Publications by authors named "A Capizzi"

Background: There are no evidence based guidelines for clinicians to follow in advising pediatric patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) on return to play (RTP).

Objective: To understand practice patterns of experts in pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) in relation to how they assess severity of TBI and guide return to play (RTP) decisions with their patients who sustain complicated mild, moderate, or severe TBI.

Design: Cross-sectional web-based survey.

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Background: U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) are at increased risk of multiple mild traumatic brain injury (mmTBI).

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Background: This study aimed to assess the neuronal and microvascular retinal and choroidal involvement in COVID-19 recovered patients using optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography (OCTA).

Methods: This observational cross-sectional study recruited patients recovered from COVID-19 and a group of healthy controls for comparisons. OCT (peripapillary scan and macular map) and OCTA (macular map) were performed to obtain: the central subfield thickness (CST), the macular volume (MV), the peripapillary retinal nerve fibre layer (pRNFL) thickness, the vessel area density (VAD), vessel length fraction (VLF), vessel diameter index (VDI) and fractal dimension (FD) of the superficial vascular plexus (SVP), intermediate capillary plexus (ICP) and deep capillary plexus (DCP), and the vessel density (VD), stromal density (SD) and vascular/stromal (V/S) ratio of the choriocapillaris (CC) and choroid (Ch).

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Introduction: Access to Liver transplantation (LT) can be affected by several barriers, resulting in delayed referral and increased risk of mortality due to complications of the underlying liver disease.

Aim: To assess the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute or chronic liver disease referred using an integrated referral program.

Materials And Methods: An integrated referral program was developed in 1 October 2017 based on email addresses and a 24/7 telephone availability.

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Background: Complicated mild traumatic brain injury (C-mTBI) represents mTBI with positive trauma-related radiographic findings, such as hematoma. It is estimated that 7.5% of all pediatric mTBIs meet these criteria.

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