How Can Hybrid Simulation Support Organizations in Assessing COVID-19 Containment Measures?

Simulation models have always been an aid in epidemiology for understanding the spread of epidemics and evaluating their containment policies. This paper illustrates how hybrid simulation can support companies in assessing COVID-19 containment measures in indoor environments. In particular, a Hybrid Simulation (HS) is presented.

15-year follow-up of MoM 36-mm THA: clinical, laboratory, and radiological (CT and MRI) prospective assessment.

Introduction: There is limited knowledge of the long-term results of metal-on-metal total hip arthroplasty (MoM THA), particularly concerning adverse local tissue reaction (ALTR), Co/Cr ions level and revision rate. Even if MoM bearing surfaces are no longer used, long-term data could help in defining the course and best management for these patients. The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical outcomes, describe radiological findings including CT metal artefact reduction algorithm for orthopaedic implants (O-MAR) and MRI multi acquisition variable resonance image combination (MAVRIC) in 36-mm MoM THA.

MRI characteristics of adductor longus lesions in professional football players and prognostic factors for return to play.

Purpose: To correctly define through Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), diagnosis, staging and prognosis of the adductor longus (AL) acute lesions and to identify a correlation between Return to Play (RTP) and sport-related injury predisposing conditions and complications.

Materials And Methods: Twenty professional football players with acute groin pain and clinical suspicion of AL injury subsequent to sport's activity were evaluated. MRI examinations were performed by one and reviewed by other two radiologists with more than 10 years of experience.

MRI detection of soleus muscle injuries in professional football players.

Objectives: To describe magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) characteristics of soleus muscle injuries in symptomatic professional football players stratified according to both the Munich consensus statement and the British Athletics Muscle Injury Classification (BAMIC), and to investigate the association between specific MRI features and the "return to play" (RTP).

Materials And Methods: Professional football players with an episode of acute posterior calf pain and impaired function, subsequent to sports activity, underwent ultrasound followed by MRI examination reviewed by two different radiologists with more than 10 years of experience in the musculoskeletal system. MRI features and RTP outcome were evaluated for all types of injuries.

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound with SonoVue in the evaluation of postoperative complications in pediatric liver transplant recipients.

Purpose: To evaluate the utility of contrast-enhanced sonography in the study of pediatric liver transplant recipients and its potential impact in reducing the need for invasive diagnostic procedures.

Materials And Methods: From October 2002 to December 2003 we performed routine color Doppler ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound studies on 30 pediatric patients who had undergone liver transplantation. Findings indicative of complications were confirmed with invasive studies (angiography, computed tomography, and PTC).