Prevalence and mortality trends of hemoglobinopathies in Italy: a nationwide study.

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Safety and efficacy of ketorolac continuous infusion for multimodal analgesia of vaso-occlusive crisis in patients with sickle cell disease.

Pain is an hallmark of sickle-cell-related acute clinical manifestations as part of acute vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC). In SCD pain has different origins such as vascular or neuropathic pain, which requires multimodal analgesia. This is based on the administration of drugs with different pharmacological mechanisms of action, maximizing analgesia and minimizing their adverse events and the risk of drug-addition in patients experiencing acute-recurrent pain events as in SCD.

Monkeypox outbreak in Genoa, Italy: Clinical, laboratory, histopathologic features, management, and outcome of the infected patients.

Since May 2022, multiple human Monkeypox cases were identified in nonendemic countries, mainly among men who have sex with men. We aimed to report the features, clinical course, management, and outcome of the Monkeypox cases diagnosed in the Dermatology and Infectious Disease Units of the San Martino Hospital, Genoa, Italy. We performed an observational study of the Monkeypox cases diagnosed from July 1 until August 31, 2022, collecting clinical, laboratory, and histological data.

Working wellbeing between new employees and expert nurses.

Introduction: The human factor represents a fundamental element in health care processes and influences the result; never as between 2019 and 2020 has such a large number of new hires been introduced in the various public and private companies for social and health assistance. In this context, a fact-finding survey was conducted by the Decentralization Commission of Opi Genova in the months of June and July. The aim was to measure organizational health in terms of variables depending on the relationship between colleagues with different professional experience.

Histological alterations following bariatric surgery: pilot study.

Background: Macroscopic clinical evidence of tissue damaging following bariatric surgery pushed plastic surgeons to presume microscopic alterations as well.

Methods: Five preliminary cases studied randomly, and compared with healthy tissues, confirmed these initial suspects. A deeper and wider study has then been structured.