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Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Education•Milan, Lombardia, Italy•
About: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart is a education organization based out in Milan, Lombardia, Italy. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Health care. The organization has 13592 authors who have published 31048 publications receiving 853961 citations.
Topics: Population, Health care, Cancer, Myocardial infarction, Transplantation
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TL;DR: Early recurrence risk is enhanced for extensive disease after poor preoperative disease control and inadequate surgical treatment, but is reduced after adjuvant chemotherapy.
Abstract: Purpose. The aims of this study were to assess the risk of early recurrence after liver resection for colorectal metastases (CRLM) and its prognostic value; identify early recurrence predictive factors; clarify the effect of perioperative chemotherapy on its occurrence; and elucidate the best early recurrence management. Methods. Patients of the LiverMetSurvey registry who underwent complete liver resection (R0/R1) between 1998 and 2009 were reviewed. Early recurrence was defined as any recurrence that occurred within 6 months after resection. Results. A total of 6,025 patients were included; 2,734 (45.4 %) had recurrence, including 639 (10.6 %) early recurrences. Early recurrence was mainly hepatic (59.5 vs. 54.4 % for late recurrences; p = 0.023). Independent risk factors of early recurrence were: T3–4 primary tumor (p = 0.0002); synchronous CRLM (p = 0.0001); [3 CRLM (p \ 0.0001); 0-mm margin liver resection (p = 0.003); and associated intraoperative radiofrequency ablation (p = 0.0005). Response to preoperative chemotherapy (complete/partial) and administration of adjuvant chemotherapy reduced early recurrence risk (p = 0.003 and p \ 0.0001, respectively). Intraoperative ultrasonography reduced hepatic early recurrence rate (p = 0.025). Early recurrence negatively affected prognosis: 5-year survival 26.9 versus 49.4 % for the late recurrence group (p \ 0.0001, median follow-up 34.4 months). Overall, 234 (36.6 %) patients with early recurrence underwent reresection. These patients had survival rates higher than non-re-resected patients (5-year survival 47.2 vs. 8.9 %; p \ 0.0001) and similar to re-resected patients for late recurrence (48.7 %). Chemotherapy before early recurrence resection improved later survival (5-year survival 61.5 vs. 43.7 %; p = 0.028). Conclusions. Early recurrence risk is enhanced for extensive disease after poor preoperative disease control and inadequate surgical treatment, but is reduced after adjuvant chemotherapy. Although early recurrence negatively affects prognosis, re-resection may restore better survival. Chemotherapy before early recurrence resection is advocated.
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TL;DR: Estimates suggest that a one-unit increase in PM2.5 concentration is associated with a 9% (95% confidence interval: 6–12%) increase in COVID-19 related mortality.
Abstract: Long-term exposure to ambient air pollutant concentrations is known to cause chronic lung inflammation, a condition that may promote increased severity of COVID-19 syndrome caused by the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). In this paper, we empirically investigate the ecologic association between long-term concentrations of area-level fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and excess deaths in the first quarter of 2020 in municipalities of Northern Italy. The study accounts for potentially spatial confounding factors related to urbanization that may have influenced the spreading of SARS-CoV-2 and related COVID-19 mortality. Our epidemiological analysis uses geographical information (e.g., municipalities) and negative binomial regression to assess whether both ambient PM2.5 concentration and excess mortality have a similar spatial distribution. Our analysis suggests a positive association of ambient PM2.5 concentration on excess mortality in Northern Italy related to the COVID-19 epidemic. Our estimates suggest that a one-unit increase in PM2.5 concentration (µg/m3) is associated with a 9% (95% confidence interval: 6-12%) increase in COVID-19 related mortality.
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TL;DR: Routine supplementation therapy with OC or VD effectively prevents symptomatic hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy and may allow for a safe early discharge and further studies are necessary to determine the best treatment.
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TL;DR: Evidence supports that apoptosis occurring in aging skeletal muscle may be due, in part, to the progressive decline in mitochondrial function and the resulting energy depletion within the cell.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe an 18-year-old patient who underwent surgical removal of the right cerebellar hemisphere for the presence of a neoplastic lesion, and the patient's neuropsychological examination was normal except for a transient selective verbal short-term memory (STM) impairment characterized by reduced verbal digit span and rapid forgetting of verbal material.
Abstract: We describe an 18-year-old patient who underwent surgical removal of the right cerebellar hemisphere for the presence of a neoplastic lesion. After surgery, the patient's neuropsychological examination was normal except for a transient selective verbal short-term memory (STM) impairment characterized by reduced verbal digit span and rapid forgetting of verbal material. An extensive examination of the patient's deficit was performed in order to identify which of the two components of STM (phonological short-term store and/or rehearsal system) was impaired. The functional locus of the deficit was identified at the level of the phonological output buffer, a component of the rehearsal system, as suggested by the pattern of results obtained, namely: the improvement of the digit span seen with pointing compared with the verbal response; the advantage of auditory over visual presentation of digits; and the lack of a phonological-similarity effect with visual presentation of letters. On the other hand, the functioning of the phonological store was demonstrated by the normal amplitude of the recency effect in free recall of words and by the phonological-similarity effect with auditory presentation of letters. Our finding is consistent with previous functional (PET) studies showing the involvement of the right cerebellum during tasks requiring silent recirculation of verbal information. We conclude that the cerebellum takes part in the planning of speech production at a level that does not require an overt articulation.
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Peter J. Barnes | 194 | 1530 | 166618 |
Cornelia M. van Duijn | 183 | 1030 | 146009 |
Dennis R. Burton | 164 | 683 | 90959 |
Paolo Boffetta | 148 | 1455 | 93876 |
Massimo Antonelli | 130 | 1272 | 79319 |
David B. Audretsch | 126 | 671 | 72456 |
Piero Anversa | 115 | 412 | 60220 |
Marco Pahor | 112 | 476 | 46549 |
David L. Paterson | 111 | 739 | 68485 |
Alfonso Caramazza | 108 | 451 | 39280 |
Anthony A. Amato | 105 | 911 | 57881 |
Stefano Pileri | 100 | 635 | 43369 |
Giovanni Gasbarrini | 98 | 894 | 36395 |
Giampaolo Merlini | 96 | 684 | 40324 |
Silvio Donato | 96 | 860 | 41166 |