Publications by authors named "Araimo F"
Background: Mesotherapy is a technique through which active ingredients are administered into the thickness of the skin in order to increase the local analgesic effect.
Methods: 141 patients with spinal pain not responding to systemic therapy with NSAIDs were randomized to receive one or more intra-cutaneous drugs on a weekly basis.
Results: All patients achieved a pain reduction of at least 50% compared to baseline, and all tolerated the therapy without having to resort to systemic drug dose increases.
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- The study focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of systemic oxygen-ozone therapy as a treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia, amidst limited treatment options.
- A randomized trial named PROBIOZOVID involved 28 patients divided into two groups: one receiving ozone therapy and the other serving as a control, with the main goal of assessing the need for intubation and mortality rates.
- Preliminary results show no significant differences in treatment outcomes, but ozone therapy was found to have no adverse effects, indicating its safety for patients during the study.
Background: Primary essential cutis verticis gyrata is a condition that usually affects healthy subjects associated to convoluted folds and furrows formed from thickened skin of the scalp resembling cerebriform pattern.
Case: we describe a case of association between primary essential cutis verticis gyrata and new daily persistent headache.
Discussion/conclusions: In our knowledge this is the first description of new daily persistent headache associated with primary essential cutis verticis gyrata.
Central venous catheter (CVC) placement is a routine procedure in the management of critically ill patients. It is important to ensure correct positioning of the catheter tip just above the junction of the superior vena cava and the right atrium, to reduce associated complications and to optimize catheter function. The incidence of catheter misplacement is approximately 3%-4% for both subclavian and internal jugular vein access procedures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntracranial placement of a nasogastric tube in a non-trauma patient.
HSR Proc Intensive Care Cardiovasc Anesth
February 2013
Adrenaline through the endotracheal tube as an answer to severe bronchospasms caused by lidocaine.
Minerva Anestesiol
January 2010
The authors describe the effect of instilling adrenaline through the endotracheal tube in one case of severe bronchospasms due to intubation with an endotracheal tube lubricated with 10% lidocaine spray in a patient with no history of adverse respiratory or allergic reactions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn alternative inexpensive treatment for deep sternal wound infections after sternotomy.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
December 2003
We present three cases of deep sternal wound infections after sternotomy, with partial dehiscence and instability of sternum, successfully treated with combined therapy based on hyperbaric oxygen (HBO), parenteral and intranasal antibiotics, daily debridements and medications. After a short hospitalization (10 days) to detect involved bacteria, depth of the wounds and choice of right antibiotic therapy, all patients continued the treatment as outpatients, undergoing daily medications and antibiotic therapy before every HBO session. After 3 months the sternal wounds were completely epithelialized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Objective: This study was designed to evaluate early postoperative cognitive recovery after total intravenous anaesthesia with remifentanil-propofol or sufentanil-propofol in patients undergoing craniotomy for supratentorial expanding lesions.
Methods: Sixty patients were consecutively enrolled, and randomly assigned to one of two study groups: remifentanil-propofol or sufentanil-propofol anaesthesia. To evaluate cognitive function the Short Orientation Memory Concentration Test (SOMCT) and Rancho Los Amigos Scale (RLAS) were administered to all patients in a double-blind procedure before surgery at 15, 45 min and 3 h after extubation.
Objective: To verify and quantify lipidic peroxidation by means of tiobarbituric-acid reactive substance (TBARS) dosage in patients treated daily with HBO. To verify if a potentiated glutathione enzymatic system, with N-acetylcisteine (NAC) treatment, may determine higher HBO tolerance and reduced lipidic peroxidation.
Design: Randomised study on patients treated with 20 HBO 2.