Auto-AzKNIOSH: an automatic NIOSH evaluation with Azure Kinect coupled with task recognition.

Standard Ergonomic Risk Assessment (ERA) from video analysis is a highly time-consuming activity and is affected by the subjectivity of ergonomists. Motion Capture (MOCAP) addresses these limitations by allowing objective ERA. Here a depth camera, one of the most commonly used MOCAP systems for ERA (i.

[Pulmonary embolism and SARS-CoV-2: analysis of patients hospitalized for pulmonary embolism and COVID-19 in a Northern Italian center].

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has shown high morbidity and mortality and the relationship between pulmonary embolism (PE) and COVID-19 is well established in the literature.

Methods: We describe the characteristics of a cohort of COVID-19 patients (EP-COV) hospitalized at our Centre with PE, investigating how COVID-19 may have influenced their outcomes, as compared to patients without COVID-19 hospitalized for PE in the same months of 2020 (EP-2020) and 2019 (EP-2019).

Results: EP-COV patients (n=25) were younger (60.

Echocardiographic evolution of pulmonary artery pressure after acute pulmonary embolism. Results from IPER registry.

Aims: The aim of the study is to describe the course of the echocardiographically measured pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PAsP) in a series of patients included in the Italian Pulmonary Embolism Registry (IPER).

Methods: Patients with confirmed PE received an echo-Doppler evaluation within 24 hours from hospital admission and after one year. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) was considered "likely" , "possible" or "unlikely" with a right ventricular-right atrial (RV-RA) pressure gradient>45 mm Hg, between 32 and 45 mm Hg and ≤31 mm Hg and no additional echocardiographic variables suggestive of PH, respectively.

Acute pulmonary embolism: external validation of an integrated risk stratification model.

Background: In hemodynamically stable patients with acute pulmonary embolism, risk stratification is essential to drive clinical management. In these patients, risk stratification for in-hospital adverse outcomes based on markers of right ventricular dysfunction and injury has been proposed.

Methods: The aim of this study was to validate a model based on the incremental prognostic value of right ventricular dysfunction and injury in hemodynamically stable patients with acute pulmonary embolism.

[Technical equipment of modern coronary care units: respiratory and renal function assist devices].

Respiratory and renal comorbidities have a negative impact on health status and prognosis of patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases. That is why cardiologists must know the pathophysiological bases of renal and respiratory function and should be able to use the available mechanical devices meant to support lung and kidney function. A review of the recent literature suggests that the use of non-invasive ventilation (continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure) in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema may reduce the need for endotracheal intubation and the risk of mortality when compared to conventional oxygen therapy.