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41 in Group B); 9 home-treated vascular events (4 in Group A and five in Group B); and 16 cardiovascular deaths (9 and 7, respectively). The adherence to the guidelines at the end of the trial resulted as significantly improved in both the groups in comparison with the basal evaluation, without differences between the two groups. CONCLUSION A strict follow-up of CHF patients was associated with a lower number of events and an improvement in the adherence to the guidelines. Periodic echocardiography does not modify these results.BACKGROUND Heart failure is characterized by a tissue damage that progressively leads to mechanical cardiac dysfunction and remodeling. A recent investigation showed that α-1 antitripsin, an antiprotease, able to inhibit metalloproteinases, provides prognostic information about heart failure and mortality postacute myocardial infarction. Therefore, we conducted a study to establish if α-1 antitrypsin (AAT) could be considered a marker of severity of heart failure. METHODS A total of 182 heart failure patients (Group 1) were enrolled and AAT values were compared with controls (Group 2). RESULTS In Group 1 a significant increment of AAT levels respect to Group 2 was observed (P  less then  0.0001). Moreover, in patients enrolled a progressive elevation of AAT levels across New York Heart Association classes (P  less then  0.0001) was found. Patients with α-1 antitripsin levels above median value showed lower hemoglobin concentration, higher circulating levels of C-reactive protein, hs-troponin T and B-type natriuretic peptide prohormone. Group 1 AAT levels resulted highly positively associated to B-type natriuretic peptide prohormone, C-reactive protein levels, while negatively associated to left ventricular ejection fraction%. However, at multivariate logistic analysis, only C-reactive protein was confirmed in a subgroup of postischemic heart failure patients. CONCLUSION Adding AAT levels to the panel of heart failure biomarkers allow a better stratification of patients with heart failure. In recent years, the increasing number of patients with a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) has required different approaches in terms of the device's control and surveillance. It is increasingly difficult to keep the traditional in-office protocol device's control we must think of a different organization dedicated to the activity of remote control and monitoring (RC/RM) of devices and patients.A CIED team structured with nurses, technicians and physicians should be organized inside the hospital, with the aim of CIED patients' managing and of creating a network between the various departments.Small hospitals may not be able to manage independently the CIEDs RC/RM and it is possible to hypothesize the creation of a collaborative network between neighbouring structures.This activity must combine the use of technology with the ability to take care of patients and to maintain adequate and meaningful relationships.BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Increasing activity has been shown to improve outcomes in patients receiving post-acute rehabilitation, but little is known about the activity duration and intensity that are actually occurring throughout the rehabilitative stay for older adults in skilled nursing facilities. The purpose of this study was to quantify duration and intensity of movement in older adults receiving rehabilitation in a skilled nursing facility, using 4-limb actigraphy. METHODS Observational study of 92 older adults admitted for rehabilitation services at 2 skilled nursing facilities. All participants wore actigraph accelerometers (wGT3X+) on bilateral wrists and ankles for 24 hours, inclusive of 1 session each of physical and occupational therapy. Using actigraphy data, we calculated (a) movement duration (time the dominant or noninvolved upper or lower limb was active) and (b) movement intensity (sum of activity counts per minute for the dominant or noninvolved upper or lower limb). RESULTS Over the 24-hour period, the lower limb moved a total median [interquartile range] of 0110 (hoursminutes) [0101] and the upper limb moved a total average (SD) of 0445 (0200). When participants did move, it was at low intensities with 61 [87] and 610 [623] activity counts per minute for lower limb out-of-therapy time and during physical therapy, respectively. For the upper limb, activity counts per minute were 689 (388) for out-of-therapy movement and 1359 (695) during physical therapy. However, neither the lower or upper limb reached a moderate-intensity level (2690-6166 counts per minute). DISCUSSION Older adults receiving rehabilitation in 2 skilled nursing facilities had low movement duration and movement intensity both in and out of therapy. CONCLUSION Rehabilitation interventions for older adults should target and increase movement duration and intensity, during and after skilled nursing facility care.PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this brief review is to gain an understanding on the multiple roles that lipids exert on the brain, and to highlight new ideas in the impact of lipid homeostasis in the regulation of synaptic transmission. RECENT FINDINGS Recent data underline the crucial function of lipid homeostasis in maintaining neuronal function and synaptic plasticity. Moreover, new advances in analytical approaches to study lipid classes and species is opening a new door to understand and monitor how alterations in lipid pathways could shed new light into the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration. SUMMARY Lipids are one of the most essential elements of the brain. However, our understanding of the role of lipids within the central nervous system is still largely unknown. Identifying the molecular mechanism (s) by which lipids can regulate neuronal transmission represents the next frontier in neuroscience, and a new challenge in our understanding of the brain and the mechanism(s) behind neurological disorders.PURPOSE OF REVIEW Recommendations for intakes of n - 3 fatty acids (FAs) in patients who are receiving chemotherapy for cancer are based on weak evidence. This review highlights themes within the emergent literature to suggest improvements in the design of studies that provide n - 3 FA supplements concurrent with cytotoxic agents. RECENT FINDINGS Following earlier research in animal models and human pilot studies, recent human studies have evaluated the effect of providing n - 3 FAs during delivery of single agent and multiagent chemotherapy regimens for breast and gastro-intestinal cancers. Regimens were based on platinum compounds, fluoropyrimidines or both, and a variety of additional agents. Rhapontigenin Tumor location and stage, supplement dose and duration, and endpoints were dissimilar across studies. Overall, the recent research continues to support the safety and tolerability of n - 3 FA supplementation with chemotherapy and provides additional evidence, albeit weak, for enhanced tumor response, maintenance of weight and muscle, and reduction in inflammation and toxicities in the host across multiple cancer sites and chemotherapy regimens.
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