Publications by authors named "R De Bortoli"
Preoperative anxiety management: acupuncture vs. pharmacological treatment - A prospective study.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci
February 2022
Article Synopsis
- The study compares acupuncture (both auricular and somatic) to pharmacological treatment for reducing preoperative anxiety in patients undergoing cholecystectomy or TEP.
- Patients (120 total) were randomized into two groups: one receiving pharmacological treatment (Midazolam) and the other receiving acupuncture treatments.
- Results showed that patients receiving acupuncture used significantly less Propofol and Fentanyl than those receiving pharmacological treatment, indicating acupuncture's effectiveness in reducing preoperative anxiety, with auricular acupuncture being easier to implement.
COVID-19 has revealed the lack of capacity to respond to a pandemic. This article aims to 1. Describe the training of healthcare workers from “Hospital Nacional El Salvador” using intensive training based on competencies and 2.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAbdominal angiostrongyliasis (AA) is a disease caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a nematode that can infect humans accidentally through the ingestion of larvae. Worms live inside intestinal small vessels and can lead to gastrointestinal symptoms and bowel necrosis in otherwise healthy patients. Therefore, abdominal angiostrongyliasis may be important in the differential diagnosis with systemic vasculitides and other rheumatic diseases with vascular involvement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Rare patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients exhibit anticoagulants that interfere in the earlier stages of the intrinsic coagulation pathway, such as those involving factor XI (FXI). The objectives of our study were to describe the presence of an acquired inhibitor to FXI causing a life-threatening bleeding disorder in an SLE patient and to review the association of this coagulopathy with SLE.
Methods: We describe the clinical presentation of an SLE patient with an acquired FXI inhibitor.