Background and aim Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease;
the clinical manifestations are correlated with continuum multiarticular synovitis, cartilage …

Background and aim: Vitamin D deficiency is frequently reported in patients with SARS-CoV-2
infection. The aim of this study was to correlate the 25OH-Vitamin D serum concentrations …

Objective The aim of this pilot study was to assess peripheral blood perfusion (PBP) by a
new technique, the laser speckle contrast analysis (LASCA), in systemic sclerosis (SSc) …

Introduction The best modality, for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is currently
uncertain and it is poorly understood how transport of different solutes, whether convective …

Introduction Use of colistin methanesulfonate (CMS) was abandoned in the 1970s because
of excessive nephrotoxicity, but it has been reintroduced as a last-resort treatment for …

Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a systemic inflammatory condition of unknown
aetiology characterized by typical episodes of spiking fever, evanescent rash, arthralgia, …

Purpose To assess the feasibility of remifentanil-based sedation in hypoxemic acute
respiratory failure (HARF) patients refusing to continue noninvasive ventilation (NPPV) for …

Objective The aim of this study was to identify possible correlations between nailfold
microangiopathy severity, finger dermal thickness (DT) and fingertip blood perfusion (FBP) in …

Objectives SSc patients are recognized as presenting an increased risk of altered bone mass.
The aim of this study was to assess the bone quality, by trabecular bone score (TBS), in …

Results Of 506 patients, 214 (42.2%) patients had early creatinine elevation and were
deemed at high risk for AKI. This group was more likely to subsequently develop the primary …