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The liver is the second most commonly injured abdominal parenchymal organ in blunt abdominal trauma. Blunt liver trauma may result in different grades of parenchymal, biliary, and vascular injuries, which are variably associated. For correct patient management, it is crucial to promptly and accurately diagnose these conditions. This chapter focuses...
• To learn a step-by-step approach for the differential diagnosis between pancreatic adenocarcinoma and inflammatory pancreatic pseudo-masses.
• To suggest some key diagnostic Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) features help in differentiating these processes.
- To learn the ultrasound technique to evaluate the spleen.
- To become familiar with the most common imaging findings of spleen abnormalities, encountered in emergency settings.
Expose CT Cavernosography technique and its diagnostic possibilities in vasculogenic erectile disfunction due to venous leakage
Purpose:
The role of serum lactate measurement in patients with intestinal ischemia still remains unclear. The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the diagnostic performance of arterial blood gas lactate concentrations in the patients with acute mesenteric ischemia and its different forms.
Methods:
All the patients reporting abdomina...
The epidemiological scenarios of hepatitis E virus (HEV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV) infections have changed in the last few decades, but precise epidemiological data on the prevalence of anti-HEV and anti-HAV, alone or in combination, in the general population are scanty. We investigated HEV and HAV seroprevalence comparing two population samples...
This article reviews topics covered and discussed at the Meeting: "Vaccini e vaccinazioni. Migliorare l'oggi e preparare il domani", held in Genoa, Italy, on 12 September 2014. Data presented at the meeting, clearly showed that: 1) hepatitis B vaccination can confer long-term protection and there is no need for booster in immunocompetent vaccinees;...
Viral hepatitis type E is highly endemic in many developing countries, where large water-borne epidemics caused by viral genotype 1 and - to a lesser degree - by genotype 2 cyclically occur, resulting in high morbidity and mortality, especially among pregnant women. In developed countries, the disease is usually diagnosed in travelers coming back f...
< 0.0001). Geometric mean concentration (GMC) was lower among children primed with Hexavac than among those primed with Infanrix Hexa (p < 0.0001). In the multivariate analysis the type of hexavalent vaccine given was the only determinant of anti-HBs concentration after adjustment. However, children in both groups who received a booster hepatitis B...
Aim of this study was to investigate the anti-HBs antibody persistence and immune memory to hepatitis B virus in adult celiacs vaccinated as adolescents and the effect of a booster administration in non-protected individuals. Eleven years after primary vaccination, the proportion of vaccinees with titres ≥ 10 mIU/ml and antibody geometric mean conc...
Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are rare, with an incidence of about 5 per 100,000 inhabitants. As no study on NETs has ever been specifically conducted on the population of Campania, we performed a retrospective analysis of all newly diagnosed NETs at the Antonio Cardarelli hospital between 2006-2009. A search of the registry of the Pathology Departm...
We investigated the role of multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) in identifying active bleeding and its source in polytrauma patients with pelvic vascular injuries with or without associated fractures of the pelvis.
From January 2003 to December 2007, 28 patients (19 men and nine women, age range 16-80 years) with acute symptoms from blunt...
Occult hepatitis B virus infection is a challenging issue whose virological and clinical relevance has been a source of long-lasting debate. By definition, OBI is characterized by the persistence of HBV-DNA in the liver tissue (and in some cases also in the serum) in absence of HBsAg. According to the HBV serological profile, OBI may be antibody (a...
The incidence of, and risk factors for, acute hepatitis A (AHA) were assessed by using data collected from the Italian surveillance system of acute viral hepatitis (SEIEVA). To this end, a case–control study within a population-based surveillance for acute viral hepatitis was performed. AHA incidence has been estimated since 1991; the association w...
BACKGROUND:
Nucleic acid testing (NAT) for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been implemented in several European countries and in the United States, while hepatitis B virus (HBV) NAT is still being questioned by opinions both in favor and against such an option, depending on the HBV endemicity, health care resource...
