Publications by authors named "Paola Bartalucci"
Aim: To determine the prevalence and characteristics of pulmonary embolism (PE) in patients presenting with haemoptysis. Additionally, we assessed the efficiency and failure rates of different clinical diagnostic algorithms for PE in this patient population.
Methods: We enrolled consecutive adult patients who presented to nine Italian emergency departments with haemoptysis as the primary complaint.
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- The study investigates predictive factors for hemorrhagic transformation (HT) in acute ischemic stroke patients using retrospective data analysis.
- A new predictive score, the Hemorrhagic Transformation Empoli score (HTE), incorporates factors such as NIHSS score, cardioembolic causes, and previous stroke history to assess HT risk.
- The HTE score outperforms five existing prediction scores, showing good predictive power with an AUC of 0.785, indicating its potential for clinical use.
To investigate the effects of the dramatic reduction in presentations to Italian Emergency Departments (EDs) on the main indicators of ED performance during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. From February to June 2020 we retrospectively measured the number of daily presentations normalized for the number of emergency physicians on duty (presentations/physician ratio), door-to-physician and door-to-final disposition (length-of-stay) times of seven EDs in the central area of Tuscany. Using the multivariate regression analysis we investigated the relationship between the aforesaid variables and patient-level (triage codes, age, admissions) or hospital-level factors (number of physician on duty, working surface area, academic vs.
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