Esophageal food bolus impaction in children: A 15-year experience and a review.

Objectives: We aimed to analyze the episodes of esophageal food bolus impaction (EFI) occurred over a time of 15 years in children admitted to a large pediatric emergency department (PED), documenting their clinical presentation, underlying pathology, management, biopsy rate, and follow-up visits. Additionally, to combine our institutional experience with the existing literature, a comprehensive review was conducted.

Methods: We reviewed the medical records of all children presenting to our PED with EFI from 2010 to 2024.

Raman spectroscopy to investigate early biochemical alterations in human tears caused by contact lenses.

Clinical Relevance: The interaction between contact lenses and tear film plays a critical role in lens biocompatibility and can influence discomfort during wear. Early detection of biochemical changes is important for improving ocular surface health, preventing complications, and developing advanced lens materials to enhance long-term comfort.

Background: The pursuit of biocompatible lens materials requires a thorough understanding of their interaction with tear environment.

Water Safety Plan, Monochloramine Disinfection and Extensive Environmental Sampling Effectively Control and Other Waterborne Pathogens in Nosocomial Settings: The Ten-Year Experience of an Italian Hospital.

contamination control is crucial in healthcare settings where patients suffer an increased risk of disease and fatal outcome. To ensure an effective management of this health hazard, the accurate application of a hospital-specific Water Safety Plan (WSP), the choice of a suitable water disinfection system and an extensive monitoring program are required. Here, the ten-year experience of an Italian hospital is reported: since its commissioning, Legionellosis risk management has been entrusted to a multi-disciplinary Working Group, applying the principles of the World Health Organization's WSP.

Diaphragmatic hernia in a term newborn with congenital myotonic dystrophy: case report.

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%.