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THE SPARTAN SCHOOL OF INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
No full textHeterodox scholarship at Michigan State University (MSU) was influenced by the institutional economics of John R. Commons at Wisconsin. But it was far from monolithic and had many other sources and originality of its own. A case can be made that the center of institutional economics moved across Lake Michigan from Madison to East Lansing and blossomed in the second half of the 20th century with such Wisconsin Ph.D's as Raleigh Barlowe, Warren Samuels, Allan Schmid, Harry Trebing, and others. Equally important in making MSU a center of institutional economics were scholars from other institutional backgrounds such as Paul Strassmann, economic development; Robert Solo, science and technology; James Shaffer, agricultural marketing and consumer behavior; Nicholas Mercuro, law and economics; and others.Institutional and Behavioral Economics,
Enzyme replacement therapy in paediatric patients affected by Anderson-Fabry disease leads to improvement in arterial elasticity, but not normalization
No full textIntroduction: Increase in blood pressure, probably due to an impairment in arterial elasticity, is frequent in patients affected by Anderson-Fabry disease (FD). The purpose of this study was to evaluate arterial distensibility in a group of children or adolescent with FD before and after enzyme replacement therapy and compare after enzyme replacement therapy findings with those of healthy controls (C).
Material and methods: Sixteen FD patients were recruited (87.5% male; mean age at diagnosis: 13.5 ± 1.5 years; mean age at study: 15.7 ± 2.1 years; mean treatment length: 2.2 ± 0.6 years). Arterial distensibility was evaluated by means of the previously validated non-invasive QKd100-60 method, coupled with a 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM).
Results: FD subjects before therapy vs after therapy – systolic ABPM: p < 0.05; diastolic ABPM: p < 0.05; mean ABPM: p < 0.05; QKd100-60: p < 0.009. FD subjects after therapy vs C – systolic ABPM: p < 0.01; diastolic ABPM: p < 0.03; mean ABPM: p < 0.02; QKd100-60: p < 0.04.
Conclusions: Impaired arterial distensibility in paediatric FD patients implies an early vascular involvement even in these still so young subjects. Enzyme replacement therapy resulted in a significant improvement in arterial elasticity when compared with before treatment findings, but was not able to normalize it. It may explain the differences in ABPM levels
Can a chronic dental infection be considered a cause of cardiovascular disease? A review of the literature
No full textCardiovascular diseases (CVD) have a complex etiology determined by risk factors, which are in turn associated to a strong genetic component and to environmental factors. In the biological background for the development of CVD, low-grade chronic inflammation plays a role as a pathogenetic determinant of atherosclerosis. Dental infections have been associated with CVD. Periodontal disease is a chronic infection of the supporting tissues of the tooth that can lead to teeth loss. In recent years, a number of reports have demonstrated the possible relationship between periodontal disease and CVD. Apical periodontitis, on the other hand, is the late consequence of an endodontic infection, which is caused by the persistence of coronal caries and involves the root canal system of the tooth. Most of the time, it is a chronic infection. Some studies have found a correlation between a "composite status" of oral health (eg. caries, tooth loss, periodontal disease) and CVD, but only a few of them have addressed the association between apical periodontitis and CVD. This "state of the art" paper represents the first stage of an incoming study on the relationship between chronic endodontic infection and CVD
Bridging the mortality gap: A new challenge in percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with cancer
No full textMultimodality imaging diagnosis of multiple ventricular thrombosis and massive stroke after gemcitabine and cisplatin chemotherapy for Urothelial Cancer
No full textCancer and chemotherapy are known to be risk factors for developing coagulative disorders, venous thrombosis, adverse cardiovascular events, and cardiotoxicity. Combined modality gemcitabine-cisplatin chemotherapy is often administered to treat a few solid tumors. We report the unusual case of a man suffering from urothelial cancer and admitted for chemotherapy, who developed an ischemic stroke after the last chemotherapeutical cycle. During his hospital stay, at echocardiographic examination, left ventricular transient hypokinesia and two intraventricular thrombi were detected, without evidence of acute coronary syndrome. Multimodality imaging approach (i.e., transthoracic echo, transoesophageal echo, computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging) played a pivotal role for a clear diagnosis and prompt decision-making. This is the first report of an intraventricular-related arterial thromboembolic event in a patient treated with the combination gemcitabine-cisplatin
Communication and shared decision-making after stillbirth: Results of the ShaDeS study
No full textBackground: Shared decision-making (SDM) is included in guidelines for bereavement care after a stillbirth, as it can improve women’s long-term health and wellbeing. SDM within the stillbirth context is still not common, and Italy does not yet have standardised guidelines.
Aim: The ShaDeS (Shared Decision-Making in Stillbirth) study aims to investigate how Italian women with a stillbirth perceive their own centrality in decision-making processes around bereavement care and how this might impact satisfaction of care.
Methods: The ShaDeS study is a cross-sectional study based on a web survey consisted of four sections: socio- demographic information and medical history, communication of bad news and bereavement care, decisions about childbirth (SDM-Q-9, SHARED, and DCS), and decisions and communication about autopsy (CPS). Findings: 187 women answered the survey. For the 41.1% of women that did not have an emergency childbirth, the SDM-Q-9 median score was 66.6 (0–100 range), and the SHARED median score was 3.5 (1–5 range). 29.4% of participants reached the proposed cutoff of 37.5 in the DCS (0–100 range) suggesting a difficulty in reaching decisions. Satisfaction scores were lower for those with such difficulties (p < 0.0001). Of the 64.5% of women that discussed autopsy, 28.3% were involved in an SDM approach, despite this being associated with higher levels of satisfaction of care (p < 0.05).
Conclusion: An SDM approach is only moderately widespread amongst our participants, despite it being signif- icantly related to higher levels of satisfaction. Further studies should investigate the tools that both patients and healthcare professionals need for an SDM approach
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