List of works - Guido Bertolini

A comparison of very old patients admitted to intensive care unit after acute versus elective surgery or intervention

scientific article published on 02 May 2019

A failed attempt at collaboration

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

A new calibration test and a reappraisal of the calibration belt for the assessment of prediction models based on dichotomous outcomes.

scientific article published on 4 February 2014

A new test and graphical tool to assess the goodness of fit of logistic regression models.

scientific article published on 5 October 2015

Aetiology of cirrhosis of the liver has an impact on survival predicted by the Model of End-stage Liver Disease score.

scientific article published in January 2009

Aggressive versus conservative antibiotic use to prevent and treat ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: comparison of two case series.

scientific article

An integrated MELD model including serum sodium and age improves the prediction of early mortality in patients with cirrhosis.

scientific article published in August 2007

Antibiotic usage in intensive care units: a pharmaco-epidemiological multicentre study.

scientific article

Antibiotic use and impact on outcome from bacteraemic critical illness: the BActeraemia Study in Intensive Care (BASIC)

scientific article published in 2010

Antibiotic use and impact on outcome from bacteraemic critical illness: the BActeraemia Study in Intensive Care (BASIC).

scientific article published on 24 March 2010

Bayes pulmonary embolism assisted diagnosis: a new expert system for clinical use.

scientific article published on March 2007

Building a continuous multicenter infection surveillance system in the intensive care unit: findings from the initial data set of 9,493 patients from 71 Italian intensive care units

scientific article

Calibration belt for quality-of-care assessment based on dichotomous outcomes

scientific article

Cancer staging may have different meanings, but functional status too

scientific article published on 01 February 1992

Cirrhotic patients admitted to the ICU for medical reasons: Analysis of 5506 patients admitted to 286 ICUs in 8 years

article by Stefano Skurzak et al published June 2018 in Journal of Critical Care

Comments on 'Graphical assessment of internal and external calibration of logistic regression models by using loess smoothers' by Peter C. Austin and Ewout W. Steyerberg

scientific article published in July 2014

Comparison between SAPS II and SAPS 3 in predicting hospital mortality in a cohort of 103 Italian ICUs. Is new always better?

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Correction to: Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining therapy in older adults (≥ 80 years) admitted to the intensive care unit

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Cost analysis of dialysis modalities in Italy.

scientific article published in February 2001

Costs of the COPD. Differences between intensive care unit and respiratory intermediate care unit.

scientific article published on 13 January 2005

Cumulative Prognostic Score Predicting Mortality in Patients Older Than 80 Years Admitted to the ICU.

scientific article

Current adoption of lung ultrasound in Intensive Care Units: an Italian multi-center survey

scientific article

Cyclosporine formulation and Kaposi's sarcoma after renal transplantation

scientific article

Daily classification of the level of care. A method to describe clinical course of illness, use of resources and quality of intensive care assistance

article

Differential diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in outpatients with non-specific cardiopulmonary symptoms.

scientific article published on 18 November 2011

Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in severe sepsis

scientific article

Early enteral immunonutrition vs. parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients without severe sepsis: a randomized clinical trial.

scientific article

Efficacy of coupled plasma filtration adsorption (CPFA) in patients with septic shock: a multicenter randomised controlled clinical trial

scientific article published on 08 January 2014

End-of-life decision-making and quality of ICU performance: an observational study in 84 Italian units.

scientific article published on 13 May 2010

Epidemiology and outcome of acute lung injury in European intensive care units. Results from the ALIVE study

scientific article

Errors in the approval process and post-marketing evaluation of drotrecogin alfa (activated) for the treatment of severe sepsis.

scientific article

External validation of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) 3 in a cohort of 28,357 patients from 147 Italian intensive care units.

scientific article published on 14 August 2009

From national to global outcome research in the intensive care unit: A challenge to win*

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Immunonutrition in septic patients: a philosophical view of the current situation.

scientific article published on 16 October 2006

Improvement in the intestinal processes of hydroelectrolytic absorption and secretion in abdominal pathologies of surgical interest treated with SMS 201-995: Experimental protocol

scientific article published on 01 January 1999

Inappropriate Halsted mastectomy and patient volume in Italian hospitals

article

Insulin dose or glycemic control for the critically ill?

scientific article published in October 2003

Intensive care medicine in 2050: statistical tools for development of prognostic models (why clinicians should not be ignored).

scientific article

Intensive care reimbursement practices: results from the ICUFUND survey

scientific article published on 28 May 2010

Is influenza A(H1N1) pneumonia more severe than other community-acquired pneumonias? Results of the GiViTI survey of 155 Italian ICUs.

scientific article

Judging quality of current septic shock definitions and criteria

scientific article

Local clinical research and changes in local clinical practice

scientific article published in February 2003

Long-term outcome in patients with critical illness myopathy or neuropathy: the Italian multicentre CRIMYNE study.

scientific article

Monitoring the performance of intensive care units using the variable life-adjusted display: a simulation study to explore its applicability and efficiency

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Noninvasive versus invasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure in patients with hematologic malignancies: a 5-year multicenter observational survey.

scientific article

Nutrition given to critically ill patients during high level/complex care (on Italian ICUs).

scientific article published in June 2004

Outcome of children admitted to adult intensive care units in Italy between 2003 and 2007

article

Overoptimism in the interpretation of statistics: the ethical role of statistical reviewers in medical journals

scientific article published on 07 October 2014

Pain in primary care: an Italian survey.

scientific article published on 8 September 2005

Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome in the PNS Euronetwork database: a European study from 20 centers.

scientific article published in March 2010

Pediatric Risk of Mortality

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Posterior Vertebral Arch Cement Augmentation (Spinoplasty) to Prevent Fracture of Spinous Processes after Interspinous Spacer Implant

scientific article published on 22 December 2011

Predicting outcome in the intensive care unit using scoring systems: is new better? A comparison of SAPS and SAPS II in a cohort of 1,393 patients. GiViTi Investigators (Gruppo Italiano per la Valutazione degli interventi in Terapia Intensiva). Simp

scientific article published in September 1998

Quality of reporting of randomised controlled trials in the intensive care literature

article published in 2002

Response to the letter by Williams et al

Sepsis at ICU admission does not decrease 30-day survival in very old patients: a post-hoc analysis of the VIP1 multinational cohort study

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Simplified electrophysiological evaluation of peripheral nerves in critically ill patients: the Italian multi-centre CRIMYNE study

scientific article

Spectrum of paraneoplastic disease associated with lymphoma.

scientific article published in February 2011

Takayasu's arteritis: A study of 104 Italian patients.

scientific article

The Hematocrit Affects the Volume of Plasma Treated With Coupled Plasma Filtration and Adsorption With Predilution.

scientific article published in May 2017

The impact of frailty on ICU and 30-day mortality and the level of care in very elderly patients (≥ 80 years).

scientific article

The prognostic importance of chronic end-stage diseases in geriatric patients admitted to 163 Italian ICUs.

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

The relationship between labour cost per patient and the size of intensive care units: a multicentre prospective study

scientific article published on 5 November 2003

The role of Bayesian Networks in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.

scientific article

The role of lung ultrasound as a frontline diagnostic tool in the era of COVID-19 outbreak

scientific article published on 22 October 2020

The role of the intensive care unit in real-time surveillance of emerging pandemics: the Italian GiViTI experience.

scientific article

Top-down costing: problems in determining staff costs in intensive care medicine

scientific article published on 07 September 2002

Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

scientific article published on 6 November 2017

Use of Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in Italian intensive care units: the results of a nationwide survey

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Validation of the peroneal nerve test to diagnose critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy in the intensive care unit: the multicentre Italian CRIMYNE-2 diagnostic accuracy study

scientific article

Variability of treatment duration for bacteraemia in the critically ill: a multinational survey.

scientific article published on 30 September 2003

Volume of activity and occupancy rate in intensive care units. Association with mortality

scientific article published on 19 December 2003

Withdrawal of ‘Xigris’ from the market: old and new lessons

article

Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining therapy in older adults (≥ 80 years) admitted to the intensive care unit.

scientific article

[Can we still envision a new role for Italian doctors?].

scientific article

[The SIAARTI consensus document on the management of patients with end-stage chronic organ failure. From evidence-based medicine to knowledge-based medicine]

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

List of works by Guido Bertolini

A comparison of very old patients admitted to intensive care unit after acute versus elective surgery or intervention

A failed attempt at collaboration

A new calibration test and a reappraisal of the calibration belt for the assessment of prediction models based on dichotomous outcomes.

A new test and graphical tool to assess the goodness of fit of logistic regression models.

Aetiology of cirrhosis of the liver has an impact on survival predicted by the Model of End-stage Liver Disease score.

Aggressive versus conservative antibiotic use to prevent and treat ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: comparison of two case series.

An integrated MELD model including serum sodium and age improves the prediction of early mortality in patients with cirrhosis.

Antibiotic usage in intensive care units: a pharmaco-epidemiological multicentre study.

Antibiotic use and impact on outcome from bacteraemic critical illness: the BActeraemia Study in Intensive Care (BASIC)

Antibiotic use and impact on outcome from bacteraemic critical illness: the BActeraemia Study in Intensive Care (BASIC).

Bayes pulmonary embolism assisted diagnosis: a new expert system for clinical use.

Building a continuous multicenter infection surveillance system in the intensive care unit: findings from the initial data set of 9,493 patients from 71 Italian intensive care units

Calibration belt for quality-of-care assessment based on dichotomous outcomes

Cancer staging may have different meanings, but functional status too

Cirrhotic patients admitted to the ICU for medical reasons: Analysis of 5506 patients admitted to 286 ICUs in 8 years

Comments on 'Graphical assessment of internal and external calibration of logistic regression models by using loess smoothers' by Peter C. Austin and Ewout W. Steyerberg

Comparison between SAPS II and SAPS 3 in predicting hospital mortality in a cohort of 103 Italian ICUs. Is new always better?

Correction to: Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining therapy in older adults (≥ 80 years) admitted to the intensive care unit

Cost analysis of dialysis modalities in Italy.

Costs of the COPD. Differences between intensive care unit and respiratory intermediate care unit.

Cumulative Prognostic Score Predicting Mortality in Patients Older Than 80 Years Admitted to the ICU.

Current adoption of lung ultrasound in Intensive Care Units: an Italian multi-center survey

Cyclosporine formulation and Kaposi's sarcoma after renal transplantation

Daily classification of the level of care. A method to describe clinical course of illness, use of resources and quality of intensive care assistance

Differential diagnosis of pulmonary embolism in outpatients with non-specific cardiopulmonary symptoms.

Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in severe sepsis

Early enteral immunonutrition vs. parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients without severe sepsis: a randomized clinical trial.

Efficacy of coupled plasma filtration adsorption (CPFA) in patients with septic shock: a multicenter randomised controlled clinical trial

End-of-life decision-making and quality of ICU performance: an observational study in 84 Italian units.

Epidemiology and outcome of acute lung injury in European intensive care units. Results from the ALIVE study

Errors in the approval process and post-marketing evaluation of drotrecogin alfa (activated) for the treatment of severe sepsis.

External validation of the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) 3 in a cohort of 28,357 patients from 147 Italian intensive care units.

From national to global outcome research in the intensive care unit: A challenge to win*

Immunonutrition in septic patients: a philosophical view of the current situation.

Improvement in the intestinal processes of hydroelectrolytic absorption and secretion in abdominal pathologies of surgical interest treated with SMS 201-995: Experimental protocol

Inappropriate Halsted mastectomy and patient volume in Italian hospitals

Insulin dose or glycemic control for the critically ill?

Intensive care medicine in 2050: statistical tools for development of prognostic models (why clinicians should not be ignored).

Intensive care reimbursement practices: results from the ICUFUND survey

Is influenza A(H1N1) pneumonia more severe than other community-acquired pneumonias? Results of the GiViTI survey of 155 Italian ICUs.

Judging quality of current septic shock definitions and criteria

Local clinical research and changes in local clinical practice

Long-term outcome in patients with critical illness myopathy or neuropathy: the Italian multicentre CRIMYNE study.

Monitoring the performance of intensive care units using the variable life-adjusted display: a simulation study to explore its applicability and efficiency

Noninvasive versus invasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure in patients with hematologic malignancies: a 5-year multicenter observational survey.

Nutrition given to critically ill patients during high level/complex care (on Italian ICUs).

Outcome of children admitted to adult intensive care units in Italy between 2003 and 2007

Overoptimism in the interpretation of statistics: the ethical role of statistical reviewers in medical journals

Pain in primary care: an Italian survey.

Paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome in the PNS Euronetwork database: a European study from 20 centers.

Pediatric Risk of Mortality

Posterior Vertebral Arch Cement Augmentation (Spinoplasty) to Prevent Fracture of Spinous Processes after Interspinous Spacer Implant

Predicting outcome in the intensive care unit using scoring systems: is new better? A comparison of SAPS and SAPS II in a cohort of 1,393 patients. GiViTi Investigators (Gruppo Italiano per la Valutazione degli interventi in Terapia Intensiva). Simp

Quality of reporting of randomised controlled trials in the intensive care literature

Response to the letter by Williams et al

Sepsis at ICU admission does not decrease 30-day survival in very old patients: a post-hoc analysis of the VIP1 multinational cohort study

Simplified electrophysiological evaluation of peripheral nerves in critically ill patients: the Italian multi-centre CRIMYNE study

Spectrum of paraneoplastic disease associated with lymphoma.

Takayasu's arteritis: A study of 104 Italian patients.

The Hematocrit Affects the Volume of Plasma Treated With Coupled Plasma Filtration and Adsorption With Predilution.

The impact of frailty on ICU and 30-day mortality and the level of care in very elderly patients (≥ 80 years).

The prognostic importance of chronic end-stage diseases in geriatric patients admitted to 163 Italian ICUs.

The relationship between labour cost per patient and the size of intensive care units: a multicentre prospective study

The role of Bayesian Networks in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism.

The role of lung ultrasound as a frontline diagnostic tool in the era of COVID-19 outbreak

The role of the intensive care unit in real-time surveillance of emerging pandemics: the Italian GiViTI experience.

Top-down costing: problems in determining staff costs in intensive care medicine

Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

Use of Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in Italian intensive care units: the results of a nationwide survey

Validation of the peroneal nerve test to diagnose critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy in the intensive care unit: the multicentre Italian CRIMYNE-2 diagnostic accuracy study

Variability of treatment duration for bacteraemia in the critically ill: a multinational survey.

Volume of activity and occupancy rate in intensive care units. Association with mortality

Withdrawal of ‘Xigris’ from the market: old and new lessons

Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining therapy in older adults (≥ 80 years) admitted to the intensive care unit.

[Can we still envision a new role for Italian doctors?].

[The SIAARTI consensus document on the management of patients with end-stage chronic organ failure. From evidence-based medicine to knowledge-based medicine]