Publications by authors named "M Turazzini"
Objective: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex disorder in which environmental and genetic factors interact modifying disease risk and course. This multicentre, case-control study involving 18 Italian MS Centres investigated MS course by ethnicity and native-country economic status in foreign-born patients living in Italy.
Methods: We identified 457 MS patients who migrated to Italy and 893 age- and sex-matched native-born Italian patients.
Article Synopsis
- The study assesses the availability and effectiveness of treatments like intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) and mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute ischemic stroke patients in the Veneto region of Italy from 2017 to 2021, using a "hub-and-spoke" model.
- Data from 23 stroke units showed a total of 6093 IVT treatments, 1114 combined IVT and MT treatments, and 921 MT-only treatments, revealing variation in treatment rates across regions and differences in access based on the unit's classification as a hub or spoke.
- Results indicate that while overall treatment goals set by the Action Plan for Stroke in Europe have been exceeded, there is still significant variability in access to MT treatments across
Background: Food-borne botulism is a rare neuromuscular junction disorder due to the effect of toxins released from Clostridium botulinum ingested by eating improperly stored food. Its classic manifestation is a rapidly evolving descending symmetrical flaccid paralysis with dysautonomia.
Case Presentation: We have described a case of type B food-borne botulism with a benign clinical course characterized by an initially unilateral tonic mydriatic pupil.
Stroke management during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: experience from three regions of the north east of Italy (Veneto, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Trentino-Alto-Adige).
Neurol Sci
November 2021
Background: Efficiency of care chain response and hospital reactivity were and are challenged for stroke acute care management during the pandemic period of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in North-Eastern Italy (Veneto, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Trentino-Alto-Adige), counting 7,193,880 inhabitants (ISTAT), with consequences in acute treatment for patients with ischemic stroke.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective data collection of patients admitted to stroke units eventually treated with thrombolysis and thrombectomy, ranging from January to May 2020 from the beginning to the end of the main first pandemic period of COVID-19 in Italy. The primary endpoint was the number of patients arriving to these stroke units, and secondary endpoints were the number of thrombolysis and/or thrombectomy.