Malnutrition Prevention after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (alloHSCT): A Prospective Explorative Interventional Study with an Oral Polymeric Formulation Enriched with Transforming Growth Factor Beta 2 (TGF-β2).

Malnutrition is common after allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (alloHSCT), and interventions directed to correct nutritional status are warranted to improve transplant outcomes. In this prospective study, an oral polymeric formulation enriched with TGF-β2 (TE-OPF) was explored to correct malnutrition according to Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA). TE-OPF was proposed to 51 consecutive patients who received transplants at our institution for hematological malignancies, and sufficient dose intake was established per protocol as at least 50% of the prescribed dose of TE-OPF: group A received adequate nutritional support; group B, inadequate.

REMOVED: Correlation between COVID-19 and cardiac calcification.

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COVID-19 follow-up: Chest X-ray findings with clinical and radiological relationship three months after recovery.

Introduction: To evaluate the radiological sequelae of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in a mid-term follow-up and investigate their relationship with clinical-radiological findings.

Methods: This prospective study included COVID-19 patients who underwent a CXR three months after discharge. The relationship between CXR score at three months after discharge and clinical findings and previous CXR scores, at admission and before the discharge, were evaluated.

Pulmonary Thromboembolism in COVID-19: Venous Thromboembolism or Arterial Thrombosis?

Purpose: To investigate CT pulmonary angiography findings of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and its association with clinical and radiologic conditions.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective study includes 109 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who underwent CT pulmonary angiography for suspected PTE from March 20 to May 3, 2020. Data were collected from our PACS.

Sixty-Day Mortality Among 520 Italian Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients According to the Adopted Ventilatory Strategy in the Context of an Integrated Multidisciplinary Clinical Organization: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Purpose: Although the decision of which ventilation strategy to adopt in COVID-19 patients is crucial, yet the most appropriate means of carrying out this undertaking is not supported by strong evidence. We therefore described the organization of a province-level healthcare system during the occurrence of the COVID-19 epidemic and the 60-day outcomes of the hospitalized COVID-19 patients according to the respiratory strategy adopted given the limited available resources.

Patients And Methods: All COVID-19 patients (26/02/2020-18/04/2020) in the Rimini Province of Italy were included in this population-based cohort study.

Computed tomography quantification of bone density adjacent to cemented pegged polyethylene glenoid components in shoulder arthroplasty.

Background: Cemented polyethylene devices are the prostheses implanted more frequently, but there is no agreement on the optimal glenoid component design. In this study, bone mineral density (BMD) adjacent to cemented all-polyethylene glenoid components was assessed to gain insights into the characteristics of glenoid bone as a potential risk factor implicated in the failure of shoulder arthroplasty.

Patients And Methods: Twenty-two subjects were examined at an average follow-up of 31 months using the Constant-Murley score (CS) and multi-detector computed tomography.

Assessment of kidney volume in polycystic kidney disease using magnetic resonance imaging without contrast medium.

Background/aims: Total renal volume (TRV) is an important index to evaluate the progression of autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). TRV has been assessed by manually tracing renal contours from CT or MR scans, often employing contrast medium (CM). We developed a fast and nearly automated technique based on the analysis of MR images acquired without CM injection for TRV quantification.

Multichannel computed tomography (MCCT) analysis of glenoid erosion in shoulder hemiarthroplasty: preliminary clinical applications.

Glenoid wear following shoulder hemiarthroplasty (HA) has been reported around 80% in long-term follow-up studies. Radiographic analysis is useful to depict glenoid erosion but does not evaluate accurately glenoid bone loss. Multichannel computed tomography (MCCT) allows scanning with submillimeter section thickness through dense areas of glenoid bone, despite the presence of metallic prostheses.

Successful thoracoscopic resection of pulmonary metastasis less than 1 cm in size utilizing preoperative CT-guided wire localization.

Preoperative computer tomography (CT) guidance localization utilizing a percutaneous guidewire before thoracoscopic resection is safe and beneficial in children with pulmonary nodules less than 1 cm in size or located deep in the pleural surface. This paper describes a successful thoracoscopic resection of a little subpleural pulmonary metastasis of a Wilm's tumor in a 5-year-old child utilizing preoperative CT-guided wire localization of the lesion. The thoracoscopic procedure was performed with the use of two ports, the nodule was easily localized,and the pulmonary wedge resection was made by the use of an endo-GIA linear stapling device after guidewire removal.

Saturday night brachial plexus palsy.

An unusual case of brachial plexopathy following an alcohol binge is presented. The patient developed numbness and weakness of his right hand and neurophysiological tests demonstrated that the lesion level was at the brachial plexus. MRI of the brachial plexus, cerebrospinal fluid examination and DNA analysis for hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies were normal.

Dissection of epiaortic vessels: clinical appearance and potentiality of imaging techniques.

Purpose: To analyse the major radiological and clinical features of dissections of the epiaortic vessels and evaluate the potential of imaging techniques on the basis of the findings reported in the literature over the last few years.

Materials And Methods: We evaluated 9 dissections (7 carotid lesions and 2 vertebral lesions) in 9 patients (5 women and 4 men; age range: 30-56 years) who came to our attention between September 1999 and June 2002. These were all stenoses and obstructions located in the cervical region and, in two patients, extended intracranially.

[Gadolinium for DSA in two patients with azotemia: Images of suitable quality and risk of acute renal failure].

Background: Gadolinium is an alternative angiographic contrast agent in patients with impaired renal function and high risk for iodinated contrast adverse reaction. We report two cases of acute renal failure caused by gadolinium (0.6 and 0.

Optimized delivery radiological reports: applying Six Sigma methodology to a radiology department.

Purpose: To optimise the process of reporting and delivering radiological examinations with a view to achieving 100% service delivery within 72 hours to outpatients and 36 hours to inpatients. To this end, we used the Six Sigma method which adopts a systematic approach and rigorous statistical analysis to analyse and improve processes, by reducing variability and minimising errors. More specifically, our study focused on the process of radiological report creation, from the end of the examination to the time when the report is made available to the patient, to examine the bottlenecks and identify the measures to be taken to improve the process.

In vivo evaluation of intravascular stents at three-dimensional MR angiography.

The aim of this study was to assess in vivo patency of seven commonly used non-ferromagnetic plain stents as regards demonstration of the contained lumen at 3D gadolinium-enhanced MRA in a 0.5-T MR environment. Twenty-one patients with 22 stents (1 aortic, 18 iliac, 3 popliteal) were imaged with MRA.

[Anatomo-radiologic correlations in spontaneous hematoma of the rectus abdominis muscles].

Purpose: Rectus sheath hematomas are a frequent but sometimes misdiagnosed disease in patients under anti-coagulative drugs, hemodialysis, or simply in the elderly. The most frequent localization is in the lower part of the abdomen: the explanation lies in the anatomy of the abdominal wall, especially in the arcuate line of the rectus sheath. Aim of this work is to explain the reason of the almost constant location correlating the anatomy with the CT features.

Failing hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula and percutaneous treatment: imaging with CT, MRI and digital subtraction angiography.

Purpose: To evaluate failing hemodialysis arteriovenous fistulas with helical CT angiography (CTA), MR angiography (MRA), and digital subtraction angiography (DSA), and to compare the efficacy of the three techniques in detecting the number, location, grade, and extent of stenoses and in assessing the technical results of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and stenting.

Methods: Thirteen patients with Brescia-Cimino arteriovenous fistula malfunction underwent MRA and CTA of the fistula and, within 1 week, DSA. A total of 11 PTAs were performed; in three cases an MR-compatible stent was placed.

[Follow-up after radical prostatectomy in prostatic cancer. CT: normal findings].

We retrospectively reviewed the CT findings of 18 patients submitted to radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. CT follow-up studies showed the bladder base in retropubic location in all 18 patients. Two patients had local recurrences, while no evidence of local recurrence was found in 16 patients.