Guido Bertolini

Istituto Mario Negri, Villa Camozzi, Lab.Clinical Epidemiology
Via Camozzi, 3
24020 Ranica (Bergamo)
Italy
Tel : ++39 035 511111
Fax: ++39 035 514503

websites: www.marionegri.it http://villacamozzi.marionegri.it

Dr. Guido Bertolini was born in 1964. He is the head of the Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology at the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Ranica (Bergamo) Italy, and coordinates the GiViTI group (Italian group for the evaluation of interventions in intensive care medicine). He is contract professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Bergamo, Italy.

The Mario Negri Institute has established in 1992 a Clinical Research Centre for Rare Diseases in Ranica (Bergamo). The centre is a non-profit foundation and receives grants from different sources. The foundation is organised as a facility for different services including clinical research for Rare Diseases, Information Centre for Rare Diseases, and European Centre for Rare Diseases.

Scientific team:
Dr. Davide Lucani, MD; Dr. Carlotta Rossi, statistician, Dr. Silvio Cavuto, statistician,
Dr. Giovanna Santamaria, statistician, Mrs. Marta Cattaneo, secretariat

Areas of interest
The general aim of the activities of the Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology is to help physicians in using the available knowledge and resources at their best, and to play a role in the progress of knowledge useful for clinical practice. The Laboratory operates in the fields of intensive care medicine and rare diseases including paraneoplastic neurological disorders.

Selected publications:

1) Bertolini G, Rossi C, Brazzi L, Radrizzani D, Rossi G, Arrighi E Simini B. The relationship between labour cost per patient and the size of intensive care units: a multicentre prospective study. Intensive Care Med 2003; 29: 2307-2311.

2) Galli M, Luciani D, Bertolini G, Barbui T. Lupus anticoagulants are stronger risk factors for thrombosis than anticardiolipin antibodies in the antiphospholipid syndrome: a systematic review of the literature. Blood 2003;101:1827-1832.

3) Simini B, Bertolini G. Should same anaethesist do preoperative anaesthetic visit and give subsequent anaeshetic? Questionnaire survey of anaesthetists. BMJ 2003; 327: 79-80.

4) Bertolini G, Iapichino G, Radrizzani D, Facchini R, Simini B, Bruzzone P, Zanforlin G, Tognoni G. Early enteral immunonutrition in patients with severe sepsis. Results of an interim analysis of a randomized multicentre clinical trial. Intensive Care Med 2003; 29: 834-840.

5) Brun-Buisson C, Minelli C, Bertolini G, Brazzi L, Pimentel J, Lewandowski K, Bion J, Romand JA, Villar J, Thorsteinsson A, Damas P, Armaganidis A, Lemaire F. Epidemiology and outcome of acute lung injury in European intensive care units. Results from the ALIVE study. Intensive Care Med 2004; 30:51-61.