[The ECAD_O project: clinical caring epidemiology of pain in the hospital: the nurses' contribution].

Aims: ECAD_O is a project aimed to establish a surveillance of pain treatment--as part of routine care and as a hospital pharmacovigilance activity--with the following objectives: to assess in each participant ward prevalence of patients exposed to analgesics; to describe the pharmacological management schedules; to document the perception of health-care professionals on the effectiveness of treatment administered; to identify groups of patients whose pain is undertreated, through the activation of a collaborative protocol.

Methods: A multicentre (48 hospitals) and multidisciplinary (nurses, clinicians, pharmacists) cross-sectional survey was conducted in 6 index-days. Epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic data were collected and heath-care professionals (nurses or clinicians) were asked about their perception on the effectiveness of treatment administered and the reasons of non-effectiveness.

Effects of moderate-intensity exercise training on plasma biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in older patients with type 2 diabetes.

Background And Aims: Some plasma biomarkers of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction have been recently recognized as important cardiovascular risk factors. Currently, there is little information about the effects of aerobic exercise training on these biomarkers in older adults with type 2 diabetes. We have therefore assessed the effects of a twice-weekly moderate, aerobic exercise programme, without a concomitant weight loss diet, on plasma inflammatory and endothelial dysfunction biomarkers in older type 2 diabetic patients.

Pulse pressure and mortality from cerebrovascular diseases in type 2 diabetic patients: the Verona Diabetes Study.

Background/objective: Previous studies conducted both in the general and diabetic population have shown that pulse pressure (PP) can predict mortality from cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between PP and specific cardiovascular mortality, i.e.

Relationship of nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis to overnight low-dose dexamethasone suppression test in obese individuals.

Objectives: To examine the association between nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis (HS) and the activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, as evaluated by a low-dose dexamethasone suppression test, in obese subjects.

Design And Patients: In a cross-sectional study, we examined 54 obese, otherwise healthy, individuals with a negligible or zero daily alcohol consumption.

Measurements: HS (by ultrasonography), glucose tolerance status (by oral glucose load), insulin resistance [by homeostasis model assessment (HOMA)] and 1.