Publications by authors named "Alessandro Pani"
Article Synopsis
- - People with substance use disorder (SUD) face significant stigma and discrimination in healthcare, affecting their treatment experiences and outcomes.
- - A study surveying 1,796 healthcare employees in Italy found that stigma towards SUD was linked to factors like sex, profession, and burnout, with those in addiction departments showing lower stigma levels.
- - The study suggests that improving training for healthcare professionals is essential to reduce stigma and improve attitudes and knowledge regarding SUDs.
In recent years, fatal and non-fatal heroin-related overdoses have increased in northeastern Italy, and the change in potency of heroin available at street level has been identified as a prominent factor associated with acute toxicity. Two very different products, high-potency and low-potency heroin were becoming available on the street, and no clear morphological characteristics could be used to easily distinguish them. A theoretical model for predicting heroin potency from rapid analysis of cigarette filters was developed as part of an overdose prevention project.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study we investigated whether the metabolomic analysis could identify a specific fingerprint of coronary blood collected during primary PCI in STEMI patients. Fifteen samples was subjected to metabolomic analysis. Subsequently, the study population was divided into two groups according to the peripheral blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), a marker of the systemic inflammatory response.
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