Publications by authors named "M Bellomo"
: Rare diseases are a wide and heterogeneous group of multisystem life-threatening or chronically debilitating clinical conditions with reduced life expectancy and a relevant mortality rate in childhood. Some of these disorders have typical neurological symptoms, presenting from birth to adulthood. Dietary patterns and nutritional compounds play key roles in the onset and progression of neurological disorders, and the impact of alimentary needs must be enlightened especially in rare neurological diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction. The trans population in Argentina represents 0.43%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Older adults with advanced chronic diseases and palliative care needs are more exposed to polypharmacy and use of potentially inappropriate medication, which generates a high risk of adverse events and impaired quality of life. The objective of this study was to describe the frequency of potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults with palliative care needs receiving home care services after hospital discharge.
Methods: Observational cross-sectional study of pharmacy dispensing and electronic health records, of older adults in a home care system and with palliative care needs according to the screening with the NECPAL tool or the PROFUND and/or PALIAR indexes.
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- - In patients with end-stage renal failure needing hemodialysis, creating an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is favored over using tunneled dialysis catheters due to lower complications and costs, but AVF maturation failure is a common issue.
- - This study explores the effectiveness of using intraoperative Doppler ultrasound (DUS)-guided Balloon-Assisted Maturation (BAM) with drug-eluting balloons (DEB) to enhance AVF maturation following initial creation, using data from 114 procedures.
- - Results showed that BAM led to successful AVF maturation with minimal early complications, no AVF thrombosis, and an average maturation time of 15 days, highlighting the potential to reduce reinterventions by
Autism spectrum disorder prevalence in Italy: a nationwide study promoted by the Ministry of Health.
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health
October 2023
Background: This nationwide study aimed to estimate Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) prevalence in 7-9-year-old Italian children. Promoted by Italy's Ministry of Health and coordinated by the National Observatory for Autism at the National Institute of Health, it covered schools in northern (Lecco and Monza-Brianza), central (Rome and its province), and southern (Palermo and its province) regions from February 24, 2016, to February 23, 2018, using a multi-stage approach defined by the European Union's ASD network.
Methods: Phase one identified ASD-diagnosed children in mainstream schools through local Ministry of Education (MoE) disability registries.