abstract：:Urinary infections often complicate the clinical course of hospitalised patients especially those with immunological diseases or under antibiotic treatment for other infectious pathologies. Urethral catheterisation is also a well known cause of such infections. The problem of urinary infections was examined in a gener...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Arosio A,Ferrari S,Tranchina G,Borroni M,Grassi L

更新日期：1986-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of four cardioselective beta-blockers in a group of patients with chronic obstructive bronchopneumopathies was examined. Of the 4 drugs the only possible one for use in this patient category was atenolol which produced significant bronchial dilation after spray treatment, thus demonstrating the responsiveness ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Giorgis GE,Galietti F,Miravalle C,Barberis S,Massaglia GM,Onoscuri E

更新日期：1986-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The Monfalcone area (Italy) is a small industrial territory (60,000 inhabitants), characterized by a high incidence of asbestos-related diseases. In a review of the biopsy and necropsy records collected at the Monfalcone Hospital during the period October 1979-September 1985 two cases of Kaposi's sarcoma were found. O...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Bianchi C,Brollo A,Bittesini L,Ramani L

更新日期：1986-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:42 cases concerning symptomatic intracranial circulation aneurysms and spontaneous SAH have been observed by the authors during the period 1965-1984; 37 of them were treated from 1970 on. This group represents 2.6% in the number of patients treated for SAH during the above mentioned period in the series of Pavia and V...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Mazza C,Pasqualin A,Da Pian R,Pezzotta S

更新日期：1986-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:A review of existent epidemiological data on subarachnoid hemorrhage is reported. The average annual incidence rate per 100,000 ranges from 7.4 to 19.4. The relative frequency in confront of all types of stroke ranges from 3 to 11%. The most important risk factors are: age over 40, feminine sex, arterial blood hyperte...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Gandolfo C

更新日期：1986-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A well integrated and coordinated team between Neurosurgeon and Anesthetist is necessary to achieved the best results in aneurysm surgery. Drugs-induced hypotension, cerebral metabolic depressant drugs (such as thiopentone), new anaesthetic drugs, hypocapnia are the anaesthetic techniques of choice in intracranial ane...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Bonezzi C,Navazio Cassa G,Rodriguez y Baena R,Mapelli A

更新日期：1986-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum level of neuro-specific enolase (NSE) was determined in 20 lung cancer patients. NSE concentration was detected also on neoplastic tissue and NSE-positive neoplastic cells on histological sections were observed immunohistochemically. The presence of high level of NSE was showed in small cell lung cancer. ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Leonardo E,Dogliotti C,Oliaro A

更新日期：1986-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The thyroid activity of twenty euthyroid patients, with single or multiple "cold" nodules was investigated, with determination of seric T3, T4, reverse-T3 (rT3) and TSH. The blood-drags were performed respectively, during (with seric samples from the inferior thyroid vein ipsilateral to the affected lobe) and after (1...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Sturniolo G,Carditello A,Sobbrio GA,Bartolotta M,Gagliano E,Lentini B

更新日期：1986-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison between echographic and bioptic findings in diffuse liver disease is reported. The data obtained are compared with those quoted in the literature and found to be very similar. Finally echography is identified as the indispensable examination of choice. ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Cusumano S,De Mori E,Buschini M,Carugati A,Farina F

更新日期：1986-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years there has been a distinct decline in the total number of operations for ulcers while the number performed for ulcerous complications has remained more or less constant. Hesitation between medical and surgical treatment most frequently arises in the case of bleeding especially when the patient is elderl...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Durante G,Listorto G,Vitagliano F,Goi M,Garbarini A,Foco A

更新日期：1986-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine and stool total nitrogen was measured using the Carlo Erba Strumentazione NA 1500 nitrogen analyzer. Determinations were carried out on 10 mcl, 20 mcl and 50 mcl urine samples and on 20-50 mg stool samples. Both urine and stool data distributions were normal, thus indicating the reliability of the method. The NA...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Adami GF,Summa M,Gianetta E,Caponnetto A,Friedman D,Scopinaro N

更新日期：1986-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The results were assessed in a group of 38 patients with degenerative skeletal pathologies and insertional tendinopathies who were treated with transcutaneous electroanalgesia and ultrasound therapy. For this purpose a new type of painmeter was used and proved appropriate for the more rational and objective quantifica...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Saveriano G,Lionetti P,Maiolo F,Battisti E

更新日期：1986-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The results obtained with the administration of aminophylline and clenbuterol either separately or in association, to a group of patients with chronic obstructive bronchopneumopathies are reported. The two drugs had a more or less identical broncho-dilatory effect with the beta 2-stimulant acting earlier but for a sho...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Osella D,Giorgis GE,Galietti F,Miravalle C,Ardizzi A

更新日期：1986-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:TPA and CEA were both assayed in a population of 352 diseases of the gastroenteric tract and control subjects. The results show that TPA though sensitive has no predictive value or specificity comparable to CEA. However should specific tumour markers prove negative TPA may be an extremely useful aid in monitoring pati...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Piantino P,Tappero G,Cerchier A,Pecchio F,Tridico F,Cattaneo U

更新日期：1986-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum levels of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) were investigated in 53 lung cancer patients. The higher percentage of patients with serum CEA positivity was observed within the anaplastic lung cancer group. TPA serum positivity was found in similar percentage in all the examined gr...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Leonardo E,Dogliotti C,Mancuso M,Sanfilippo B,Oliaro A

更新日期：1986-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:There are discordant opinions in literature on the techniques of execution of the cholecystography. The authors have examined 104 consecutive patients with the clinical suspicion of gallstones in order to verify the usefulness of the plain radiogram and of the cholecystokinetic test. All the patients have been studied...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Garretti L,Bocchini R,Russo F

更新日期：1986-03-17 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first epidemiological study of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in the province of Bergamo, an area well-known to have a high incidence of HBsAg (9.1%) and chronic alcoholic liver disease. 72 cases of HCC (60 male, 12 female) al from the province of Bergamo and encountered in 1980-84 were subjected to an epi...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Colloredo Mels G,Paris B,Bertone V,Angeli G

更新日期：1986-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term (30 days) effects of lithium carbonate on ADH secretion, urinary enzyme secretion (specific markers of tubular damage), fractional excretion of sodium, calcaemia, calciuria and fractional reabsorption of phosphate, plasma and urinary Ca, urea and creatinine clearance were assessed in 15 female patients ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Palla R,Galigani P,Marchitiello M,Tuoni M,Lenzi A,Placidi GF

更新日期：1986-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:After a brief review of drug metabolic pathways in the liver, the various mechanisms leading to liver damage are described. The different histological lesions and the clinical situations that can arise are discussed. A case survey is reported. ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Forte G,D'Amico N,Lopilato R,Teti V

更新日期：1986-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of Doppler ultrasound examination and digital intravenous angiography was comparatively evaluated in 207 patients with peripheral vascular disease submitted to both techniques. Owing to the fact that in some patients more than one vascular district was examined, the overall number of evaluations was 232 Dopp...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Nessi R,De Flaviis L,Barcella MA,Freri F,Annoni F

更新日期：1986-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The analgesic efficacy and tolerability of a morphine agonist-antagonist buprenorphine are evaluated. The drug is compared to pentazocin. For this purpose, the drugs were randomly administered to 42 patients suffering from pain caused by advanced cancer. Buprenorphine demonstrated a significantly higher analgesic effe...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Dini D,Fassio T,Gottlieb A,Gini M

更新日期：1986-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical, radiological and ultrasonographical features of three cases of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis, one of which in a child, are reported. Presurgical diagnosis of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis is difficult and infrequent to date (10-14% of cases according to different workers). This complaint is general...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Orzincolo C,Daniele C,Corcione S,Romano A

更新日期：1985-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The results are reported of a clinical and radiological study of a group of athletes that investigated the often asymptomatic alterations found in the spinal area. In comparison with non-athletic controls the sportsmen revealed a significantly higher incidence in the pars intearticularis of the posterior apophysis in ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Ottolenghi G,Alessi GC,Oggero P,Buccelli R

更新日期：1985-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:279 male patients consecutively admitted to a medical ward were interviewed about their drinking habits using a CAGE-like questionnaire and were subdivided into teetotallers, normal-, borderline-, heavy-drinkers. The mean values of the following laboratory tests resulted significantly different in heavy drinkers compa...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Maccari S,Zanoni P,Vignoli R,Tramaloni C,Buia M,Castagnetti E,Fornaciari G,Plancher AC

更新日期：1985-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Marfan syndrome and Schoenlein-Henoch purpura is reported. The diagnosis has been possible only by clinical criteria because no laboratory test is available to support the clinical impressions. Possible initial diagnostic confusion with other purpuric disorders is discussed. ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Morante R,Matarazzo M,Lucariello A,Antoniello S

更新日期：1985-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A bacterial examination was carried out on bile taken from 119 patients undergoing transhepatic percutaneous cholangiography (P.T.C.) due to biliary obstruction. Bacteria were found in 36.9% of cases, with greater frequency in cases of benign obstructions (69.6%) than malignant obstructions (27.2%). The extent of obst...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Mannella P,Benea G,Addesso F,Borrelli M,Galeotti R,Bonari RL

更新日期：1985-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain non-invasive techniques like Doppler CW and strain gauge plethysmography are highly effective ways of evaluating the natural history of postphlebitic syndrome. 40 patients of both sexes, average age 51.5 +/- 6.9 with a history of deep venous thrombosis (28 documented phlebographically) were subjected to Dopple...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Macchione C,Zanocchi M,Longo F,Friziero M,Poli L,Ferraris A

更新日期：1985-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of 29 patients suffering from ischaemic cerebrovascular disorders was examined. Of these, 15 were treated with Ditazol (1200 mg/day in three administrations) and 14 with ASA (1 g a day in 2 administration). These patients were evaluated using serial Born and Cross tests to check ADP, Adrenaline and Collagen-i...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Caneschi S,Bonaventi C,Finzi F,Tito P

更新日期：1985-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome is a term labelling clinical illnesses characterized by blood hypereosinophilia and widespread infiltration of organs and tissues by mature eosinophils. Although any tissue can be affected the involvement of the nervous system and of the myocardium usually indicates worse prognosi...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Mercadanti M,Cavalieri F,Ferraccioli GF,Ambanelli U

更新日期：1985-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The difficulty of clinical and biochemical diagnosis of insulinoma lies in the extreme variability of both clinical symptoms and glycaemia/insulinaemia levels, so that neither parameter is a totally reliable diagnostic indicator. The possibility of introducing a third parameter, the non-esterified fatty acid (FFA) lev...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Gorini M,Ghizzi A,Carlo Stella C,De Caro L

更新日期：1985-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The immuno peroxidase histochemical technique produced optic microscopic evidence of CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) in 19 out of 42 (42.25%) brain tumours including 12 astrocytomas, 6 glioblastomas and 1 ependymoma. The possibility of identifying CEA in such tumours is extremely interesting in view of the fact that CE...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： d'Aquino S,La Torre F,Tomasello R,Palmara D,Giacobello T,d'Avella D,Pitini V

更新日期：1985-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of pseudohypoparathyroidism of characteristic phenotype and metabolism is described. The condition was diagnosed at over 50 years of age following the appearance of hypocalcaemia and calcification of basal ganglia which responded quickly to treatment with vitamin D and orally administered calcium. This case giv...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Zavarise GM,Canobbio G,Ghiazza GF,Mondavio M

更新日期：1985-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Using methods of multivariate statistical analysis, the Authors analyse the prognosis of 135 patients affected by No Mo breast cancer treated with radical mastectomy alone. Among eight risk factors examined, "vascular invasion" and "peritumoral infiltration" seemed to have the greatest influence on prognosis. Therefor...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Tarquini A,Malloci A,Nicolosi A,Onnis P

更新日期：1985-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple new symptomatological technique is described with the emphasis on its great value in the diagnosis of joint pathologies. ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Tramontano R,Carrubba M,Modina P,Mortara S

更新日期：1985-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Data reported in the literature on the existence of a circadian rhythm in PTH secretion are contradictory. In order to assess whether haematic PTH levels vary over a 24 hour period, the plasma levels of the hormone were evaluated at 6 different times during the day (12, 19, 24, 2, 4, 6 hours) in a group of 10 healthy ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Mauri R,Resentini M,Lissoni P,Mascherpa GF,Proietti Ricci D,Morabito F

更新日期：1985-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:After a brief examination of the recent literature on non-secretory multiple myeloma, the Authors describe the immunohistologic study (peroxidase-antiperoxidase method) of a case of truly non producing plasmacytoma, interesting because of the presence of a small polyclonal plasma cell population within the neoplastic ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Scolozzi R,Boccafogli A,Vicentini L,Coletti M,Dal Prà ML,Cavazzini L,Salmi R,Lanza M,Guidoboni CA,Tocchetto M

更新日期：1985-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic role of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in ascitic fluid was evaluated in order to assess whether or not ascitic haemorrhage is related to cancer. A total of 30 patients with ascitic haemorrhage were analysed (17 had cirrhosis, 5 non-metastasised cancers and 8 metastasised cancers). CEA radioimmunoassay ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Spiga L,Drago F,Ghisoni G,Mela GS

更新日期：1985-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A preventive pharmacological treatment in 50 migraine sufferers was carried out, using the data obtained from a computerized analysis of symptoms relative, to the patients' neurotransmitter balance. The results can be considered really interesting. ...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： D'Attoma G,Nacci MG,D'Attoma A,Piccione M

更新日期：1985-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels of fibronectin were determined in 50 lung cancer patients and in 25 normal subjects. Immunoturbidimetric assay was performed to detect possible variations of plasma fibronectin concentration in neoplastic patients. Moreover plasma levels of fibronectin were related to clinical stage, histological type of...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Leonardo E,Mancuso M,Sanfilippo B,Dogliotti C,Scagliola D,Oliaro A

更新日期：1985-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:During the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, the radiologist is often asked the following questions: 1) is it really TB?; 2) is there any improvement?; 3) when is the X-ray check-up required?. In our opinion, the radiologist is in a position: 1) to confirm the diagnosis of TB; 2) to give a radiological diagnosis of...

journal_title：Minerva medica

authors： Comino E,Ragni G,Trapani P,Camarrota T

更新日期：1985-05-12 00:00:00