Publications by authors named "Angelo Azzara"

Background and aim Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a genetic disorder determined by an amplified trinucleotide CTG repeat in the untranslated region of the DMPK gene on chromosome 19q13.3. The incidence of the congenital form is 1 in 47619 live births and the mortality in the neonatal period is up to 40%.

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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected healthcare professionals' lives. We investigated the potential mental health risk faced by healthcare professionals working in neonatal units in a multicentre cross-sectional observational study.

Methods: We included all healthcare personnel of seven level-3 and six level-2 neonatal units in Tuscany, Italy.

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Background: Neonatal Emergency Transport Services play a fundamental role in neonatal care. Stabilization before transport of newborns suffering from severe respiratory failure is often a challenging problem and some critically ill infants may benefit from High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) as rescue treatment. In these cases, transition to conventional ventilation for transport may cause a deterioration in clinical conditions.

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