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Papers by C. Melloni
Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E., 2001
Minerva anestesiologica, 1995
Pipecuronium effective doses 50,90,95 (ED50, ED90, ED95) have been obtained with the cumulative d... more Pipecuronium effective doses 50,90,95 (ED50, ED90, ED95) have been obtained with the cumulative dosage method studying the influences of two different anesthetic techniques (TIVA vs isoflurane), of the patients age, of two different monitoring techniques, force transduction vs accelerometry, both evaluated by T1/TC ratio, ratio between Ist muscular response following the muscle relaxant and the values obtained before its injection, and TOFR, ratio between 4th and Ist response of every train. 33 patients, 55 years average age, 66 kgs average weight, ASA 1&2, scheduled for elective operations were anesthetized with propofol-fentanyl-N2O; tracheas were intubate under topical analgesia; maintenance of anesthesia included propofol and fentanyl or isoflurane 1 MAC. Neuromuscular monitoring included the simultaneous measurement of force of thumb adduction (FT 10 Grass) and its acceleration (Tofguard); neuromuscular blockade was evaluated by T1/TC and TOFR. Pipecuronium was administered in ...
Minerva anestesiologica, 1992
The Journal of cardiovascular surgery, 2005
The PTFE prosthesis represents an alternative to the autologous saphenous vein in femoro-tibial r... more The PTFE prosthesis represents an alternative to the autologous saphenous vein in femoro-tibial revascularization for limb salvage in the absence of venous material in the patient. The aim of our study is to confirm the validity of PTFE revascularization and determine the best distal anastomosis in terms of patency using 3 different techniques. We carried out a retrospective analysis, evaluating patients who underwent PTFE femoro-tibial revascularization for critical ischemia. Between January 1998 and June 2002 we performed 46 femoro-tibial revascularizations at the Vascular Surgery Division of the Poliambulanza Hospital in Brescia using a PTFE prosthesis, from a total of 192 infrainguinal revascularizations (24%). All patients presented a critical ischemia, with trophic lesions or gangrene in 76% of the cases (35/46) and who were previously treated unsuccessfully with medical therapy. Seventeen cases (36%) were a redo bypass due to previously failed revascularization. In all cases ...
Epidemiologia e prevenzione
A good level of knowledge about hypertension can improve patients' compliance to treatment so... more A good level of knowledge about hypertension can improve patients' compliance to treatment so achieve better therapeutic results. The aim of our study was to evaluate the degree of knowledge about their disease in hypertensives followed in a hospital out-patient unit; and whether an informative booklet could increase this awareness. The patients were presented a questionnaire on the following items: 1. their interest in health news as presented by the mass-media and their judgement on physicians' willingness to provide information about hypertension; 2. the health hazards of being hypertensive; 3. the importance of a family history of hypertension; 4. life style and blood pressure; 5. the reasons for treating hypertension and the length of treatment. Upon completion of the questionnaire, the patients were handed out a booklet in which these same topics were analyzed. At the next follow-up visit, they were invited to answer a set of questions quite similar to the first ones, ...
The Journal of cardiovascular surgery, 2000
The authors report a case of acute superior mesenteric and right renal artery embolism that occur... more The authors report a case of acute superior mesenteric and right renal artery embolism that occurred during an interventional radiological procedure on the abdominal aorta of a young diabetic woman. The onset of a severe abdominal pain during the procedure evoked the clinical suspicion of intestinal ischemia related to the dislodgement of atheroembolic material into the mesenteric artery; the event was correctly diagnosed, but the surgical therapy was delayed by many hours because of the fact that the patient was in a peripheral hospital of the region and had to be transferred to our institution. Fortunately in spite of the considerable delay, the operation was fully successful, probably because of the favourable location of the embolus, which allowed collateral splanchnic circulation to maintain a good metabolic balance.
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Minerva anestesiologica, 1994
Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E., 2002
Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E., 2002
Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E., 1997
European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care, Jan 30, 2015
We aimed to study the relationship of chronic kidney disease stages with long-term ischemic and b... more We aimed to study the relationship of chronic kidney disease stages with long-term ischemic and bleeding outcomes in medically managed acute coronary syndrome patients and the influence of more potent antiplatelet therapies on platelet reactivity by chronic kidney disease stage. We estimated creatinine clearance for 8953 medically managed acute coronary syndrome patients enrolled in the Targeted Platelet Inhibition to Clarify the Optimal Strategy to Medically Manage Acute Coronary Syndromes trial. Patients were classified by chronic kidney disease stage: normal renal function/mild (creatinine clearance >60 mL/min); moderate (creatinine clearance 30-60 mL/min); severe (creatinine clearance <30 mL/min). Kaplan-Meier event rates through 30 months were evaluated for ischemic (cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction or stroke; primary end point) and bleeding (Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries and Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction bleeding) outcomes...
Haematologica, 2001
1. Haematologica. 2001 Nov;86(11 Suppl 2):54-7. Heparins: their established role in acute coronar... more 1. Haematologica. 2001 Nov;86(11 Suppl 2):54-7. Heparins: their established role in acute coronary syndromes and perspectives in atrial fibrillation. Melandri G, Nanni S, Tricoci P, Melloni C, Semprini F, Fallani F, Bracchetti G, Branzi A. ...
Minerva anestesiologica, 2000
to compare AG versus MAC using propofol & remifentanil in a day surgery setting evaluating intra ... more to compare AG versus MAC using propofol & remifentanil in a day surgery setting evaluating intra and postoperative clinical conditions and emergence times. Propofol and remifentanil, either for general anesthesia (AG) then conscious sedation (MAC), have been administered to 218 patients undergoing mainly plastic or proctologic surgery as day hospital. AG was induced with propofol 1.5-2 mg/kg followed by a continuous infusion of 10 mg/kg/h and remifentanil infused at 10 micrograms/kg/h; MAC was started with propofol 3 mg/kg/h and remifentanil 4-5 micrograms/kg/h; during the maintenance phase of both AG and MAC, infusion rates of both drugs were adjusted according to clinical needs. Diazepam (0.05-0.06 mg/kg) and/or midazolam (2-3 mg) were given as premedication or coinduction as necessary. All patients received field infiltration with local anesthetics (lidocaine or mepivacaine); patients under GA were artificially ventilated with O2/air through IOT or LMA. Surgical and anesthesiolog...
Minerva anestesiologica, 2000
The aim of the study was to investigate whether or not sevoflurane at different concentrations in... more The aim of the study was to investigate whether or not sevoflurane at different concentrations influenced the ED(effective dose) 50, 90 and 95 of cisatracurium and whether there is any relationship with age. Individual dose response curves for cisatracurium were constructed in 80 consecutive patients randomly assigned to four groups: group 1 TIVA with fentanyl and propofol; group 2, 3 and 4 sevoflurane 1, 1.5, 2 MAC respectively, MAC age adjusted and with N2O 65%. Patients were premedicated with diazepam and induction accomplished with fentanyl (1.5-2 micrograms/kg) and propofol (1.5-2 mg/kg); following intubation with succinylcholine (0.4 mg/kg), TIVA or sevoflurane at the desired MAC was maintained until equilibration occurred and then cisatracurium administered in 8-10 micrograms/kg boluses until the attainment of ED95. Neuromuscular monitoring utilized TOF stimulation and ratio evaluation between Ist twitch of the train and basal twitch (T1/Tc) and continuous recording of accele...
Minerva anestesiologica, 1999
Diprifusor TCI is a newly developed target-controlled system for the infusion of propofol. Purpos... more Diprifusor TCI is a newly developed target-controlled system for the infusion of propofol. Purpose of this study is to evaluate the acceptability, efficacy and safety of Diprifusor TCI in comparison with the manually controlled technique. This multicentre, randomised, parallel group study was carried out in 160 patients undergoing surgical procedures of 10 min to 4 h duration in 8 centres. In each centre 20 male or female patients, aged > or = 18 years, ASA I-III were randomised to treatment with either Diprifusor TCI (TCI group--80 patients) or manually controlled infusion (MI group--80 patients). Assessments included hemodynamics; adverse events, including accidents, actual or possible; recovery times; anesthetist ratings of quality of induction and maintenance, and of ease of control and use of technique. Ratings were summed up in a global quality score (study end-point). Induction doses were significantly lower (median values 1.4 vs 1.9 mg/kg) and maintenance infusion rate si...
Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E., 2001
Minerva anestesiologica, 1995
Pipecuronium effective doses 50,90,95 (ED50, ED90, ED95) have been obtained with the cumulative d... more Pipecuronium effective doses 50,90,95 (ED50, ED90, ED95) have been obtained with the cumulative dosage method studying the influences of two different anesthetic techniques (TIVA vs isoflurane), of the patients age, of two different monitoring techniques, force transduction vs accelerometry, both evaluated by T1/TC ratio, ratio between Ist muscular response following the muscle relaxant and the values obtained before its injection, and TOFR, ratio between 4th and Ist response of every train. 33 patients, 55 years average age, 66 kgs average weight, ASA 1&2, scheduled for elective operations were anesthetized with propofol-fentanyl-N2O; tracheas were intubate under topical analgesia; maintenance of anesthesia included propofol and fentanyl or isoflurane 1 MAC. Neuromuscular monitoring included the simultaneous measurement of force of thumb adduction (FT 10 Grass) and its acceleration (Tofguard); neuromuscular blockade was evaluated by T1/TC and TOFR. Pipecuronium was administered in ...
Minerva anestesiologica, 1992
The Journal of cardiovascular surgery, 2005
The PTFE prosthesis represents an alternative to the autologous saphenous vein in femoro-tibial r... more The PTFE prosthesis represents an alternative to the autologous saphenous vein in femoro-tibial revascularization for limb salvage in the absence of venous material in the patient. The aim of our study is to confirm the validity of PTFE revascularization and determine the best distal anastomosis in terms of patency using 3 different techniques. We carried out a retrospective analysis, evaluating patients who underwent PTFE femoro-tibial revascularization for critical ischemia. Between January 1998 and June 2002 we performed 46 femoro-tibial revascularizations at the Vascular Surgery Division of the Poliambulanza Hospital in Brescia using a PTFE prosthesis, from a total of 192 infrainguinal revascularizations (24%). All patients presented a critical ischemia, with trophic lesions or gangrene in 76% of the cases (35/46) and who were previously treated unsuccessfully with medical therapy. Seventeen cases (36%) were a redo bypass due to previously failed revascularization. In all cases ...
Epidemiologia e prevenzione
A good level of knowledge about hypertension can improve patients' compliance to treatment so... more A good level of knowledge about hypertension can improve patients' compliance to treatment so achieve better therapeutic results. The aim of our study was to evaluate the degree of knowledge about their disease in hypertensives followed in a hospital out-patient unit; and whether an informative booklet could increase this awareness. The patients were presented a questionnaire on the following items: 1. their interest in health news as presented by the mass-media and their judgement on physicians' willingness to provide information about hypertension; 2. the health hazards of being hypertensive; 3. the importance of a family history of hypertension; 4. life style and blood pressure; 5. the reasons for treating hypertension and the length of treatment. Upon completion of the questionnaire, the patients were handed out a booklet in which these same topics were analyzed. At the next follow-up visit, they were invited to answer a set of questions quite similar to the first ones, ...
The Journal of cardiovascular surgery, 2000
The authors report a case of acute superior mesenteric and right renal artery embolism that occur... more The authors report a case of acute superior mesenteric and right renal artery embolism that occurred during an interventional radiological procedure on the abdominal aorta of a young diabetic woman. The onset of a severe abdominal pain during the procedure evoked the clinical suspicion of intestinal ischemia related to the dislodgement of atheroembolic material into the mesenteric artery; the event was correctly diagnosed, but the surgical therapy was delayed by many hours because of the fact that the patient was in a peripheral hospital of the region and had to be transferred to our institution. Fortunately in spite of the considerable delay, the operation was fully successful, probably because of the favourable location of the embolus, which allowed collateral splanchnic circulation to maintain a good metabolic balance.
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Minerva anestesiologica, 1994
Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E., 2002
Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E., 2002
Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E., 1997
European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care, Jan 30, 2015
We aimed to study the relationship of chronic kidney disease stages with long-term ischemic and b... more We aimed to study the relationship of chronic kidney disease stages with long-term ischemic and bleeding outcomes in medically managed acute coronary syndrome patients and the influence of more potent antiplatelet therapies on platelet reactivity by chronic kidney disease stage. We estimated creatinine clearance for 8953 medically managed acute coronary syndrome patients enrolled in the Targeted Platelet Inhibition to Clarify the Optimal Strategy to Medically Manage Acute Coronary Syndromes trial. Patients were classified by chronic kidney disease stage: normal renal function/mild (creatinine clearance >60 mL/min); moderate (creatinine clearance 30-60 mL/min); severe (creatinine clearance <30 mL/min). Kaplan-Meier event rates through 30 months were evaluated for ischemic (cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction or stroke; primary end point) and bleeding (Global Use of Strategies to Open Occluded Coronary Arteries and Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction bleeding) outcomes...
Haematologica, 2001
1. Haematologica. 2001 Nov;86(11 Suppl 2):54-7. Heparins: their established role in acute coronar... more 1. Haematologica. 2001 Nov;86(11 Suppl 2):54-7. Heparins: their established role in acute coronary syndromes and perspectives in atrial fibrillation. Melandri G, Nanni S, Tricoci P, Melloni C, Semprini F, Fallani F, Bracchetti G, Branzi A. ...
Minerva anestesiologica, 2000
to compare AG versus MAC using propofol & remifentanil in a day surgery setting evaluating intra ... more to compare AG versus MAC using propofol & remifentanil in a day surgery setting evaluating intra and postoperative clinical conditions and emergence times. Propofol and remifentanil, either for general anesthesia (AG) then conscious sedation (MAC), have been administered to 218 patients undergoing mainly plastic or proctologic surgery as day hospital. AG was induced with propofol 1.5-2 mg/kg followed by a continuous infusion of 10 mg/kg/h and remifentanil infused at 10 micrograms/kg/h; MAC was started with propofol 3 mg/kg/h and remifentanil 4-5 micrograms/kg/h; during the maintenance phase of both AG and MAC, infusion rates of both drugs were adjusted according to clinical needs. Diazepam (0.05-0.06 mg/kg) and/or midazolam (2-3 mg) were given as premedication or coinduction as necessary. All patients received field infiltration with local anesthetics (lidocaine or mepivacaine); patients under GA were artificially ventilated with O2/air through IOT or LMA. Surgical and anesthesiolog...
Minerva anestesiologica, 2000
The aim of the study was to investigate whether or not sevoflurane at different concentrations in... more The aim of the study was to investigate whether or not sevoflurane at different concentrations influenced the ED(effective dose) 50, 90 and 95 of cisatracurium and whether there is any relationship with age. Individual dose response curves for cisatracurium were constructed in 80 consecutive patients randomly assigned to four groups: group 1 TIVA with fentanyl and propofol; group 2, 3 and 4 sevoflurane 1, 1.5, 2 MAC respectively, MAC age adjusted and with N2O 65%. Patients were premedicated with diazepam and induction accomplished with fentanyl (1.5-2 micrograms/kg) and propofol (1.5-2 mg/kg); following intubation with succinylcholine (0.4 mg/kg), TIVA or sevoflurane at the desired MAC was maintained until equilibration occurred and then cisatracurium administered in 8-10 micrograms/kg boluses until the attainment of ED95. Neuromuscular monitoring utilized TOF stimulation and ratio evaluation between Ist twitch of the train and basal twitch (T1/Tc) and continuous recording of accele...
Minerva anestesiologica, 1999
Diprifusor TCI is a newly developed target-controlled system for the infusion of propofol. Purpos... more Diprifusor TCI is a newly developed target-controlled system for the infusion of propofol. Purpose of this study is to evaluate the acceptability, efficacy and safety of Diprifusor TCI in comparison with the manually controlled technique. This multicentre, randomised, parallel group study was carried out in 160 patients undergoing surgical procedures of 10 min to 4 h duration in 8 centres. In each centre 20 male or female patients, aged > or = 18 years, ASA I-III were randomised to treatment with either Diprifusor TCI (TCI group--80 patients) or manually controlled infusion (MI group--80 patients). Assessments included hemodynamics; adverse events, including accidents, actual or possible; recovery times; anesthetist ratings of quality of induction and maintenance, and of ease of control and use of technique. Ratings were summed up in a global quality score (study end-point). Induction doses were significantly lower (median values 1.4 vs 1.9 mg/kg) and maintenance infusion rate si...