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Giandomenico Biancofiore
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Open AccessThe role of beta-blocker drugs in critically ill patients: a SIAARTI expert consensus statement
The role of β-blockers in the critically ill has been studied, and data on the protective effects of these drugs on critically ill patients have been repeatedly reported in the literature over the last two dec...
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Open AccessPostoperative pain management in non-traumatic emergency general surgery: WSES-GAIS-SIAARTI-AAST guidelines
Non-traumatic emergency general surgery involves a heterogeneous population that may present with several underlying diseases. Timeous emergency surgical treatment should be supplemented with high-quality peri...
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Open AccessImplementing a robotic liver resection program does not always require prior laparoscopic experience
Preliminary experience in laparoscopic liver surgery is usually suggested prior to implementation of a robotic liver resection program.
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The impact of hepatitis C virus direct acting agents in liver transplant using very old donor grafts: a real-world single-center analysis
The correct timing of use of direct acting agents (DAAs) among transplanted patients remains unknown. The aim of this paperwork is to evaluate the impact of DAAs treatment in pre- or peri-operative period in l...
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Open AccessPerioperative 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. ...
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Open AccessA pandemic recap: lessons we have learned
On January 2020, the WHO Director General declared that the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The world has faced a worldwide spread crisis and is still dealing with it. ...
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Liver Failure Associated to the Polycompartment Syndrome
The polycompartment syndrome is defined when more than one body compartment is affected by an increase in the compartmental pressure to such an extent to compromise tissue and organ perfusion. The deleterious ...
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COVID-19 and kidney transplantation: an Italian Survey and Consensus
Italy was the first Western country to face the COVID-19 pandemic. Here we report the results of a national survey on kidney transplantation activity in February and March 2020, and the results of a three-roun...
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Pancreatic resections in elderly patients with high American Society of Anesthesiologists’ risk score: a view from a tertiary care center
More than 60% of patients affected by pancreatic cancer are ≥ 65 years of age. Surgery represents the only potentially curative treatment for malignant pancreatic neoplasia and a useful treatment for benign di...
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Open AccessUltrasound- versus landmark-guided subclavian vein catheterization: a prospective observational study from a tertiary referral hospital
This was a single-center, observational, prospective study designed to compare the effectiveness of a real-time, ultrasound- with landmark-guided technique for subclavian vein cannulation. Two groups of 74 con...
