Violence against health workers: findings from three emergency departments in the teaching hospital of Padua, Italy.

Emergency departments (EDs) are high-risk places for Workplace Violence (WPV). In Italy, this phenomenon is scarcely investigated. The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence, experiencing and perception of WPV in the general ED (GED), paediatric ED (PED) and obstetric-gynaecological ED (OGED) of the teaching hospital Azienda Ospedaliera in Padua (AOP).

Long-term outcome of morphology and function after soft tissue injury of the forearm with vascular involvement.

Background: We sought to assess long-term changes in bone, muscle area, and muscle strength at different levels of the forearm and hand mobility according to arterial patency and nerve damage after surgically treated trauma related to involuntary local cutting/piercing injuries.

Methods: Forty subjects were evaluated 11 years after surgery for traumatic lesions involving the major vascular axis of the distal forearm. Peripheral quantitative computed tomography was used to measure cortical bone mineral density (BMD) and muscle area at the proximal radius, trabecular BMD at the distal radius, and cortical BMD at the third finger.

Traumatic musculoskeletal changes in forearm and hand after emergency vascular anastomosis or ligation.

Whether the best option for the emergency treatment of major forearm artery lesions is anastomosis or ligation is still debated in the literature. The choice may be influenced by the resulting long-term musculoskeletal changes relating to vessel patency and the surgical procedure used. Fifty-three patients who had undergone emergency surgery involving arterial microanastomoses for lesions affecting one or more major forearm arteries (with a preserved distal circulation) were reassessed in terms of anastomosis patency at the end of a long-term follow-up, using arterial plethysmography, eco-color Doppler, and magnetic resonance angiography.