Publications by authors named "R Campus"

The aim of the study was to investigate a series of complete blood cell count-based biomarkers of systemic inflammation as predictors of clinical outcomes in patients who underwent first-line chemoimmunotherapy for advanced NSCLC. Consecutive patients with pathologically diagnosed stage III/IV NSCLC and PD-L1 < 50% who underwent first-line chemoimmunotherapy were retrospectively enrolled. The clinical outcomes used for biomarker evaluation were Objective Response Rate (ORR) and Overall Survival (OS).

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  • The Decree of the President of the Italian Republic 14/01/1997 sets the basic requirements for both public and private healthcare facilities in Italy, focusing on their structural, technological, and organizational standards.
  • Researchers conducting a project for a healthcare management course evaluated how these standards are being updated and applied across different Italian regions, particularly for hospital facilities.
  • The study aims to propose updates to the national guidelines based on regional regulations and the evolving needs for hospital design, with plans for future analysis of newer healthcare functions that have emerged recently.
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Background: Previous trials, performed in subjects affected by recurrent streptococcal pharyngo-tonsillar infection, have shown that the use for 90 days of Streptococcus salivarius K12 (K12), an oral colonizing probiotic producing lantibiotic bacteriocins, reduces the occurrence of streptococcal and viral pharyngitis and acute otitis media (AOM). The aim was to evaluate the role of K12 in reducing the incidence of streptococcal and viral pharyngo-tonsillitis and AOM when administered in two separate trimesters, from October to December and then from April to June, in pediatric subjects with non-recurrent streptococcal infection.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the incidence of pharyngo-tonsillitis and AOM in 133 children by comparing the number of episodes occurring between September 1st, 2014 and August 31st, 2015, when no treatment with K12 was given, with the period between September 1st, 2015 and August 31st, 2016, when K12 was administered.

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  • The study focused on the impact of individualized fortification of breast milk on the growth of extremely low birth weight (ELBW) preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
  • The research involved 41 ELBW infants and found that those receiving fortified breast milk showed a growth rate higher than that of fetuses in utero, with an average weight increase of 16.04 g/kg/day.
  • Despite this increased growth velocity, only 24.4% of the infants achieved appropriate weight for their gestational age at discharge, highlighting the need for further research to enhance early development in these vulnerable patients.
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