tavola, M, Tetamo, R, Tibaldi, G, Tinacci, S, Todesco, L, Torta, M, Tosi, L, Tripepi, C, Ughi, L, Vaj, M, Vecchiarelli, P, Vespignani, Mg, Visconti, Mg, Vulcano, Ga, Zappa, S, Zocaro, R, and Zuccaro, F.

Subjects
Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Time Factors, genetic structures, Critical Care, Critical Illness, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, law.invention, Bias, law, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, Intensive care, Anesthesiology, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, medicine, Humans, Hospital Mortality, Prospective Studies, Simplified Acute Physiology Score, Intensive care medicine, Prospective cohort study, Diagnosis-Related Groups, APACHE, Aged, Chi-Square Distribution, business.industry, Data Collection, Benchmarking, Critical care, Hospital mortality, Outcome assessment, Validation study, Discriminant Analysis, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Intensive care unit, Intensive Care Units, Logistic Models, Italy, ROC Curve, Predictive value of tests, Cohort, Calibration, Female, business, Chi-squared distribution
Abstract

To evaluate the SAPS 3 score predictive ability of hospital mortality in a large external validation cohort.Prospective observational study.A total of 28,357 patients from 147 Italian ICUs joining the Project Margherita national database of the Gruppo italiano per la Valutazione degli interventi in Terapia Intensiva (GiViTI).None.Evaluation of discrimination through ROC analysis and of overall goodness-of-fit through the Cox calibration test.Although discrimination was good, calibration turned out to be poor. The general and the South-Europe Mediterranean countries equations overestimated hospital mortality overall (SMR values 0.73 with 95% CI 0.72-0.75 for both equations) and homogeneously across risk classes. Overprediction was confirmed among important subgroups, with SMR values ranging between 0.47 and 0.82.The result strictly supported by our data is that the SAPS 3 score calibrates inadequately in a large sample of Italian ICU patients and thus should not be used for benchmarking, at least in Italian settings.

Published
2009

12. Pulmonary and chest wall mechanics in anesthetized paralyzed humans

Author

Edgardo D'Angelo, D. Bono, Edoardo Calderini, Tavola M, G. Torri, F. M. Robatto, and Joseph Milic-Emili

Subjects
Adult, Male, Thorax, medicine.medical_specialty, Supine position, Adolescent, Physiology, Respiratory physiology, Airway resistance, Physiology (medical), Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Paralysis, Anesthesia, Respiratory system, Lung, Lung Compliance, business.industry, Airway Resistance, Interrupter Technique, Elasticity, medicine.anatomical_structure, Respiratory Mechanics, Cardiology, Female, Pulmonary Ventilation, business, Transpulmonary pressure
Abstract

Pulmonary and chest wall mechanics were studied in 18 anesthetized paralyzed supine humans by use of the technique of rapid airway occlusion during constant-flow inflation. Analysis of the changes in transpulmonary pressure after flow interruption allowed partitioning of the overall resistance of the lung (RL) into two compartments, one (Rint,L) reflecting airway resistance and the other (delta RL) representing the viscoelastic properties of the pulmonary tissues. Similar analysis of the changes in esophageal pressure indicates that chest wall resistance (RW) was due entirely to the viscoelastic properties of the chest wall tissues (delta RW = RW). In line with previous measurements of airway resistance, Rint,L increased with increasing flow and decreased with increasing volume. The opposite was true for both delta RL and delta RW. This behavior was interpreted in terms of a viscoelastic model that allowed computation of the viscoelastic constants of the lung and chest wall. This model also accounts for frequency, volume, and flow dependence of elastance of the lung and chest wall. Static and dynamic elastances, as well as delta R, were higher for the lung than for the chest wall.

Published
1991

13. 'Guidelines for completing the perioperative anesthesia record.'

Author

Edoardo Calderini, Accorsi, A., Adrario, E., Bettelli, G., Carrani, L., Cornara, G., Gasperi, A., Della Rocca, G., Di Castri, D., Frova, G., Gregorini, P., Iapichino, G., Landoni, G., Lombardo, G., Mondello, E., Paolillo, G. M., Peduto, V. A., Petrini, F., Piazza, L., Pierdominici, S., Pietropaoli, P., Rosi, R., Salvo, I., Santagostino, R., Savoia, G., Serafini, G., Solca, M., Stella, L., Tavola, M., Torri, G., Tufano, R., Vesconi, S., Zoia, E., Zuccoli, P., and Siaarti Study Group For Safety in Anesthesia and Intensive Care

Published
2002

26. Effect of PEEP on respiratory mechanics in anesthetized paralyzed humans

Author

Edoardo Calderini, D. Bono, Joseph Milic-Emili, Tavola M, and Edgardo D'Angelo

Subjects
Adult, Supine position, Adolescent, Physiology, Respiratory physiology, Models, Biological, Airway occlusion, Elastance, Positive-Pressure Respiration, Physiology (medical), Medicine, Humans, Paralysis, Anesthesia, Respiratory system, Lung Compliance, Positive end-expiratory pressure, Abdominal Muscles, Air Pressure, business.industry, Constant flow, Airway Resistance, respiratory system, Interrupter Technique, Elasticity, respiratory tract diseases, Respiratory Mechanics, business, Lung Volume Measurements
Abstract

With the use of the technique of rapid airway occlusion during constant flow inflation, respiratory mechanics were studied in eight anesthetized paralyzed supine normal humans during zero (ZEEP) and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) ventilation. PEEP increased the end-expiratory lung volume by 0.49 liter. The changes in transpulmonary and esophageal pressure after flow interruption were analyzed in terms of a seven-parameter “viscoelastic” model. This allowed assessment of static lung and chest wall elastance (Est,L and Est,W), partitioning of overall resistance into airway interrupter (Rint,L) and tissue resistances (delta RL and delta RW), and computation of lung and chest wall “viscoelastic constants.” With increasing flow, Rint,L increased, whereas delta RL and delta RW decreased, as predicted by the model. Est,L, Est,W, and Rint,L decreased significantly with PEEP because of increased lung volume, whereas delta R and viscoelastic constants of lung and chest wall were independent of PEEP. The results indicate that PEEP caused a significant decrease in Rint,L, Est,L, and Est,W, whereas the dynamic tissue behavior, as reflected by delta RL and delta RW, did not change.

27. Communication and visiting policies in Italian intensive care units during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave and lockdown: a nationwide survey

Author

Langer, Thomas, Depalo, Francesca Carmela, Forlini, Clarissa, Landini, Silvia, Mezzetti, Andrea, Previtali, Paola, Monti, Gianpaola, de Toma, Carolina, Biscardi, Davide, Giannini, Alberto, Fumagalli, Roberto, Mistraletti, Giovanni, Lissoni, Barbara, De Martini, Andrea, Mareto, Nadia, Rossitto, Concetta, Zummo, Ugo, Taverna, Martina, Machieraldo, Patrizia, Navarra, Mauro, Parlanti Garbero, Massimiliano, Scaletti, Chiara, Perno, Silvia, Amendolia, Luca, Montrucchio, Giuseppe, Veliaj, Deliana, Barbarello, Giuseppe, Alesci, Maria, Bolgiaghi, Luca, Vailati, Davide, Pezzi, Angelo, Boselli, Enrico, Piccoli, Francesca, Greco, Massimiliano, Gemma, Marco, Resta, Marco, Crotti, Stefania, Bottino, Nicola, Abruzzese, Chiara, Savioli, Monica, Migliorino, Giuseppina, Muttini, Stefano, Umbrello, Michele, Borghi, Beatrice, Greco, Stefano, Dizeo, Micaela, Bottiroli, Maurizio, Mondino, Michele Giovanni, Prosepri, Manlio, Casella, Giampaolo, Curto, Francesco, Zaniboni, Matteo, Giudici, Riccardo, Gentile, Carlo, Bombino, Michela, Rona, Roberto, Cortinovis, Barbara, Benini, Annalisa, Avalli, Leonello, Tavola, Mario, Ferrario, Matteo, Preda, Roberta, Primerano, Enzo, Russo, Gianluca, Porta, Virginia, Valdambrini, Federico, Fassini, Paola, Orando, Serena, Beck, Eduardo, Pedeferri, Matteo, Cogliati, Giacomina, Testini, Denise, Moroni, Benedetta, Codeluppi, Vito, Ruggeri, Patrizia, Milanesi, Elisa, Belliato, Mirko, Besozzi, Alessandra, Riccio, Mario, Zerbi, Silvia, Corbella, Davide, Ferri, Francesco, Grazioli, Lorenzo, Bonanomi, Ezio, Giacomini, Matteo, Sacchi, Noemi, Codognola, Cristian, Ambrosini, Alessandra, Guatteri, Luca, Subert, Matteo, Castelli, Gian Paolo, Borelli, Massimo, Venier, Erica, Dittura, Loredana, Buttera, Stefania, Bigai, Roberto, Magnoni, Sandra, Rauch, Simon, Colombo, Angelo, Fullin, Giorgio, Donolato, Caterina, Cattin, Silvia, State, Veronica, Redeghieri, Enrico, Russo, Alessandro, Pastorini, Simonetta, Allena, Sandra, Munari, Marina, Turchet, Federica, Peta, Mario, De Santis, Vincenzo, Scala, Cristina, Facondini, Francesca, Marangoni, Elisabetta, Tassinati, Tania, Zanzani, Chiara, Russo, Emanuele, Marchio, Annamaria, Barbagallo, Maria, Girardis, Massimo, Taffache, Paolo, Mordacci, Marco, Vincenzi, Matteo, Pennica, Michele, Bracciotti, Giovanna, Iori, Paola, Gambi, Davide, Cappellini, Iacopo, Vegnuti, Lara, De Luca, Alessandra, Romagnoli, Stefano, Mosti, Giamila, Carla, Rossella, Roticiani, Valeria, Pelagalli, Lorella, Fuselli, Ennio, D’Avino, Emilio, De Bellis, Massimo, Gianni, Giulia, Leonardis, Francesca, Rossi, Marzia, Lorusso, Rossana, Magnanimi, Eugenia, Martelli, Sabrina, Baisi, Floriana, Balsamo, Davide, Cotticelli, Virginia, Mattei, Alessia, Farinelli, Ivano, Riccini, Teresa, Cola, Luisanna, Jorio, Antonella, Iacobone, Emanuele, Domizi, Roberta, Pizzi, Simone, Nasso, Armando, Graziani, Romano, Monaco, Anna, Manno, Manuela, Ottelio, Carla Maria, Del Rio, Michela, Serra, Antonio, Enna, Barbara, Loddo, Francesco Marco, Galbiati, Rita, Mellea, Serena, Kimberly, Michelle Brozzi, Vissani, Matteo, Romito, Francesco Massimo, Baccari, Laura, Zarrillo, Nadia, Esposito, Clelia, Murino, Patrizia, Notaro, Salvatore, Ausiello, Carmine, Marra, Annachiara, Policastro, Carmela, Cafora, Chiara, De Benedectis, Giuseppe, Di Falco, Vincenzo, Sciddurlo, Maria, Negro, Giancarlo, Vetuschi, Paolo, Recchia, Andrea, Pasquariello, Rita, Squillace, Rosalba, Ciambrone, Antonio, Bencivenga, Carmela, Camiolo, Melania, Agozzino, Cristina, Oliveri, Francesco, Notarrigo, Tiziana, Castiglione, Giacomo, Mo, Antonella, Condorelli, Laura, Favarato, Martina, Langer, T, Depalo, F, Forlini, C, Landini, S, Mezzetti, A, Previtali, P, Monti, G, de Toma, C, Biscardi, D, Giannini, A, Fumagalli, R, Mistraletti, G, Lissoni, B, De Martini, A, Mareto, N, Rossitto, C, Zummo, U, Taverna, M, Machieraldo, P, Navarra, M, Parlanti Garbero, M, Scaletti, C, Perno, S, Amendolia, L, Montrucchio, G, Veliaj, D, Barbarello, G, Alesci, M, Bolgiaghi, L, Vailati, D, Pezzi, A, Boselli, E, Piccoli, F, Greco, M, Gemma, M, Resta, M, Crotti, S, Bottino, N, Abruzzese, C, Savioli, M, Migliorino, G, Muttini, S, Umbrello, M, Borghi, B, Greco, S, Dizeo, M, Bottiroli, M, Mondino, M, Prosepri, M, Casella, G, Curto, F, Zaniboni, M, Giudici, R, Gentile, C, Bombino, M, Rona, R, Cortinovis, B, Benini, A, Avalli, L, Tavola, M, Ferrario, M, Preda, R, Primerano, E, Russo, G, Porta, V, Valdambrini, F, Fassini, P, Orando, S, Beck, E, Pedeferri, M, Cogliati, G, Testini, D, Moroni, B, Codeluppi, V, Ruggeri, P, Milanesi, E, Belliato, M, Besozzi, A, Riccio, M, Zerbi, S, Corbella, D, Ferri, F, Grazioli, L, Bonanomi, E, Giacomini, M, Sacchi, N, Codognola, C, Ambrosini, A, Guatteri, L, Subert, M, Castelli, G, Borelli, M, Venier, E, Dittura, L, Buttera, S, Bigai, R, Magnoni, S, Rauch, S, Colombo, A, Fullin, G, Donolato, C, Cattin, S, State, V, Redeghieri, E, Russo, A, Pastorini, S, Allena, S, Munari, M, Turchet, F, Peta, M, De Santis, V, Scala, C, Facondini, F, Marangoni, E, Tassinati, T, Zanzani, C, Russo, E, Marchio, A, Barbagallo, M, Girardis, M, Taffache, P, Mordacci, M, Vincenzi, M, Pennica, M, Bracciotti, G, Iori, P, Gambi, D, Cappellini, I, Vegnuti, L, De Luca, A, Romagnoli, S, Mosti, G, Carla, R, Roticiani, V, Pelagalli, L, Fuselli, E, D’Avino, E, De Bellis, M, Gianni, G, Leonardis, F, Rossi, M, Lorusso, R, Magnanimi, E, Martelli, S, Baisi, F, Balsamo, D, Cotticelli, V, Mattei, A, Farinelli, I, Riccini, T, Cola, L, Jorio, A, Iacobone, E, Domizi, R, Pizzi, S, Nasso, A, Graziani, R, Monaco, A, Manno, M, Ottelio, C, Del Rio, M, Serra, A, Enna, B, Loddo, F, Galbiati, R, Mellea, S, Kimberly, M, Vissani, M, Romito, F, Baccari, L, Zarrillo, N, Esposito, C, Murino, P, Notaro, S, Ausiello, C, Marra, A, Policastro, C, Cafora, C, De Benedectis, G, Di Falco, V, Sciddurlo, M, Negro, G, Vetuschi, P, Recchia, A, Pasquariello, R, Squillace, R, Ciambrone, A, Bencivenga, C, Camiolo, M, Agozzino, C, Oliveri, F, Notarrigo, T, Castiglione, G, Mo, A, Condorelli, L, and Favarato, M

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Adult, Pandemic, Patient-centered care, Communication, COVID-19, Professional-family relations, Intensive Care Units, Policy, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Health communication, Professional-family relation, Surveys and Questionnaires, Communicable Disease Control, Intensive care units, Pandemics, Humans, Intensive care unit, Child
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Background During the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wave, an unprecedented number of patients with respiratory failure due to a new, highly contagious virus needed hospitalization and intensive care unit (ICU) admission. The aim of the present study was to describe the communication and visiting policies of Italian intensive care units (ICUs) during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave and national lockdown and compare these data with prepandemic conditions. Methods A national web-based survey was conducted among 290 Italian hospitals. Each ICU (active between February 24 and May 31, 2020) was encouraged to complete an individual questionnaire inquiring the hospital/ICU structure/organization, communication/visiting habits and the role of clinical psychology prior to, and during the first COVID-19 pandemic wave. Results Two hundred and nine ICUs from 154 hospitals (53% of the contacted hospitals) completed the survey (202 adult and 7 pediatric ICUs). Among adult ICUs, 60% were dedicated to COVID-19 patients, 21% were dedicated to patients without COVID-19 and 19% were dedicated to both categories (Mixed). A total of 11,102 adult patients were admitted to the participating ICUs during the study period and only approximately 6% of patients received at least one visit. Communication with family members was guaranteed daily through an increased use of electronic devices and was preferentially addressed to the same family member. Compared to the prepandemic period, clinical psychologists supported physicians more often regarding communication with family members. Fewer patients received at least one visit from family members in COVID and mixed-ICUs than in non-COVID ICUs, l (0 [0–6]%, 0 [0–4]% and 11 [2–25]%, respectively, p Conclusions Visiting policies of Italian ICUs dedicated to adult patients were markedly altered during the first COVID-19 wave. Remote communication was widely adopted as a surrogate for family meetings. New strategies to favor a family-centered approach during the current and future pandemics are warranted.

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2022

28. Barotrauma in mechanically ventilated patients with Coronavirus disease 2019: a survey of 38 hospitals in Lombardy, Italy

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Antonio Pesenti, Giacomo Bellani, Matteo Filippini, Anna Maria Vilardo, Roberto Fumagalli, Alessandro Santini, Giuseppe Foti, Maurizio Cecconi, Giacomo Grasselli, Sofia Spano, Massimiliano Greco, Thomas Langer, Pier Francesco Caruso, Fernando Frutos-Vivar, Alessandro Protti, Antonio Anzueto, Giuseppe Citerio, Martina Villa, Protti, A, Greco, M, Filippini, M, Vilardo, A, Langer, T, Tavola, M, Frutos-Vivar, F, Santini, A, Caruso, P, Spano, S, Anzueto, A, Citerio, G, Bellani, G, Foti, G, Fumagalli, R, Pesenti, A, Grasselli, G, and Cecconi, M

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Adult, Male, Critical Care, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), medicine.medical_treatment, law.invention, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, 030202 anesthesiology, law, Tidal Volume, Humans, Medicine, In patient, Tidal volume, Mechanical ventilation, Air Pressure, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, business.industry, Respiration, Incidence, Incidence (epidemiology), COVID-19, Outbreak, 030208 emergency & critical care medicine, Middle Aged, respiratory system, Respiration, Artificial, Intensive care unit, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Barotrauma, Italy, Anesthesia, Artificial, Female, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, business, Airway
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BACKGROUND: The aim was to describe the incidence and risk factors of barotrauma in patients with the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on invasive mechanical ventilation, during the outbreak in our region (Lombardy, Italy). METHODS: The study was an electronic survey open from March 27th to May 2nd, 2020. Patients with COVID-19 who developed barotrauma while on invasive mechanical ventilation from 61 hospitals of the COVID-19 Lombardy Intensive Care Unit network were involved. RESULTS: The response rate was 38/61 (62%). The incidence of barotrauma was 145/2041 (7.1%; 95%-CI: 6.1-8.3%). Only a few cases occurred with ventilatory settings that may be considered non-protective such as a plateau airway pressure >35 cmH2O (2/113 [2%]), a driving airway pressure >15 cmH2O (30/113 [27%]), or a tidal volume >8 mL/kg of ideal body weight and a plateau airway pressure >30 cmH2O (12/134 [9%]). CONCLUSIONS: Within the limits of a survey, patients with COVID-19 might be at high risk for barotrauma during invasive (and allegedly lung-protective) mechanical ventilation.

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2021

29. Psychological Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Neurorehabilitation and Psychological Factors Predictive of Therapeutic Response: Evidence and Recommendations from the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation

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Castelnuovo, Gianluca, Giusti, Emanuele M., Manzoni, Gian Mauro, Saviola, Donatella, Gatti, Arianna, Gabrielli, Samantha, Lacerenza, Marco, Pietrabissa, Giada, Cattivelli, Roberto, Spatola, Chiara A. M., Corti, Stefania, Novelli, Margherita, Villa, Valentina, Cottini, Andrea, Lai, Carlo, Pagnini, Francesco, Castelli, Lorys, Tavola, Mario, Torta, Riccardo, Arreghini, Marco, Zanini, Loredana, Brunani, Amelia, Capodaglio, Paolo, D'aniello, Guido E., Scarpina, Federica, Brioschi, Andrea, Priano, Lorenzo, Mauro, Alessandro, Riva, Giuseppe, Repetto, Claudia, Regalia, Camillo, Molinari, Enrico, Notaro, Paolo, Paolucci, Stefano, Sandrini, Giorgio, Simpson, Susan G., Wiederhold, Brenda, Tamburin, Stefano, Agostini, Michela, Alfonsi, Enrico, Aloisi, Anna Maria, Alvisi, Elena, Aprile, Irene, Armando, Michela, Avenali, Micol, Azicnuda, Eva, Barale, Francesco, Bartolo, Michelangelo, Bergamaschi, Roberto, Berlangieri, Mariangela, Berlincioni, Vanna, Berliocchi, Laura, Berra, Eliana, Berto, Giulia, Bonadiman, Silvia, Bonazza, Sara, Bressi, Federica, Brugnera, Annalisa, Brunelli, Stefano, Buzzi, Maria Gabriella, Cacciatori, Carlo, Calvo, Andrea, Cantarella, Cristina, Caraceni, Augusto, Carone, Roberto, Carraro, Elena, Casale, Roberto, Castellazzi, Paola, Castino, Adele, Cerbo, Rosanna, Chiã², Adriano, Ciotti, Cristina, Cisari, Carlo, Coraci, Daniele, Toffola, Elena Dalla, Defazio, Giovanni, De Icco, Roberto, Del Carro, Ubaldo, Dell'isola, Andrea, De Tanti, Antonio, D'ippolito, Mariagrazia, Fazzi, Elisa, Ferrari, Adriano, Ferrari, Sergio, Ferraro, Francesco, Formaglio, Fabio, Formisano, Rita, Franzoni, Simone, Gajofatto, Francesca, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Gardella, Barbara, Geppetti, Pierangelo, Giammã², Alessandro, Gimigliano, Raffaele, Greco, Elena, Ieraci, Valentina, Invernizzi, Marco, Jacopetti, Marco, La Cesa, Silvia, Lobba, Davide, Magrinelli, Francesca, Mandrini, Silvia, Manera, Umberto, Marchettini, Paolo, Marchioni, Enrico, Mariotto, Sara, Martinuzzi, Andrea, Masciullo, Marella, Mezzarobba, Susanna, Miotti, Danilo, Modenese, Angela, Molinari, Marco, Monaco, Salvatore, Morone, Giovanni, Nappi, Rossella, Negrini, Stefano, Pace, Andrea, Padua, Luca, Pagliano, Emanuela, Palmerini, Valerio, Pazzaglia, Costanza, Pecchioli, Cristiano, Picelli, Alessandro, Porro, Carlo Adolfo, Porru, Daniele, Romano, Marcello, Roncari, Laura, Rosa, Riccardo, Saccavini, Marsilio, Sacerdote, Paola, Schenone, Angelo, Schweiger, Vittorio, Scivoletto, Giorgio, Smania, Nicola, Solaro, Claudio, Spallone, Vincenza, Springhetti, Isabella, Tassorelli, Cristina, Tinazzi, Michele, Togni, Rossella, Torre, Monica, Traballesi, Marco, Tramontano, Marco, Truini, Andrea, Tugnoli, Valeria, Turolla, Andrea, Vallies, Gabriella, Verzini, Elisabetta, Vottero, Mario, Zerbinati, Paolo, Castelnuovo, Gianluca, Giusti, Emanuele M., Manzoni, Gian Mauro, Saviola, Donatella, Gatti, Arianna, Gabrielli, Samantha, Lacerenza, Marco, Pietrabissa, Giada, Cattivelli, Roberto, Spatola, Chiara A. M., Corti, Stefania, Novelli, Margherita, Villa, Valentina, Cottini, Andrea, Lai, Carlo, Pagnini, Francesco, Castelli, Lory, Tavola, Mario, Torta, Riccardo, Arreghini, Marco, Zanini, Loredana, Brunani, Amelia, Capodaglio, Paolo, D'Aniello, Guido E., Scarpina, Federica, Brioschi, Andrea, Priano, Lorenzo, Mauro, Alessandro, Riva, Giuseppe, Repetto, Claudia, Regalia, Camillo, Molinari, Enrico, Notaro, Paolo, Paolucci, Stefano, Sandrini, Giorgio, Simpson, Susan G., Wiederhold, Brenda, Tamburin, Stefano, Agostini, Michela, Alfonsi, Enrico, Aloisi, Anna Maria, Alvisi, Elena, Aprile, Irene, Armando, Michela, Avenali, Micol, Azicnuda, Eva, Barale, Francesco, Bartolo, Michelangelo, Bergamaschi, Roberto, Berlangieri, Mariangela, Berlincioni, Vanna, Berliocchi, Laura, Berra, Eliana, Berto, Giulia, Bonadiman, Silvia, Bonazza, Sara, Bressi, Federica, Brugnera, Annalisa, Brunelli, Stefano, Buzzi, Maria Gabriella, Cacciatori, Carlo, Calvo, Andrea, Cantarella, Cristina, Caraceni, Augusto, Carone, Roberto, Carraro, Elena, Casale, Roberto, Castellazzi, Paola, Castino, Adele, Cerbo, Rosanna, Chiã², Adriano, Ciotti, Cristina, Cisari, Carlo, Coraci, Daniele, Toffola, Elena Dalla, Defazio, Giovanni, De Icco, Roberto, Del Carro, Ubaldo, Dell'Isola, Andrea, De Tanti, Antonio, D'Ippolito, Mariagrazia, Fazzi, Elisa, Ferrari, Adriano, Ferrari, Sergio, Ferraro, Francesco, Formaglio, Fabio, Formisano, Rita, Franzoni, Simone, Gajofatto, Francesca, Gandolfi, Marialuisa, Gardella, Barbara, Geppetti, Pierangelo, Giammã², Alessandro, Gimigliano, Raffaele, Greco, Elena, Ieraci, Valentina, Invernizzi, Marco, Jacopetti, Marco, La Cesa, Silvia, Lobba, Davide, Magrinelli, Francesca, Mandrini, Silvia, Manera, Umberto, Marchettini, Paolo, Marchioni, Enrico, Mariotto, Sara, Martinuzzi, Andrea, Masciullo, Marella, Mezzarobba, Susanna, Miotti, Danilo, Modenese, Angela, Molinari, Marco, Monaco, Salvatore, Morone, Giovanni, Nappi, Rossella, Negrini, Stefano, Pace, Andrea, Padua, Luca, Pagliano, Emanuela, Palmerini, Valerio, Pazzaglia, Costanza, Pecchioli, Cristiano, Picelli, Alessandro, Porro, Carlo Adolfo, Porru, Daniele, Romano, Marcello, Roncari, Laura, Rosa, Riccardo, Saccavini, Marsilio, Sacerdote, Paola, Schenone, Angelo, Schweiger, Vittorio, Scivoletto, Giorgio, Smania, Nicola, Solaro, Claudio, Spallone, Vincenza, Springhetti, Isabella, Tassorelli, Cristina, Tinazzi, Michele, Togni, Rossella, Torre, Monica, Traballesi, Marco, Tramontano, Marco, Truini, Andrea, Tugnoli, Valeria, Turolla, Andrea, Vallies, Gabriella, Verzini, Elisabetta, Vottero, Mario, Zerbinati, Paolo, Castelnuovo G., Giusti E.M., Manzoni G.M., Saviola D., Gatti A., Gabrielli S., Lacerenza M., Pietrabissa G., Cattivelli R., Spatola C.A.M., Corti S., Novelli M., Villa V., Cottini A., Lai C., Pagnini F., Castelli L., Tavola M., Torta R., Arreghini M., Zanini L., Brunani A., Capodaglio P., D'Aniello G.E., Scarpina F., Brioschi A., Priano L., Mauro A., Riva G., Repetto C., Regalia C., Molinari E., Notaro P., Paolucci S., Sandrini G., Simpson S.G., Wiederhold B., Tamburin S., Agostini M., Alfonsi E., Aloisi A.M., Alvisi E., Aprile I., Armando M., Avenali M., Azicnuda E., Barale F., Bartolo M., Bergamaschi R., Berlangieri M., Berlincioni V., Berliocchi L., Berra E., Berto G., Bonadiman S., Bonazza S., Bressi F., Brugnera A., Brunelli S., Buzzi M.G., Cacciatori C., Calvo A., Cantarella C., Caraceni A., Carone R., Carraro E., Casale R., Castellazzi P., Castino A., Cerbo R., Chio A., Ciotti C., Cisari C., Coraci D., Toffola E.D., Defazio G., De Icco R., Del Carro U., Dell'Isola A., De Tanti A., D'Ippolito M., Fazzi E., Ferrari A., Ferrari S., Ferraro F., Formaglio F., Formisano R., Franzoni S., Gajofatto F., Gandolfi M., Gardella B., Geppetti P., Giammo A., Gimigliano R., Greco E., Ieraci V., Invernizzi M., Jacopetti M., La Cesa S., Lobba D., Magrinelli F., Mandrini S., Manera U., Marchettini P., Marchioni E., Mariotto S., Martinuzzi A., Masciullo M., Mezzarobba S., Miotti D., Modenese A., Molinari M., Monaco S., Morone G., Nappi R., Negrini S., Pace A., Padua L., Pagliano E., Palmerini V., Pazzaglia C., Pecchioli C., Picelli A., Porro C.A., Porru D., Romano M., Roncari L., Rosa R., Saccavini M., Sacerdote P., Schenone A., Schweiger V., Scivoletto G., Smania N., Solaro C., Spallone V., Springhetti I., Tassorelli C., Tinazzi M., Togni R., Torre M., Traballesi M., Tramontano M., Truini A., Tugnoli V., Turolla A., Vallies G., Verzini E., Vottero M., Zerbinati P., Giusti, Emanuele M, and Simpson, Susan G

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medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:BF1-990, Psychological intervention, Settore M-PSI/08 - PSICOLOGIA CLINICA, Review, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, psychological distress, health psychology, Chronic pain, Clinical psychology, Health psychology, Neurorehabilitation, Pain management, Psychology (all), medicine, Psychology, psychology (all), 030212 general & internal medicine, General Psychology, neurorehabilitation, business.industry, chronic pain, clinical psychology, pain management, medicine.disease, depression, pain Treatment, Settore MED/34 - Medicina Fisica e Riabilitativa, lcsh:Psychology, Migraine, Physical therapy, Anxiety, Pain catastrophizing, medicine.symptom, business, Psychosocial, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, clinical psychology, health psychology
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Background: In order to provide effective care to patients suffering from chronic pain secondary to neurological diseases, health professionals must appraise the role of the psychosocial factors in the genesis and maintenance of this condition whilst considering how emotions and cognitions influence the course of treatment. Furthermore, it is important not only to recognize the psychological reactions to pain that are common to the various conditions, but also to evaluate how these syndromes differ with regards to the psychological factors that may be involved. As an extensive evaluation of these factors is still lacking, the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation (ICCPN) aimed to collate the evidence available across these topics. Objectives: To determine the psychological factors which are associated with or predictive of pain secondary to neurological conditions and to assess the influence of these aspects on the outcome of neurorehabilitation. Methods: Two reviews were performed. In the first, a PUBMED search of the studies assessing the association between psychological factors and pain or the predictive value of these aspects with respect to chronic pain was conducted. The included papers were then rated with regards to their methodological quality and recommendations were made accordingly. In the second study, the same methodology was used to collect the available evidence on the predictive role of psychological factors on the therapeutic response to pain treatments in the setting of neurorehabilitation. Results: The first literature search identified 1170 results and the final database included 189 articles. Factors such as depression, anxiety, pain catastrophizing, coping strategies, and cognitive functions were found to be associated with pain across the various conditions. However, there are differences between chronic musculoskeletal pain, migraine, neuropathy, and conditions associated with complex disability with regards to the psychological aspects that are involved. The second PUBMED search yielded 252 studies, which were all evaluated. Anxiety, depression, pain catastrophizing, coping strategies, and pain beliefs were found to be associated to different degrees with the outcomes of multidisciplinary programs, surgery, physical therapies, and psychological interventions. Finally, sense of presence was found to be related to the effectiveness of virtual reality as a distraction tool. Conclusions: Several psychological factors are associated with pain secondary to neurological conditions and should be acknowledged and addressed in order to effectively treat this condition. These factors also predict the therapeutic response to the neurorehabilitative interventions. Background: In order to provide effective care to patients suffering from chronic pain secondary to neurological diseases, health professionals must appraise the role of the psychosocial factors in the genesis and maintenance of this condition whilst considering how emotions and cognitions influence the course of treatment. Furthermore, it is important not only to recognize the psychological reactions to pain that are common to the various conditions, but also to evaluate how these syndromes differ with regards to the psychological factors that may be involved. As an extensive evaluation of these factors is still lacking, the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation (ICCPN) aimed to collate the evidence available across these topics. Objectives: To determine the psychological factors which are associated with or predictive of pain secondary to neurological conditions and to assess the influence of these aspects on the outcome of neurorehabilitation. Methods: Two reviews were performed. In the first, a PUBMED search of the studies assessing the association between psychological factors and pain or the predictive value of these aspects with respect to chronic pain was conducted. The included papers were then rated with regards to their methodological quality and recommendations were made accordingly. In the second study, the same methodology was used to collect the available evidence on the predictive role of psychological factors on the therapeutic response to pain treatments in the setting of neurorehabilitation. Results: The first literature search identified 1170 results and the final database included 189 articles. Factors such as depression, anxiety, pain catastrophizing, coping strategies, and cognitive functions were found to be associated with pain across the various conditions. However, there are differences between chronic musculoskeletal pain, migraine, neuropathy, and conditions associated with complex disability with regards to the psychological aspects that are involved. The second PUBMED search yielded 252 studies, which were all evaluated. Anxiety, depression, pain catastrophizing, coping strategies, and pain beliefs were found to be associated to different degrees with the outcomes of multidisciplinary programs, surgery, physical therapies, and psychological interventions. Finally, sense of presence was found to be related to the effectiveness of virtual reality as a distraction tool. Conclusions: Several psychological factors are associated with pain secondary to neurological conditions and should be acknowledged and addressed in order to effectively treat this condition. These factors also predict the therapeutic response to the neurorehabilitative interventions.

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2016
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30. Potential benefits of using an energy-dense, high-protein formula enriched with β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate, fructo-oligosaccharide, and vitamin D for enteral feeding in the ICU: A pilot case-control study in COVID-19 patients.

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Cereda E, Guzzardella A, Tamayo L, Piano M, Alquati O, Vadalà R, Resta MV, Balzarini A, Tavola M, Ripamonti C, Cerri M, Pennacchio N, Cozzi S, Crotti S, Masi S, Grasselli G, and Caccialanza R

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Humans, Vitamin D, Case-Control Studies, Intensive Care Units, Proteins, Energy Intake, Oligosaccharides, Critical Illness therapy, Respiration, Artificial, Enteral Nutrition methods, COVID-19 therapy
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the potential benefits of using an energy-dense, high-protein (HP) formula enriched with β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB), fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS), and vitamin D (VitD) for enteral feeding in the intensive care unit (ICU)., Methods: This was a nested case-control multicenter study. Mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 in whom enteral nutrition was not contraindicated and receiving an energy-dense, HP-HMB-FOS-VitD formula (1.5 kcal/mL; 21.5% of calories from protein; n = 53) were matched (1:1) by age (±1 y), sex, body mass index (±1 kg/m 2 ) and Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score (±1 point) and compared with patients fed with a standard HP, fiber-free formula (1.25-1.3 kcal/mL; 20% of calories from protein; n = 53). The primary end point was daily protein intake (g/kg) on day 4. Protein-calorie intake on day 7, gastrointestinal intolerance, and clinical outcomes were addressed as secondary end points., Results: The use of a HP-HMB-FOS-VitD formula resulted in higher protein intake on days 4 and 7 (P = 0.006 and P = 0.013, respectively), with similar energy intake but higher provision of calories from enteral nutrition at both times (P <0 .001 and P = 0.017, respectively). Gastrointestinal tolerance was superior, with fewer patients fed with a HP-HMB-FOS-VitD formula reporting at least one symptom of intolerance (55 versus 74%; odds ratio [OR], 0.43; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.18-0.99; P = 0.046) and constipation (38 versus 66%; OR, 0.27; 95% CI, 0.12-0.61; P = 0.002). A lower rate of ICU-acquired infections was also observed (42 versus 72%; OR, 0.29; 95% CI, 0.13-0.65; P = 0.003), although no difference was found in mortality, ICU length of stay, and ventilation-free survival., Conclusions: An energy-dense, HP-HMB-FOS-VitD formula provided a more satisfactory protein intake and a higher provision of caloric intake from enteral nutrition than a standard HP formula in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19. Lower rates of gastrointestinal intolerance and ICU-acquired infections were also observed., (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

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2023
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31. High dose coupled plasma filtration and adsorption in septic shock patients. Results of the COMPACT-2: a multicentre, adaptive, randomised clinical trial.

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Garbero E, Livigni S, Ferrari F, Finazzi S, Langer M, Malacarne P, Meca MCC, Mosca S, Olivieri C, Pozzato M, Rossi C, Tavola M, Terzitta M, Viaggi B, and Bertolini G

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Adsorption, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Intensive Care Units, Renal Replacement Therapy, Shock, Septic therapy
Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed at evaluating the efficacy and safety of high-dose (> 0.2 L/kg of treated plasma per day) coupled plasma filtration-adsorption (CPFA) in treating patients with septic shock., Methods: Multicentre, randomised, adaptive trial, performed in 12 Italian intensive care units (ICUs). Patients aged 14 or more, admitted to the ICU with septic shock, or had developed it during the stay were eligible. The final outcome was mortality at discharge from the last hospital at which the patient received care., Results: Between May 2015, and October 2017, 115 patients were randomised. The first interim analysis revealed a number of early deaths, prompting an unplanned analysis. Last hospital mortality was non-significantly higher in the CPFA (55.6%) than in the control group (46.2%, p = 0.35). The 90-day survival curves diverged in favour of the controls early after randomisation and remained separated afterwards (p = 0.100). An unplanned analysis showed higher mortality in CPFA compared to controls among patients without severe renal failure (p = 0.025); a dose-response relationship was observed between treated plasma volume and mortality (p = 0.010)., Conclusion: The COMPACT-2 trial was stopped due to the possible harmful effect of CPFA in patients with septic shock. The harmful effect, if present, was particularly marked in the early phase of septic shock. Patients not requiring renal replacement therapy seemed most exposed to the possible harm, with evidence of a dose-response effect. Until the mechanisms behind these results are fully understood, the use of CPFA for the treatment of patients with septic shock is not recommended., (© 2021. Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)

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2021
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32. PROSAFE: a European endeavor to improve quality of critical care medicine in seven countries.

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Finazzi S, Paci G, Antiga L, Brissy O, Carrara G, Crespi D, Csato G, Csomos A, Duek O, Facchinetti S, Fleming J, Garbero E, Gianni M, Gradisek P, Kaps R, Kyprianou T, Lazar I, Mikaszewska-Sokolewicz M, Mondini M, Nattino G, Olivieri C, Poole D, Previtali C, Radrizzani D, Rossi C, Skurzak S, Tavola M, Xirouchaki N, and Bertolini G

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Adult, Benchmarking, Databases, Factual, Humans, Italy, Critical Care, Intensive Care Units
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Background: Long-lasting shared research databases are an important source of epidemiological information and can promote comparison between different healthcare services. Here we present PROSAFE, an advanced international research network in intensive care medicine, with the focus on assessing and improving the quality of care. The project involved 343 ICUs in seven countries. All patients admitted to the ICU were eligible for data collection., Methods: The PROSAFE network collected data using the same electronic case report form translated into the corresponding languages. A complex, multidimensional validation system was implemented to ensure maximum data quality. Individual and aggregate reports by country, region, and ICU type were prepared annually. A web-based data-sharing system allowed participants to autonomously perform different analyses on both own data and the entire database., Results: The final analysis was restricted to 262 general ICUs and 432,223 adult patients, mostly admitted to Italian units, where a research network had been active since 1991. Organization of critical care medicine in the seven countries was relatively similar, in terms of staffing, case mix and procedures, suggesting a common understanding of the role of critical care medicine. Conversely, ICU equipment differed, and patient outcomes showed wide variations among countries., Conclusions: PROSAFE is a permanent, stable, open access, multilingual database for clinical benchmarking, ICU self-evaluation and research within and across countries, which offers a unique opportunity to improve the quality of critical care. Its entry into routine clinical practice on a voluntary basis is testimony to the success and viability of the endeavor.

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2020
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33. Enhancing safety of laparoscopic surgery in COVID-19 era: clinical experience with low-cost filtration devices.

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Zago M, Uranues S, Chiarelli ME, Grandi S, Fumagalli LA, Tavola M, Chiarugi M, Mariani D, Wienerroither V, Kurihara H, and Fingerhut A

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Betacoronavirus isolation & purification, COVID-19, Disease Transmission, Infectious prevention & control, Emergency Medical Services methods, Equipment Design, Humans, Operating Rooms methods, Operating Rooms trends, Pneumoperitoneum, Artificial methods, SARS-CoV-2, Safety Management methods, Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections prevention & control, Filtration methods, Infection Control methods, Laparoscopy adverse effects, Laparoscopy instrumentation, Laparoscopy methods, Pandemics prevention & control, Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral prevention & control
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Background: Surgery in the era of the current COVID-19 pandemic has been curtailed and restricted to emergency and certain oncological indications, and requires special attention concerning the safety of patients and health care personnel. Desufflation during or after laparoscopic surgery has been reported to entail a potential risk of contamination from 2019-nCoV through the aerosol generated during dissection and/or use of energy-driven devices. In order to protect the operating room staff, it is vital to filter the released aerosol., Methods: The assemblage of two easily available and low-cost filter systems to prevent potential dissemination of Coronavirus via the aerosol is described., Results: Forty-nine patients underwent laparoscopic surgeries with the use of one of the two described tools, both of which proved to be effective in smoke evacuation, without affecting laparoscopic visualization., Conclusion: The proposed systems are cost-effective, easily assembled and reproducible, and provide complete viral filtration during intra- and postoperative release of CO 2.

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2020
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34. Standard and viscoelastic mechanical properties of respiratory system compartments in dogs: Effect of volume, posture, and shape.

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D'Angelo E, Calderini E, Tavola M, and Pecchiari M

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Airway Resistance physiology, Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Elasticity, Esophagus anatomy & histology, Esophagus physiology, Models, Biological, Posture physiology, Pressure, Respiration, Rib Cage anatomy & histology, Rib Cage physiology, Viscosity, Dogs anatomy & histology, Dogs physiology, Lung anatomy & histology, Lung physiology, Thoracic Wall anatomy & histology, Thoracic Wall physiology
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In 9 anesthetized, paralyzed dogs lung and chest-wall standard (viscous resistance, Rint, and quasi-static elastance, Est) and viscoelastic parameters (resistance, Rvel, and time constant, τvel) were measured in the supine posture before and after rib-cage block, after application of an expiratory threshold load, and after 75° head-up tilting before and after wide chest opening. Lung and chest-wall τvel were the same under all conditions. Rvel was independent of volume and posture, and greater for the lung. Chest-wall Rint was independent of flow, volume, and posture. Lung Rint decreased with increasing volume. Chest-wall Rint, Est and Rvel increased with rib-cage block, allowing the assessment of both abdominal-wall and rib-cage characteristics. When chest opening did not elicit bronchoconstriction, the decrease of Rvel was ∼6%. Main conclusions: lung and chest-wall exhibit linear tissue viscoelasticity within the range studied; rib-cage and abdomen characteristics are similar, and asynchronous motion is not expected at physiological respiratory rates; in normal lungs, heterogeneity of parallel time constants plays a marginal role., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

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2019
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35. Data collection and research with MargheritaTre.

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Finazzi S, Mandelli G, Garbero E, Mondini M, Trussardi G, Giardino M, Tavola M, and Bertolini G

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Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Intensive Care Units, Male, Middle Aged, Data Collection, Electronic Health Records, Research Design
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Objective: MargheritaTre is an electronic health record developed by the Italian Group for the Evaluation of Interventions in Intensive Care Medicine designed to support clinical practice in intensive care units (ICUs) and ensure high-quality data for research purposes., Approach: MargheritaTre was developed in collaboration with clinical experts, researchers, and IT specialists. It is currently installed in 40 ICUs and its database contains complete records of more than 65,000 patients. To facilitate data analysis, information is mostly stored in structured or partially structured form., Main Results: Data collected with MargheritaTre allow one to conduct research studies on complex clinical problems from manifold perspectives and with different levels of detail, such as epidemiological studies, analyses of the process of care and physiopathological investigations, at both single-organ and organism level. In this paper we describe some of the first projects based on this electronic health record to illustrate its potential for research., Significance: The MargheritaTre database is a huge and rapidly growing mine of data that will be exploited by our laboratory and shared with other groups to address complex and innovative research and clinical questions. The ultimate aim of these projects is the improvement of the quality of care and patient outcomes, through the development of expert systems integrated in the electronic health record to support clinical practice.

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2018
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36. What Is the Role of the Placebo Effect for Pain Relief in Neurorehabilitation? Clinical Implications From the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation.

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Castelnuovo G, Giusti EM, Manzoni GM, Saviola D, Gabrielli S, Lacerenza M, Pietrabissa G, Cattivelli R, Spatola CAM, Rossi A, Varallo G, Novelli M, Villa V, Luzzati F, Cottini A, Lai C, Volpato E, Cavalera C, Pagnini F, Tesio V, Castelli L, Tavola M, Torta R, Arreghini M, Zanini L, Brunani A, Seitanidis I, Ventura G, Capodaglio P, D'Aniello GE, Scarpina F, Brioschi A, Bigoni M, Priano L, Mauro A, Riva G, Di Lernia D, Repetto C, Regalia C, Molinari E, Notaro P, Paolucci S, Sandrini G, Simpson S, Wiederhold BK, Gaudio S, Jackson JB, Tamburin S, and Benedetti F

Abstract

Background: It is increasingly acknowledged that the outcomes of medical treatments are influenced by the context of the clinical encounter through the mechanisms of the placebo effect. The phenomenon of placebo analgesia might be exploited to maximize the efficacy of neurorehabilitation treatments. Since its intensity varies across neurological disorders, the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation (ICCP) summarized the studies on this field to provide guidance on its use., Methods: A review of the existing reviews and meta-analyses was performed to assess the magnitude of the placebo effect in disorders that may undergo neurorehabilitation treatment. The search was performed on Pubmed using placebo, pain, and the names of neurological disorders as keywords. Methodological quality was assessed using a pre-existing checklist. Data about the magnitude of the placebo effect were extracted from the included reviews and were commented in a narrative form., Results: 11 articles were included in this review. Placebo treatments showed weak effects in central neuropathic pain (pain reduction from 0.44 to 0.66 on a 0-10 scale) and moderate effects in postherpetic neuralgia (1.16), in diabetic peripheral neuropathy (1.45), and in pain associated to HIV (1.82). Moderate effects were also found on pain due to fibromyalgia and migraine; only weak short-term effects were found in complex regional pain syndrome. Confounding variables might have influenced these results., Clinical Implications: These estimates should be interpreted with caution, but underscore that the placebo effect can be exploited in neurorehabilitation programs. It is not necessary to conceal its use from the patient. Knowledge of placebo mechanisms can be used to shape the doctor-patient relationship, to reduce the use of analgesic drugs and to train the patient to become an active agent of the therapy.

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2018
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37. Psychological Treatments and Psychotherapies in the Neurorehabilitation of Pain: Evidences and Recommendations from the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation.

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Castelnuovo G, Giusti EM, Manzoni GM, Saviola D, Gatti A, Gabrielli S, Lacerenza M, Pietrabissa G, Cattivelli R, Spatola CA, Corti S, Novelli M, Villa V, Cottini A, Lai C, Pagnini F, Castelli L, Tavola M, Torta R, Arreghini M, Zanini L, Brunani A, Capodaglio P, D'Aniello GE, Scarpina F, Brioschi A, Priano L, Mauro A, Riva G, Repetto C, Regalia C, Molinari E, Notaro P, Paolucci S, Sandrini G, Simpson SG, Wiederhold B, and Tamburin S

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Background: It is increasingly recognized that treating pain is crucial for effective care within neurological rehabilitation in the setting of the neurological rehabilitation. The Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation was constituted with the purpose identifying best practices for us in this context. Along with drug therapies and physical interventions, psychological treatments have been proven to be some of the most valuable tools that can be used within a multidisciplinary approach for fostering a reduction in pain intensity. However, there is a need to elucidate what forms of psychotherapy could be effectively matched with the specific pathologies that are typically addressed by neurorehabilitation teams., Objectives: To extensively assess the available evidence which supports the use of psychological therapies for pain reduction in neurological diseases., Methods: A systematic review of the studies evaluating the effect of psychotherapies on pain intensity in neurological disorders was performed through an electronic search using PUBMED, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Based on the level of evidence of the included studies, recommendations were outlined separately for the different conditions., Results: The literature search yielded 2352 results and the final database included 400 articles. The overall strength of the recommendations was medium/low. The different forms of psychological interventions, including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, cognitive or behavioral techniques, Mindfulness, hypnosis, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Brief Interpersonal Therapy, virtual reality interventions, various forms of biofeedback and mirror therapy were found to be effective for pain reduction in pathologies such as musculoskeletal pain, fibromyalgia, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Central Post-Stroke pain, Phantom Limb Pain, pain secondary to Spinal Cord Injury, multiple sclerosis and other debilitating syndromes, diabetic neuropathy, Medically Unexplained Symptoms, migraine and headache., Conclusions: Psychological interventions and psychotherapies are safe and effective treatments that can be used within an integrated approach for patients undergoing neurological rehabilitation for pain. The different interventions can be specifically selected depending on the disease being treated. A table of evidence and recommendations from the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation is also provided in the final part of the paper.

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2016
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38. World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) guidelines for management of skin and soft tissue infections.

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Sartelli M, Malangoni MA, May AK, Viale P, Kao LS, Catena F, Ansaloni L, Moore EE, Moore FA, Peitzman AB, Coimbra R, Leppaniemi A, Kluger Y, Biffl W, Koike K, Girardis M, Ordonez CA, Tavola M, Cainzos M, Di Saverio S, Fraga GP, Gerych I, Kelly MD, Taviloglu K, Wani I, Marwah S, Bala M, Ghnnam W, Shaikh N, Chiara O, Faro MP Jr, Pereira GA Jr, Gomes CA, Coccolini F, Tranà C, Corbella D, Brambillasca P, Cui Y, Segovia Lohse HA, Khokha V, Kok KY, Hong SK, and Yuan KC

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Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) encompass a variety of pathological conditions ranging from simple superficial infections to severe necrotizing soft tissue infections. Necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) are potentially life-threatening infections of any layer of the soft tissue compartment associated with widespread necrosis and systemic toxicity. Successful management of NSTIs involves prompt recognition, timely surgical debridement or drainage, resuscitation and appropriate antibiotic therapy. A worldwide international panel of experts developed evidence-based guidelines for management of soft tissue infections. The multifaceted nature of these infections has led to a collaboration among surgeons, intensive care and infectious diseases specialists, who have shared these guidelines, implementing clinical practice recommendations.

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2014
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39. Guidelines for completing the Perioperative Anesthesia Record.

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Calderini E, Accorsi A, Adrario E, Bettelli G, Carrani L, Cornara G, De Gasperi A, Della Rocca G, Di Castri D, Frova G, Gregorini P, Iapichino G, Landoni G, Lombardo G, Mondello E, Paolillo GM, Peduto VA, Petrini F, Piazza L, Pierdominici S, Pietropaoli P, Rosi R, Salvo I, Santagostino R, Savoia G, Serafini G, Solca M, Stella L, Tavola M, Torri G, Tufano R, Vesconi S, Zoia E, and Zuccoli P

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Anesthesia, Medical Records, Perioperative Care
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2002

40. Volume and time dependence of respiratory system mechanics in normal anaesthetized paralysed humans.

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D'Angelo E, Tavola M, and Milic-Emili J

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Adolescent, Adult, Airway Resistance, Elasticity, Female, Humans, Lung Compliance physiology, Male, Monitoring, Physiologic, Orthopedics, Positive-Pressure Respiration, Respiration, Artificial, Respiratory Paralysis, Tidal Volume, Anesthesia, General, Respiratory Mechanics physiology
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The purpose of the present investigation was to assess the effect of large tidal volumes and mean lung volumes on the viscoelastic properties of the respiratory system in normal humans; and to verify if in this case the results could be satisfactorily described by a simple linear viscoelastic model of the respiratory system. Twenty-eight subjects (7 females), aged 14-28 yrs, were studied before orthopaedic surgery on the lower limbs. None were obese, or had clinical evidence of cardiopulmonary disease. The interrupter conductance and the viscoelastic constants of the respiratory system were assessed using the rapid end-inspiratory airway occlusion method during mechanical ventilation with tidal volumes up to 3 L and applied end-expiratory pressures up to 23 cmH2O. It was found that the interrupter conductance increased linearly with lung volume over a larger range than used previously; and the viscoelastic resistance and time constant did not change over the entire range of tidal volumes and end-expiratory pressures studied. In conclusion, in normal anaesthetized, paralysed subjects a simple linear viscoelastic model satisfactorily described the viscoelastic behaviour of the respiratory system over the whole range of volume studied.

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2000
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41. [Subarachnoid hemorrhage: protective hypotension in delayed surgery].

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Massei R, Tavola M, Mottura G, Ciceri R, and Pontiggia M

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Humans, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage complications, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage physiopathology, Hypotension, Controlled, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage surgery
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Systemic hypertension is frequently observed in patients with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Continuing systemic hypertension might augment the risk of rebleeding and also increase the blood flow and blood volume, resulting in more marked cerebral edema and intracranial hypertension. However, reduction of blood pressure might also decrease cerebral perfusion pressure in patient with an impaired autoregulation and in this way enhance the risk of cerebral ischemia. Anti-hypertensive therapy is not recommended to prevent rebleeding after SAH. The agents of choice for reduction of arterial blood pressure might be mixed alfa and beta adrenergic antagonists and barbiturates.

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1998

42. [Pathology requiring admission to the neurosurgical intensive care].

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Martini C, Massei R, Lusenti F, Trojani M, Fumagalli P, and Tavola M

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Adult, Aged, Brain Neoplasms epidemiology, Brain Neoplasms therapy, Central Nervous System injuries, Cerebrovascular Disorders epidemiology, Cerebrovascular Disorders therapy, Female, Humans, Hypoxia epidemiology, Hypoxia therapy, Length of Stay, Male, Middle Aged, Postoperative Care, Wounds and Injuries epidemiology, Wounds and Injuries therapy, Critical Care statistics & numerical data, Diagnosis-Related Groups, Neurosurgery, Patient Admission
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A patient's admission to an ICU should benefit the patient (either short or long term). Consequently patients admitted to the ICU should be only those neurological-neurosurgical ones with one or more organ failure who need immediate or prolonged therapy with adequate monitoring and technical support not available in other wards. Normally admission depends on may other factors, the most important ones seem to be medico-legal responsibilities of the possible refusal of admission even if due to clinical reasons, organizational problems such as equipment and bed availability. There is a need for pre- and post-surgical monitoring for high risk patients. We routinely admit patients to our ICU according to the following directions: respiratory and or cardio-circulatory failure connected to the neurological pathology, impaired consciousness, neurological signs and symptoms indicating deterioration, loss of airway protective reflexes, seizured in neurological-neurosurgical patients, severe electrolyte, metabolic or nutritional disturbances which may affect the CNS; neurosurgical postoperative control, performance of complex techniques (central venous and arterial catheterization, ICP monitoring), management of multiorgan donors suitable for therapeutic transplant. The groups of pathologies observed in our ICU during 1991 where the follow-up: 442 neurological-neurosurgical patients--head trauma 141 (32%)--cerebral tumours 88 (19.9%)--vasculopathies 135 (30.6%)--others 77 (17.5%). 228 (51.5%) patients stayed for a period less than three days. According to our experience we can affirm that causes for patient's admission to neuro-ICUs are various, the legal organizational reasons have a great importance compared to the clinical ones.

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1993

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