Publications by authors named "R Francesconi"
Efficacy and safety of the serratus anterior plane block (SAP block) for pain management in patients with multiple rib fractures in the emergency department: a retrospective study.
Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- Chest trauma often leads to emergency department admissions, and the serratus anterior plane (SAP) block is a potential pain management technique, but its effectiveness and safety in the ED are not well-studied.
- This study compared patients receiving the SAP block combined with standard therapy to those receiving standard therapy alone, looking at pain levels, opioid use, respiratory function, and adverse events over the first 24 hours.
- Results showed that patients receiving the SAP block had significantly reduced pain, required less opioid medication, and maintained better respiratory function, with no adverse events reported.
During a research work about stress integration schemes for large-deformation finite element analysis many datasets are collected from both numerical and analytical models. The corresponding numerical data (stress and displacements) are computed by means of different finite element formulations including the well-established stress update schemes employed by the major commercial software packages. To this purpose a suitable finite element code, capable of easily switching the different methods, is implemented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020, our stroke network shifted from a drip-and-ship strategy (transport of acute ischemic stroke patients to the nearest primary stroke centers) toward a mothership model (direct transportation to the Comprehensive Stroke Center). We retrospectively analyzed stroke network performances comparing the two models.
Patients And Methods: All spoke-district patients treated with endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) between 15th March-15th June 2019 (drip-and-ship) and 2020 (mothership) were considered.
The United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) celebrated its 50th anniversary on July 1, 2011. This article reviews its history, evolution, and transition of its research programs as well as its scientific and military accomplishments, emphasizing the past 25 yr. During the 1990s, USARIEM published a series of pocket guides providing guidance for sustaining Warfighter health and performance in Southwest Asia, Somalia, the former Republic of Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Haiti.
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