Publications by authors named "P D Giulio"

. The nursing assistant: the main issues in the Italian debate. The recent approval by the State-Regions Conference of the figure of the nurse assistant has sparked a heated debate in the professional community and beyond.

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Children with indications of pacing often require epicardial pacemakers with generators implanted in the abdominal wall due to small body size or challenging anatomy because of congenital heart diseases. However, left ventricle (LV) systolic dyssynchrony induced by epicardial pacing may result in adverse remodeling and LV dysfunction. Recently, distal His bundle pacing (dHBP) has been shown to restore normal ventricular function in adult patients with pacemaker induced ventricular dysfunction.

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Unlabelled: . Impact of 12-hour shifts on nurse, patient and organizational outcomes. A critical review.

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According to the number of falls, fallers can be single (only one fall) or recurrent (two or more falls), with different risk profiles for loss of independence and frailty. The presence of risk factors in community-dwelling single- and recurrent fallers using a wearable fall-detection device, such as the Personal Emergency Response System (PERS), as part of a telemergency service, is still unknown. This article evaluates how using a PERS, within a telemergency service, helps identify risk profiles and assessment of any differences between non-fallers and fallers in community-dwelling older adults.

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