A Smartphone App for the Management of Postoperative Home Recovery After Thoracic Surgery Procedures: A Pilot Study Using the Care4Today™ App.

In recent years, the use of smartphones has significantly increased among populations of almost every age. The aim of our work is to analyze the impact of an application (app) that follows up with the progress of a patient who underwent a thoracic surgery procedure in the first 30 days after discharge. We prospectively analyzed all the patients included in the pilot study from March 2023 to September 2023.

Circulating cell-free and extracellular vesicles-derived microRNA as prognostic biomarkers in patients with early-stage NSCLC: results from RESTING study.

Background: Factors to accurately stratify patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in different prognostic groups are still needed. This study aims to investigate 1) the prognostic potential of circulating cell-free (CF) and extracellular vesicles (EVs)-derived microRNA (miRNAs), and 2) their added value with respect to known prognostic factors (PFs).

Methods: The RESTING study is a multicentre prospective observational cohort study on resected stage IA-IIIA patients with NSCLC.

Lung Transplant Recipients and COVID-19: Report of Two Cases.

Although the WHO has declared the end of the pandemic emergency, COVID-19 still poses a threat to immunocompromised patients. The COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout the world over the last two years, causing a significant number of deaths. After three years, SARS-CoV-2 has lost its initial lethality but has shown a significantly worse prognosis for immunocompromised patients, especially those who have undergone lung transplantation, compared with the general population.

Early Postoperative Results after Thymectomy for Thymic Cancer: A Single-Institution Experience.

Background: Surgery for thymic cancers is considered the key of curative treatment. Preoperative patients' characteristics and intraoperative features might influence postoperative outcome. We aim to verify short-term outcomes and possible risk factors for complications after thymectomy.

A role for arthropods as vectors of multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales in surgical site infections from South Asia.

Understanding how multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales (MDRE) are transmitted in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is critical for implementing robust policies to curb the increasing burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Here, we analysed samples from surgical site infections (SSIs), hospital surfaces (HSs) and arthropods (summer and winter 2016) to investigate the incidence and transmission of MDRE in a public hospital in Pakistan. We investigated Enterobacterales containing resistance genes (bla, bla and bla-like) for identification, antimicrobial susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing.

Exacerbation of myasthenia gravis after amoxicillin therapy: a case series.

Introduction: Myasthenia gravis (MG) can be aggravated by several classes of drugs, including antibiotics. Penicillins are considered safe drugs for the management of infectious disease in patients with MG. However, a few cases of MG exacerbations after penicillin treatment have been reported in literature.