Safety Profile of Recommended Vaccinations in Adolescents: Data from Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Immunization in Puglia (Italy), 2016-2020.

Adolescence is a critical period for immunization, in which the adhesion rate to recommended vaccinations is often lower than desired. Since the safety of new vaccines is one of the most important factors determining vaccination hesitancy, post-marketing surveillance of adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to better understand the safety of these drugs. This report describes AEFIs notified in Puglia (Italy) after recommended vaccinations in adolescents aged 12 to 18 years in 2016-2020 to determine the safety profile of these products in a real-life scenario.

Improving the legibility of prescription medication labels for older adults and adults with visual impairment.

Objectives: Most current prescription labels fail to meet print guidelines, especially in print size. We therefore compared the legibility of current prescription medication labels against the legibility of prototype labels, based on current guidelines for legibility.

Method: Sample medication labels were obtained from pharmacies, and prototype medication labels were developed according to legibility guidelines from nongovernmental organizations and pharmacy organizations.

Frictional purpuric eruption associated with angiotensin II receptor blockers.

Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) are drugs generally well tolerated. There are few reports about cutaneous side effects of ARBs. The present authors describe herein four cases of purpuric eruption mainly involving sites of friction in patients taking ARBs.

Treatment of oroantral fistula with autologous bone graft and application of a non-reabsorbable membrane.

Aim: The aim of the current report is to illustrate an alternative technique for the treatment of oroantral fistula (OAF), using an autologous bone graft integrated by xenologous particulate bone graft.

Background: Acute and chronic oroantral communications (OAC, OAF) can occur as a result of inadequate treatment. In fact surgical procedures into the maxillary posterior area can lead to inadvertent communication with the maxillary sinus.

Intra-abdominal extra lobar pulmonary sequestration communicating with gastric duplication -- a case report.

Gastric duplications with associated pulmonary sequestration are very infrequent abnormalities. Although often asymptomatic, they should be considered in the differential diagnosis of intra-abdominal or retro-peritoneal masses. The authors report the case of a ten-year-old boy who had an occasional finding of poorly symptomatic intra-abdominal mass, recognised at intervention as a gastric duplication with associated extralobar pulmonary sequestration.