Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della Carita

Real-world adjunctive use of an alpha-lactalbumin/sodium butyrate Food for Special Medical Purposes in drug-resistant epilepsy: the multicentre retrospective ARMILLA study

The purpose of this study was to describe real-world adjunctive use, tolerability, and hypothesis-generating seizure and multidomain outcomes of LALBAAY, an alpha-lactalbumin/sodium butyrate Food for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP), in patients with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE)....

LDL Cholesterol Lowering With Evolocumab Before Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction

Importance: Proprotein convertase subtilisin-kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibition is recommended as second- or third-line lipid-lowering therapy after myocardial infarction (MI), resulting in prolonged periods of inadequate low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) control. Whether...

Incidence and Risk Factors of Unplanned Emergency Department Transfers From Italian Nursing Homes: A Prospective Multicentre Cohort Study

ABSTRACT Aim To estimate the incidence of unplanned transfers to the emergency department among nursing home residents and to identify resident and organizational factors associated with transfer risk. Design A 12‐month prospective multicentre dynamic cohort study. Methods The st...

Multidisciplinary Delphi consensus-based recommendations on the use of image-guided radiotherapy for upper gastrointestinal tumours: an AIRO–AITRO–AIFM study

Abstract Objectives Upper gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies represent one of the most challenging scenarios for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). Despite technological advances, clinical practice remains heterogeneous among centres. This national, multidisciplinary Delphi consen...