Publications by authors named "Chiara Allegri"
Background: In patients with pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome who survived hospitalization, one-year mortality can affect up to one third of discharged patients. Therefore, significant long-term mortality after COVID-19 respiratory failure could be expected. The primary outcome of the present study was one-year all-cause mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Immigrants face multiple barriers in accessing healthcare; however, empirical assessment of access presents serious methodological issues, and evidence on undocumented immigrants is scant and based mainly on non-representative samples. We examine avoidable hospitalization (AH) as an indicator of poor access to primary care (PC) in Italy, where a universal healthcare system guarantees access but fails to assign general practitioners to undocumented immigrants.
Methods: Using anonymized national hospital discharge records in 2019, undocumented immigrants were identified through an administrative financing code.
Article Synopsis
- Some COVID-19 patients experience acute respiratory failure without feeling short of breath, known as "silent hypoxemia," which is confusing for doctors.
- A study of 1,316 admitted patients showed that those without dyspnea had slightly lower mortality rates (22.6%) compared to those who reported it (29.3%).
- Although silent hypoxemic patients used less advanced respiratory support like CPAP, their 28-day mortality rate was similar to that of symptomatic patients when considering other severity indicators like oxygen levels and imaging results.
Background: In COVID-19, higher than expected level of intrapulmonary shunt has been described, in association with a discrepancy between the initial relatively preserved lung mechanics and the hypoxia severity. This study aim was to measure the shunt fraction and variations of PaO/FiO ratio and oxygen alveolar-arterial gradient (A-a O) at different FiO.
Methods: Shunt was measured by a non-invasive system during spontaneous breathing in 12 patients hospitalized at COVID-19 Semi-Intensive Care Unit of Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy, between October 22 and November 23, 2020.
Background: Gender-related factors might affect vulnerability to Covid-19. The aim of this study was to describe the role of gender on clinical features and 28-day mortality in Covid-19 patients.
Methods: Observational study of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in Bergamo, Italy, during the first three weeks of the outbreak.
Objective: To evaluate the possible correlation between underreporting and anthropometric, psychological and socio-anagraphic characteristics in obese inpatients.
Design: Perspective longitudinal study.
Subjects: Forty-two obese inpatients enrolled to a multidisciplinary 3-week weight loss program in a psycho-nutritional rehabilitative structure located in Salice Terme, Northern Italy.
Background: Pilot findings seem to suggest a potential beneficial effect of omega-3 fatty acid (FA) supplementation on behavioral alterations in children with autism. However, data on the potential benefits of omega-3 supplements in young adults with severe autism are lacking. In the present study, we sought to explore this issue in an open label study.
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