Disruption of bone densitometry practice in a Northern Italy Orthopedic Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unlabelled: We report the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on bone densitometry practice in a Northern Italy Orthopedic Hospital, comparing the first 4 months of 2020 with the corresponding period of 2019. COVID-19 pandemic had a disruptive effect on the daily practice of bone densitometry (about - 50% of examinations).

Introduction: The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic radically changes hospital organization to guarantee patient and staff safety, with the unavoidable cessation of normal outpatient activities.

[Dosage indicators in farm workers exposed to mancozeb].

A study was performed on a group of farm workers exposed to mancozeb to validate dose indicators. Two indirect methods have been employed to monitor the air-dispersed mancozeb in the working environment (average concentration 57.2 micrograms/Nm3): carbon disulfide and manganese dosage.

[Relationship between pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis].

The best known papers on relations between chronic pancreatitis and tumours of the pancreas are reviewed and a description given of the anatomopathological changes which gradually lead from chronic pancreatitis to cancer. It is maintained that all cases of chronic pancreatis should be considered high risks for pancreatic carcinoma.