Assessment of Malnutrition in Community-dwelling Elderly People: Cooperation among General Practitioners and Public Health

Autor: Maura FERRARI BRAVO, Fabrizio GALLO, Concetta MARCHELLO, Roberta BOICELLI, Silvia LUPI, Massimiliano ATZEI, Francesco BRUNETTI, Romina CASARETTO, Federico DAPELO, Daniela GEREVINI, Eliana LEONARDELLI, Anna MANNO, Elisabetta PERI, Paola SOAVE, Angelo TRAVERSARO, Antonio ZAMPOGNA, Roberto ZUNINO, Armando STEFANATI, Giovanni GABUTTI

Publikováno v: Iranian Journal of Public Health, Vol 47, Iss 5 (2018)

Background: Malnutrition, a very common condition in the elderly, is known to increase their vulnerability to adverse health events. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of malnutrition in the over 75-yr-old community-dwelling population in th

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Noninvasive ventilation for hypercapnic exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: factors related to noninvasive ventilation failure

Autor: Antonello Nicolini, Mario Santo, Lorenzo Ferrera, Francesca Sclifò, Manuela Del Forno, Maura Ferrari-Bravo

Publikováno v: Polish Archives of Internal Medicine. 124:525-531

Introduction Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has changed the prognosis of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) suffering from hypercapnic exacerbations. Objectives The aim of the study was to evaluate the mortality rate and need f

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https://doi.org/10.20452/pamw.2460

Can ultrasound guidance reduce the risk of pneumothorax following thoracentesis?

Autor: Antonello Nicolini, Cornelius Barlascini, Alessandro Perazzo, Piergiorgio Gatto, Maura Ferrari-Bravo

Publikováno v: Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia v.40 n.1 2014
Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia (SBPT)
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Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, Vol 40, Iss 1, Pp 6-12 (2014)

OBJECTIVE: Thoracentesis is one of the bedside procedures most commonly associated with iatrogenic complications, particularly pneumothorax. Various risk factors for complications associated with thoracentesis have recently been identified, including

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https://doi.org/10.1590/s1806-37132014000100002

Seriate prealbumin and C-reactive protein measurements in monitoring nutritional intervention in hospitalized patients: a prospective observational study

Autor: Maura Ferrari Bravo, Roberta Garbarini, Enrico Haupt, Omar Racchi, Franca Deiana, Fabrizio Gallo, Gian Luigi Devoto, Concetta Marchello, Roberta Boicelli

Publikováno v: Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 4:191-195

Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) in hospitalized patients is associated with poor outcomes. Prealbumin (PAB) has been shown to be a potentially useful tool in PEM assessment. PAB plasma concentrations are closely related to nutritional state and nut

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https://doi.org/10.3233/s12349-011-0066-7

The use of non-invasive ventilation in very old patients with hypercapnic acute respiratory failure because of COPD exacerbation

Autor: Mario Santo, Maura Ferrari-Bravo, Cornelius Barlascini, Antonello Nicolini, Lorenzo Ferrera, Alessandro Perazzo

Publikováno v: International journal of clinical practice. 68(12)

Summary Aims We prospectively enrolled 207 patients (121 were 75 or older and 86 younger than 75) who were admitted to three Respiratory Monitoring Units. The primary outcomes were intubation and mortality rates; the secondary outcomes were changes i

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25283150