Publications by authors named "Nicola Ragone"
More than 10 years ago, the discovery of the antidepressant effects of Ketamine opened the opportunity to develop a novel class of antidepressants. Ketamine induces dissociative symptoms as a major side effect. This rapid-acting antidepressant is available as an endovenous racemic compound and as an intranasal S-enantiomer: Esketamine; which is four-fold more potent for the NMDA receptor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe spread of COVID-19 throughout Italy, particularly Lombardy, led to adopt quarantine measures, known to exacerbate pre-existing psychiatric conditions. We described a telephone-based surveillance on 101 euthymic Mood Disorder outpatients in Milan by a non-standardized survey to evaluate reactions to lockdown measures and the presence of quarantine stressors. Frustration was the most represented quarantine stressor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Aggression issues experienced on the workplace has been globally recognized as a public health issue. Nurses are exposed to a very high risk of becoming victims of workplace aggression.
Objective: The study describes this phenomenon from nurses perspective in two units resulted to be the more exposed to aggressive behaviour at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan.
Unlabelled: Coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors influence the hyperemic response in patients without coronary artery stenosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of risk factors on coronary flow reserve (CFR) estimated by (99m)Tc-sestamibi cardiac imaging in patients with 1-vessel CAD.
Methods: Forty-eight patients with 1-vessel CAD were enrolled in the study.