Publications by authors named "Giulia Matteucci"
Hypertension management forms a cornerstone of cardiovascular prevention. Strong evidence is available supporting the benefits of blood pressure (BP) lowering in older adults, and recent studies indicate that intensive BP control may provide additional advantages concerning cardiovascular and mortality risk, also at older ages. Yet, in older adults, the cardiovascular benefit of intensive treatment may come at the expense of an increase in adverse events.
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- Limited data exists on prognostic factors and mortality in elderly residents of Long-Term Care facilities related to COVID-19, highlighting an urgent need for further research.
- The study focused on elderly patients (≥ 65 years) in Ferrara, Italy, utilizing binary regression logistic analysis and survival models to assess predictors of mortality, which included demographic and clinical variables.
- Key findings indicated that the lack of a negative nasal swab test at discharge and higher levels of frailty were strong mortality predictors, while age and comorbidities were found to be less significant.
Biobanks, which contain human biological samples and/or data, provide a crucial contribution to the progress of biomedical research. However, the effective and efficient use of biobank resources depends on their accessibility. In fact, making bio-resources promptly accessible to everybody may increase the benefits for society.
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