Publications by authors named "Giuseppe Bettoni"
Article Synopsis
- Traumatic pneumothorax is common in severe injuries, often requiring emergency treatments like thoracostomy, but recent studies suggest stable patients may benefit from less invasive options like observation or needle aspiration.
- A case study of a 52-year-old woman with a large (55 mm) traumatic PTX shows that after aspirating 1500 mL of air, her condition improved significantly, allowing for her quick discharge.
- The article reviews existing literature on the conservative management of traumatic PTX and emphasizes that even large pneumothoraxes can be resolved effectively with needle aspiration in hemodynamically stable patients, thus reducing the need for more invasive procedures.
Background: It has been reported a slow progression of hepatitis B in patients undergoing maintenance dialysis, and a role of dialysis session per se has been suggested. The aim of the present study is to evaluate the kinetics of the hepatitis B viral load (HBV DNA) in serum during haemodialysis sessions using a highly sensitive technique; the role of interferon-α in lowering HBV viral load in such patients was also investigated.
Methods: HBV DNA was determined in 24 HBsAg positive patients on maintenance hemodialysis immediately before and after a 4-hour hemodialysis session, the same measurements were repeated 48 and 72 hours later.
Background: Neither optimal treatment nor significance of ADAMTS13 (A Desintegrin And Metalloprotease with ThromboSpondin type 1 repeats) activity for diagnosis and therapy of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) have not been defined yet. The aim of the report is to analyze response to different volumes of plasma exchange (PE), and relationship to ADAMTS13.
Design And Methods: 28 patients clinically diagnosed with idiopathic TTP (n = 18), secondary TTP (n = 4), atypical HUS (n = 3) and typical HUS (n = 3) manifested 31 acute episodes.