Publications by authors named "L Ventura"
Importance: Among preterm newborns undergoing resuscitation, delayed cord clamping for 60 seconds is associated with reduced mortality compared with early clamping. However, the effects of longer durations of cord clamping with respiratory support are unknown.
Objective: To determine whether resuscitating preterm newborns while keeping the placental circulation intact and clamping the cord after a long delay would improve outcomes compared with umbilical cord milking.
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- Giacomo Torno was born in Naples in 1539 or 1541 and became a member of the Clerics Regular Theatines at 18, being welcomed on October 30, 1558.
- He suffered a stroke on December 4, 1608, and experienced torment during his illness, characterized by spasms and discomfort, leading to his death 45 days later.
- Analysis of his mummified body revealed a skin discontinuity at the sacrum, suggesting a wound that occurred during his life, which has been linked to the first recorded instance of the Kennedy terminal ulcer.
Various inflammatory and renal biomarkers have already been assessed for monitoring the response to anti-leishmanial therapy in canine leishmaniosis. This study assessed the parasite load, various inflammatory and renal biomarkers pre- and post-treatment, and any association between the studied variables and the degree of disease severity at diagnosis. This is a prospective cohort study of 30 client-owned dogs with leishmaniosis, classified according to LeishVet's guidelines as stage I (n = 2), stage IIa (n = 7), stage IIb (n = 6), stage III (n = 8), and stage IV (n = 7).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStandardization and Evaluation of the LAMP Technique for the Diagnosis of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Conjunctival Swab Samples Using DNA Extracted by a Silica Column and Boiling.
Trop Med Infect Dis
November 2024
The diagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) presents a challenge due to a variety of non-specific clinical signs. The available tests have low sensitivity. This study aimed to standardize and evaluate the loop-mediated isothermal amplification technique with K26 target (K26-LAMP) for diagnosis of CVL in conjunctival swab (CS) DNA samples extracted through a silica column commercial kit (SW-kit) and boiling (SW-DB) and to compare sensitivity with conventional PCR (kDNA-cPCR) and quantitative real-time PCR (18S-qPCR).
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- This study aims to create predictive models for treatment outcomes in patients with relapsed/refractory B-cell lymphoma undergoing CAR-T therapy by analyzing imaging data and clinical information.
- It includes a cohort of 65 patients, utilizing imaging features from PET/CT scans to assess treatment response, overall survival, progression-free survival, and neurotoxicity risk associated with the therapy.
- The results demonstrated that combining imaging features with clinical data significantly enhances prediction accuracy for treatment-related outcomes, highlighting the importance of metabolic tumor volume (MTV) in stratifying patient prognosis.