Publications by authors named "Rossella de Leonardis"
Article Synopsis
- - Palliative dialysis is a specialized form of renal therapy for patients in critical health stages or at the end of life, focusing on tailored treatments rather than standard dialysis methods due to severe medical conditions and complications.
- - The document emphasizes the importance of supportive care and shared decision-making between healthcare providers and patients, highlighting a comprehensive evaluation and integration of patient preferences in the treatment plan.
- - A proposed framework aims to guide nephrologists in providing appropriate treatments for fragile patients, aiming to enhance their quality of life, reduce the need for hospitalization, and promote care at home, addressing a growing need in nephrology practice.
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on the survival and demographic features of dialysis patients, emphasizing the impact of different vascular access methods.
- The research analyzed 754 patients from 2001 to 2020, revealing that tunnelled central venous catheters were linked to lower mortality rates, especially among elderly patients.
- It concluded that patients' comorbidities, particularly vascular disease, significantly influenced mortality more than the type of vascular access used.
Objectives: The aim of this study is to investi-gate the association between the urinary metabolic milieu and kidney stone recurrence with a validated papillary evaluation score (PPLA).
Materials And Methods: We prospectively enrolled 30 stone for-mers who underwent retrograde intrarenal surgery procedures. Visual inspection of the accessible renal papillae was performed to calculate PPLA score, based on the characterization of ductal plugging, surface pitting, loss of papillary contour and Randall's plaque extension.