Publications by authors named "Lorenzo Querci"

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  • The study investigates how percutaneous tracheostomy (PT) affects respiratory compliance and end-expiratory lung volume during mechanical ventilation, focusing on patients with acute brain injury.
  • Results showed a significant decrease in lung volume and compliance immediately after PT, but a recruitment maneuver (RM) successfully reversed the loss and restored lung function.
  • The research also suggests that dynamic inflation during PT can help prevent lung derecruitment, and introduces a new formula to monitor this risk in real-time using electrical impedance tomography.
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The post-operative results of a total ankle replacement are not determined solely by an optimal surgical technique, but by an appropriate anesthesiological and rehabilitative post-operative approach. Enhanced functional recovery often depends on a multidisciplinary approach based on a correct framework of the patient and his needs, requests, and characteristics. Extensive bibliographical research has been performed on Pubmed, Google Scholar, Scopus.

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Background: Perioperative management of pheochromocytoma (PCC) remains under debate.

Methods: A bicentric retrospective study was conducted, including all patients who underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy for PCC from 2000 to 2017. Patients were divided into two groups: Group 1 treated with alpha-blockade, and Group 2, without alfa-blockers.

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Annulated oxy-substituted 1,3,4-azadiphospholides such as the anion in Na[1] are readily accessible phosphorus heterocycles made from the phosphaethynolate anion (OCP)- and 2-chloropyridines. The sodium salt Na[1] reacts with oxophilic element halides such as OPCl3, PhSiCl3, PhBCl2 and CpTiCl3 at room temperature to form exclusively the oxygen bound tris-substituted compounds E(1)3 (with E = OP, PhSi, PhB- or CpTi). Six equivalents of Na[1] with group four metal chlorides MCl4 (M = Ti, Zr, Hf) form cleanly the hexa-substituted dianions (Na2[M(1)6]) which are isolated in excellent yields.

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In this study, we introduce a stochastic method to delineate the mineral effective surface area (ESA) evolution during a recycling reactive flow-through transport experiment on a sandstone under geologic reservoir conditions, with a focus on the dissolution of its dolomite cement, CaMgFe(CO). CO-enriched brine was circulated through this sandstone specimen for 137 cycles (∼270 h) to examine the evolution of in situ hydraulic properties and CO-enriched brine-dolomite geochemical reactions. The bulk permeability of the sandstone specimen decreased from 356 mD before the reaction to 139 mD after the reaction, while porosity increased from 21.

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  • Transcranial ultrasound is a special tool used to check for problems in the brain, especially in people in the ICU.
  • In a reported case, doctors used this tool to find bleeding in the brain of a patient who had just received a liver transplant.
  • The study suggests that this ultrasound can help doctors detect brain bleeding early, even before patients show obvious symptoms!
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Background And Objectives: Ultrasound-guided thoracic paravertebral block is usually considered a good alternative to epidural thoracic for anesthesia and pain control in thoracic and breast surgery. Furthermore it has also been used during abdominal surgery lately, especially hepatic and renal surgery. However, its role is poorly defined in this context.

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The concentrations of nanoparticles present in colloidal dispersions are usually measured and given in mass concentration (e.g. mg/mL), and number concentrations can only be obtained by making assumptions about nanoparticle size and morphology.

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