Publications by authors named "A Amurri"
Patients requiring dialysis are extremely vulnerable to infectious diseases. The high burden of comorbidities and weakened immune system due to uremia and previous immunosuppressive therapy expose the patient on dialysis to more infectious events than the general population. The infectious risk is further increased by the presence of endovascular catheters and implantable cardiologic devices.
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- A study examined the effects of COVID-19 on 146 patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis (PD) between January 2020 and March 2022 at a hospital in Italy.
- Out of the patients, 27 (18.4%) had COVID-19 infections, with a notable portion requiring hospitalization and a couple resulting in death, particularly among unvaccinated individuals.
- The findings indicated a low refusal rate for COVID-19 vaccination within this group, while the overall incidence rate of infection was calculated at 0.16 episodes per patient per year.
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- A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of weekly rapid antigen testing for COVID-19 among asymptomatic patients undergoing in-center hemodialysis (HD), aiming to prevent virus spread during the pandemic.
- A total of 1,748 tests were performed on 220 HD patients between December 2021 and March 2022, revealing that 8.5% tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, with 93.3% of those cases confirmed by RT-PCR.
- The screening detected approximately 53.8% of actual COVID-19 cases, indicating that weekly antigen testing can effectively identify a significant portion of infections in this vulnerable population.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia has been poorly reported in solid organ transplanted patients; prognosis is uncertain and best management unclear. We describe the case of a 61-year-old kidney transplant recipient with several comorbidities who was hospitalized and later received a diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia; the infection was successfully managed with the use of hydroxychloroquine and a single administration of tocilizumab, after immunosuppression reduction; the patient did not require mechanical ventilation. During the rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, transplant clinicians should be readily informed about new cases of COVID-19 pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients, with focus on therapeutic strategies employed and their outcome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Several theorists have hypothesized that stressful situations may trigger abnormal eating and even eating disorders in predisposed people. The purpose of this study was to assess whether a stressful situation would reveal an association between perfectionism and low self-esteem, and measures of eating disorder symptoms in male high school students.
Method: A sample of 61 male high school students completed the Eating Disorder Inventory, the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, and the Self Liking and Competence Scale three times: on an average school day, on the day of an exam and on the day the subjects received the results of that exam.