Publications by authors named "Maria Teresa Migliano"
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- A multivariable logistic regression model was developed to predict the likelihood of 1-year readmission to the emergency department for patients with acute alcohol intoxication, using data from 3,304 patients at a hospital in Italy.
- The model initially included various predictors such as age, sex, and several health and social factors, and underwent optimization to improve its simplicity while maintaining accuracy.
- The final reduced model showed strong predictive performance and should be tested in other patient groups to confirm its clinical usefulness.
We assessed long-term mortality and its association with chronic alcohol-related diseases in patients admitted to the emergency department (ED) because of acute alcoholic intoxication (AAI). A retrospective cohort study was performed at the ED of Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. 3304 patients, corresponding to 6415 admissions for AAI, who accessed the ED from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2017, were studied.
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- The study investigates the use of lung ultrasound as a diagnostic and prognostic tool for patients with suspected COVID-19, focusing on its accuracy and effectiveness.
- Conducted with 159 patients in an Emergency Medicine Unit, results showed a higher mortality rate and severity index in COVID-19 patients compared to non-COVID-19 patients.
- The Lung Ultrasound Severity Index demonstrated a good ability to distinguish between COVID-19 positive and negative cases, as well as to predict in-hospital mortality, suggesting it's valuable for diagnosing and identifying at-risk patients.
Background: Clinical scores have been proposed to stratify the risk of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), although this approach suffers a low specificity and the unavoidable need for computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) scans.
Objective: Our study aimed to investigate a simple modification to the already validated Wells' score to improve its diagnostic accuracy in the emergency department (ED).
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all CTPA scans performed in the ED setting to rule out PTE over a 1-year (2017) period.