Publications by authors named "I Maini"

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  • - The study investigates the impact of care levels at different obstetric units on maternal and perinatal outcomes during code red cesarean deliveries, which are performed when there’s a life-threatening situation for the mother or fetus.
  • - The research analyzed 168 cases from various hospitals and found that while the decision-to-delivery interval (DDI) was similar at both level-1 and level-2 hospitals, the rates of appropriate indications were higher at level-2 hospitals, although they had worse perinatal outcomes.
  • - The results indicate that while level-1 hospitals can respond as quickly as level-2 hospitals in emergencies, they have lower rates of appropriate indications for cesarean deliveries, and the level of care and the
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Introduction: Spinning Babies® procedures and the Rebozo technique have been recently implemented as additional interventions in laboring women with a fetus in occiput posterior position (OPP) to favor the rotation to an anterior position, which improve birth experience and health outcomes. Our study aimed to compare the probability of occurrence of persistent OPP (POPP) of the fetal head at the second stage of labor between retrospective and prospective cohorts and to assess associated sociodemographic, obstetric and intrapartum factors.

Methods: We conducted a combined prospective and retrospective cohort study including 1500 women giving birth in 2017 (retrospective cohort) and 779 between 15 May and 15 December 2023 (prospective cohort).

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Background: The sharing of health-related information has become increasingly popular on social media. Unregulated information sharing has led to the spread of misinformation, especially regarding complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine (CAIM). This scoping review synthesized evidence surrounding the spread of CAIM-related misinformation on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Background: Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) is sought by more than 50% of patients with osteoporosis. Despite this, many healthcare providers lack the knowledge to adequately counsel patients on safe and effective TCIM use. The purpose of this study was to determine the quantity and quality of TCIM recommendations in clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for the treatment and/or management of osteoporosis.

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One of the recently described syndromes emerging from the massive study of cohorts of undiagnosed patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and syndromic intellectual disability (ID) is White-Sutton syndrome (WHSUS) (MIM #616364), caused by variants in the gene (MIM *614787), located on the long arm of chromosome 1 (1q21.3). So far, more than 50 individuals have been reported worldwide, although phenotypic features and natural history have not been exhaustively characterized yet.

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