The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemics on the Development of Health Risk Communication: Challenges and Opportunities.

Starting from an analysis of communication in Italy during the COVID-19 emergency period (February-June 2020), this paper provides an overview of the main challenges and opportunities for communication during pandemics. The purpose of this study is to perform a literature review contributing to the identification of practical recommendations for the improvement of current risk communication strategies. Given the variety of the parties involved in communication and the peculiarity of the theme, an integrated analysis approach was adopted, based on the connections between institutional, scientific and mass communication.

Global Policy Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results of the ICOH Survey.

Background: On the basis of its role for the development of occupational health research, information, good practices, the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) launched the present survey to collect information on public health and prevention policies put in place by the governments of the countries in the world to contain the pandemic.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online questionnaire focused on COVID-19 data, public health policies, prevention measures, support measures for economy, work, and education, personal protective equipment, intensive care units, contact tracing, return to work, and the role of ICOH against COVID-19. The questionnaire was administered to 113 ICOH National Secretaries and senior OSH experts.

Contribution of ICOH to Address the Different OSH Needs among Countries: Results of a Survey.

The aim of this study is to map the coverage of occupational safety and health (OSH) rules and provisions and their enforcement at a country level worldwide. Members' participation in the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) activities was also investigated. We used a questionnaire-based survey to collect data.

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is safe, feasible and effective in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery: results of a prospective single center study.

Background: It is still unknown whether ERAS program is safe, feasible and effective in elderly patients undergoing laparoscopic colorectal surgery. In addition, the definition of the "old patient" in terms of age varies across the studies and different age cut-off, such as 65, 70, and 75 years have been used worldwide.

Methods: All adult patients undergoing primary, elective colorectal laparoscopic surgery between January 2017 and December 2018 were considered eligible to follow the ERAS protocol according to the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Society guidelines.

[Cardiac events after carotid endarterectomy: long-term results].

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of late cardiac events in patients submitted to carotid endarterectomy (CEA), asymptomatic for coronary artery disease during the carotid surgical procedure.

Methods: During a period of 11 years, 162 patients (122 males, 40 females, mean age 68 +/- 12 years), asymptomatic for coronary artery disease and/or without sings of coronary artery disease at the cardiological screening, were submitted to CEA for symptomatic or severe (> or = 70%) carotid stenoses. Clinical follow-up was performed on 151 patients (93%), to identify the incidence of cardiac and neurological events and freedom from late death.