Publications by authors named "F Pieri"
Average direct cost of peripherally inserted central catheterization by nurses in hospitalized patients: a cost estimate.
Einstein (Sao Paulo)
December 2024
Objective: This study aimed to estimate the direct costs of peripherally inserted central catheterization by nurses for hospitalized patients.
Methods: A cost estimation study using a quantitative approach was conducted in a public teaching hospital in northern Paraná to calculate the direct costs of peripherally inserted central catheterization. The population included all medical records of patients between 15 and 99 years of age who were hospitalized and underwent peripherally inserted central catheterization by nurses between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2021, totaling 664 insertions.
Objectives: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors, the most prevalent mesenchymal tumors (80 %) of the gastrointestinal tract, comprise less than 1 % of all gastrointestinal neoplasms and about 5 % of all sarcomas. Despite their rarity, Gastrointestinal stromal tumors present diverse clinical manifestations, anatomic locations, histological subtypes, and prognostic outcomes.
Methods: This scoping review comprehensively explores the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, diagnostic and prognostic modalities, as well as new therapeutic options for Gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
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- Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain cancer with few treatment options, and the study focuses on exploring extracellular vesicles (EVs) from GBM cells as potential diagnostic biomarkers.
- * The research utilized tumor explants from GBM patients to preserve tumor characteristics and successfully isolated EVs, analyzing their surface markers through advanced techniques.
- * Results showed unique surface biomarker expression patterns in GBM-derived EVs that could differentiate them from healthy controls, indicating their potential role in noninvasive diagnosis and understanding of GBM progression.
Adapting electronics to perfectly conform to nonplanar and rough surfaces, such as human skin, is a challenging task, which could open up new applications in fields of high economic and scientific interest, ranging from health to robotics, human-machine interface, and Internet of Things. The key to success lies in defining a technology that can lead to ultrathin devices, exploiting ultimately thin materials, with high mechanical flexibility and excellent electrical properties. Here, we report a hybrid approach for the development of high-performance, ultrathin and conformable electronic devices, based on the integration of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides, i.
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- Soft tissue sarcomas make up a rare group of tumors accounting for just 1% of solid cancers, with liposarcoma being a notable subtype.
- The study focused on 21 patients with atypical lipomatous tumors/well differentiated liposarcoma (ALT/WDLPS) and dedifferentiated liposarcoma (DDLPS), investigating the role of biomarkers CDK4 and MDM2.
- Results indicated that CDK4 was more highly expressed in DDLPS than in ALT/WDLPS, and the CDK4 inhibitor palbociclib showed promise in a sequential treatment approach when combined with lenvatinib, suggesting a new management strategy for DDLPS.