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Mariano Alberto Pennisi

Researcher at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Publications -  59
Citations -  2407

Mariano Alberto Pennisi is an academic researcher from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. The author has contributed to research in topics: Intensive care & Intensive care unit. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 55 publications receiving 2108 citations. Previous affiliations of Mariano Alberto Pennisi include Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic & The Catholic University of America.

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A multiple-center survey on the use in clinical practice of noninvasive ventilation as a first-line intervention for acute respiratory distress syndrome*

TL;DR: In expert centers, NPPV applied as first‐line intervention in ARDS avoided intubation in 54% of treated patients and was associated with less ventilator‐associated pneumonia and a lower intensive care unit mortality rate.
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High dose tigecycline in critically ill patients with severe infections due to multidrug-resistant bacteria

TL;DR: TGC was well tolerated at a higher than standard dose in a cohort of critically ill patients with severe infections and in the VAP subgroup the high-dose regimen was associated with better outcomes than conventional administration due to Gram-negative MDR bacteria.
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Early diagnosis of candidemia in intensive care unit patients with sepsis: a prospective comparison of (1→3)-β-D-glucan assay, Candida score, and colonization index

TL;DR: A single-point BG assay based on a blood sample drawn at the sepsis onset, alone or in combination withCS, may guide the decision to start antifungal therapy early in patients at risk for Candida infection.