Early Postnatal Infection of Neonates Born to Mothers Infected by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant.

Objectives: To evaluate the rate of postnatal infection during the first month of life in neonates born to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-positive mothers during the predominant circulation of the omicron (B.1.1.

Impact of physical training and detraining on endothelium-dependent vasodilation in patients with recent acute myocardial infarction.

Background: There is evidence that aerobic exercise improves endothelial function in healthy subjects as well as in patients with chronic heart failure. However, it is unknown whether this effect occurs in patients with recent myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods: Fifty-two patients with a recent first uncomplicated AMI underwent endothelial function evaluation before and after 3 months of moderate aerobic exercise training.

Number of symptoms, quantification, and qualification of depression.

Current classification systems (ICD-10 and DSM-IV) require a quantitative criterion for differentiating depressive states, suggesting a correlation between the number of symptoms, i.e., the pervasiveness of the syndrome, and the subtype of the illness.

Absence of APP713 mutation in Italian and Russian families with schizophrenia.

A recent study has shown a mutation at codon 713 of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene in a schizophrenic patient. We have analyzed the MaeIII restriction site caused by that mutation in Italian and Russian families with schizophrenia. No mutations were observed suggesting that the APP713 mutation is unlikely to be linked to the pathogenesis of such a psychiatric disorder.

Puerperal psychoses: a clinical case study with follow-up.

Thirty cases of post-partum psychotic disorders occurred between 1973 and 1987 and hospitalized at the Psychiatric Ward of Florence University were studied and followed up. A structured diagnostic interview was used, which explored DSM Ill-R diagnosis both for mood disorders and for psychotic features. The psychotic symptoms had started within 8 weeks of parturition in all cases.