Publications by authors named "M M Dini"
Objective: To describe the self-reported needs of family caregivers of service members and veterans (SMVs) with traumatic brain injury (TBI) at 10 to 15 years post-injury and to identify unique predictors of unmet family needs.
Setting: Five Department of Veterans Affairs Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers.
Participants: A total of 209 family caregivers of SMVs with TBI from the VA TBI Model Systems national database who completed a 10- or 15-year follow-up assessment.
Objectives: This study investigates our enhanced recovery after minimally invasive cardiac surgery program "enhanced recovery after minimally invasive cardiac surgery" (ERMICS) following a 'Zero ICU' concept compared to standard-of-care treatment in terms of safety and clinical efficacy.
Methods: All patients who underwent minimally invasive mitral valve surgery for primary severe mitral valve regurgitation between 2021 and 2023 were included. Propensity score matching (2:1) was performed between patients who received standard-of-care treatment and those who underwent ERMICS.
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- This study assessed the effectiveness of the TOMM 2 test among Spanish-speaking adults in Spain, involving 203 cognitively healthy participants.
- All participants scored within the acceptable range when using the original TOMM cutoff scores, with only one individual potentially misclassified as having invalid performance under a lower threshold.
- Results showed that Spanish adults performed better on Trial 1 than their English-speaking counterparts, indicating that the TOMM 2 maintains a high level of performance validity and specificity for this demographic.
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- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) encompasses Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, which are chronic immune-mediated conditions with unclear origins, hindering the development of new treatments.
- Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs), making up 8% of the human genome, can influence inflammatory and autoimmune disorders when activated, and their expression is regulated by proteins TRIM28 and SETDB1 involved in immune response.
- A study using real-time PCR found that levels of HERV-H-pol and HERV-K-pol were significantly higher in IBD patients compared to healthy controls, while TRIM28 expression was decreased; these findings suggest that HERVs and TRIM28 may play key roles in IBD pathology,
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- Intravascular and intracardiac masses include thrombi, tumors, and vegetations, impacting the heart's chambers and circulation.
- Treatment has traditionally been surgical or involves anticoagulation, but there's a shift towards minimally invasive techniques due to patient complexities.
- The AngioVac System, initially for right-sided heart thrombi, has expanded its use to treat right-sided endocarditis and left-sided masses effectively.