Publications by authors named "G Ciccarese"
In recent decades, the knowledge on the pathogenesis, immune mechanisms, and molecular signaling pathway underlying inflammatory skin diseases has substantially improved, along with the management of such diseases [...
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs 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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Pityriasis rosea (PR) is a skin condition that usually gets better on its own, often linked to reactivated human herpesviruses, causing mild rashes and itchiness.
- Traditional treatment focuses on reassuring patients to rest, but severe cases may require medication, prompting a study comparing various treatments.
- The analysis found that oral steroids and a combo with antihistamines were effective for itch relief, while acyclovir was the most effective for improving rash symptoms, making it the best option for more serious PR cases.
Objective: The growth of videoconferencing psychotherapy (VP) requires a closer conceptualization of the therapeutic relationship in VP. Therefore, we investigated the therapeutic relationship in VP from the clinicians' perspective.
Method: We conducted three focus groups with 27 Italian VP professional psychotherapists of different theoretical orientations, focusing on their experience of the therapeutic relationship in VP.