Publications by authors named "B R Boietti"

Introduction: Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) treatment in older patients is challenging. The Determination and Management of Risks for Practices and Procedures in the Elderly (DRIPP) is a multidimensional evaluation program that involves patients undergoing oncological treatments.

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the overall survival and progression-free survival (PFS) of patients evaluated and those not evaluated by the DRIPP.

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Introduction: The COVID-19 vaccine became an effective instrument to prevent severe SARS-CoV-2 infections. However, 5% of vaccinated patients will have moderate or severe disease.

Objective: to compare mortality and days between the symptom onset to the peak disease severity, in vaccinated vs.

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The aim of this paper was to report patient valuation of usability with our telemedicine system and to explore the effect of pandemic in its behavior. We conducted a cross-sectional study based on the prospective recollection of the results of the Spanish abbreviated version of the Telehealth Usability Questionnaire (TUQ), from October 2019 to July 2020. We observed an inflection point of growth of answers during the pandemic era and a trend of decrease in usability valuations coinciding with the massive and forced implementation of the system after lockdown.

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  • New variants of SARS-CoV-2, changes in public health measures, and decreased immunity in high-risk groups are leading to predictions of increased hospitalizations and intensive care admissions, highlighting a need for effective Early Warning Scores (EWSs) to predict patient complications within 24-48 hours.* -
  • The developed COVID-19 Early Warning Score (COEWS) relies on easily accessible laboratory parameters, distinguishing it from existing models like NEWS2, and assesses risk in both vaccinated and unvaccinated patients.* -
  • The COEWS model incorporates key lab results, transforming predictive coefficients into individual scores that help identify patients at risk of mechanical ventilation or death; its predictive performance shows promising results with a discrimination score of
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