2 results match your criteria: "University of Turin and S. Giovanni Battista Hospital[Affiliation]"
Mortality and prognosis in patients with neurogenic orthostatic hypotension.
Funct Neurol
February 2013
Autonomic Unit and Hypertension Center, Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, University of Turin and S. Giovanni Battista Hospital, Italy.
The prognosis of neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (NOH) has been poorly studied. The aim of this study was to evaluate retrospectively comorbidities and causes of death in patients with NOH. Clinical information and causes of death were obtained for 104 patients (45 with multiple system atrophy, 9 with pure autonomic failure, 43 with Parkinson's disease, and 7 with other types of autonomic neuropathy) referred to the Autonomic Unit from 1996 to 2009.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFValidity of hospital morbidity records for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A population-based study.
J Clin Epidemiol
July 2002
2nd Division of Neurology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin and S. Giovanni Battista Hospital, Via Cherasco 15, 10126 Torino, Italy.
The validity of discharge diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and of the main procedures performed during hospitalization was assessed using as gold standard the data from the Piemonte and Valle d'Aosta Register for ALS (PARALS), a collaborative population-based registry aimed at determining prospectively the incidence and the factors related to ALS outcome. All patients discharged with ICD code 335.2 (primary and secondary diagnoses) in the period 1995-1996 in Piemonte, Italy, were considered.
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