Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-05-10DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03433-2
Yue Gu, Cui Chen, Shuo Wang, Fang Zhou
{"title":"A survey of the current status and analysis of factors influencing chronic pain associated with intensive care.","authors":"Yue Gu, Cui Chen, Shuo Wang, Fang Zhou","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03433-2","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03433-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18653,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"602-604"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9444215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-05-03DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03413-7
Ying Wang, Rui Liu, Huiyi Zhao, Cuimei Liu
{"title":"Systematic evaluation of the efficacy and safety of Zhilongxuetong capsule in the treatment of acute cerebral infarction.","authors":"Ying Wang, Rui Liu, Huiyi Zhao, Cuimei Liu","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03413-7","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03413-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18653,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"587-589"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9401209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-05-03DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03431-9
Hongkai Zhang, Yi Yang, Lu Zou
{"title":"Efficacy observation of needle press needle combined with traditional Chinese medicine hot compress for postoperative nausea and vomiting intervention during anesthesia.","authors":"Hongkai Zhang, Yi Yang, Lu Zou","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03431-9","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03431-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18653,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"597-599"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9401211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-05-10DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03414-9
Runan Pan, Bing Xu, Chengjie Tang, Junyan Cui
{"title":"Exploring the effects of different dosages of sufentanil on postoperative VAS scores and recovery time in elderly patients with tibia-fibula fracture.","authors":"Runan Pan, Bing Xu, Chengjie Tang, Junyan Cui","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03414-9","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03414-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18653,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"589-591"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9439007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-09-11DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03542-8
Eleonora DI Leo, Chiara Rosso, Antonella Olivero, Gian P Caviglia
{"title":"Usefulness of Fibrosis-4 Index for the stratification of the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with chronic hepatitis B on long-term follow-up: a single center experience.","authors":"Eleonora DI Leo, Chiara Rosso, Antonella Olivero, Gian P Caviglia","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03542-8","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03542-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18653,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"574-576"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10571270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Burden of caregiving of alcohol related liver disease patients: a possible role of training and caregiver groups frequency. Proposal of a method, preliminary results.","authors":"Patrizia Balbinot, Rinaldo Pellicano, Gianni Testino","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.22.03288-0","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.22.03288-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The patient with alcohol related liver disease (ALD) is an extremely complex patient who can be affected by various problems: alcohol use disorders (AUDs) (intoxication or withdrawal syndrome), psychopathological manifestations, hepatic encephalopathy (HE), family and social discomfort. Burden of caregiving for this type of patient is particularly severe. For this reason we propose our own working model.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty-one informal caregivers (ICs) of patients with ALD (28 females; mean age: 51±11) recruited in the period September-November 2021 followed prospectively were evaluated retrospectively. Those who completed all the steps (initial information/ training meeting), participation in support groups for caregivers and participation in self-help groups for AUD (club of alcoholics in treatment, anonymous family members, other realities) were selected (31/71: 43%). ICs underwent Zarit Burden Interview and a semi-structured interview.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From the semi-structured interview, emotional, organizational, but also constructive reflections emerge. Zarit Score (ZS) was found to be light or nil in the 13% (4/31), moderate in the 22.5% (7/31), severe in the 32% (10/31) and very serious in the 32% (10/31). The parameters that most influenced initial ZS are the presence of HE and primitive psychiatric comorbidity (PC). By dividing the caregivers into two groups (<or equal 40 or >40) odds ratio is 2.4231 (95% CI: 0.4059-14.4637) in the presence of HE and odds ratio is 5.3846 (95% CI: 0.5666 to 51.1738) in the presence of PC. After the frequency to the caregiver groups (CGs) (at least 4) the ZS is significantly decreased (49.9±18 vs. 34±11; t=4.1966; P<0.0001) and this regardless of the presence of HE, PC or active alcohol consumption.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>While waiting to increase the number of cases and to submit it to a more in-depth verification, we suggest to other health organizations to use and verify this organizational/ relational method for primary ICs, in an attempt to optimize the health and social health activity in a complex medical sector (ALD) in constant growth.</p>","PeriodicalId":18653,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"486-493"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40335603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-05-03DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03430-7
Yuhui Zhang, Yan Tang, Xiaojie Duan, Tengjiao Ma
{"title":"Clinical value of Toll-like receptor 2 protein expression in natural immune response of human traumatic pulp tissue.","authors":"Yuhui Zhang, Yan Tang, Xiaojie Duan, Tengjiao Ma","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03430-7","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03430-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18653,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"599-602"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9401212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Minerva gastroenterologyPub Date : 2023-12-01Epub Date: 2023-07-13DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03499-X
Francesco DI Pierro, Nicola Zerbinati, Luigina Guasti, Alexander Bertuccioli, Massimiliano Cazzaniga, Viviana Gerardi, Stefania Piccirelli, Daniele Salvi, Cecilia L Pugliano, Paola Cesaro, Cristiano Spada
{"title":"Can the analysis of the gut microbiota have a clinical application in real life?","authors":"Francesco DI Pierro, Nicola Zerbinati, Luigina Guasti, Alexander Bertuccioli, Massimiliano Cazzaniga, Viviana Gerardi, Stefania Piccirelli, Daniele Salvi, Cecilia L Pugliano, Paola Cesaro, Cristiano Spada","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03499-X","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.23.03499-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18653,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"576-580"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10150715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alcohol use disorders, self-help groups as a supplement to pharmacological and psychological therapy? A retrospective study in a population with alcohol related liver disease.","authors":"Patrizia Balbinot, Rinaldo Pellicano, Valentino Patussi, Fabio Caputo, Gianni Testino","doi":"10.23736/S2724-5985.22.03292-2","DOIUrl":"10.23736/S2724-5985.22.03292-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>According to the new criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition (DSM-V), the prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) is 20-30% in men and 10-15% in women worldwide.<sup>2,3</sup> The anticraving therapy/psychotherapy combination is currently used routinely in clinical practice. However, the results after one year are unsatisfactory. Meta-analytic studies found failure rates of 57 to 75%. These percentages vary in relation to the intensity and length of the treatment. In addition, the abstinence rates gradually decrease over time. In this study, the clinical outcome of alcohol related liver disease (ALD) patients who spontaneously attended self-help groups (SHGs) (club of alcoholics in treatment - multi-family community/ alcoholics anonymous) regularly versus those who did not want to start the path or did not complete it was evaluated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From January 2005 to December 2010, 1337 alcohol use disorder patients affected by compensated alcohol related liver disease, were prospectively followed and retrospectively assessed. Two hundred thirty-one patients were enrolled: 74 attended self-help groups assiduously, 27 attended sporadically and 130 refused participation in SHGs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Constant attendance at SHGs compared to non-attendance allows for a significant increase (<0.0001) in the period of sobriety found in the median of distribution. Frequent attendance at SHGs is effectively \"preventive,\" reducing the fraction of relapses by about 30%. The percentage of cases of cirrhosis is significantly different (P=0.0007) between those who have regularly attended SHG meetings (about 1% of patients) and those who have never attended or only occasionally (various percentages between 21 and 31% of patients); in both groups the incidence of new cases would seem to be 0.014 cases/ year. Similar difference in percentages regarding the onset of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs), although with a lower level of significance (P=0.017) among those who attended regularly, 4% of patients with an incidence of 0.006 cases/ year, compared to those who have never attended or only occasionally: over 14% of patients with an incidence of 0.022 cases/year.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study suggests the importance of attending SHGs not only for the long-term achievement of alcoholic abstention, but also in positively influencing the course of alcohol-related diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":18653,"journal":{"name":"Minerva gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"479-485"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40335604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}