Publications by authors named "Maria Giulia Abate"
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- Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a serious condition that can lead to bad health effects and even death.
- Researchers studied the levels of a protein called osteopontin (OPN) in fluid around the brain and in the blood of 44 patients during the first week after their aneurysm burst.
- The study found that higher levels of OPN in the fluid were linked to worse health outcomes, especially on days 4 and 8 after the injury, while OPN levels in the blood also predicted poor outcomes on days 1 and 4.
Introduction: The dural sheath surrounding the optic nerve communicates with the subarachnoid space, and distends when intracranial pressure is elevated. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is often performed in patients at risk for raised intracranial pressure (ICP) and can be used to measure precisely the diameter of optic nerve and its sheath. The objective of this study was to assess the relationship between optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD), as measured using MRI, and ICP.
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