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Objective
Surgery is a stressor that can be categorized by duration and severity and induces a systemic stress response that includes increased adrenal cortisol production. However, the precise impact of surgical stress on the cortisol response remains to be defined.
Design
We performed a systematic review and meta‐analysis to assess the cortisol stress response induced by surgery and to stratify...
Successful treatment of Cushing syndrome causes transient or permanent adrenal insufficiency deriving from endogenous hypercortisolism-induced hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal–axis suppression. We analyzed pre-treatment factors potentially affecting the duration of adrenal insufficiency. We conducted a retrospective analysis on patients successfully treated for Cushing disease (15 patients) who underwent...
The purpose of this study is to develop a new cancer risk score for preoperative assessment of thyroid nodules (TN) trying to reduce unnecessary thyroidectomies. On the basis of a recent meta-analysis of published literature, we assigned a matching value to the clinical (C) and ultrasonographic (U) features of TN with increased malignancy risk (MR). The created “CUT” score derived from “C+U” score,...
Background Pheochromocytoma and reninoma represent two rare diseases causing hypertension. We here reported a rare case of association between type 2 multiple endocrine neoplasia related bilateral pheochromocytoma and reninoma. Moreover, polymorphism of ACE gene, which is known to be related to an increase of cardiovascular risk, has been found in the same patient. Case presentation A 24 year old...
In modern racing games programming non-player characters with believable and sophisticated behaviors is getting increasingly challenging. Recently, several works in the literature suggested that computational intelligence can provide effective solutions to support the development process of NPCs. In this paper, we applied the Behavior Analysis and Training (BAT) methodology to define a behavior-based...
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