Epidemiological, demographic and clinical data on chronic viral hepatitis C in Tuscany.

Background: Recent introduction of direct antiviral agents (DAAs) has completely changed the scenario regarding hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment. Certain countries' economic health programs prioritize DAAs according to specific clinical features of HCV-infected patients. The aim of this study was to define epidemiological, demographic and clinical characteristics of HCV-infected patients in the Tuscany region of central Italy.

Clinical epidemiology of chronic viral hepatitis B: A Tuscany real-word large-scale cohort study.

Aim: To build a regional database of chronic patients to define the clinical epidemiology of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected patients in the Tuscan public health care system.

Methods: This study used a cross-sectional cohort design. We evaluated chronic viral hepatitis patients with HBV referred to the outpatient services of 16 hospital units.

Autonomic nerve dysfunction in pathologically obese patients.

Background: Obese patients frequently present clinical symptoms related to gastrointestinal motility alterations and autonomic nervous system dysfunction.

Aim: To evaluate the possible correlation between cardiovascular autonomic nervous dysfunction and oesophageal motility in pathologically obese patients.

Patients And Methods: Enrolled in the study were 22 patients with a body mass index of 45.