Role of nonneoplastic PVT in the natural history of patients with cirrhosis and first diagnosis of HCC.

Background And Aims: HCC can increase the risk of nonneoplastic PVT in cirrhosis. However, the natural history of PVT and its prognostic role in HCC patients are unknown.

Approach And Results: Consecutive HCC patients with cirrhosis undergoing laparoscopic ablation were retrospectively evaluated and followed up to 36 months.

Effectiveness of body size stratification for patient exposure optimization in Computed Tomography.

Purpose: To establish size-dependent DRL and to estimate the effectiveness of the size-dependent DRLs over size-independent DRLs for a CT exposure optimization process.

Methods: The study included 16,933 adult CT body examinations of the most common CT protocols. Acquisitions were included following an image quality assessment.

An Observational Veneto Research on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (OVeRVAP): attributable mortality and cumulative incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Background: The relationship between ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) and mortality varies from study to study, and its entity is uncertain due a considerable variation in the attributable mortality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between VAP frequency and mortality in a cohort of mechanically ventilated patients.

Methods: A multicenter prospective observational study was conducted in 21 Intensive Care Units (ICUs).

Transarterial chemoembolization with DC Bead LUMI™ radiopaque beads for primary liver cancer treatment: preliminary experience.

Aim: Primary objectives of the study were to assess the safety of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) using DC Bead LUMI™ for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma and beads distribution after TACE.

Patients/methods: This was a prospective observational cohort study. The study included 44 hepatocellular carcinoma patients who were treated with TACE using DC Bead LUMI.