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G Gatti

Publications and source records attributed to G Gatti.

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[Contribution of echography in the diagnosis of gastro-esophageal reflux in children].

56 children, aged between 0-13 month, affected by chronic vomiting were evaluated both with ultrasound and radiological methods, in a double blind study. 22/56 children resulted to be affected by gastro-oesophageal reflux (GER) with upper GI series versus 18/56 with ultrasound. Four cases, ultrasound negative and X-ray positive, represented a borderline situation in which a mild gastro-oesophageal reflux is to be considered paraphysiological phenomenon. The accuracy and handleness of ultrasound evaluation in GER are emphasized.

Double-Blind Method↗
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[Phlebographic study of venous incontinence in varicose veins].

Phlebography is a test known for a long time: although by this time it is supported and, in a way, substituted by some substantial and not surgical methods like the doppler test, doppler echography, plethysmography and the duplex scanner. This test makes it possible for us to achieve precise diagnosis rapidly and in an unequivocal way, especially in those cases in which the mentioned methods don't give final results. Nowadays phlebography has to be optimized and adapted to clinical request, in order to provide a through diagnostic result. The purpose of this work is to evaluate the effectiveness of this methodology using a group of selected patients for the test.

Adult↗
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[Epidemiology of work related injuries in young people: results of a survey carried out in Modena (Italy) between January and June 2000].

Work related injuries, above all those involving young people, are an important health and social issue, even though up to now small attention has been deserved in spite of the presence of about 68 workers per 1000 young people and the occurrence of 27400 injures in young people in 2000 in Italy. This study was aimed at improving the knowledge on work related injures occurring in Modena in 14-17 year old subjects in the period January-June 2000. A descriptive epidemiological study was carried out. Information was collected at the two emergency departments operating in Modena by checking hospital and INAIL records. Injures were defined as events caused by a violent external cause producing one or more lesions. Injuries were defined as work related when occurring during working activities or "in itinere". Work related injures and other injures were compared using the different statistical methods. Work related injuries occurring in young people during January-June 2000 in Modena were 76 (6-month incidence: 1.5 per 100 subjects of the same age) and represent 8.5% of all injuries. The most involved subjects were 17 year old males working in the industrial field, and in most cases prognoses were lasting less than 8 days. A Cluster Analysis identified two types of injures: the "in itinere" ones which resulted similar to the road accidents, both for body sites involved and for the way of occurrence and the injuries occurring at the working place characterised by a high frequency of lesions concerning hand, head, above all eyes. The study showed a remarkable incidence of work related injuries among 14-17 year old subjects in Modena in the first 6 months of 2000. Nevertheless many difficulties in finding information raised during the survey: a higher accuracy and completeness in collecting and recording of the data is needed to better define the epidemiological aspects of this issue.

Accidents, Occupational↗
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[Dynamic cavernosography. A proposed new method].

The excessive blood outflow from the corpora cavernosa during erection ("venous leakage") is a frequent cause of impotence. Dynamic cavernosography, a recent technique, is able to both evaluate such venous leakage and detect the veins concerned. After a critical review of the literature and on the basis of their own experience (64 cases), the authors suggest a 2-phase method. A conventional cavernosography is performed and flows of physiological solution necessary to induce and maintain an artificial erection are separately measured. Subsequently, only the patients with increased flow rates undergo a second angiography of the corpora cavernosa and drainage paths, after being given and intracavernous injection of papaverine. A simple, more rational and less invasive examination can thus be performed. All useful parameters can nevertheless be examined when surgical/radio-interventionist treatment is considered.

Adolescent↗
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Cefodizime administration in healthy subjects: studies of natural killer cells, urinary hormones and electrolytes.

Two studies are here discussed: the first one on changes of the natural killer cell activity of PBM cells exposed in vitro to CDZ and the second one on urinary electrolytes, cortisol, aldosterone and DHEA-S circadian rhythms, evaluated in healthy subjects who received a single dose (2 g i.v.) of cefodizime (CDZ). The effect of CDZ in health includes a reduction of the circadian amplitude of natural killer cell activity. With the methods used, no difference was found between placebo and CDZ, as far as circadian rhythms of urinary electrolytes, cortisol, aldosterone and DHEA-S are concerned.

Adjuvants, Immunologic↗