Pressure ulcers development is an undesirable event that often worsens the clinical condition of patients already affected by severe pathologies. Since the aetiology of this clinical complication is unclear yet, at current the primary approach to treat the problem is the adoption of suitable patients' assistance procedures. At the same time, the research focuses on finding medicaments or treatment strategies that could prevent the lesions and/or accelerate their healing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this cross-sectional study, adverse events after the first and second dose of BNT162b2 mRNA (Pfizer-BioNTech, Comirnaty) vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 were investigated among employees of clinics in central Italy. A 42-items questionnaire was administrated to vaccine recipients. Adverse events were classified based on severity and occurrence as reported in the literature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF