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Effectiveness of different advanced wound dressings versus standard of care for the management of diabetic foot ulcers: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials for the development of the Italian guidelines for the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome
to assess the effects of advanced wound dressings (AWD) commonly used in the treatment of predominantly neuropathic diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) The present meta-analysis was designed to support the development ...
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Correction to: Development of the Italian clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome: design and methodological aspects
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Offloading systems for the treatment of neuropathic foot ulcers in patients with diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials for the development of the Italian guidelines for the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome
To compare the effectiveness of commonly used offloading devices for the treatment of neuropathic foot ulcers in patients with diabetes mellitus. This meta-analysis (MA) has been performed for giving an answer...
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Effect of a multidisciplinary team approach in patients with diabetic foot ulcers on major adverse limb events (MALEs): systematic review and meta-analysis for the development of the Italian guidelines for the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome
The treatment of patients with diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) is extremely complex, requiring a comprehensive approach that involves a variety of different healthcare professionals. Several studies have shown tha...
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Prostanoids in patients with diabetes and chronic limb-threatening ischemia: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials for the development of the Italian guidelines for the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome
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Bypass surgery versus endovascular revascularization for occlusive infrainguinal peripheral artery disease: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials for the development of the Italian Guidelines for the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome
To report a review and meta-analysis of all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing bypass surgery (BS) and endovascular treatment (ET) in infrainguinal peripheral arterial disease (PAD) for several endp...
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Development of the Italian clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of diabetic foot syndrome: design and methodological aspects
Diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) and its complications are a growing public health concern. The Italian Society of Diabetology (SID) and the Italian Association of Clinical Diabetologists (AMD), in collaboration w...
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Drug-Eluting Balloon for Below the Knee Angioplasty: Five-Year Outcome of the DEBATE-BTK Randomized Clinical Trial
The aim of this study is to evaluate the 5-year clinical outcome of the DEBATE-BTK (Drug-eluting balloon for below-the-knee angioplasty evaluation) trial.
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Open AccessClinical profiles and quality of care of subjects with type 2 diabetes according to their cardiovascular risk: an observational, retrospective study
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) recently defined cardiovascular risk classes for subjects with diabetes. Aim of this study was to explore the distribution of subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D) by car...
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Erratum to: Microvascular effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
In the manuscript, the events of nephropathy and retinopathy recorded for the LEADER trial (Marso et al. 2016) were erroneously imputed; the numbers reported in Table 1 for that trial refer to serious adverse ...
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Microvascular effects of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Results with GLP1-receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) on microvascular complications of diabetes are contrasting. In trials designed for cardiovascular outcomes, both liraglutide and semaglutide were associated with ...
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Long term variation of serum levels of uremic toxins in patients treated by post-dilution high volume on-line hemodiafiltration in comparison to standard low-flux bicarbonate dialysis: results from the REDERT study
Little information have been provided till now regarding the effect of high volume HDF (hv-OL-HDF) in respect to standard bicarbonate dialysis (BHD) in medium-long term protein-bound toxins removal.
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Antiplatelet agents in hemodialysis
Patients affected by cardiovascular disease (CVD) are treated with antiplatelet agents (AA) and/or anticoagulant drugs, which are fundamental in the management of stroke, coronary atherosclerotic disease, peri...
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Geriatric nutritional risk index is a strong predictor of mortality in hemodialysis patients: data from the Riscavid cohort
Malnutrition is a common complication in hemodialysis (HD) patients and it is related to morbidity and mortality. Although a gold standard method for diagnosis of malnutrition is not available, serum albumin, ...
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Primary Infrainguinal Subintimal Angioplasty in Diabetic Patients
The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate technical and clinical results of infrainguinal subintimal angioplasty in a series of diabetic patients with limb-threatening ischemia. From July 2003 to Dec...
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BDNF Level in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex Increases Following Chronic but Not Acute Treatment with Duloxetine, a Dual Acting Inhibitor of Noradrenaline and Serotonin Re-uptake
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) has a central role in neuronal survival, differentiation, and plasticity. The brain level of BDNF is changed by several mood stabilizers and antidepressant drugs acting...
