Effectiveness of a video lesson for the correct use in an emergency of the automated external defibrillator (AED).

Background And Aim Of The Work: Every year around 275 thousand people in Europe and 420 thousand in the United States are affected by sudden cardiac arrest. Early electrical defibrillation before the arrival of emergency services can improve survival. Training the population to use the AED is essential.

[Reliability of pulsioxymetry in the assessment of heart rate compared to other non invasive methods].

Unlabelled: . Reliability of pulsioxymetry in the assessment of heart rate compared to other non invasive methods.

Introduction: Few information are available on the reliability of the assessment or heart rate.

Incidence and type of health care associated injuries among nursing students: an experience in northern Italy.

Background And Aim Of The Study: Nursing students are at high risk of injury while on clinical placement. The incidence of injury is three times higher in comparison to other healthcare workers, with a prevalence ranging from 25% up to 33,2%. Lack of knowledge and of experience in delivering nursing care, anxiety and unfamiliarity with the clinical environment all represent risk factors for injury.

[The concept of missed care: a literature review].

Aim: To describe the concept and consequences of missed nursing care.

Methods: A literature review was conducted searching on Medline, Trip Database, Cinahl, Cochrane, with the following key words: missed care, missed nursing care.

Results: Any needed nursing intervention omitted (totally or in part) or postponed is considered missed care.

Predictive factors of mortality from nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a multicenter study.

Objectives: From an Italian Registry of patients with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (UGIH), we assessed the clinical outcomes and explored the roles of clinical, endoscopic, and therapeutic factors on 30-day mortality in a real life setting.

Methods: Prospective analysis of consecutive patients endoscoped for UGIH at 23 community and tertiary care institutions from 2003 to 2004. Covariates and outcomes were defined a priori and 30-day follow-up obtained.

HLA class I residue mismatch and renal graft outcome.

Donor-recipient HLA matching was retrospectively evaluated in 111 cadaveric renal transplants using Takemoto's ten-residue model in which HLA class I antigens are clustered by crossreactive group (CREGs) on the basis of amino acid sequence homology and the sharing of a particular public epitope. The grade and type of HLA residue mismatching were correlated to posttransplant, class I donor-specific antibody production (monitored by flow cytometry crossmatch), rejection occurrence and clinical outcome during the 1st year posttransplant. In 52 patients with 0 mismatchings (MMs) we observed a low incidence of rejection (11.

[Double-contrast gastrography and gastroscopy in the diagnosis of gastric polyps. Personal experience].

Gastric polyps are benign tumors which have been less uncommonly detected in recent years, due to the refinement of both radiologic and endoscopic investigations. From 1981 through 1985 gastric polyps were detected in 102 patients (1.9%) out of 5368 radiologic examinations.

Clinical course of ulcerative colitis in Italy.

The prognosis of ulcerative colitis has been studied in 122 patients with this disease who had been referred to Bolgna from various parts of Italy and were then followed up. The overall mortality rate was 4.9% and the percentage of patients who were treated by total colectomy was 15.

Motor effect of dopamine on human sigmoid colon. Evidence for specific receptors.

The effect of dopamine on human sigmoid motility has been studied in 26 subjects. To record mechanical activity of the sigmoid colon, two small, air-filled balloons mounted on a probe introduced through a sigmoidoscope were used. The recordings were made at a distance of 25 and 15 cm from the anal edge.