Publications by authors named "D Mecca"
As the population of urban areas is increasing continually, analysis of the particulate concentration dynamics in these areas is crucial. Therefore, this study investigated the temporal and spatial variabilities of PM, PM, and PM over the urban area of Turin in the Po Valley, Italy, based on high-resolution data from a monitoring campaign conducted between 2018 and 2021 (including COVID-19 lockdown period). The study also performed a source direction analysis of the urban observation using the conditional bivariate probability function (CBPF).
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- The study focused on the impact of race and insurance status on high-grade renal trauma (HGRT) among children, analyzing data from a large trauma registry between 2007 and 2020.
- Out of 341 initially identified pediatric patients with HGRT, differences were observed in the mechanism of injury and presentation age based on race, with African American (AA) patients experiencing more penetrating trauma and younger age at presentation.
- Insurance status affected the rates of bowel injuries and blood transfusions, and private insurance patients had higher rates of follow-up care, but neither race nor insurance status impacted overall surgical intervention outcomes, post-injury complications, or mortality rates.
Approximately 25% of cerebral infarction is cardioembolic in nature. Transoesophageal echocardiography is widely regarded as the initial study of choice for evaluating cardiac source of embolism. We studied the records of 83 consecutive patients referred to our Neurologic Ward between January 2000 and October 2006 with diagnosis of ischemic cerebrovascular disease of unknown cause (cryptogenetic strokes).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim Of The Study: to evaluate the episodes of non-tubercular spondylodiskitis diagnosed between 1998 and 2002 at the Ospedale S. Corona, Pietra Ligure (SV).
Methods: perspective evaluation of vertebral osteomyelitis classified as spontaneous or iatrogenic if associated with procedures on the spinal cord, with detection of associated risk factors, localization, aetiology and treatment.
Aim Of The Study: to evaluate the episodes of non-tubercular spondylodiskitis diagnosed between 1998 and 2002 at Ospedale S. Corona, Pietra Ligure (SV).
Methods: prospective evaluation of vertebral osteomyelitis classified as spontaneous or iatrogenic if associated with procedures on the spinal cord, with detection of associated risk factors, localization, etiology and treatment.