Publications by authors named "Matteo R"

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  • Antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) primarily targets small- and medium-sized arteries, leading to conditions like rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, particularly affecting the kidneys.
  • Infections are known triggers for this autoimmune disorder, and recent studies suggest a link between SARS-CoV-2 infection and acute kidney injury (AKI).
  • The text presents a specific case of a 61-year-old man who developed new-onset diffuse proliferative ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis following COVID-19.
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Prior research has rarely examined how people understand or react to the names of psychological treatments. In the case of evidence-based psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), such reactions may be relevant to the low rates of uptake of such treatments. Participants who screened positive for PTSD (n = 887) completed questions assessing their initial reactions to PTSD treatment names as well as how a different name would affect their openness to treatment.

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Objective: To describe self-care in Italian adults with coronary heart disease and to identify sociodemographic and clinical determinants of self-care.

Design: This is a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Italian multicentre longitudinal study.

Methods: We used the follow instruments: Self-Care of coronary heart disease inventory, Self-care Self Efficacy Scale, Charlson Comorbidity Index and Sociodemographic questionnaire.

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Objectives: This study aims to investigate hospital nurses' perceptions of illness due to environmental exposures.

Design: A qualitative exploratory study, designed in accordance with the specified reporting guidelines for qualitative research.

Sample: Nurses working in Italian hospitals.

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Background: Caregivers are important contributors to the self-care of patients with coronary heart disease (CHD).

Aims: The aims of this study are to describe the development and psychometric properties of the caregiver contribution to self-care of coronary heart disease inventory (CC-SC-CHDI).

Methods: The CC-SC-CHDI was developed from the patient version of the scale, the Self-care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory (SC-CHDI) and translated into Italian using forward and backward translation.

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  • Childhood diseases represent significant public health challenges linked to environmental exposures, collectively known as the exposome, impacting various health outcomes in children.
  • A comprehensive analysis reviewed studies on 88 environmental factors, finding that 44 factor-outcome pairs had a "very likely" level of evidence for negative health impacts, while many others showed either limited or no evidence.
  • The most concerning environmental factors included chemicals like HCB, PCBs, and PFOA, which were associated with multiple adverse health outcomes, emphasizing the need for ongoing research and policy action to address these risks.
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Background: COVID-19 has caused a worldwide pandemic that has significantly affected people's health and daily lives. Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have impaired physical and psychological conditions. Despite this, few studies have examined the physical and psychological health of COVID-19 patients after discharge from the hospital.

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Background: Pleural mesothelioma (PM) is a rare and aggressive cancer. PICC devices are widely used in cancer patients. The aim of the study is to evaluate the quality of life of patients with PICC diagnosed with PM treated at the Hospital of Casale Monferrato and Alessandria (Italy), an area with a high incidence of asbestos-related diseases.

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  • The study evaluated the effectiveness of bladder ultrasound for assessing urinary catheter placement and its impact on urinary tract infections and healthcare costs.
  • The method involved a comparison between two groups of patients: one that had catheter placements without ultrasound and another that used ultrasound for placement.
  • Results showed a significant decrease in inappropriate catheterization from 22.6% to 0%, a reduction in urinary tract infections from 8.5% to 6.3%, and a 74.2% decrease in associated costs, highlighting the benefits of integrating bladder ultrasound into clinical practice.
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Purpose: Prior research has noted treatment inequalities in the care of rural veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This project sought to increase the delivery, or reach, of recommended PTSD treatments in 2 rural health care systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) using implementation facilitation.

Methods: The quality improvement project involved 6 months of facilitation to 2 low-reach PTSD clinics within 2 VA health care systems.

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Background: Alopecia X in Pomeranians is caused by a hair cycle deregulation, associated with downregulation of key regulatory genes of the Wnt and Shh pathways, and stem-cell markers. However, the pathogenesis remains unclear. p63 is an important transcription factor correlated with the aforementioned hair cycle modulating genes.

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(Fisch.) Bunge root is used as herbal medicine for its immunomodulating activities in Chinese medicine. Recently, beneficial properties of on allergic diseases have been proposed.

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Critically ill patients are at risk of skin wounds, which reduce their quality of life, complicate their pharmacological regimens, and prolong their hospital stays in intensive care units (ICUs), while also increasing overall mortality and morbidity rates. Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has been proposed as a viable option for many biological and medical applications, given its capacity to reduce wound bacterial contamination and promote wound healing. The aim of this narrative review is to describe how CAP works and its operating mechanisms, as well as reporting its possible applications in critical care settings.

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Safflower ( L.) is a promising oilseed crop for cultivation in central Southern Italy due to its high tolerance to drought and salinity stress and appreciable seed and oil yields. The genetic diversity of cultivars and climate factors can affect fatty acid composition and yield traits.

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Background: Generalized Anxiety Disorder is predominant in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) scale psychometric properties have never been tested in CHD populations. This study aims to verify the GAD-7 psychometric properties and measurement invariance in an Italian CHD sample.

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Objective: To examine caregivers' experiences and training needs after radical cystectomy with urinary diversion for the first three months following the patient's discharge.

Methods: This study applied a phenomenological design approach through open-ended interviews and descriptive analysis. Phenomenology applied to empirical research requires researchers to explore the empirical facts narrated by partici-pants.

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L. is a highly consumed garden crop rich in biologically active phenolic and organosulfur compounds. This study aimed to assess the bioaccessibility and anti-inflammatory effect of a chemically characterized extract rich in quercetin and its derivatives.

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Vascular inflammation (VI) represents a pathological condition that progressively affects the integrity and functionality of the vascular wall, thus leading to endothelial dysfunction and the onset of several cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, the research of novel compounds able to prevent VI represents a compelling need. In this study, we tested erucin, the natural isothiocyanate HS-donor derived from Mill.

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Self-care performed by patients and the caregiver contribution to this self-care are essential for improving cardiovascular outcomes; however, so far, no studies have sufficiently investigated this field in Italy. This paper describes a research protocol of a multi-center longitudinal study designed to investigate the self-care of patients affected by coronary heart disease (CHD), the caregiver's contribution to this self-care, the predictors of patient and caregiver self-care, the mediating role of self-efficacy, and the self-care outcomes. Data collection will be performed across seven Italian inpatient settings at baseline and 3 and 6 months from enrollment.

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Recent works have proposed that spatial mechanisms in the hippocampal-entorhinal system might have originally developed to represent distances and positions in the physical space and successively evolved to represent experience and memory in the mental space (Bellmund et al. 2018; Bottini and Doeller 2020). Within this phylogenetic continuity hypothesis (Buzsáki and Moser 2013), mechanisms supporting episodic and semantic memory would have evolved from egocentric and allocentric spatial navigation mechanisms, respectively.

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Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study is to explore the lived experience of women who gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: Experiencing pregnancy during the Covid-19 pandemic exacerbates the risk of the onset of psychological problems.

Design: This is a descriptive, single-centre, qualitative study.

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The design of multitarget drugs represents a promising strategy in medicinal chemistry and seems particularly suitable for the discovery of anti-inflammatory drugs. Here, we describe the identification of an indoline-based compound inhibiting both 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) and soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH). analysis of an in-house library identified nine compounds as potential 5-LOX inhibitors.

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Background: In this updated Self-Care of Coronary Heart Disease Inventory (SC-CHDI) v3.0, items were added to better reflect the theory of self-care of chronic illness and revised based on recent research. The expanded SC-CHDI now reflects the theoretical concepts of self-care maintenance, monitoring, and management.

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