• Perioperative anaphylactic risk score for risk-oriented premedication 

      Manfredi, Giacomo; Pezzuto, Francesco; Balestrieri, Antonella; Lo Schiavo, Mario; Montera, Maria Carmela; Pio, Antonio; Iannelli, M.; Gargano, Domenico; Bianchi, M.J.; Casale, Giuseppe; Galimberti, Maurizio; Triggiani, Massimo; Piazza, Ornella (2013)
      Basing on the current knowledge, this paper is aimed to review the core characteristics of the most relevant therapeutic agents (steroids and antihistamines), administered to prevent perioperative anaphylaxis. Moreover, ...
    • Pharmacokinetics of remifentanil: a three-compartmental modeling approach 

      Cascone, Sara; Lamberti, Gaetano; Titomanlio, Giuseppe; Piazza, Ornella (2013)
      Remifentanil is a new opioid derivative drug characterized by a fast onset and by a short time of action, since it is rapidly degraded by esterases in blood and other tissues. Its pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics ...
    • Use of equine pericardium sheet (lyomesh®) as dura mater substitute in endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery 

      Cavallo, Luigi M.; Solari, Domenico; Somma, Teresa; Di Somma, Alberto; Chiaramonte, Carmela; Cappabianca, Paolo (2013)
      Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the use of equine pericardium sheet (Lyomesh®) as dural substitute for sellar reconstruction after endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery for the removal of pituitary ...