Publications by authors named "S Cavenati"
Infection Control Practices and Outcomes of Endoscopy Units in the Lombardy Region of Italy: A Survey From the Italian Society of Digestive Endoscopy During COVID-19 Spread.
J Clin Gastroenterol
October 2021
Article Synopsis
- The survey aimed to evaluate infection control practices and outcomes in Digestive Endoscopy Units in Lombardy, a region severely affected by COVID-19.
- Most participating centers adapted their operations in line with recommendations, with a majority having necessary protective gear, but few had negative-pressure rooms.
- Higher COVID-19 rates were observed among endoscopists and nurses, indicating significant risks of viral spread in endoscopy settings, despite overall good adherence to safety guidelines.
Background & Aims: Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is effective and safe for the removal of neoplastic lesions in the general population, but its role in patients with cirrhosis is not clear. We evaluated data on feasibility and safety of ESD for gastric lesions in cirrhotic patients.
Methods: A systematic review of the literature with pooled-data analysis was performed.
Minocycline, oxytetracycline, tetracycline, enrofloxacin and ceftiofur, commonly used veterinary pharmaceuticals, were searched in four urban, two livestock and two slaughterhouse effluents from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the north of Portugal. A simple method that includes solid-phase extraction followed with analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detector was established and applied to the simultaneous determination of the five pharmaceuticals in WWTP effluents. This method, which is expeditious, inexpensive and available in most laboratories, showed to be useful for screening for problematic levels of drugs in WWTP effluents.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Efficacy of symbiotics in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) remains unknown.
Methods: Patients were randomized to a prebiotic (n=135), or a symbiotic formulation containing Lactobacillus paracasei B21060 (Flortec, n=132). Primary efficacy was the responder rate for pain and global relief of symptoms in the overall population and in patients with predominant diarrhea (n=47).
New adsorbents were prepared and tested for the separation of propane-propylene mixtures by adsorption. The ordered mesoporous material SBA-15 was used as the starting material for silver-ion deposition for pi-complexation with propylene. Two different loadings of silver were evaluated.
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