http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/521 2026-04-20T19:02:19Z http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/656 The use of noninvasive ventilation outside the intensive care unit: a clinical case report Romano, Annamaria; Salvati, Armenio; Romano, Rosalba; Mastroberardino, Michele Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV) is one of the best weapon at our disposal to treat respiratory failure. The early use of NIV out of the Intensive Care Unit can improve patients’ outcome. A 58-year-old man affected by severe bilateral pneumonia caused by Legionella Pneumophila was treated with Noninvasive Ventilation in extra Intensive Care Unit until the evidence of a marked improvement of clinical and radiological state. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/655 Letter to the editor : "Comment j'ai vaincu la douler et l'inflammation chronique par l'alimentation" by J Lagacè Scarpati, Giuliana; Pintore, Maurizio 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/654 Statistics and medicine: the indispensable know-how of the researcher Romano, Rosalba; Gambale, Emilia Statistics has often been misunderstood in Medicine, but it is indispensable knowledge both for the experimenter and the reader. Statistical methods allow to study diseases, patients, and epidemiological events. The modern researcher cannot refuse to know and to use statistics. A deeper understanding is required to prepare a research project and to avoid colossal mistakes of misleading. The aim of this paper is to provide an organized and structured point of view on the use of statistics in Medicine and Research, showing the principal resources to organize a scientific study from the declaration of a hypothesis to the report of the results. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://elea.unisa.it/xmlui/handle/10556/652 Intravenous infusion of magnesium sulphate during subarachnoid anaesthesia in hip surgery and its effect on postoperative analgesia: our experience Pastore, Antonio; Lanna, M.; Lombardo, N.; Policastro, Carmela; Iacovazzo, Carmine The treatment of degenerative hip joint disease involves modern operative techniques and the use of prosthetic devices individualized on each patient. Being a surgery of considerable importance, great attention is always given by the anaesthesiologist to postoperative analgesia. In general, our goal is to limit the doses of NSAIDs, known to be associated with haemostasis interference and alteration of gastrointestinal apparatus; component of our baseline analgesic protocols after arthroplasty is morphine given parenterally. In order to steadily improve analgesic techniques, which directly impact on patient outcome, we experimented the use of a continuous infusion of magnesium sulphate during subarachnoid anaesthesia. Magnesium sulphate is the drug of choice in case of eclampsia, and pre-eclampsia (for the risk of evolution in eclampsia). According to the most recent findings, this drug has also analgesic properties: its use as an adjunct to analgesia is based on a non-competitive antagonism towards the NMDA receptor and on the blocking of calcium channels: these properties prevent the mechanisms of central sensitization due to nociceptive stimulation of peripheral nerves. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z