Publications by authors named "A G d'Agostino"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates Accelerated Long-term Forgetting (ALF), highlighting that traditional memory tests often miss this phenomenon by only assessing retention shortly after learning.
- Experiment 1 involved healthy participants to develop a longer-term memory procedure that successfully captured long-term forgetting patterns, revealing a link between perceived memory function and actual performance.
- In Experiment 2, patients with severe Acquired Brain Injury demonstrated decreased memory retention over longer intervals compared to healthy participants, underscoring the necessity for extended memory assessments in clinical settings.
Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a pathophysiological problem that may involve several clinical symptoms and be linked to various respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses. Its diagnosis is made invasively by Right Cardiac Catheterization (RHC), which is difficult to perform routinely. Aim of the current study was to develop a Machine Learning (ML) algorithm based on the analysis of anamnestic data to predict the presence of an invasively measured PH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Immunocompromised patients are at high risk of developing persisting/prolonged COVID-19. Data on the early combined use of antivirals and monoclonal antibodies in this population are scarce.
Research Design And Methods: We performed an observational, prospective study, enrolling immunocompromised outpatients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, treated with a combination of sotrovimab plus one antiviral (remdesivir or nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) within 7 days from symptom onset.
Urinary tract infections are one of the main complications in kidney transplant patients, with a significant impact on graft function and survival. In fact, it is estimated that up to 74% of kidney transplant patients experience at least one episode of UTIs in the first year after transplantation, with an increased risk of graft loss and an increased risk of mortality. Several risk factors have been identified, such as female gender, old age, diabetes mellitus, immunosuppression, pre-transplant UTIs, urinary tract abnormalities, and prolonged dialysis.
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