Publications by authors named "M Specchia"
Background: the Pediatric Intensive Care field is characterized by the criticality of newborns and children who access it, as well as by a high complexity of care. This entails the need of an optimal integration between the various professional figures working in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) and their ability to work in team.
Purpose: to describe how nurses perceive clinical risk and relate to it; to identify adverse events and related risk factors.
Influenza is an important public health issue given its significant burden of disease. In Italy, the unsatisfactory coverage rate in people ≥65 years underlines the need to improve the current vaccination pathway. This study aims to define an integrated pathway across primary and secondary care, facilitated by a digital clinical decision support system (CDSS), to enhance vaccination coverage in people ≥65 years by actively recruiting patients in hospitals and administering vaccination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To evaluate osteoradionecrosis (ORN) incidence in a cohort of patients undergoing tooth extraction (TE) before radiotherapy (RT) for head and neck cancers.
Methods: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (ID-2132) and registered at clinicaltrials.gov (ID: NCT04009161).
Article Synopsis
- Ocular involvement of neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) is rare, primarily consisting of metastatic cases; primary orbital NENs are even more uncommon and present unique diagnostic and treatment challenges.
- A systematic review of literature from 1966 to September 2023 identified 63 records on orbital NENs, with 11 focusing specifically on primary types, revealing that symptoms often included proptosis or exophthalmos.
- Effective management of primary orbital NENs requires a multidisciplinary approach and early referral to specialized centers to improve diagnosis, treatment, and overall patient outcomes.