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Microbial Symphony: Exploring the Role of the Gut in Osteoarthritis-Related Pain. A Narrative Review

One of the most common musculoskeletal disorders, osteoarthritis (OA), causes worldwide disability, morbidity, and poor quality of life by degenerating articular cartilage, modifying subchondral bone, and infl...

Alberto Corriero, Mariateresa Giglio, Rossana Soloperto… in Pain and Therapy (2024)

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Gut Microbiota Modulation and Its Implications on Neuropathic Pain: A Comprehensive Literature Review

Neuropathic pain (NP) is a chronic pain disorder arising from somatosensory nervous system impairment. Extensive evidence supports the notion that the gut microbiota (GM) is crucial in maintaining human health...

Alberto Corriero, Mariateresa Giglio, Francesco Inchingolo… in Pain and Therapy (2024)

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Low Back Pain and Radiofrequency Denervation of Facet Joint: Beyond Pain Control—A Video Recording

Chronic low back pain is often due to L5S1 instability resulting in facet joint syndrome. Patients suffering from low back pain may also have a gait pattern characterized by a reduced speed and a shorter, asym...

Mariateresa Giglio, Giacomo Farì, Angela Preziosa, Alberto Corriero… in Pain and Therapy (2023)

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The central role of the gut in intensive care

Critically ill patients undergo early impairment of their gut microbiota (GM) due to routine antibiotic therapies and other environmental factors leading to intestinal dysbiosis. The GM establishes connections...

Alberto Corriero, Raffaella Maria Gadaleta, Filomena Puntillo… in Critical Care (2022)

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Perioperative goal-directed therapy and postoperative complications in different kind of surgical procedures: an updated meta-analysis

Goal-directed therapy (GDT) aims to assure tissue perfusion, by optimizing doses and timing of fluids, inotropes, and vasopressors, through monitoring of cardiac output and other basic hemodynamic parameters. ...

Mariateresa Giglio, Giandomenico Biancofiore… in Journal of Anesthesia, Analgesia and Criti… (2021)

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The Routes of Administration for Acute Postoperative Pain Medication

Effective treatment of postoperative acute pain, together with early mobilization and nutrition, is one of the perioperative strategies advocated to improve surgical outcome and reduce the costs of hospitaliza...

Filomena Puntillo, Mariateresa Giglio, Giustino Varrassi in Pain and Therapy (2021)

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Cerebrospinal Fluid and Clinical Profiles in Adult Type 2–3 Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients Treated with Nusinersen: An 18-Month Single-Centre Experience

Nusinersen was approved as the first disease-modifying therapy in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Our aim was to analyse therapy-related changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum parameters of adult type 2...

Giammarco Milella, Alessandro Introna, Eustachio D’Errico… in Clinical Drug Investigation (2021)

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Personalizing Cancer Pain Therapy: Insights from the Rational Use of Analgesics (RUA) Group

A previous Delphi survey from the Rational Use of Analgesics (RUA) project involving Italian palliative care specialists revealed some discrepancies between current guidelines and clinical practice with a lack...

Giustino Varrassi, Flaminia Coluzzi, Vittorio A. Guardamagna… in Pain and Therapy (2021)

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Triple Intrathecal Combination Therapy for End-Stage Cancer-Related Refractory Pain: A Prospective Observational Study with Two-Month Follow-Up

In cancer-related pain refractory to systemic opioids, intrathecal (IT) administration of morphine can be a useful strategy. In clinical practice, IT morphine is usually combined with other drugs with differen...

Filomena Puntillo, Mariateresa Giglio, Angela Preziosa, Lidia Dalfino… in Pain and Therapy (2020)

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A Bilateral Lumbar Multidermatomal Herpes Zoster in an Elderly Woman with Chronic Kidney Disease

Herpes zoster (HZ) is a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) permanently latent within the cranial or dorsal root ganglia. Usually the rash presents in only one side of t...

Filomena Puntillo, Mariateresa Giglio, Angela Preziosa, Roberta Mele… in Pain and Therapy (2020)

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An Ensemble of Psychological and Physical Health Indices Discriminates Between Individuals with Chronic Pain and Healthy Controls with High Reliability: A Machine Learning Study

Chronic pain (CP) is a complex multidimensional experience severely affecting individuals’ quality of life. Multiple cognitive, affective, emotional, and interpersonal factors play a major role in CP. Furtherm...

Linda A. Antonucci, Alessandro Taurino, Domenico Laera, Paolo Taurisano… in Pain and Therapy (2020)

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Vasopressor-Sparing Action of Methylene Blue in Severe Sepsis and Shock: A Narrative Review

Shock is a serious acute circulatory failure leading to inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells. Its treatment is mainly based on circulating fluid optimization, and vasopressors to provide an adequate mean ar...

Filomena Puntillo, Mariateresa Giglio, Alberto Pasqualucci… in Advances in Therapy (2020)

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Hemodynamic goal-directed therapy and postoperative kidney injury: an updated meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

Perioperative goal-directed therapy (GDT) reduces the risk of renal injury. However, several questions remain unanswered, such as target, kind of patients and surgery, and role of fluids and inotropes. We ther...

Mariateresa Giglio, Lidia Dalfino, Filomena Puntillo, Nicola Brienza in Critical Care (2019)

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P076. Improving patient communication and management by the use of the “Headache Digest”, a pilot study

Maria Pia Prudenzano, Paola Mogavero, Eva Moretti… in The Journal of Headache and Pain (2015)

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Oral nystatin prophylaxis in surgical/trauma ICU patients: a randomised clinical trial

Candida prophylaxis in ICU is still a matter of debate. Oral chemoprophylaxis has been advocated to reduce the incidence of Candida colonisation and infection.

Mariateresa Giglio, Giuseppina Caggiano, Lidia Dalfino, Nicola Brienza… in Critical Care (2012)

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Haemodynamic goal-directed therapy and postoperative infections: earlier is better. a systematic review and meta-analysis

Infectious complications are the main causes of postoperative morbidity. The early timing of their promoting factors is the rationale for perioperative strategies attempting to reduce them. Our aim was to dete...

Lidia Dalfino, Maria T Giglio, Filomena Puntillo, Massimo Marucci… in Critical Care (2011)