Publications by authors named "A Sciurti"
Article Synopsis
- Umberto I Teaching Hospital in Rome set up a temporary ICU in March 2021 to manage critical COVID-19 patients and studied healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) among them across different COVID-19 variants.
- Out of 355 patients admitted, 27.3% developed at least one HAI and the mortality rate was 49.6%, with older and more complex cases appearing over time, especially in the first year.
- The research found that patients admitted during the later Omicron variants had lower chances of developing HAIs compared to those admitted during the Alpha variant, suggesting improvements in clinical management and infection control measures played a role in reducing HAI rates despite increasing patient severity.
We assessed the impact of the 2023/2024 COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Italy by estimating the number of averted COVID-19 severe cases (i.e. COVID-19 associated hospitalisations or deaths) between October 2023 and March 2024, in those aged ≥60 years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aim: Stereotactic radiotherapy (SRT) is an established treatment for melanoma brain metastases (MBM). Recent evidence suggests that perilesional edema volume (PEV) might compromise the delivery and efficacy of radiotherapy to treat BM. This study investigated the association between SRT efficacy and PEV extent in MBM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to the education system, leading to changes in student academic performance and mental health. The aim of this study was to evaluate variables relating to changes in academic performance and mental health during the pandemic.
Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional study from 28 February 2022 to 13 April 2022, during the free SARS-CoV-2 screening campaign offered by Sapienza University of Rome.