Publications by authors named "Sara Mazzocut"
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with increased mortality in most critical settings. However, it is unclear whether its mild form (i.e.
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- The study aimed to determine how pre-existing diabetes, newly-diagnosed diabetes, and high blood sugar at admission impacted the severity of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.
- Researchers reviewed the medical records of 413 COVID-19 patients from an outbreak hospital in Italy, finding that those with diabetes had a significantly higher chance of serious outcomes like ICU admission or death.
- Newly-diagnosed diabetes and high glucose levels at admission were found to be particularly strong predictors of worsening COVID-19, primarily due to rapid deterioration in respiratory function.
The clinical manifestations of diabetic nephropathy are similar in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, while the renal lesions may differ. Indeed, diabetic glomerulopathy is the predominant renal lesion in type 1 diabetes, although also tubular, interstitial and arteriolar lesions are present in the advanced stages of renal disease. In contrast, in type 2 diabetes renal lesions are heterogeneous, and a substantial number of type 2 diabetic patients with diabetic kidney disease have mild or absent glomerulopathy with tubulointerstitial and/or arteriolar abnormalities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Salivary cortisol has recently been suggested for studies on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The lack of circadian rhythm is a marker of Cushing's syndrome (CS), and some authors have reported that low salivary cortisol levels may be a marker of adrenal insufficiency. The aim of our study was to define the role of salivary cortisol in specific diagnostic settings of HPA axis disease.
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