[Haemopoietic stem cells transplantation: a narrative review].

. Haemopoietic stem cells transpantation: a narrative review. Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an effective treatment for many haematological malignancies and its employment is growing thanks to the increased possibility of finding suitable donors and the discovery of therapies to treat major complications.

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence in 860 cancer patients with a combined screening procedure including triage, molecular nasopharyngeal swabs and rapid serological test. A report from the first epidemic wave.

Introduction: Even if now we have available the weapon of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2, the patients with cancer remains a very frail population in which frequently the immunologic response to vaccination may be impaired. In this setting, the SARS-CoV-2 infection screening retains a great value. However, there are still limited data on the feasibility and efficacy of combined screening procedures to assess the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection (including asymptomatic cases) in cancer outpatients undergoing antineoplastic therapy.

Feasibility and Predictive Performance of a Triage System for Patients with Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: Triage procedures have been implemented to limit hospital access and minimize infection risk among patients with cancer during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. In the absence of prospective evidence, we aimed to evaluate the predictive performance of a triage system in the oncological setting.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective cohort study analyzes hospital admissions to the oncology and hematology department of Udine, Italy, during the COVID-19 pandemic (March 30 to April 30, 2020).

Steatosis of the hepatic graft as a risk factor for post-transplant biliary complications.

Background: Despite recent advances in organ preservation, immunosuppression, and surgical techniques, the biliary tree is still considered the Achilles' heel of liver transplantation. The aim of this study is to retrospectively analyze the incidence of biliary complications and identify risk factors that might predispose to the development of biliary problems.

Methods: From January 2004 to December 2007, 117 consecutive liver transplantations were retrospectively analyzed for the development of biliary complications by the review of medical records.

Global case management: the "nurse case manager" model applied to day surgery in Italy.

Day Surgery (DS) and prehospitalization emerged in Italy--as it had previously in the United States and other European countries--as able to improve healthcare and reduce costs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of the Nurse Case Manager (NCM) Model on patients undergoing DS procedures. The study assessed the intensity of pain, anxiety, and stress factors, and the level of discomfort experienced.

[Indicators that affect the complexity of surgical patients care. The nurses' view].

Several factors contribute to the ill defined concept of complexity: critical patients, emergency situations, severity, intensity of care, dependency. The aim of this work is to assess nurses' perception of surgical patients' complexity, to obtain bottom-up data to validate a new model (of the Federazione Nazionale Collegi IPASVI) that measures the patients complexity. Data were collected over two months, by interviewing 64 nurses caring for surgical patients in 8 wards of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region.