Publications by authors named "V Ruotolo"
The aim of the current study was to evaluate the rate of readmission in patients affected by diabetes and foot ulcers (DFUs), and causes and outcomes of patients requiring a new hospitalization. The current study is a retrospective observational study including patients who have required hospitalization since January 2019 to September 2022 due to a DFU. Once patients were discharged, they were regularly followed as outpatients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: The current study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary diabetic foot team (MDFT) in the management of in-patients affected by diabetic foot problems.
Materials And Methods: The study was a retrospective observational study. Consecutive patients with a diabetic foot problem requiring hospitalisation were included.
Hyperandrogenism during menopause is often underestimated by clinicians and attributed to the natural aging process. Hyperandrogenism can be associated with some metabolic abnormalities linked together in a vicious circle by insulin resistance. We present the case of an elderly woman affected with type 2 diabetes and obesity who reported the occurrence of clinical hirsutism after physiological menopause at the age of 47 years.
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- The study assessed the prevalence and outcomes of Charcot neuro-arthropathy (CN) in patients with and without peripheral arterial disease (PAD), identifying 76 patients with acute CN.
- Among the findings, 31.6% of patients had neuro-ischaemic CN, revealing that these individuals were older and had more severe health complications compared to those with neuropathic CN.
- Results indicated that patients with neuro-ischaemic CN had worse outcomes, such as higher rates of minor/major amputations and hospitalization, highlighting the significant impact of PAD on neuro-arthropathy complications.
Purpose: Calcium ions are involved in the regulation of several cellular processes and may also influence viral replication. Hypocalcemia has been frequently reported during infectious diseases and in critically ill patients, including also COVID-19 patients, significantly related with the pro-inflammatory state and mortality. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of hypocalcemia at admission in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) and to evaluate association of hypocalcemia with in-hospital COVID-19 outcomes.
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