Publications by authors named "Mena Gallo"
Background: Recent studies supported the association between occupational exposure to asbestos and risk of cholangiocarcinoma (CC). Aim of the present study is to investigate this association using an update of mortality data from the Italian pooled asbestos cohort study and to test record linkage to Cancer Registries to distinguish between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and intrahepatic/extrahepatic forms of CC.
Methods: The update of a large cohort study pooling 52 Italian industrial cohorts of workers formerly exposed to asbestos was carried out.
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- The study examined the effectiveness of three antiviral treatments for early COVID-19 (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir, molnupiravir, and remdesivir) among a large group of outpatient patients.
- 1,342 patients were analyzed, with high clinical recovery rates (96.9%) and a low hospitalization rate (2.6%), showing no significant differences in outcomes between the antiviral treatments.
- Vaccination status was important, as vaccinated patients had a lower risk of hospitalization or death compared to unvaccinated individuals.
Background: Management of infections due to carbapenemase-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients remains a difficult challenge. The INCREMENT-SOT-CPE score has been specifically developed from SOT recipients to stratify mortality risk, but an external validation is lacking.
Methods: Multicenter retrospective cohort study of liver transplant (LT) recipients colonized with CRE infection who developed infection after transplant over 7-year period.
Objective: The aim of our study was to build a predictive model able to stratify the risk of bacterial co-infection at hospitalization in patients with COVID-19.
Methods: Multicenter observational study of adult patients hospitalized from February to December 2020 with confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. Endpoint was microbiologically documented bacterial co-infection diagnosed within 72 h from hospitalization.
Overview of Facebook Use by Hospitals in Italy: A Nationwide Survey during the COVID-19 Emergency.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
July 2021
: Facebook is the most popular social network across the world and also allows users access to health information. Our study presents an overview of the official Facebook profiles of hospitals in Italy ( = 1351) and how much they are used. : All hospitals were surveyed on the number of Facebook posts in May (post-lockdown) and October (second pandemic wave) 2020.
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