Publications by authors named "Ferrara Gaetano"
Aim: To describe and analyze the relational skills of nephrology nurses.
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) profoundly affects patients' psychosocial well-being. Nephrology and dialysis nurses meet clinical demands while providing vital emotional support.
As spontaneous renal artery dissection (SRAD) is a rare cause of abdominal pain, bilateral dissection is an extremely rare event. Only approximately two hundred cases of SRAD have been reported in the literature. The diagnosis is often delayed due to the rarity of the disease and non-specific clinical presentations such as flank pain, hypertension, fever, nausea, vomiting, and hematuria, which can be often misdiagnosed as a genito-urinary infection or gastrointestinal or bowel disease.
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- Patients with chronic kidney disease require specialized care, and nephrology and dialysis nurses need advanced skills to meet these needs effectively.
- A review of post-graduate training in nephrology nursing in Italy highlights that education is primarily through Master's programs, focusing on essential topics like renal disease and dialysis care, though there's variation in other subjects.
- The study emphasizes the importance of combining field-based clinical training with standardized academic programs to improve nursing competencies and ensure high-quality patient care.
In Italy, as in the rest of the world, government restrictions aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 primarily imposed limitations on social relationships and personal behavior. This situation significantly affected the management of chronic illnesses, including type 2 diabetes (T2D). The objective was to evaluate the perceptions of patients with T2D regarding the quality of care received during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on dietary and physical activity behaviors.
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- Acute hepatic porphyrias (AHPs) are rare genetic disorders that affect heme production, and new therapies are being developed to treat them.
- Givosiran, an RNA interference treatment, has been approved for AHP patients over 12 years old after successful phase III trials.
- A recent case series from Italy shows that givosiran is well-tolerated in the long term and reduces attack frequency, while also improving patients' quality of life, pain, and fatigue.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) represents a significant global public health challenge. Among the various clinical complications associated with CKD, olfactory dysfunction has been identified as a factor that substantially affects the quality of life of patients. This study aims to systematically explore the prevalence, implications, and therapeutic avenues of anosmia in CKD patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDysgeusia is a common altered taste perception in chronic kidney disease patients. The study aims to identify available treatments for educating, screening, and clinically managing dysgeusia in this population. A scoping review was conducted following the protocol of Arksey and O'Malley, incorporating the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology, and adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatients suffering from different forms of acute hepatic porphyria present a high risk of primary liver cancer, specifically hepatocellular carcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma, determined by the activity of the disease even though an exact mechanism of carcinogenesis has not been recognized yet. Here, we present the clinical case of a 72-year-old woman who, approximately 29 years after the diagnosis of acute intermittent porphyria, presented with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with a histological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma starting from the biliary-pancreatic ducts, which was diagnosed during the clinical and anatomopathological evaluation of a pathological fracture of the femur.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIncreased acid excretion in kidney stone formers with essential hypertension.
Nephrol Dial Transplant
January 2009
Background: Although several studies have reported that kidney stone disease and hypertension are associated, the link between the two conditions has not been identified. This study investigated urinary excretion of different solutes, particularly citrate and acids, in kidney stone formers and examined their association with high blood pressure.
Methods: The retrospective study included 234 consecutive subjects, aged 47.