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Ciccacci F, De Santo C, Mosconi C, Orlando S, Carestia M, Guarente L, Liotta G, Palombi L, Emberti Gialloreti L. Not only COVID-19: a systematic review of anti-COVID-19 measures and their effect on healthcare-associated infections. J Hosp Infect 2024; 147:133-145. [PMID: 38423132 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2024.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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BACKGROUND Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) burden healthcare globally. Amid the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, intensified infection control measures, such as mask usage and hand hygiene, were implemented. AIM To assess the efficacy of these measures in preventing HAIs among hospitalized patients. METHODS Using the PICO framework (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome), the study focused on hospitalized patients and the effectiveness of anti-COVID-19 measures in preventing HAIs. A systematic review of literature published in 2020-2022 was conducted, examining interventions such as mask usage, hand hygiene, and environmental cleaning. FINDINGS This systematic review analysed 42 studies: two in 2020, 21 in 2021, and 19 in 2022. Most studies were from high-income countries (28). Most studies (30 out of 42) reported a reduction in HAIs after implementing anti-COVID-19 measures. Gastrointestinal infections and respiratory tract infections showed significant reduction, unlike bloodstream infections and urinary tract infections. Some wards, like cardiology and neurology, experienced reduced HAIs, unlike intensive care units and coronary care units. There was an increase in studies reporting no effect of hygiene measures on HAIs in 2022, eventually indicating a shift in effectiveness over time. CONCLUSION Anti-COVID-19 measures have shown selective efficacy in preventing HAIs. The study emphasizes the need for context-specific strategies and increased focus on regions with limited resources. Continued research is essential to refine infection control practices, especially in high-risk settings.
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- F Ciccacci
- Departmental Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Saint Camillus International University of Health and Medical Sciences, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Catholic University Our Lady of Good Counsel, Tirana, Albania
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Palombi L, Morelli M, Bruzzese D, Martinelli F, Quarto G, Bianchi PG. Endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) for vein insufficiency: two-year results of a multicenter experience with 1940-nm laser diode and a novel optical fiber. Lasers Med Sci 2024; 39:61. [PMID: 38358591 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-024-04000-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Thermoablative techniques currently represent, in accordance with international guidelines, the most used methods in the treatment of varicose veins. From some years, lasers with a wavelength greater than 1900 nm have been introduced for EndoVenous Laser Ablation (EVLA) treatment. However, currently, few clinical studies regarding this new technology are reported in the medical literature. The aim of this study is to evaluate outcomes at a 2-year follow-up (mid-term) of EVLA of varicose veins of the lower limbs using a 1940-nm laser and a new cylindric monoring fiber. This clinical trial was conducted as a multicenter, retrospective, non-randomized, non-blind clinical study. Ninety-three patients were enrolled for a total of one hundred consecutive procedures performed in the period between January 2021 and May 2021 in two Italian facilities. The primary efficacy endpoint was the occlusion rate of the treated vein immediately after surgery and at the follow-up (24 months). The secondary efficacy endpoint was the evaluation of the parameters of energy delivered during the procedure (power and linear energy density or LEED). The primary safety endpoints were the incidence of pain (1 day and 7 days after surgery) and the rate of intraoperative and postoperative complications. The precepted pain was evaluated with the visual analog scale (VAS). The secondary safety endpoint was the evaluation of the improvement of the patient's symptoms related to venous disease. This evaluation was conducted by recording the changes in clinical, etiologic, anatomic, and pathophysiologic (CEAP) classification. All procedures were carried out regularly on an outpatient basis, and no intraoperative complications occurred. The occlusion rate of the target veins was 100% at 7- and 30-day controls. At follow-up controls, performed at 6 months, 1 and 2 years carried out showed an occlusion rate respectively of 99% (97 to 100), 96.9% (93.6 to 100), and 95.9% (92.1 to 99.9). The secondary efficacy endpoint was the evaluation of the parameters of energy delivered during the procedure (power watt and linear energy density): As regards the power parameters, we report an average of watts of 4.5 ± 0.8 [2.5 to 6] and linear energy density delivered (LEED) of 41.2 ± 8.6 [(21.1 to 66.7)]. The pain reported (with VAS scale) on 1 day of the procedure was 2 [1; 3] and 1 [0 to 4] at 7 days. All patients showed improved symptoms related to venous disease, with reduction of the individual CEAP class to which they belong. This study demonstrates that EndoVascular Laser Ablation (EVLA) treatment of varicose veins with a wavelength > 1900 nm is safe and effective. The overall occlusion rate was high. The reported results suggest that using lower parameters, such as output power (watts) and LEED (linear energy density), do not reduce the success rate of the treatment when used over 35 J/cm.
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- Luca Palombi
- Fondazione Villa Salus, Ospedale Villa Salus, Venezia Mestre (VE), Servizio di Flebochirurgia Avanzata, Venice, Italy.
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- Unione Sanitaria Internazionale, Villa del Lido Medical House, Rome, Italy
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- Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Fondazione Villa Salus, Ospedale Villa Salus, Venezia Mestre (VE), Servizio di Flebochirurgia Avanzata, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Fondazione Villa Salus, Ospedale Villa Salus, Venezia Mestre (VE), Servizio di Flebochirurgia Avanzata, Venice, Italy
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Palombi L, Morelli M, Bruzzese D, Quarto G. Third generation of laser (>1900) for endovenous thermoablation (EVLA) of varicose veins: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Phlebology 2024:2683555241227017. [PMID: 38199976 DOI: 10.1177/02683555241227017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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OBJECTIVES Third generation lasers with longer wavelengths (>1900 nm) have been introduced, in recent years, for the treatment of varicose veins. The possible advantage of the new generation lasers is that they allow complete damage to the vein wall using a lower Power in Watts (W: J/sec) and a lower linear energy density (LEED: J/cm). The aim of this work is to evaluate the results present in the literature regarding efficacy and safeness of the new generation lasers for the treatment of varicose veins. METHODS Published articles were searched on PubMed database and on Cochrane Library, entering the keywords "1940 nm or 1920 nm laser AND varicose veins laser thermoablation (EVLA)." The primary endpoint of the study was to value rate of occlusion and adverse events at the short term follow-up. The search yielded a total of 14 studies. In the end, only six studies were judge eligibility. RESULTS The studies were heterogenous in their documentation, EVLA, duplex ultrasound protocol and result reporting. A total of 540 limbs of 377 patients were treated with endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) with laser 1920-1940 nm. The treated veins had a mean diameter of 0.74 ± 0.17 cm and a mean length of 27.87 ± 20.63 cm. The pooled estimates of immediate occlusion rate was of 99.8% (95% CI: 97.9% to 100.0) with high heterogeneity (I2 = 60%; 95% PI: 89.7% to 100%), while at short-term follow-up was of 98.2% (95% CI: 94.0% to 100.0%) with higher heterogeneity (I2:79%; 95% PI: 77.1% to 100.0%). EHIT occurred in 7 cases (pooled estimate: 0.7%). The other adverse events rate reported were 1% of hyperpigmentation, 2.8% of neurological complications, 0.6% thrombophlebitis and 1.9% of bruising/hematoma. The pooled mean estimates of LEED was equal to 38.2 J/cm (95% CI: 26.3 to 50.1 J/cm) although with a very large heterogeneity (I2 = 100%). CONCLUSIONS The overall success rate of EVLA was high. The analysis of these studies suggests that using lower parameters (Power and linear administered energy) may have no effect on the treatment success rate. Short-term results demonstrate comparable occlusion rates respect the second-generation lasers. Instead, data suggest a low complication rates. Short-term results demonstrate comparable complications rates respect the second-generation lasers (1300-1470 nm). Randomized studies with longer follow-up are required to evaluate the EVLA 1900 nm procedure further.
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- Luca Palombi
- Advanced Surgical Phlebology Service, Villa Salus Hospital, Villa Salus Foundation, Mestre, Italy
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- Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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D’Isa F, Davis S, Fassina A, Giudicotti L, Manfredi M, Montagnani G, Nigro A, Palombi L, Ricciarini S, Tojo H, Verrecchia M, Pasqualotto R. Design and characterization of the polychromators for JT-60SA Thomson scattering systems. Fusion Engineering and Design 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2023.113591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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Visconti VV, Gasperini B, Greggi C, Battistini B, Messina A, Renzi M, Bakhtafrouz K, Iundusi R, Botta A, Palombi L, Tarantino U. Plasma heavy metal levels correlate with deregulated gene expression of detoxifying enzymes in osteoporotic patients. Sci Rep 2023; 13:10641. [PMID: 37391467 PMCID: PMC10313696 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37410-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023] Open
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Heavy metal levels appear to be associated with low bone mineral density (BMD) and the consequent osteoporosis risk, but the relationship with the disease has not been clearly defined. The altered expression pattern of numerous genes, including detoxifying genes, seems to play a pivotal role in this context, leading to increased susceptibility to several diseases, including osteoporosis. The purpose of this study is to analyse circulating heavy metals levels and the expression of detoxifying genes in osteoporotic patients (OPs, n = 31), compared with healthy subjects (CTRs, n = 32). Heavy metals concentration in plasma samples was determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), and the subsequent expression analysis of NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1 (NQO1), Catalase (CAT), and Metallothionein 1E (MT1E) genes in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) was assessed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Copper (Cu), mercury (Hg), molybdenum (Mo) and lead (Pb) were found to be significantly higher in the plasma of OPs compared to CTRs. Analysis of the expression levels of detoxifying genes showed a significant decrease in CAT and MT1E in OP group. In addition, Cu correlated positively with the expression levels of both CAT and MT1E in CTRs group and MT1E in OPs. This study shows an increased circulating concentration of certain metals combined with an altered expression pattern of detoxifying genes in OPs, highlighting a novel aspect to be investigated in order to better characterize the role of metals in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis.
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- V V Visconti
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "Policlinico Tor Vergata" Foundation, Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "Policlinico Tor Vergata" Foundation, Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "Policlinico Tor Vergata" Foundation, Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
- University "Nostra Signora del Buon Consiglio", Tirana, Albania
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, "Policlinico Tor Vergata" Foundation, Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, Italy
- University "Nostra Signora del Buon Consiglio", Tirana, Albania
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Caredda E, Pedini G, D'Amico F, Scioli MG, Pacini L, Orsaria P, Vanni G, Buonomo OC, Orlandi A, Bagni C, Palombi L. FMRP expression in primary breast tumor cells correlates with recurrence and specific site of metastasis. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0287062. [PMID: 37379311 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0287062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide. Molecular and clinical evidence indicated that Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1 (FMRP) plays a role in different types of cancer, including breast cancer. FMRP is an RNA binding protein that regulates the metabolism of a large group of mRNAs coding for proteins involved in both neural processes and in epithelial-mesenchymal transition, a pivotal mechanism that in cancer is associated to tumor progression, aggressiveness and chemoresistance. Here, we carried out a retrospective case-control study of 127 patients, to study the expression of FMRP and its correlation with metastasis formation in breast cancer. Consistent with previous findings, we found that FMRP levels are high in tumor tissue. Two categories have been analyzed, tumor with no metastases (referred as control tumors, 84 patients) and tumor with distant metastatic repetition, (referred as cases, 43 patients), with a follow-up of 7 years (mean). We found that FMRP levels were lower in both the nuclei and the cytoplasm in the cases compared to control tumors. Next, within the category cases (tumor with metastases) we evaluated FMRP expression in the specific sites of metastasis revealing a nuclear staining of FMRP. In addition, FMRP expression in both the nuclear and cytoplasmic compartment was significantly lower in patients who developed brain and bone metastases and higher in hepatic and pulmonary sites. While further studies are required to explore the underlying molecular mechanisms of FMRP expression and direct or inverse correlation with the secondary metastatic site, our findings suggest that FMRP levels might be considered a prognostic factor for site-specific metastasis.
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- E Caredda
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- Directorate-General for Health Prevention, Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Anatomic Pathology, Department Biomedicine and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
- Infectious Diseases Unit, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Anatomic Pathology, Department Biomedicine and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- UniCamillus, Saint Camillus International, Faculty of Medicine, University of Health and Medical Sciences, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Breast Surgery, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Anatomic Pathology, Department Biomedicine and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, Tor Vergata University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
- Department of Fundamental Neurosciences (DNF), Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Palombi L, Morelli M, Bruzzese D, Quarto G. Endovascular laser treatment. Comparison of lasers and fibers of different generations: study of temperatures and tissue damage produced on a porcine liver model. Lasers Med Sci 2023; 38:105. [PMID: 37072644 DOI: 10.1007/s10103-023-03770-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023]
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The current international guidelines identify tumescent ablative techniques such as laser thermal ablation (EVLA) and radiofrequency (RFA) to be the gold standard in varicose vein surgery. New-generation lasers have been introduced, which have high wavelengths (1940 and 2000 nm) and therefore with a greater affinity for water than the old generation (980- and 1470-nm lasers). The purpose of the study was to evaluate the biological effect and the temperatures produced during the use of lasers with different wavelengths (980, 1470, and 1940 nm) and with optical fibers with different emission (radial diverging at 60° and radial with cylindrical mono-ring) on in vitro model. Porcine liver was used as an in vitro model. The laser control units used had 3 different wavelengths: 980, 1470, and 1940 nm. The optical fibers used were 2: the Corona 360 fiber (mono-ring radial fiber) and the infinite fiber (cylindrical mono-ring fiber). The laser operating parameters used included the delivery of 6 W in continuous wave (CW) mode with a standard 10 s/cm pull-back. Eleven measurements were made for each fiber and for each laser, for a total of 66 measurements. We performed measurements of the maximum transverse diameter produced with laser irradiation to evaluate the biological effectiveness of the treatment. During laser irradiation, we performed measurements of both of the temperatures reached on the external surface of the porcine tissue, near the tip of the laser catheter, and the temperatures reached inside the irradiated tissue by using a digital laser infrared thermometer with apposite probe. The calculation of the statistical significance (p-value) was obtained with the ANOVA method with two between factors. The comparison study of the maximum transverse diameter (DTM) of the lesion produced on the target tissue demonstrated the absence of statistically significant differences between the 1470-nm laser and the 1940-nm laser regardless of the type of fiber used. It was not possible to perform measurements of the maximum transverse diameter produced with the 980-nm laser as this produced no visible effect on the model. The comparison study of the temperatures developed during and immediately after the treatment instead showed higher maximum surface temperatures (TSM) and a higher thermal increase (IT) regardless of the type of fiber used in a statistically significant way (respectively, p 0.002 and 0.012) when using the 980-nm laser versus the 1940-nm laser. Comparing instead the 980-nm laser with 1470 nm, there were no differences in TI recorded during the procedure but a significantly higher VTI (p 0.029). The experiment conducted with the new generation laser, compared with those of the first and second generation, shows how this works overall at lower temperatures with the same effectiveness.
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- Luca Palombi
- Villa Salus Foundation, Villa Salus Hospital, Venezia Mestre (VE), Advanced Surgical Phlebology Service, Venezia, Italy.
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- Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Palombi L, Morelli M. 980 nm laser endo-perivenous treatment of lower limb reticular veins and telangiectasias. Technical notes. Lasers Surg Med 2023. [PMID: 37051869 DOI: 10.1002/lsm.23668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION For several years, the venous aesthetic problem has been tackled mainly with sclerotherapy techniques. In recent years, laser techniques have been added, both surface (transdermal) and endo-perivenous, performed with small optical fibers (100-200 μm) and low intensities in terms of LEED and Watt. The endo-perivenous technique has extended the possibilities of laser treatment also to the nourishing veins, to telangiectasias resistant to therapies with sclerosing agents and/or transdermal lasers and to vessels with larger diameters (1-3 mm) and depths >1.3 mm. MATERIALS AND METHODS We report a series of 20 patients affected by reticular veins and telangiectasias of the lower limbs (CEAP C1-2) treated with endo-perivenous technique. The most used setting was: 3 W (range: 2-4 W) with a mean fluence delivered of 11.25 J/cm (range: 6-18) in pulse mode with 980 nm laser, 200 μm fiber after a preventive skin cooling. Scheduled follow-up occurred 20 and 60 days after treatment. RESULTS Total technical success, understood as complete obliteration of all treated vessels, was achieved in 70% of cases (14/20) after just one treatment. The most observed early local complications were erythema, vesicles, and small cutaneous eschars that regressed in 3 weeks. At 60-day follow-up, just one complication was observed: a small area of hyperpigmentation (5%). In this case, chemical peel procedures was performed with good clinical results. CONCLUSIONS Endoperivenous laser treatment represents an effective and valid tool for the treatment of teleangectasias and reticular varicose veins.
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- Luca Palombi
- Vascular Surgery Unit, Villa Salus Foundation, Advanced Surgical Phlebology Service, Villa Salus Hospital, Venice, Italy
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- Cura Vene Roma Private Office, Private Practice, Rome, Italy
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Palombi L, Morelli M, Palombi M. Conservative treatment of non-healing plantar skin ulcer complicated by infection and fistula in congenital clubfoot. A case report. Ann Ital Chir 2022; 11:S2239253X2203866X. [PMID: 36448360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Congenital changes related to Spina Bifida (SB) include congenital clubfoot (PTC), also known as equinovarus congenital clubfoot. Skin pressure ulcers represent a frequent complication associated with SB and PTC, determined by both sensitivity deficits and skeletal alterations of plantar support. This conditions can lead to the onset of frequent neurotrophic skin ulcers. CASE REPORT 72-year-old female patient suffering from spina bifida with congenital clubfoot condition, complicated by ulcerative lesion in the plantar region with fistula and infection (Proteus Mirabilis). An infectious disease evaluation with monitoring of the inflammatory-infectious hematochemical values and targeted antibiothic-therapy was performed. The patient performed a scintigraphic examination in order to exclude the osteomyelitis process. The dressing protocol set up was: Disinfection with disinfectant based on Poliesanide and Betaine, with the use of Nelaton 6 Fr catheter (and subsequent dressings with 18 G needle cannula), inside the fistulous channel. Subsequent abundant washing with 0.9% saline solution. Application of oily phyto-product Mix of Neem Oil and Hypericum Perforatum (1-Primary Wound Dressing), inoculating it with the catheter inside the medium and checking its leakage from both sides and cover with sterile gauze and bandage with cohesive bandage. After 4 weeks there was a reduction in the size of the fistula and the disappearance of serum-corpuscular secretions. At 7 weeks, complete re-epithelialization of the skin ulcerative lesion was observed. DISCUSSION This case report refers to the conservative medical treatment of a complex case of non-healing pressure skin ulcer with distant fistulization. The main difficulty in managing this lesion was identifying the right dressing that could reach and spread within the fistulous channel, favoring the reduction of the inflammatory-infectious process. The dressing used, as it was in an oily formulation, therefore had the right characteristics as it was easy to inoculate. The oily mix of Neem and Hypericum Perforatum (1-Primary Wound Dressing) has in fact performed a prolonged antiseptic function while maintaining the right degree of local hydration, essential for the correct carrying out of the reparative processes. CONCLUSIONS In undermined or fistulous ulcers, the use of oil-based dressings, such as the oily mix of Neem and Hypericum Perforatum (1-Primary Wound Dressing), can represent a valid local therapeutic choice. KEY WORDS Congenital clubfoot, Neurotrophic skin ulcer, Wound Care.
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Gjini E, Moramarco S, Carestia MC, Cenko F, Ylli A, Mehmeti I, Palombi L, Buonomo E. In response to the Letter to the Editor by R. Mungmunpuntipantip and V. Wiwanitkit re/ our publication Gjini E, Moramarco S, Carestia MC, et al. "Parents' and caregivers' role toward childhood vaccination in Albania: assessment of predictors of vaccine hesitancy". (Ann Ig. 2022 May 6. doi: 10.7416/ai.2022.2521. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35532052). Ann Ig 2022; 34:544-545. [PMID: 35861725 DOI: 10.7416/ai.2022.2531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- E Gjini
- School of Medicine, University of Our Lady of Good Council, Tirane, Albania
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Università "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Università "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- School of Medicine, University of Our Lady of Good Council, Tirane, Albania
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- School of Medicine, University of Tirane, Albania
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Our Lady of Good Council, Tirane, Albania
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Università "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Università "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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Gjini E, Moramarco S, Carestia MC, Cenko F, Ylli A, Mehmeti I, Palombi L, Buonomo E. Parents' and caregivers' role toward childhood vaccination in Albania: assessment of predictors of vaccine hesitancy. Ann Ig 2022; 35:75-83. [PMID: 35532052 DOI: 10.7416/ai.2022.2521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Background Vaccination has saved millions of lives through the protection of individuals and populations from communicable diseases. Vaccine hesitancy, defined as the delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite the availability of vaccination services, has become a growing global concern. The objective of this study was to investigate parents'/caregivers' hesitancy toward childhood vaccination and its predictors in Albania. Study design A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Methods The data comes from a survey conducted on a sample of parents/caregivers (89.6% mothers) of children aged 6 months to 8 years at health care vaccination centers in seven Albanian cities from December 2020 to February 2021. Parents/caregivers (one per child) were interviewed by trained healthcare staff using a standardized questionnaire on six main content domains, including immunization behavior, beliefs about vaccine safety and efficacy, attitudes about vaccines, vaccination confidence, estimation of vaccine delay, and the intention to immunize children against SARS-CoV-2, and a self-reported hesitancy. The Albanian Ministry of Health approved the questionnaire, after it was translated, validated and adapted to the local setting. Statistical analyses included independent sample t-tests (p<0.05) and a logistic regression (OR; 95% C.I.). Results A total of 475 parents/caregivers of children aged from 6 months to 8 years, attending childhood vaccination in public health services, were interviewed. To the question "how hesitant you are about childhood vaccination", a high number of parents/caregivers (46%) responded that they do not feel hesitant at all, and 32% were not hesitant, a small number of parents/caregivers said they are very hesitant (5%) or somewhat hesitant (12%). A binary logistic model was fitted to the data to test the hypothesis regarding the relationship between parental vaccine hesitancy and possible predictors. A lower parental attitude toward childhood vaccines (OR = 3.7; 95% C.I. 1.102-12.421), a health center with a high vaccine delay (OR = 2.878; C.I. 95% 1.735-4.773), and low confidence in health staff information (OR = 2.042; 95% C.I. 1.156-3.605) were all independent predictors of parental vaccine hesitancy. Regarding intention to vaccinate children against COVID-19, when available, nearly 75% of parents/caregivers showed hesitancy. Conclusions Our results highlighted the role of positive parents'/caregivers' attitudes toward childhood vaccines followed by high staff confidence and good health center organization in order to deal with vaccine hesitancy, particularly for traditional and well-known childhood vaccines. Nevertheless, the hesitancy can be a critical barrier for childhood vaccination when we have to introduce a new vaccine, as is demonstrated in the recent vaccination campaign against the ongoing pandemic of SARS-CoV2.
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- E Gjini
- School of Medicine, University of Our Lady of Good Council, Tirane, Albania
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Università "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Università "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- School of Medicine, University of Our Lady of Good Council, Tirane, Albania
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- School of Medicine, University of Tirane, Albania
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Our Lady of Good Council, Tirane, Albania
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Università "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Università "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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Bianchi PG, Martinelli F, Quarto G, Palombi L. The evolution of endovenous laser ablation (EVLA). A single-center experience with a 1470 nm versus a 1940 nm diode laser. Ann Ital Chir 2022; 93:578-583. [PMID: 36254762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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AIM To evalue the short-term results obtained in endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) procedure of the varicose insufficiency of the lower limbs with Diode 1470 nm laser compared to Diode 1940 nm laser. MATERIALS OF STUDY A total of 55 patients were enrolled in the study. The patients were divided into two groups: those subjected to 1470 nm laser treatment in group A and those with 1940 nm laser treatment in group B. The endpoints were: Closure of the target vessel, complications and post-operative pain. RESULTS There are no intra-and post-operative complications. The occlusion rate of the target veins was 100% at 7- and 60-day controls. The pain perceived in the immediate post-operative and at the controls showed no statistically significant differences between the two groups. However in group B it was necessary to apply lower values of Power (W) and Linear Energy Density (LEED) with a statistically significant difference compared to group A. DISCUSSION Short-term results demonstrate closure rates comparable to those obtained with 1470 nm lasers. There were no statistically significant differences in the two groups in terms of primary and secondary endpoints. The advantage of using 1940 nm laser technology is that it is possible to dispense a lower linear energy density (LEED) at a lower power (Watt). CONCLUSIONS Endovenous laser ablation with Diode 1940 nm is particularly suitable and advantageous in the treatment of superficial and small vessels, as well as venous segment adjacent to nerve structures. KEY WORDS Diode laser, Intravenous ablation, Varicose, Venous insufficiency, Veins.
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Terracciano E, Gentili S, Madaro O, Curti E, Inzerilli MC, Albanese L, Accarino N, Tardi A, Orlando S, Riccardi F, Palombi L, Marazzi MC, Liotta G. The effect of community nurse on mortality and hospi- talization in a group of over-75 older adults: a nested case-control study. Ann Ig 2020; 33:487-498. [PMID: 33300943 DOI: 10.7416/ai.2020.2398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Background Bio-psycho-social frailty can negatively affect the health status of an ageing population. The integration between community nurses and social services can emphasize community care and prevent the onset of both health and social negative outcomes in the older population. The aim of the paper is to explore the causal association through the analysis of the hospitalization and mortality rate after a pro-active social service integrated by the community nurse. Study Design A nested case-control study comparing groups of older adults has been carried out. Methods. The paper compares data stem from a cohort followed up by the University of Rome "Tor Vergata" with data from the "Long Live the Elderly!" program (LLE) cohort. Results One-year standardized mortality rate was 6.5%, 4.7% and 7.5% in the control group, the LLE group and the LLE group integrated by the community nurse (LLE-CN), respectively. One-year hospitalization rate was 15.4%, 15.5% and 10.8% in the control group, the LLE group and the LLE-CN group, respectively. Conclusions According to our results a social service with a pro-active approach, integrated by the community nurse, appears to be able to reduce mortality and hospitalization in a group of older adults aged>75. The multidimensional assessment of frailty stands for the first step of a new organization of community services.
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- E Terracciano
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Community of Sant'Egidio, "Long Live the Elderly!" program; ASL Roma 3, Rome, Italy
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- Master of Nursing Sciences, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Community of Sant'Egidio, "Long Live the Elderly!" program; ASL Roma 3, Rome, Italy
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- Master of Nursing Sciences, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Community of Sant'Egidio, "Long Live the Elderly!" program; ASL Roma 3, Rome, Italy
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- Master of Nursing Sciences, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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Liotta G, Accarino N, Orlando S, Gentili S, Terracciano E, Scarcella P, Palombi L, Marazzi MC. Management of bio-psycho-social frailty to reduce hospital use and improve survival of older adults. Eur J Public Health 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Ageing of population is associated to the increase of care demand. Many health systems are still centered on hospital care, that sometime is not appropriate. The shift from hospital to community care requires a new model of service delivery. Aim of this paper is to assess the impact of a community service based on the assessment of frailty, on mortality and use of hospital care by older adults.
Methods
A cohort made up by 8,592 over-75 subjects (67.1% female, mean age 84.5; SD ± 5.29) has been assessed once a year for bio-psycho-social frailty by the administration of the Short Functional Geriatric Evaluation questionnaire. The enrolled subjects were involved in a Community-based pro-Active Monitoring Program which provides interventions aimed at reducing social isolation. Mortality, use of hospital care and use of residential long-term care have been recorded during the follow up and separate and cumulative incidence rate was measured.
Results
The sample was stratified in Robust (37.5%), Pre-frail (24.0%), Frail, (29.5%) and Very Frail (9.1%) individuals. Mortality, Hospital admission rate and Residential LTC admission rate were higher in the very frails than among the other groups. However, according to social isolation, the integrated subjects at the baseline assessment, showed the highest incidence of negative events: 29.5%, 20.8%, 21.0%, .and 20.8% for integrated, mild isolated, moderate isolated and severely isolated individuals respectively (p < 0.001). The logistic regression analysis, adjusted for age, gender and level of frailty, confirmed the protective role of reducing social isolation among isolated individuals compared with integrated ones (OR: 0.729; CL95% 0.673-0.720).
Conclusions
The assessment of bio-psycho-social frailty could be the starting point for effective intervention at community level, like the program mentioned above. Management of frailty may lead to an improvement of public health outcomes.
Key messages
Intervention dealing with social isolation are able to revert the increase of mortality related to the lack of social resources. Management of frailty may lead to an improvement of public health outcomes.
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- G Liotta
- Biomedicine and Prevention Dapt, University of, Rome, Italy
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- Biomedicine and Prevention Dapt, University of, Rome, Italy
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- School of Doctorate in Nursing Sciences, University of, Rome, Italy
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- Biomedicine and Prevention Dapt, University of, Rome, Italy
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- Biomedicine and Prevention Dapt, University of, Rome, Italy
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- Human Sciences Department, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy
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Vinci A, Ingravalle F, D'Ercole M, Mancinelli S, Lucaroni F, Palombi L. Occupational exposure for asbestos-related disease groups: geomapping of the last 5 years in Italy. Eur J Public Health 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.1355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Asbestos-related diseases are a public health challenge in Italy: the country has been a major producer and user of asbestos since World War II until complete ban in 1992. Several contaminated sites and structures across the country have never been decontaminated: incidence peak of asbestos-related diseases is expected somewhen between 2015 and 2020. Study objective is to investigate incidence of asbestos-related diseases in Italy in the last 5 years, from both a chronological and geographical perspective.
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Ascertained diagnoses of asbestos-related diseases among workers were collected from the INAIL public registry from 2014 to 2018. Yearly incidence rate was estimated per province (incident cases per million workers) and mapped by year. Global incidence quota by working sector and sub-sector was also calculated.
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8.620 cases have been reported. Incidence rate rapidly increased from 2014, peaking at 7,2 new cases per 100.000 workers in 2015. Afterwards, the number of ascertained cases decreased. There is a clear gradient distribution between northern and southern Italian provinces, with the highest rates in Northern Italy (especially in year 2014) and declining over time. Mesothelioma (all variants) was the most common disease, (2.995 cases, 35% of total), followed by pleural plaques (2.955 cases, 34%), pneumoconiosis (1.327 cases, 15%) and cancer of lungs/respiratory tract (1.298 cases, 14%). Most affected category was that of metal workers, but construction, transportation and electricity workers were also affected.
Conclusions
Detailed surveillance with mapping support is an effective tool for public health servants to locally manage prevention programs targeted on occupational risk. This is especially true for areas with active industries in the most affected sectors.
Key messages
Asbestos does not mean mesothelioma, but also other diseases that impact on workforce health status. Pneumoconiosis and other oral and respiratory cancers are also associated with asbestos exposure. Risk management should be tailored for a wider array of worker types than usually considered, since such exposure happens in sectors that are not traditionally related to asbestos exposure.
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- A Vinci
- School of Specialization in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- School of Specialization in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- School of Specialization in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Gilardi F, Capanna A, Ferraro M, Scarcella P, Marazzi MC, Palombi L, Liotta G. Frailty screening and assessment tools: a review of characteristics and use in Public Health. Ann Ig 2019; 30:128-139. [PMID: 29465150 DOI: 10.7416/ai.2018.2204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Frailty screening and assessment are a fundamental issue in Public Health in order to plan prevention programs and services. METHODOLOGY By a narrative review of the literature employing the International Narrative Systematic Assessment tool, the authors aims to develop an updated framework for the main procedures and measurement tools to assess frailty in older adults, paying attention to the use in the primary care setting. RESULTS The study selected 10 reviews published between January 2010 and December 2016 that define some characteristics of the main tools used to measure the frailty. Within the selected reviews only one of the described tools met all the criteria (multidimensionality, quick and easy administration, accurate risk prediction of negative outcomes and high sensitivity and specificity) necessary for a screening tool. CONCLUSION Accurate risk prediction of negative outcomes could be the appropriate and sufficient criteria to assess a tool aimed to detect frailty in the community-dwelling elderly population. A two-step process (a first short questionnaire to detect frailty and a second longer questionnaire to define the care demand at individual level) could represent the appropriate pathway for planning care services at community level.
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- F Gilardi
- University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Rome, Italy - Occupational Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Rome, Italy
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- University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Rome, Italy
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Lucaroni F, Morciano L, Morucci L, Duggento A, Cerone G, Ambrosone C, Palombi L. Anaemia under-reporting in a hospital setting in Italy. Eur J Public Health 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz187.220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
Anaemia is a common occurrence in the general population, affecting nearly one in three people worldwide, with peaks in the elderly and those with chronic diseases or micronutrient deficiency.
If recognised, anaemia can often be treated through micronutrient administration, thus an early recognition of the disorder has a significant return in terms of Public Health and of investment.
Methods
Hospitalisation records from a large sample of ordinary admissions over a year (2016) were retrospectively analysed, in order to assess the impact of hospital stay on anaemia prevalence, defined according to WHO criteria. Prevalence was estimated by both haemoglobin levels and anaemia-related description codes (ICD9CM) at discharge.
Furthermore, the main diagnoses associated with loss of haemoglobin were investigated, using binary logistic regression.
Results
Over the 15,624 ordinary admissions, we found the prevalence rate of anaemia was 47.2% at hospital admission, increasing to 63.9% at discharge.
During hospital stay, a mean reduction of 0.323 g/dl (SD ± 1.39) haemoglobin was recorded, in particular those with neurological, circulatory, and haematological diseases (p < 0.001). By comparing the two diagnostic criteria, a great under-reporting occurred in 85.3% patients with haemoglobin levels predictive for anaemia at hospital discharge.
Conclusions
Our results highlight the importance of correctly identifying anaemia in the hospital setting as a main Public Health concern. Since haemoglobin loss is recorded during hospital stay, we propose measuring haemoglobin levels not only at admission, but also at discharge, and to enhance proper ICD9CM code inclusion in discharge records. The achievement of both these good practices would have a double effect: to properly inform all the stakeholders and to allow more than half hospital patients, those with haemoglobin levels predictive for anaemia but without specific ICD9CM code at discharge, to be cured in the proper setting.
Key messages
Anaemia often remained misidentified during hospitalisation, thus inducing a decrease in mean inpatients haemoglobin levels and a consequent increase of anaemia prevalence at discharge. Despite this worsening during hospital stay, a significant underreporting was recorded: 85.3% patients with Hb levels predictive for anaemia at hospital discharge had no specific ICD9CM code.
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- F Lucaroni
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- School of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Liotta G, Inzerilli MC, Palombi L, Bianchini A, Di Gennaro L, Madaro O, Marazzi MC. Impact of social care on Hospital Admissions in a sample of community-dwelling older adults: results of a quasi-experimental study. Ann Ig 2019; 30:378-386. [PMID: 30062365 DOI: 10.7416/ai.2018.2237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The paper describes the impact on Hospital Admissions of a program targeting the community-dwelling older citizens with social interventions aimed at managing frailty and reducing social isolation. STUDY DESIGN The study is quasi-experimental intervention program. METHODS A randomized sample made up by 207 participants (cases) to the Long Live the Elderly program is compared with a cohort of 308 older adults (controls) followed up since 2014 by the University of Tor Vergata. At the enrolment all the participants have been administered a multidimensional questionnaire to assess frailty. After six months, the two groups are compared for the inpatient's admission rate. RESULTS The percentage of patients who was admitted to the hospital during the first six month of follow up was 9.1% and 8.3% among the controls and the cases respectively. The inpatient's admission rate was higher among the controls (251.6 per 1000 observation/year) than for the cases (167.3). Despite the cases were older than the controls (mean age 83.5, SD±8.1 vs 76.7, SD±7.1; p=0.001), showed a lower percentage of frail/very frail individuals (29.5% vs 33.4%). The multivariate linear regression adjusted for gender, age and frailty showed a reduction of the hospital admission rate associated to the Long Live the Elderly program (p=0.013). CONCLUSIONS The study suggests the impact on the reduction of acute hospital admission in the first six months of follow up, of a Community-based Program aimed at increasing the social capital of older adults. Further studies with longer follow up are needed to confirm the study results in order to support the hypothesis that the future sustainability of health systems is partially linked to the increase of the social component of community care service.
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- G Liotta
- Biomedicine and Prevention Department, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Community of Sant'Egidio, "Long Live the Elderly" program, Rome, Italy - Municipality of Rome, Italy
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- Biomedicine and Prevention Department, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- School of Nursing, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- School of Nursing, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Community of Sant'Egidio, "Long Live the Elderly" program, Rome, Italy - Local Health Unit "Roma 3", Rome, Italy
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Gilardi F, Scarcella P, Pellegrini P, Lozzi F, D'Ascanio I, Russo M, Boninsegna P, Proietti MG, Mancinelli S, Palombi L, Marazzi MC, Liotta G. Use of home care services in a cohort of older adults resident in Lazio region, Italy. Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky214.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- F Gilardi
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Frosinone Health Local Authority, Frosinone, Italy
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- Viterbo Health Local Authority, Viterbo, Italy
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- Frosinone Health Local Authority, Frosinone, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Orlando S, Gilardi F, Scarcella P, Morbidelli S, Tersigni I, Asta F, Saffioti C, Rocco G, Michelozzi P, Palombi L, Marazzi MC. Cost of older adults’ hospital care according to the level of frailty in Lazio region, Italy. Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky212.506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- S Orlando
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Frosinone Health Local Authority, Frosinone, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology of Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy
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- Roma 2 Health Local Authority, Rome, Italy
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- Center of Excellence, IPASVI, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology of Lazio Regional Health Service, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Orlando S, Triulzi I, Ciccacci F, Palla I, Palombi L, Marazzi MC, Giuliano M, Floridia M, Mancinelli S, Mutemba E, Turchetti G. Delayed diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in HIV+ patients in Mozambique: A cost-effectiveness analysis of screening protocols based on four symptom screening, smear microscopy, urine LAM test and Xpert MTB/RIF. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0200523. [PMID: 30024890 PMCID: PMC6053163 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Background Tuberculosis (TB) represents the ninth leading cause of death worldwide. In 2016 are estimated 1.3 million TB deaths among HIV negative people and an additional 374,000 deaths among HIV positive people. In 2016 are estimated 1.4 million new cases of TB in people living with HIV (PLHIV), 74% of whom were living in Africa. In light of these data, the reduction of mortality caused by TB in PLHIV is strongly required specially in low-income countries as Mozambique. According to international guidelines, the initial TB screening in HIV+ patients should be done with the four symptoms screening (4SS: fever, current cough, night sweats and weight loss). The diagnostic test more used in resource-limited countries is smear microscopy (SMEAR). World Health Organization (WHO) recommended Lateral Flow urine LipoArabinoMannan assay (LF-LAM) in immunocompromised patients; in 2010 WHO endorsed the use of Xpert Mycobacterium Tuberculosis/Rifampicin (MTB/RIF) test for rapid TB diagnosis but the assay is not used as screening test in all HIV+ patients irrespectively of symptoms due to cost and logistical barriers. The paper aims to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of three screening protocols: standard (4SS and SMEAR in positive patients to 4SS); MTB/RIF; LF-LAM / MTB/RIF. Methods We developed a model to assess the cost-effectiveness of the MTB/RIF protocol versus the common standard and LF-LAM / MTB/RIF protocol. The model considered a sample of 1,000 HIV+ antiretroviral treatment naïve patients in Mozambique. We evaluated disability-adjusted life year (DALY) averted for each protocol, cost per DALY, and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER), over 1-year, assuming a national healthcare system perspective. The model considered the delayed diagnosis as the time elapsed between a false negative test and the diagnosis and treatment of TB. Additional health system organization delay is defined as the time interval between positive test and treatment initiation caused by a delay in the delivery of results due organization of services. We conducted a sensitivity analysis on more relevant variables. Results The MTB/RIF protocol was cost-effective as compared to the standard protocol with an ICER of $56.54 per DALY saved. In a cohort of 1,000 patients MTB/RIF and LF-LAM / MTB/RIF protocol generated 1,281 and 1,254 DALY’s saved respectively, with a difference of 174 and 147 DALY respect to the standard protocol. The total cost of MTB/RIF protocol was lower ($92,263) than the standard ($147,226) and the LF-LAM / MTB/RIF ($113,196). Therefore, the cost per DALY saved including new infections due to delayed diagnosis with the standard protocol was $79.06, about 5 fold higher than MTB/RIF and LF-LAM / MTB/RIF protocols. The cost of additional TB infections due to delays in diagnosis plus health system delay seemed the more relevant costs. The low sensibility and sensitivity of the standard protocol led to a high number of false negatives, thus delayed TB diagnoses and treatment lead to the development of newly transmitted TB infections. Conclusions Our study shows that the MTB/RIF adoption could lead to an increasing of TB case-finding and a reduction in costs compared with standard and LF-LAM / MTB/RIF protocols.
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- S. Orlando
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Human Science, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy
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- National Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- National Center for Global Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- DREAM programme, Community of Sant’Egidio, Maputo, Mozambique
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- Institute of Management, Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna, Pisa, Italy
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Pettinicchio V, Schiavello F, Geraci S, Civitelli G, Liddo M, Maestrini MC, Tocci G, Volpe M, Ferrucci A, Bruno S, Palombi L, Damiani G. Hypertension and social determinants in a cohort of migrants acceding an outpatient clinic in Rome. Eur J Public Health 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx186.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- V Pettinicchio
- Specialization school in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- Specialization school in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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- Caritas of Rome, Health Department, Rome, Italy
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- Caritas of Rome, Health Department, Rome, Italy
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- Caritas of Rome, Health Department, Rome, Italy
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- Hypertension Unit, Division of Cardiology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Hypertension Unit, Division of Cardiology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Hypertension Unit, Division of Cardiology, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Giuliano M, Pirillo M, Liotta G, Andreotti M, Floridia M, Ciccacci F, Jere H, Sagno JB, Amici R, Mancinelli S, Marazzi M, Vella S, Palombi L. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA load in breast milk of human immunodeficiency virus-positive women and infant CMV infection acquisition are not reduced with long-term antiretroviral therapy. Clin Microbiol Infect 2017; 23:491-492. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Revised: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 02/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Liotta G, Gilardi F, Scarcella P, Orlando S, Mancinelli S, Buonomo E, Marazzi MC, Palombi L. Trend and determinants of acute inpatient care for the elderly in Italy from 2001 to 2011. Ann Ig 2017; 28:319-27. [PMID: 27627663 DOI: 10.7416/ai.2016.2112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND The population over 64 years of age is the main user of acute hospital care services. The elderly admission rates represent a marker for the appropriateness of the model of care. The aim of this study was to assess trends and determinants of acute in-patient care among the elderly in Italy between 2001 and 2011. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis of data included in the Italian Hospital Discharge Form Database. METHODS Data from the Italian Hospital Discharge Form Database, Italian Ministry of Health, for the years 2001, 2006 and 2011 were analyzed for individuals over 64 years of age. Inpatient admission (> 1 day) rates across Italian Regions were calculated and compared with demographic variables and out-of-hospital care indicators. Univariate and multivariate analysis were used to determine independent relationship among variables. RESULTS From 2001 to 2011 the elderly hospital admission rate decreased from 302.1/1,000 in 2001, to 222.4 in 2011, accounting for an overall decrease of about 28%. The decline in admission rates was less pronounced among individuals > 74 y (26.4%) than among those 65-74 y (32.1%). Hospitalization rates decreased in all Italian administrative regions between 2001 and 2011, even if the hospitalization rates in 2011 were still very different through the different Italian regions, ranging from 180.3/1,000 in Piedmont to 278.1/1,000 in Molise for people > 64 y. The multivariate linear regression was statistically significant in explaining the variations in hospitalization rates among the different Italian administrative regions (F: 3.637; p = 0.024; adjusted R2 = 0.57) and pointed to the role played by the proportion of the elderly (as percentage of the total population, p=0.043) and the rate of variation of acute care beds from 2004 to 2011 (p=0.001). Variables related to community-based care did not show any association with the hospital admissions rate among the elderly. CONCLUSIONS The trend toward decline in elderly inpatient admissions is still present in 2011 as it was in 2001. Determinants of elderly hospital care in Italy are related to the increased number of elderly individuals and the reduction of hospital beds. Out-of-hospital care does not correlate with the variation of in-patient care so the overall care appropriateness could be negatively affected.
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- G Liotta
- MD, PhD, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- MD, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- MD, PhD, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- PhD, Department of Health Economic, DREAM program; MD, LUMSA University, Rome, Italy
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- MD, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- MD, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- MD, PhD, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Capaccio V, Capobianco A, Stanzione A, Pierri G, Tedesco C, Di Mola A, Massa A, Palombi L. Organocatalytic Heterocyclization Driven by Dynamic Kinetic Resolution: Enantioselective Access to Multi-heteroatomic Cyclic Structures Mediated by Cinchona Alkaloid-based Catalysts. Adv Synth Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201700472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- V. Capaccio
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia; Università degli studi di Salerno; Via Giovanni Paolo II, I- 84084 Fisciano (SA) Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia; Università degli studi di Salerno; Via Giovanni Paolo II, I- 84084 Fisciano (SA) Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia; Università degli studi di Salerno; Via Giovanni Paolo II, I- 84084 Fisciano (SA) Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia; Università degli studi di Salerno; Via Giovanni Paolo II, I- 84084 Fisciano (SA) Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia; Università degli studi di Salerno; Via Giovanni Paolo II, I- 84084 Fisciano (SA) Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia; Università degli studi di Salerno; Via Giovanni Paolo II, I- 84084 Fisciano (SA) Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia; Università degli studi di Salerno; Via Giovanni Paolo II, I- 84084 Fisciano (SA) Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia; Università degli studi di Salerno; Via Giovanni Paolo II, I- 84084 Fisciano (SA) Italy
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Mancinelli S, Nielsen-Saines K, Germano P, Guidotti G, Buonomo E, Scarcella P, Lunghi R, Sangare H, Orlando S, Liotta G, Marazzi MC, Palombi L. Who will be lost? Identifying patients at risk of loss to follow-up in Malawi. The DREAM Program Experience. HIV Med 2017; 18:573-579. [PMID: 28150466 DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Retention of subjects in HIV treatment programmes is crucial for the success of treatment. We evaluated retention/loss to follow-up (LTFU) in subjects receiving established care in Malawi. METHODS Data for HIV-positive patients registered in Drug Resource Enhancement Against AIDS and Malnutrition centres in Malawi prior to 2014 were reviewed. Visits entailing HIV testing/counselling, laboratory evaluations, nutritional evaluation/supplementation, community support, peer education, and antiretroviral (ART) monitoring/pharmacy were noted. LTFU was defined as > 90 days without an encounter. Parameters potentially associated with LTFU were explored, with univariate/multivariate logistic regression analyses being performed. RESULTS Fifteen thousand and ninety-nine patients registered before 2014; 202 (1.3%) were lost to follow-up (LTFU) (1.3%). Nine (0.5%) of 1744 paediatric patients were LTFU vs. 1.4% (n = 193) of 13 355 adults (P < 0.001). Subjects who were LTFU had fewer days in care than retained subjects (1338 vs. 1544, respectively; P < 0.001) and a longer duration of ART (1530 vs. 1300 days, respectively; P < 0.001). Subjects who were LTFU had higher baseline HIV viral loads (P = 0.016) and higher body mass indexes (P < 0.001), were more likely to live in urban settings (88% of patients who were LTFU lived in urban settings) with better housing [relative risk (RR) 2.3; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.67-3.09; P < 0.001], and were more likely to be educated (RR 1.88; 95% CI 1.42-2.50; P < 0.001). Distance to the centre and cost of transportation were associated with LTFU (RR 3.4; 95% CI 2.84-5.37; P < 0.001), as was absence of a maternal figure (RR 1.57; 95% CI 1.17-2.09; P < 0.001). Viral load, distance index, education and a maternal figure were predictive of LTFU. CONCLUSIONS Educated, urbanized HIV-infected adults living far from programme centres are at high risk of LTFU, particularly if there is no maternal figure in the household. These variables must be taken into consideration when developing retention strategies.
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- S Mancinelli
- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics-Infectious Disease, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- DREAM Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Gilardi F, Palombi L, Scarcella P, Lucaroni F, Proietti MG, Saffioti C, Morbidelli S, D’Ascanio I, Mancinelli S, Marazzi MC, Liotta G. Impact of frailty on the hospitalization in a sample of community-dwelling older adults in Rome. Eur J Public Health 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckw171.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Liotta G, Orfila F, Vollenbroek-Hutten M, Roller-Winsberger R, Illario M, Musian D, Alvino S, O’Caoimh R, Cano A, Molloy W, Iaccarino G, Marazzi MC, Inzerilli MC, Madaro O, Paul C, Csonka P, Vince AC, Menditto E, Maggio M, Scarcella P, Gilardi F, Lucaroni F, Abete P, Girardi V, Barra R, Palombi L. The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing Synergies: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study to Measure the Impact of a Community-Based Program on Prevention and Mitigation of Frailty (ICP - PMF) in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Transl Med UniSa 2016; 15:53-66. [PMID: 27896228 PMCID: PMC5120751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Aim of this paper is to describe the protocol of the study "Impact of a Community-based Program on Prevention and Mitigation of Frailty in community-dwelling older adults" developed in the framework of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. This proposal has been developed by the Partnership Action groups on frailty, fall prevention and polypharmacy in older. The proposal wants to assess the impact of community-based programs aimed to counteract three main outcomes related to frailty: hospitalization, institutionalization and death. Bringing together researchers from seven European countries, the proposal aims to achieve the critical mass and the geographical extension enough to provide information useful to all older European citizens. An observational study will be carried out to calculate the incidence of the different outcomes in relation to the various interventions that will be assessed; results will be compared with data coming from already established national, regional and local dataset using the observed/expected approach. The sample will be made up by at least 2000 citizens for each outcome. All the citizens will be assessed at the baseline with two multidimensional questionnaires: the RISC questionnaire and the Short Functional Geriatric Evaluation questionnaire. The outcomes will be assessed every six-twelve months.
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- Corresponding Author: Giuseppe Liotta; e-mail:
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- Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol (IDIAP Jordi Gol), Barcelona, Spain
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- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Telemedicine group, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
- Ziekenhuis Groep Twente, Almelo, The Netherlands
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- DISMET, Federico II University Naples, Italy
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- Health Research Board, Clinical Research Facility Galway, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Valencia, Spain
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- Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation, University College Cork, St Finbarrs Hospital, Cork City, Ireland
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- Department of Medicine, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno
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- Community of Sant’Egidio - Long Live the Elderly program, Rome Italy
- Rome Municipality, Italy
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- Community of Sant’Egidio - Long Live the Elderly program, Rome Italy
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- ICBAS, University of Porto, Portugal
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- Educators’ Centre Association, Pecs, Hungary
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- Educators’ Centre Association, Pecs, Hungary
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- CIRFF, Center of Pharmacoeconomics, University of Naples Federico II 17University of Parma, Italy
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- University-Hospital of Parma, Emilia Romagna Region Italy
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- Biomedicine and Prevention Dept. – University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Biomedicine and Prevention Dept. – University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Biomedicine and Prevention Dept. – University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Associazione Salute in Collina, Naples, Italy
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- Associazione Salute in Collina, Naples, Italy
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- Biomedicine and Prevention Dept. – University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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Palombi L, Mancinelli S, Liotta G, Narciso P, Marazzi MC. The impact of socio-economic factors, mental health and functional status on survival in a sample of AIDS patients. AIDS Care 2015; 9:671-80. [PMID: 26665914 DOI: 10.1080/713613229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The aim of the paper is to examine the influence of socio-economic conditions, mental health and functional status on survival of a sample of people with AIDS. It is a longitudinal prospective study carried out in five infectious disease wards in Rome and Naples, Italy. Patients enrolled (total 168) are all diagnosed as having AIDS in 1992. The Functional Multidimensional Evaluation Questionnaire for people infected with HIV was administered to all subjects. It collects information on social and economic conditions, physical and mental health, self-sufficiency in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and on the demand for and/or utilization of a package of non-hospital care services. In the overall assessment, 11.3% of patients had inadequate socio-economic resources to cover their needs. More than half of those interviewed were partially or totally dependent on help to perform ADLs. There was a high prevalence of psychiatric symptoms (60.6%). Lower CD4 count and lower ability to perform ADLs were related to shorter survival with a mortality risk ratio by Cox regression of 1.5 (95 CI 1.2-1.9) and 1.6 (95 CI: 1.1-2.3), respectively. A lower ADL performance level was also associated with a higher prevalence of psychiatric symptoms and reduced socio-economic circumstances. The ADL performance level could be a useful predictor of survival in people with AIDS. There was, moreover, a marked association between functional status, socio-economic resources and mental health. The results support the hypothesis that these three factors have an impact on the survival of AIDS patients.
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Liotta G, Marazzi MC, Gilardi F, Scarcella P, Palombi L. The screening of frailty provides indication for prevention: the Italian Frailty Screening study. Eur J Public Health 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv175.223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Pirillo MF, Scarcella P, Andreotti M, Jere H, Buonomo E, Sagno JB, Amici R, Mancini MG, Leone P, Ceffa S, Mancinelli S, Marazzi MC, Vella S, Palombi L, Giuliano M. Hepatitis B virus mother-to-child transmission among HIV-infected women receiving lamivudine-containing antiretroviral regimens during pregnancy and breastfeeding. J Viral Hepat 2015; 22:289-96. [PMID: 25174900 DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The study included 309 HIV-infected pregnant women receiving a lamivudine-containing antiretroviral regimen from week 25 of gestational age until 6 months postpartum, during breastfeeding. Twenty-seven of them (8.7%) were hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) positive; at baseline, hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA levels >3 log(10) IU/mL (with a median level of 6.2 log(10) IU/mL) were found in 10 women, who at one, three and six months postpartum had median levels of 5.2 log(10) IU/mL, 4.5 log(10) IU/mL and 2.8 log(10) IU/mL, respectively. Twenty-four of the 30 breast milk samples evaluated had undetectable HBV DNA and the other six had values between 15 and 155 IU/mL. Median lamivudine concentrations were 1070 ng/mL in serum and 684 ng/mL in breast milk. Among the 24 HBV-exposed children with available samples, 16 always tested negative, four had a transient infection, one had an undetermined status and three (12.5%) first tested positive at Month 12 or Month 24. Among the children born to the HBV-uninfected mothers of the same cohort, the rate of HBsAg positivity at 12-24 months was 2% (4/196). Our finding of the absence of significative levels of HBV DNA in the breast milk of co-infected mothers supports the present recommendations for breastfeeding in HBV-infected women. Horizontal transmission can be hypothesized for the infections detected in children at 12-24 months. Children born to HBV-positive mothers remained at higher risk of postnatal HBV acquisition compared to those born to HBV-negative women.
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- Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Ercoli L, Iacovone G, De Luca S, Mancinelli S, Gilardi F, Boscherini B, Palombi L, Buonomo E. Unequal access, low vaccination coverage, growth retardation rates among immigrants children in Italy exacerbated in Roma immigrants. Minerva Pediatr 2015; 67:11-18. [PMID: 24942241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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AIM Currently children of immigrants are the fastest growing segment of the Italian population under the age of 18. The present study reports the challenges to health services access, the vaccination coverage, the health and nutritional status of a sample of 1310 children of immigrants attended from February 2004 to May 2012 the health center "Medicina Solidale" of the "Policlinico Tor Vergata" in the suburban area of the VIII Municipality of Rome. METHODS The data were collected using clinical archives of the health center. We analyzed the socio-demographic conditions, health problems and nutritional status on admission to the health center. The anthropometric evaluation was carried out according to international standards of child growth WHO 2006 and the statistical analysis was performed using SPSS version 19, and including risk estimation, Mantel Haentzel statistics and t-test. RESULTS Sixty-six percent of the children were born in Italy, 62% had never had regular health care and 3.4% of children older than six months had never received any of the immunizations. It has been estimated that being Roma the risk of not been vaccinated is equal to OR=5.4 (IC95%: 2.8-10.1). Seventy-seven percent of unvaccinated children had at least one illiterate parent. This condition was strongly associated with non-immunization (OR=15:36 [IC95%: 6.4-36.4]). Growth retardation was common in Roma children as compared to other ethnicities. CONCLUSION Significant public health efforts are needed to improve access to health services for immigrant populations and to solve relevant inequalities.
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy -
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Marano S, Mattacchione S, Paltrinieri G, Palombi L, Mingarelli V, Tosato F. A three-year experience of the Referral Center for Surgical Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. MINERVA CHIR 2011; 66:77-85. [PMID: 21593708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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AIM Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) rapresents the fastest growing disease affecting the alimentary and breathing apparatus. Incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma with Barrett Esophagus (BE) imposes a decision about therapy management. METHODS Between January 2006 to December 2009, 3 653 patients were subjected to our observation; 2 095 patients underwent endoscopy (57.4%), of these 598 underwent twenty-four hours pH-Metry (16.3%); 1 558 patients (42.6%) had clinical consult. RESULTS A total of 1 255/2 095 referred typical symptoms (60%), 644 patients typical and atypical symptoms (30.7%), 96 patients atypical symptoms (4.6%); 4.7% had dysfagia and cramps; 1 897 patients (90.5%) had Los Angeles A esophagitis, 62 Los Angeles B (2.96%), 6 had Shatzki Ring (0.3%). NERD in 26 patients (1.24%); 3.4% had Hp Gastritis; 33 had BE (1.6%), 10 intestinalized type (30.3%), 23 gatric type (69.7%). Eighty-five/2 095 patients (4%, 36 M and 49 F, m.a. 42.5 years, range 20-72) underwent laparoscopic Nissen-Rossetti Fundoplication (4%), 69 with preoperative typical symptoms (81%), 11 typical and atypical symptoms (13%), 5 atypical symptoms (6%). Twenty-three had BE (27%, 9 intestinal metaplasia, 3 Long and 6 Short Barrett, 14 Gastric metaplasia); 61 with Los Angeles A esophagitis (98.3%), 1 with Shatzki Ring (1.7%). PH-Metries were positive. CONCLUSION GERD requires specialistic and qualified centers.
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- Department of Surgery, F. Durante,Umberto I Policlinic, La Sapienza Universit, Rome, Italy
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Scarcella P, Buonomo E, Zimba I, Doro Altan AM, Germano P, Palombi L, Marazzi MC. The impact of integrating food supplementation, nutritional education and HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy) on the nutritional status of patients living with HIV/AIDS in Mozambique: results from the DREAM Programme. Ig Sanita Pubbl 2011; 67:41-52. [PMID: 21468153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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DREAM (Drug Resources Enhancement against AIDS and Malnutrition) is a multiregional health program active in Mozambique since 2002 and provides free of charge an integrating package of care consisting of peer to peer nutritional and health education, food supplementation, voluntary counseling and testing, immunological, virological, clinical assessment and HAART (Highly Active AntiRetroviral Treatment). The main goals of this paper are to describe the state of health and nutrition and the adequacy of the diet of a sample of HIV/AIDS patients in Mozambique on HAART and not. A single-arm retrospective cohort study was conducted. 106 HIV/AIDS adult patients (84 in HAART), all receiving food supplementation and peer-to-peer nutritional education, were randomly recruited in Mozambique in two public health centres where DREAM is running. The programme is characterized by: provision of HAART, clinical and laboratory monitoring, peer to peer health and nutritional education and food supplementation. We measured BMI, haemoglobin, viral load, CD4 count at baseline (T0) and after at least 1 year (T1). Dietary intake was estimated using 24h food recall and dietary diversity was assessed by using the Dietary Diversity Score (DDS) at T1. Overall, the patients'diet appeared to be quite balanced in nutrients. In the cohort not in HAART the mean BMI values showed an increases but not significant (initial value: 21.9 ± 2.9; final value: 22.5 ± 3.3 ) and the mean haemoglobin values (g/dl) showed a significant increases (initial value: 10.5+ 2.1; final value: 11.5 ± 1.7 p< 0.024) . In the cohort in HAART, both the mean of BMI value (initial value: 20.7 ± 3.9; final value: 21.9 ± 3.3 p< 0.001) and of haemoglobin (initial value: 9.9 ± 2.2; final value: 10.8 ± 1.7 p< 0.001) showed a higher significant increase. The increase in BMI was statistically associated with the DDS in HAART patients. In conclusion nutritional status improvement was observed in both cohorts. The improvement in BMI was significant and substantially higher in HAART patients because of the impact of HAART on nutritional status of AIDS patients. Subjects on HAART and with a DDS > 5, showed a substantial BMI gain. This association showed an additional expression of the synergic effect of integrating food supplementation, nutritional education and HAART on the nutritional status of African AIDS patients and also highlights the complementary role of an adequate and diversified diet in persons living with HIV/AIDS in resources limited settings.
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Raimondi V, Agati G, Cecchi G, Gomoiu I, Lognoli D, Palombi L. In vivo real-time recording of UV-induced changes in the autofluorescence of a melanin-containing fungus using a micro-spectrofluorimeter and a low-cost webcam. Opt Express 2009; 17:22735-22746. [PMID: 20052199 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.022735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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An optical epifluorescence microscope, coupled to a CCD camera, a standard webcam and a microspectrofluorimeter, are used to record in vivo real-time changes in the autofluorescence of spores and hyphae in Aspergillus niger, a fungus containing melanin, while exposed to UV irradiation. The results point out major changes in both signal intensity and the spectral shape of the autofluorescence signal after only few minutes of exposure, and can contribute to the interpretation of data obtained with other fluorescence techniques, including those, such as GPF labeling, in which endogenous fluorophores constitute a major disturbance.
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- Nello Carrara Applied Physics Institute - National Research Council, Via Madonna del Piano 10, I- 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.
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Di Donato P, Giulini NA, Bacchi Modena A, Cicchetti G, Comitini G, Gentile G, Cristiani P, Careccia A, Esposito E, Gualdi F, Golinelli S, Bergamini E, Masellis G, Rastelli S, Gigli C, Elia A, Marchesoni D, Sticotti F, Del Frate G, Zompicchiatti C, Marino L, Costa MR, Pinto P, Dodero D, Storace A, Spinelli G, Quaranta S, Bossi CM, Ollago A, Omodei U, Vaccari M, Luerti M, Repetti F, Zandonini G, Raspagliesi F, Dolci F, Gambarino G, De Pasquale B, Polizzotti G, Borsellino G, Alpinelli P, Natale N, Colombo D, Belloni C, Viani A, Cecchini G, Vinci GW, Samaja BA, Pasinetti E, Penotti M, Ognissanti F, Pesando P, Malanetto C, Gallo M, Dolfin G, Tartaglino P, Mossotto D, Pistoni A, Tarani A, Rattazzi PD, Rossaro D, Campanella M, Arisi E, Gamper M, Salvatores D, Bocchin E, Stellin G, Meli G, Azzini V, Tirozzi F, Buoso G, Fraioli R, Marsoni V, Cetera C, Sposetti R, Candiotto E, Pignalosa R, Del Pup L, Bellati U, Angeloni C, Buonerba M, Garzarelli S, Santilli C, Mucci M, Di Nisio Q, Cappa F, Pierangeli I, Cordone A, Falasca L, Ferrante D, Serra GB, Cirese E, Todaro PA, Romanini C, Spagnuolo L, Lanzone A, Donadio C, Fabiani M, Baldaccini E, Votano S, Bellardini P, Favale W, Monti V, Bonomo A, Boninfante CE, Pietrobattista P, Massacesi L, Donini G, Del Savio F, Palombi L, Procaccioli P, Romani A, Romagnoli G, Genazzani AR, Gambacciani M, Scarselli G, Curiel P, De Leo V, Melani A, Levi D'Ancona V, Giarrè G, Di Gioia E, Ceccarelli P, Massi GB, Cosci S, Gacci G, Cascianini A, Donati Sarti C, Bircolotti S, Pupita P, Mincigrucci M, Spadafora A, Santeufemia G, Marongiu G, Lai GR, Lai R, Dessole S, D'Andrea SA, Chiantera A, Arienzo R, Pastore AR, Tamburrino A, Cardone A, Colacurci N, Izzo S, Tesauro R, Pascarella A, De Silvio MG, Di Prisco L, Lauda N, Sirimarco F, Agrimi C, Casarella G, Senatore G, Ronzini S, Ruccia G, De Carlo G, Pisaturo G, Carlomagno F, Fasolino A, Fiorillo F, Sorrentino R, Ercolano VB, Panariello S, Brun A, Tropea P, Stigliano CM, Amoroso A, Vadalà P, Coco A, Galati G, Barese G, Masciari G, Pirillo P, Gioffrè T, Mastrantonio P, Cardamone A, D'Angelo N, Valentino G, Barretta R, Ferraro G, Ferruccio C, Agostinelli D, Corrado G, Scopelliti A, Schonauer S, Trojano V, Bongiovanni F, Tinelli F, Poddi ER, Scarpello F, Colonna L, Fischetti G, Doria R, Trombetta G, Cocca EB, D'Amore A, Di Masi M, Liguori R, Dimaggio A, Laneve MR, Maolo MC, Gravina G, Nacci G, Nocera F, Lupo A, Giannola C, Graziano R, Mezzatesta M, Vegna G, Giannone G, Palumbo G, Cancellieri F, Mondo A, Cordopatri A, Carrubba M, Mazzola V, Cincotta L, D'Asta S, Bono A, Li Calsi L, Cavallaro Nigro S, Schilirò S, Repici A, Gullo D, Orlando A, Specchiale F, Papotto A, Giulia FV, Adige TA, D'Aosta V, Massacesi A, Chiantera A, Donati Sarti C, De Aloysio P, Omodei U, Ognissanti F, Campagnoli C, Penotti M, Gambacciani A, Graziottin A, Baldi C, Colacurci N, Corrado Tonti G, Parazzini F, Chatenoud L. Risk factors for type 2 diabetes in women attending menopause clinics in Italy: a cross-sectional study. Climacteric 2009; 8:287-93. [PMID: 16397927 DOI: 10.1080/13697130500196866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze risk factors for type 2 diabetes among women attending menopause clinics in Italy for counselling about the menopause. SUBJECTS Women attending a network of first-level outpatient menopause clinics in Italy for general counselling about menopause or treatment of menopausal symptoms. METHODS Cross-sectional study with no exclusion criteria. Type 2 diabetes was defined according to National Diabetes Data Groups Indications and the fasting blood glucose at an oral glucose tolerance test within the previous year. RESULTS Out of the 44 694 considered in this analysis, 808 had a diagnosis of diabetes type 2 (1.8%). In comparison with women aged < 50 years, the multivariate odds ratios (OR) of type 2 diabetes were 1.31 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.99-1.74) for women aged 50-52 years, 1.66 (95% CI, 1.27-2.17) at 53-56 years and 2.84 (95% CI, 2.20-3.67) in women aged > or = 57 years. Type 2 diabetes was less frequently reported in more educated women (OR high school/university vs. primary school = 0.44 (95% CI, 0.36-0.55)). Being overweight was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes. In comparison with women reporting a low level of physical activity, the multivariate OR of type 2 diabetes was 0.67 (95% CI, 0.54-0.84) for women reporting regular physical activity. In comparison with premenopausal women, the multivariate OR of type 2 diabetes was 1.38 (95% CI, 1.03-1.84) in women with natural menopause. This finding was present also after allowing for the potential confounding effect of age. The multivariate OR of diabetes for users of hormonal replacement therapy was 0.58 (95% CI, 0.46-0.73). CONCLUSIONS This large cross-sectional study suggests that postmenopausal women are at higher risk of type 2 diabetes after allowance for the effect of age. Other main determinants of risk of type 2 diabetes in women around menopause were low socioeconomic status and being overweight. Diabetes was found less frequently in those taking hormone replacement therapy.
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Magnano San Lio M, Mancinelli S, Palombi L, Buonomo E, Altan AD, Germano P, Magid N, Pesaresi A, Renzi E, Scarcella P, Zimba I, Marazzi M. The DREAM model's effectiveness in health promotion of AIDS patients in Africa. Health Promot Int 2008; 24:6-15. [DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dan043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Palombi L, Lognoli D, Raimondi V, Cecchi G, Hällström J, Barup K, Conti C, Grönlund R, Johansson A, Svanberg S. Hyperspectral fluorescence lidar imaging at the Colosseum, Rome: elucidating past conservation interventions. Opt Express 2008; 16:6794-6808. [PMID: 18545382 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.006794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Fluorescence lidar techniques offer considerable potential for remote, non-invasive diagnostics of stone cultural heritage in the outdoor environment. Here we present the results of a joint Italian-Swedish experiment, deploying two hyperspectral fluorescence lidar imaging systems, for the documentation of past conservation interventions on the Colosseum, Rome. Several portions of the monument were scanned and we show that it was possible to discriminate among masonry materials, reinforcement structures and protective coatings inserted during past conservation interventions, on the basis of their fluorescence signatures, providing useful information for a first quick, large-scale in situ screening of the monument.
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- L Palombi
- Nello Carrara' Institute for Applied Physics - National Research Council, Via Madonna del Piano 10, I- 50019Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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Tosato F, Paltrinieri G, Monsellato I, Leonardo G, Martire I, Palombi L. [Laparoscopic combined Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication and cholecystectomy: our experience]. G Chir 2008; 29:102-105. [PMID: 18366890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECT The aim of this study is to valuate the opportunity to associate both laparoscopic Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication and cholecystectomy in patients with gallbladder cholelithiasis and gastro-oesophageal acid reflux (endoscopically and pHmetrically assessed), considerating that the gallbladder removal makes duodenal-gastric reflux worse. PATIENTS AND METHODS From 2005 until 2007 we associated laparoscopic Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication and cholecystectomy in 10 patiens, who presented surgical indications for gallbladder cholelithiasis and gastro-oesophageal reflux. Clinical data, surgical procedures and post-operative complications were compared to our esperiency on the singular procedure (laparoscopic Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication and cholecystectomy). Results were valuated at 3, 6 and 12 months after surgical interventions by clinical and instrumental follow up (24-pH-metry and oesophagus-gastro-duodenoscopy). RESULTS The analysis of instrumental data of these associated procedures doesn't present significative differences between the singular surgical approach. In all the patients treated by combined procedure, the follow-up shows a normal pHmetric exam, a good control on the acid reflux by fundosplication, absence of distal oesophagitis and gastric reflux symptoms. CONCLUSIONS The association of laparoscopic Nissen-Rossetti fundoplication and laparoscopic cholecystectomy is indicated in patients who present both pathologies and needs to be considerating in relations to the good results and the low postoperatoric morbidity.
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- Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Policlinico Umberto I, Dipartimento di Chirurgia Generale e Day Surgery "F. Durante"
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Ceffa S, Buonomo E, Altan AMD, Erba F, Germano P, Guidotti G, Liotta G, Magnano San Lio M, Scarcella P, Palombi L, Marazzi MC. Seroprevalence of HHV8 in a cohort of HIV-negative and HIV-positive patients in Mozambique. Ann Ig 2007; 19:519-523. [PMID: 18376572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Kaposi Sarcoma shows several different clinical and epidemiological patterns. In Sub-Saharan Africa, where the HIV achieves an high prevalence of infection, the KS can be found both in HIV positive than in HIV negative patients, and the diffusion of the HHV8 virus is endemic. The aim of the work is to evaluate the HHV8 seroprevalence in Mozambique. Moreover the relationship of some main indicators, as CD4 and CD8 cells count, HIV viral load, Body Mass Index and haemoglobin values have been calculated in a part of the DREAM Cohort, (HIV positive patients enrolled in the Community of Sant'Egidio program to fight AIDS in the Sub-Saharan Africa). In the HIV positive cohort HHV8 negative and HHV8 positive groups show statistical significance (p < 0.05) in CD4 cells count, a strong significance (p = 0.01) in CD8 cells count and a significance also in Haemoglobin levels (p = 0.35). The difference in Haemoglobin levels (0.5 g/dl) is related more to a statistical than a clinical significance. The study confirms the free circulation of the HHV8 virus in the Mozambican population, with a prevalence rate of 51.1%, similar than that measured in bordering countries. Considering the CD8 value within the HIV positive sub-cohort a strong correlation with the positivity for HHV8 and the immunological status is suggested.
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- S Ceffa
- Department of Oncology, Division of Surgical, Molecular and Ultrastructural Pathology, University of Pisa and Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy.
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Buonomo E, Doro Altan AM, Cenko F, Godo A, Scarcella P, Fioramonti L, Marazzi MC, Palombi L. [A child health promotion intervention in Albania: results and lessons learned]. Ig Sanita Pubbl 2007; 63:7-20. [PMID: 17401446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Albania is a Balkan country in South-Eastern Europe which, in recent years, has undergone complex demographic, political and economical changes. A notable drop in infant and maternal mortality rates and a significant rise in economic indicators have been observed in recent years. Despite this, over 15% of the population living in the northern and north-eastern areas of the country lives in extreme poverty conditions. In recent years various healthcare system reforms have been introduced, including the introduction of private healthcare and improvement of the main hospital infrastructures but not much has been done to increase the provision of essential healthcare services especially in rural and poor areas. Inequalities in health care are therefore widespread and these particularly affect children living in critical areas. In this paper we describe a paediatric healthcare intervention programme conducted in Albania from 2002 to 2004, aimed at improving the health and nutrition status of children and tackling healthcare system inequalities. The intervention consisted in offering free healthcare services and assistance, delivered through the Albanian healthcare system, to 5280 children. It also involved a health education programme for the mothers. The impact of the programme on the prevalence of infant malnutrition was evaluated by examining the medical records of 1745 infants followed for at least 6 months. Prevalence of malnutrition significantly decreased, from 13.4% to 4.2% during the study period. Mortality in children aged 0-5 years also showed a considerable drop. These results confirm that an efficient and sustainable model of paediatric healthcare assistance in Albania is possible.
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- Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Università di Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
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Marazzi MC, Germano P, Liotta G, Buonomo E, Guidotti G, Palombi L. Pediatric highly active antiretroviral therapy in Mozambique: an integrated model of care. Minerva Pediatr 2006; 58:483-90. [PMID: 17008860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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AIM To test the impact of a public health model to implement HIV pediatric care in Limited Resource Settings. METHODS A retrospective study on the clinical files of 679 Mozambican children (mean age 4.4 years; SD 3.2), has been carried out. The pediatric patients received HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy) in the framework of DREAM, a nationwide public health program offering an integrated model of care to HIV patients including free-of-charge HAART and monitoring, nutritional assessment and supplementation, peer-to-peer education, active tracing of the dropped out patients. RESULTS HAART was started in 297 subjects out of 679. The median time of treatment was 286 (IQ 25-75:125-465). Mortality rate was lower in the sub-sample receiving HAART (8.4%; CI 95%: 5.2-11.6 vs 13.1%; CI 95%: 9.7-16.5). After 6 months of treatment the percentage of viral load lower than 400 copies/mL rose from 4.9% to 46.3%. The percentage of patients with less than 15% of CD4 cells out of the total lymphocyte count and the percentage of patients below the 2 z-score decreased from 56.4% and 58.1% to 8.8% and 38.1% respectively. CONCLUSIONS Pediatric HAART in limited resource settings often face difficulties to handle complex treatment schemes, but the implemented model seems to be an effective tool to reduce mortality rate in HIV positive pediatric population.
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Marazzi MC, Germano P, Liotta G, Guidotti G, Loureiro S, da Cruz Gomes A, Valls Blazquez MC, Narciso P, Perno CF, Mancinelli S, Palombi L. Safety of nevirapine-containing antiretroviral triple therapy regimens to prevent vertical transmission in an African cohort of HIV-1-infected pregnant women. HIV Med 2006; 7:338-44. [PMID: 16945080 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2006.00386.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the incidence and consequences of adverse reactions among African HIV-positive pregnant women treated with fixed-dose combinations of a nevirapine-containing antiretroviral (ARV) triple therapy. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the clinical files of 703 HIV-1-positive pregnant women treated with a nevirapine-containing regimen between May 2002 and July 2004 was conducted. Selection criteria for inclusion in the analysis were: (a) taking ARV for more than 14 days; (b) baseline values of transaminases below the threshold of 2.5 times the upper limit of normal (ULN). The women were on a nevirapine-containing regimen for a median of 127 days [interquartile range (IQR) 86-190 days], starting on average at the 27th week of gestation (standard deviation+/-9.5) and continuing up to a maximum of 6 months after delivery. All women were offered formula milk to feed the babies. Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) was continued beyond 6 months only if the patient qualified on the first visit. The main outcome measures were incidence of hepatotoxicity, skin rashes and Stevens-Johnson syndrome. Multivariate analysis to assess the impact of several factors on the adverse reaction rate was performed. RESULTS As of 1 August 2004, 554 pregnancies reached term, 96 women were still pregnant, and 53 women dropped out of the programme before giving birth. After 2 months of therapy the percentage of patients with a viral load less than 1000 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL increased to 78.6%; average CD4 cell counts increased from 490 cells/microL before therapy to 630 after therapy. The incidence of grade 3-4 adverse reactions (hepatotoxicity, skin rashes and Stevens-Johnson syndrome) was 6.5, 2.4 and 1.1%, respectively. Five women died during pregnancy (0.88%). Only one of the deaths could be associated with ARV treatment. CONCLUSION Nevirapine-containing regimens in pregnant woman, at all CD4 cell count levels, appear to be safe in African settings.
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Liotta G, Scarcella P, Mancinelli S, Palombi L, Cancelli A, Marazzi MC. [The evaluation of care needs in elderly people: the use of Geriatric Functional Evaluation Questionnaire]. Ann Ig 2006; 18:225-35. [PMID: 16821500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The evaluation of the demand for assistance requires instruments and procedures scientifically validated as being effective. The aim of this paper is to present the results of a survey on the demand for assistance by a sector of the population, with an approach based on validated instruments and standardised procedures. The survey was carried out on a sample of 1,245 elderly persons (610 in Rome and 635 in Viterbo), who represent the over sixty-five year olds, resident in the Local Health Authority Roma D area and in the Local Health Authority of Viterbo. All the subjects were given the questionnaire for the Geriatric Functional Evaluation (GFE). Around 30% of over sixty-five year olds needs assistance. The Final Brief Evaluation indicates that 8% (CL 95%: 7.2-8.8) of the people interviewed need health and social services at the time of the study, and 20.6% more (CL95%: 19.5-21.7), should be carefully monitored in order to provide supportive, even if only social, services. Around 20.7% (CL95% 19.6-21.8) suffers from neurological pathologies and is characterised by a reduced functional capacity, as pointed out by the Multiple Correspondence Analysis. The combination of neuropathy and need of physical rehabilitation service is relevant part of the need for assistance. The approach used makes it possible to find out about situations of frailty in advance, so that a suitable plan of assistance in the area surveyed is possible.
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- Cattedra di Igiene, Università Tor Vergata, Roma
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Batori M, Ruggieri M, Chatelou E, Straniero A, Mariotta G, Palombi L, Casella G, Basile M, Casella MC. Breast cancer in young women: case report and a review. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2006; 10:51-2. [PMID: 16705948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Breast cancer in patients under 40 years is uncommon. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program reveals that 75% of breast tumors occur in women age > 50 years, only 6.5% in women age < 40 years, and a mere 0.6% in women age < 30 years. Breast-conserving surgery with subsequent chemo-radiotherapy has become the treatment of choice in women with breast neoplasm. CASE REPORT Two young patients, 30 and 28 years respectively, with breast cancer. One patient with an atypical medullary breast carcinoma diagnosis, pT2 pN1 bipMx, Grade 3 Stage IIB, negative for receptors, Ki 67: 47%, cERB-2 negative; the other with an intraductal breast carcinoma, pT1c pN0 pMx, Grade 2 Stage I, negative for receptors, Ki 67: 85%, cERB-2 negative, p53 negative, Bcl-2 negative. The first patient underwent right radical mastectomy sec. Madden and axillary lymphoadenectomy in October 2001, started six cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy on the right side of the chest and on axillary and supraclavicular lymph nodes area. After 2 years an ecotomography revealed small hypoechogenic nodules in the left breast. In December the patient underwent left radical mastectomy with positioning of an expander device. The histological exam revealed a not much differentiated intraductal carcinoma, pT1a N0 Mx, Stage I. After the surgical therapy, she follows another adjuvant chemotherapy. The second patient underwent left quadrantectomy with axillary limphoadenectomy in November 2004. Like the first-will follow several cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy. DISCUSSION Breast cancer in women under 40 years of age differ from breast cancer in older women in numerous clinical, pathological and biological features. The studies demonstrate that breast cancer arising in women under 40 years have a more aggressive profile than those of older patients. In both our patients family history of breast cancer was reported. That suggests a possible genetic susceptibility of these patients through BRCA1 and BRCA2 germ-line mutations. Breast conservative surgery with chemio-radiotherapy is the most commonly used treatment breast cancer, expecially in consideration of the aggressiveness of the lesions.
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- Adult
- Age Factors
- Axilla/surgery
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Breast Neoplasms/surgery
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/genetics
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/pathology
- Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating/surgery
- Carcinoma, Medullary/genetics
- Carcinoma, Medullary/pathology
- Carcinoma, Medullary/surgery
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Female
- Humans
- Lymph Node Excision
- Mastectomy, Radical
- Neoplasm Invasiveness
- Neoplasm Staging
- Pedigree
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Applied Medical Technologies, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
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Marazzi MC, Bartolo M, Emberti Gialloreti L, Germano P, Guidotti G, Liotta G, Magnano San Lio M, Mancinelli S, Modolo MA, Narciso P, Perno CF, Scarcella P, Tintisona G, Palombi L. Improving adherence to highly active anti-retroviral therapy in Africa: the DREAM programme in Mozambique. Health Educ Res 2006; 21:34-42. [PMID: 15947022 DOI: 10.1093/her/cyh039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Ensuring high levels of adherence to highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) is a priority in treating people living with AIDS. This study reports the rates of adherence of patients served by DREAM (Drug Resource Enhancement against AIDS and Malnutrition) in the city of Matola, Mozambique. DREAM, an innovative programme tailored for Africa, was implemented by the Community of Sant'Egidio in August 2001. DREAM provides patients with anti-retroviral drugs and laboratory tests at no charge, and is based on a particular strategy of health education and organization of services designed for a population that is predominantly poor and has a low level of formal education. This study analyzes the adherence of 154 patients over a period of 6 months. In evaluating adherence, two indicators were used: (1) the percentage of appointments kept for check-ups, tests and the collection of medicine, and (2) the overall change in the patients' blood chemistry over the 6-month period. Of the 154 patients, 127 (82.5%) kept more than 90% of their appointments. Adherence to the programme was further confirmed by a relevant increase of hemoglobin levels and CD4 counts, and a significant decrease in the viral loads among the 154 patients.
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Tosato F, Carnevale L, Monsellato I, Martone N, Martire I, Leonardo G, Palombi L, Stati P. [Intragastric balloon in bariatric surgery]. G Chir 2006; 27:53-8. [PMID: 16608635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Intragastric balloon (BIB) is a mechanical restrictive device formed by a silicone wrapper inserted endoscopically in the stomach, filled with 500 cc of physiological blue methyl solution and kept in situ for 6 months. In two years 98 intragastric balloon have been set in 88 patients at the average age of 37.1 years, of 41.9 of BMI and 47.6 kg of weight. Complications were intolerance, gastro-oesophageal reflux, break and/or deflation and meteorism. BIB is an effective procedure in the temporary treatment of obesity leading to satisfactory weight loss and to short-term improvement of comorbidities.
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- F Tosato
- Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Mediche Applicate, Italy
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Martire I, Leonardo G, Maneggia G, Carnevale L, Monsellato I, Palombi L, Tosato F, Stati P. [Retroperitoneal mass: a clinical case]. G Chir 2006; 27:37-9. [PMID: 16608631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The Authors discuss about a case of retroperitoneal mass, recently observed in their Institution. About the nature of the mass, by the imaging and clinical evolution, the Authors suppose a traumatic genesis: subcapsular renal hematoma, occurred 2 years before, broken and expanded in retroperitoneal space and then superficialized in the left lumbar region.
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- I Martire
- Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Policlinico Umberto I, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Mediche Applicate
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Batori M, Chatelou E, Straniero A, Mariotta G, Palombi L, Pastore P, Casella G, Casella MC. Substernal goiters. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2005; 9:355-9. [PMID: 16479740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Substernal goiter, also said cervico-mediastinic goiter, is a thyroid formation with cervical departure that goes beyond, with stretched neck, the superior thoracic strait for at least 3 cm and that preserves, generally, the parenchimal or fibrous connections between the cervical and thoracic portion, maintaining a direct vascularization supplied by the thyroid arteries. The prevalence of this pathology is very variable and fluctuates between 1.7% and 30% of all thyroid damages. The actual classification is provided by the radiologic examination of the chest and, above all, by the new techniques of imaging. METHODS In the period between January 1998 and December 2003, 332 patients with thyroid pathology have been treated surgically. Forthy-five (13.5%) of these were afflicted with a cervico-mediastinic goiter. In 32/45 (71.1%) cases a total thyroidectomy has been performed by collar carving in accordance with Kocher; in 11/45 (24.5%) cases an hemithyroidectomy has been performed by collar incision; in 2/45 (4.4%) cases, already submitted to surgical intervention of isthmus-lobectomy a totalization has been performed. RESULTS The surgical technique foresees always an anterior collar neck incision. This way of access is to prefer in the substernal goiters, both for the presence of a cervical vascularization easy to control and for the possibility, nearly always realizable, to dislocate the goiter by that way. As for what concerns the results of the histological examination, in 2/45 (4.5%) cases it has been set a diagnosis of follicular carcinoma (one of them surely invading and the other, leastly invading), in 3/45 (6.6%) cases papillary carcinoma, in 4/45 (8.8%) cases colloido-cystic goiter, in 33/45 (73.5%) cases micro-macrofollicular hyperplasia (in one of which contemporarily compromise from lymphoma of Hodgkin); in 3/45 (6.6%) cases of adenomatous hyperplasia of the thyroid. DISCUSSION The surgical approach has been in all cases the collar neck incision in accordance to Kocher, and it has never been necessary to associate a sternotomy or thoracotomy. After the intervention, in all the patients the symptomatology tied to the mediastinal compression has disappeared. The goiter showed signs of neoplastic degeneration in 11.1% of the cases, with prevalence of the papillary carcinoma in the 6.6% and, in the remaining 4.5%, of follicular carcinoma. These data are superimposable to the data gathered in other surveys. All the patients passed the post-operating hospitalization in optimal conditions and have been discharged during the fourth post-operating day with the prescription of increasing levothyroxine doses according to the body weigh.
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- Department of Surgical Sciences and Applied Medical Technologies, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Di Donato P, Giulini NA, Bacchi Modena A, Cicchetti G, Comitini G, Gentile G, Cristiani P, Careccia A, Esposito E, Gualdi F, Golinelli S, Bergamini E, Masellis G, Rastelli S, Gigli C, Elia A, Marchesoni D, Sticotti F, Del Frate G, Zompicchiatti C, Marino L, Costa MR, Pinto P, Dodero D, Storace A, Spinelli G, Quaranta S, Bossi CM, Ollago A, Omodei U, Vaccari M, Luerti M, Repetti F, Zandonini G, Raspagliesi F, Dolci F, Gambarino G, De Pasquale B, Polizzotti G, Borsellino G, Alpinelli P, Natale N, Colombo D, Belloni C, Viani A, Cecchini G, Vinci GW, Samaja BA, Pasinetti E, Penotti M, Ognissanti F, Pesando P, Malanetto C, Gallo M, Dolfin G, Tartaglino P, Mossotto D, Pistoni A, Tarani A, Rattazzi PD, Rossaro D, Campanella M, Arisi E, Gamper M, Salvatores D, Bocchin E, Stellin G, Meli G, Azzini V, Tirozzi F, Buoso G, Fraioli R, Marsoni V, Cetera C, Sposetti R, Candiotto E, Sposetti R, Candiotto E, Pignalosa R, Del Pup L, Bellati U, Angeloni C, Buonerba M, Garzarelli S, Santilli C, Mucci M, Di Nisio Q, Cappa F, Pierangeli I, Cordone A, Falasca L, Ferrante D, Cirese E, Todaro PA, Spagnuolo L, Lanzone A, Donadio C, Fabiani M, Baldaccini E, Votano S, Bellardini P, Favale W, Pietrobattista V, Massacesi L, Donini G, Del Savio F, Palombi L, Procaccioli P, Romani A, Romagnoli G, Genazzani AR, Gambacciani M, Scarselli G, Curiel P, De Leo V, Melani A, Levi D'Ancona V, Giarrè G, Di Gioia E, Ceccarelli P, Massi GB, Cosci S, Gacci G, Cascianini A, Donati Sarti C, Bircolotti S, Pupita P, Mincigrucci M, Spadafora A, Santeufemia G, Marongiu G, Lai GR, Lai R, Dessole S, D'Andrea SA, Chiantera A, Arienzo R, Pastore AR, Tamburrino A, Cardone A, Colacurci N, Izzo S, Tesauro R, Pascarella A, De Silvio MG, Di Prisco L, Lauda N, Sirimarco F, Agrimi C, Casarella G, Senatore G, Ronzini S, Ruccia G, De Carlo G, Pisaturo G, Carlomagno F, Fasolino A, Fiorillo F, Sorrentino R, Ercolano VB, Panariello S, Brun A, Tropea P, Stigliano CM, Amoroso A, Vadalà P, Coco A, Galati G, Barese G, Masciari G, Pirillo P, Gioffrè T, Mastrantonio P, Cardamone A, D'Angelo N, Valentino G, Barretta R, Ferraro G, Ferruccio C, Agostinelli D, Corrado G, Scopelliti A, Schonauer S, Trojano V, Bongiovanni F, Tinelli F, Poddi ER, Scarpello F, Colonna L, Fischetti G, Doria R, Trombetta G, Cocca EB, D'Amore A, Di Masi M, Liguori R, Dimaggio A, Laneve MR, Maolo MC, Gravina G, Nacci G, Nocera F, Lupo A, Giannola C, Graziano R, Mezzatesta M, Vegna G, Giannone G, Palumbo G, Cancellieri F, Mondo A, Cordopatri A, Carrubba M, Mazzola V, Cincotta L, D'Asta S, Bono A, Li Calsi L, Cavallaro Nigro S, Schilirò S, Repici A, Gullo D, Orlando A, Specchiale F, Papotto A, Massacesi A, Chiantera A, De Aloysio P, Omodei U, Ognissanti F, Campagnoli C, Penotti M, Gambacciani A, Graziottin A, Baldi C, Colacurci N, Tonti GC, Parazzini F, Chatenoud L, Donati Sarti C. Factors associated with climacteric symptoms in women around menopause attending menopause clinics in Italy. Maturitas 2005; 52:181-9. [PMID: 16257609 DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2005.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2004] [Revised: 01/14/2005] [Accepted: 01/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To obtain data on correlates of climacteric symptoms in women around menopause attending menopause clinics in Italy. METHODS Since 1997 a large cross sectional study has been conducted on the characteristics of women around menopause attending a network of first level menopause outpatient's clinics in Italy. A total of 66,501 (mean age 54.4 years) women are considered in the present paper. RESULTS The odds ratios of moderate and severe hot flashes/night sweats were lower in more educated women and (for severe symptoms only) in women reporting regular physical activity. Depression, difficulty to sleep, forgetfulness and irritability tended to be less frequent in more educated women and (depression only) in women reporting regular physical activity. Parous women reported more frequently these symptoms. CONCLUSIONS This large study confirms in Southern European population that low education, body mass index and low physical activity are associated with climacteric symptoms. Parous women are at greater risk of psychological symptoms.
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- Associazione Osterici Ginecologi Italiani Via Abamonti, I Milano 20100, Italy
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