Nursing home staff's experiences with the implementation of an automated blister packaging system for solid, orally ingestible drugs: a qualitative study in Northern Italy.

Objectives: To explore nursing home (NH) staff's experiences implementing an automated blister packaging system for solid, orally ingestible drugs.

Design: This was a descriptive qualitative study. Semistructured interviews were used for data collection, and qualitative content analysis was applied for data analysis.

Social, health and lifestyle-related determinants of older adults' preferences for place of death in South Tyrol, Italy - a cross-sectional survey study.

Background: As the global aging population expands, understanding older adults' preferences for place of death becomes pivotal in ensuring person-centered end-of-life care.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the influence of sociodemographic, health, and lifestyle-related factors on end-of-life care preferences of older adults in South Tyrol, Italy.

Methods: Employing a cross-sectional design, a population-based survey was conducted with a stratified probabilistic sample of adults aged ≥ 75 years in South Tyrol (Autonomous Province of Bolzano/Bozen, Italy).

Non-biopsy Strategy for the Diagnosis of Celiac Disease in Adults: A Narrative Review.

Celiac disease (CeD) diagnosis is a complicated process, requiring a multi-step procedure and a high level of clinical knowledge. Some scientific societies, mainly from Europe and North America, have proposed appropriate guidelines for the diagnosis and management of CeD. Since duodenal biopsy is particularly challenging for children, guidelines of the European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, presented in 2012 and updated in 2020, have made it possible to avoid the biopsy in symptomatic pediatric patients with high levels of IgA anti-transglutaminase.

Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Manifestations Associated with Untreated Celiac Disease in Adults and Children: A Narrative Overview.

Celiac disease (CeD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the small intestine, produced by ingesting dietary gluten products in susceptible people. Gluten causes an impairment of the mucosal surface and, consequently, an abnormal absorption of nutrients. Although malabsorption of essential nutrients is a major risk factor for various CeD-associated morbidities, genetic, immunological, and environmental factors also play an important role.

Associations between Celiac Disease, Extra-Gastrointestinal Manifestations, and Gluten-Free Diet: A Narrative Overview.

Millions of children and adults worldwide suffer from undiagnosed and untreated celiac disease (CeD). The clinical picture of CeD is highly heterogeneous and comprises manifestations that can affect almost the whole body. This narrative overview is aimed at characterizing diseases and complaints that are associated with unrecognized CeD and that frequently involve sites other than the gastrointestinal (G.