2017
Assessment of cardiovascular risk in an Italian psychiatric outpatient sample: A chart review of patients treated with second‐generation antipsychotics
Severi E, Ferrara M, Tedeschini E, Vacca F, Mungai F, Amendolara R, Baccari F, Starace F. Assessment of cardiovascular risk in an Italian psychiatric outpatient sample: A chart review of patients treated with second‐generation antipsychotics. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing 2017, 27: 1002-1008. PMID: 29197134, DOI: 10.1111/inm.12407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular risk assessmentSecond-generation antipsychoticsChart reviewMental illnessCommunity mental health servicesCommunity mental health centerPhysical healthCardiovascular risk monitoringOutpatient sampleSignificant cardiovascular burdenPrevalence of MetSClinical chart reviewMore psychotropic medicationsMental health centersSubsample of patientsLow-density lipoproteinMental health servicesMental health professionalsΓ-glutamyl transpeptidaseCardiovascular riskBlood pressureCardiovascular burdenMetabolic syndromeTotal cholesterolWaist circumference
2014
The concomitant use of second-generation antipsychotics and long-term antiretroviral therapy may be associated with increased cardiovascular risk
Ferrara M, Umlauf A, Sanders C, Meyer JM, McCutchan J, Duarte N, Atkinson J, Grant I, Ellis RJ, Group T. The concomitant use of second-generation antipsychotics and long-term antiretroviral therapy may be associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Psychiatry Research 2014, 218: 201-208. PMID: 24794030, PMCID: PMC4082695, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSecond-generation antipsychoticsBody mass indexAntiretroviral therapyCardiovascular riskMultivariable modelExact testUse of SGAsHIV Neurobehavioral Research ProgramLong-term antiretroviral therapyHigher body mass indexHigher mean triglyceridesMetabolic syndrome componentsHuman immunodeficiency virusDiabetes mellitus incidenceLogistic multivariable modelFisher's exact testMean triglyceridesMetabolic complicationsHIV diseaseSerum lipidsSyndrome componentsArterial pressureMedication combinationsMass indexImmunodeficiency virus