Publications by authors named "A Ricotti"
Background: Prehabilitation (Prehab) programs aim to optimize patients psycho-physical condition before surgery, to improve post-operative outcomes. Although functional benefits of Prehab are known, the clinical impact does not yet have concrete evidence. The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Prehab, associated with Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and surgical rehabilitation (Rehab), in frail colorectal oncological patients in terms of morbidity and hospitalization.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Introduction Falls are the second leading cause of accidental or unintentional death worldwide. In hospital falls represent a relevant health problem, in particular after their increasing since Covid year 2020. The aim of this study is to evaluate correlation between falls and Covid infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: In acute decompensated heart failure (HF), systemic venous congestion contributes to patients' symptoms and hospital admissions. The purpose of our study is to determine if venous congestion, examined using the venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) score, predicts HF-related hospitalization and mortality in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) with acute decompensated HF.
Methods And Results: Fifty patients admitted for acute HF in ED underwent ultrasound (US) assessment according to the VExUS score within the first 24 and 72 h.
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- This study investigates the effectiveness of two surfactant administration methods—INtubate-RECruit-SURfactant-Extubate (IN-REC-SUR-E) and less invasive surfactant administration (LISA)—on improving BPD-free survival in preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS).
- A total of 382 preterm infants, born at 24-27 weeks' gestation and not intubated at birth, will be randomly assigned to either method within the first 24 hours of life. The primary outcome being measured is a combination of death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) at 36 weeks' postmenstrual age.
Background: The prognostic impact of catheter ablation (CA) of atrial fibrillation (AF) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients has not yet been satisfactorily elucidated.
Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess the impact of CA of AF on clinical outcomes in a large cohort of HCM patients.
Methods: In this retrospective multicenter study, 555 HCM patients with AF were enrolled, 140 undergoing CA and 415 receiving medical therapy.