• Dopamine use in intensive care: are we ready to turn it down? 

      Zito Marinosci, Geremia; De Robertis, Edoardo; De Benedictis, Giuseppe; Piazza, Ornella (2012)
      Dopamine is still frequently used as a first line vasopressor agent in hypotensive patients, when physicians are afraid of noradrenaline and believe that dopamine, with its β and α, inotrope and vasopressor effects, ...
    • Effect of α2-adrenergic agonists and antagonists on cytokine release from human lung macrophages cultured in vitro 

      Piazza, Ornella; Staiano, Rosaria I.; De Robertis, Edoardo; Conti, Guido; Di Crescenzo, Vincenzo; Loffredo, Stefania; Marone, Giancarlo; Zito Marinosci, Geremia; Cataldi, Mauro (2016)
      The most trusted hypothesis to explain how α2-adrenergic agonists may preserve pulmonary functions in critically ill patients is that they directly act on macrophages by interfering with an autocrine/paracrine adrenergic ...
    • Vaptans and hyponatremia in critical patients 

      D’Auria, David; Zito Marinosci, Geremia; De Benedictis, Giuseppe; Piazza, Ornella (2012)
      Hyponatremia is the most frequent fluid and electrolyte disorder in hospitalized patients (20%), particularly in ICU, associated with an increase in morbility and mortality. While hypovolaemic hyponatremia needs to be ...