Publications by authors named "Carla Recupero"
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- The study investigates how frailty in older adults affects survival outcomes from pathological femoral fractures, focusing on gender differences and prognostic factors.
- A retrospective analysis of patients aged 65 and above was conducted, revealing that health metrics like the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) were not significantly different between genders, but varied with age.
- Results indicate older patients, particularly those over 75 and with lower educational backgrounds, experienced more complications and higher comorbidity rates, highlighting the need for frailty assessments in this population.
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComa) are rare mesenchymal neoplasms composed of cells that express melanocytic and myogenic markers and grow around small blood vessels. PEComa often show benign behaviors but can also be highly aggressive. In frail and more complex patients, many conditions can overlap, compounding the diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties inherent in rare diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis study aimed to assess the effects of frailty and the perceived quality of life (QOL) on the long-term survival (at least 1 year) of patients ≥ 80 years hospitalized for COVID-19 and the predictors of frailty and QOL deterioration in survivors. This is a single-center, prospective observational cohort study. The study was conducted in a teaching hospital and enrolled all COVID-19 patients ≥80 years old consecutively hospitalized between April 2020 and March 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNonconventional clinical presentations of diseases are common in older adults. Even dramatic events, such as foreign body (FB) inhalation, can occur in a subtle and non-specific manner. Pill aspiration is a rare yet overlooked cause of airway injury.
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