Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to R Fiore.
The equilibrium between plasma and peritoneal dialysis fluid has been studies for 23 amino acids during peritoneal exchanges at dwell times up to 8 hours in patients on CAPD. It is demonstrated that equilibration is a particular process typical for each amino acid which after 8 hour is nearly complete only for Glycine, Alanine and Asparagine.
Studies in patients with uremia due to diabetes mellitus treated with CAPD show that the kinetics of amino acid equilibration between dialysate and plasma behave differently from those in patients with uremia of different etiology. Diabetics also have larger amino acid losses in dialysate.
Amino acid losses in peritoneal dialyzate during CAPD were less than 2 g a day (15, 128 micrometers). CAPD does not correct the tyrosine/phenylalanine ratio in plasma and does not prevent accumulation of 3-methylhistidine.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
BACKGROUND: To understand in- and out-patients flow to and from an ICU during a year (1998). The setting of the study was an 8-beds Intensive Care Unit of a 480-beds General Hospital with an Emergency Department. METHODS: Retrospective analysis by a specific designed software of all patient data extrapolated from the hospital database, in order to: 1) Divide all ICU patients in four groups, according to the first admission Department; 2) Classify all ICU patients into 3 subgroups: a) medical; b) surgical; c) trauma; 3) Evaluate the different needs of ICU resources in these different patient populations. RESULTS: Two hundred and fifty-four patients were admitted to our ICU during the study period (1.2% of all admissions). The mean duration of ICU stay was 10.4 days. Thirty-five per cent of ICU admissions came from the Emergency Department, 61% of ICU patients were discharged to another hospital ward, while the remaining 7% had to be transferred to a different hospital; 2.8% of our patients had ICU re-admissions. The overall mortality rate was 32%. CONCLUSIONS: Compared with previously reported data, a lower re-admission rate (3%), a longer mean stay in the ICU (>10 days) and a higher occupancy rate (91.4%) were observed. These data suggest that a large part of the available resources for the intensive care in our hospital are devoted to the in-hospital patient care. The hypothesis is suggested that this could be mainly due to the lack of sub-critical care areas.
Craniomandibular disorders are a pathology with a multifactorial genesis where the aetiological aspects it represented by emotional and occlusal factors. These provoke muscular hyperactivity so determining a change in all components of the stomatognathic apparatus. A critical analysis of the literature leads to an analysis of the importance of the occlusal factor in the aetiology of MCD. The conclusions reached are that the ideal occlusion is a theoretical concept. Physiological occlusion is the situation in which, independently of the number, lay-out and relationship between teeth there exists a subjective occlusal stability and a satisfactory masticatory, phonatory and aesthetic function.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.