Convalescent Plasma for Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients: A Single-Center Experience.

In Winter 2020, Italy, and in particular the Lombardy region, was the first country in the Western hemisphere to be hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Plasma from individuals recovered from COVID-19 (COVID-19 convalescent plasma, CCP) was the first therapeutic tool adopted to counteract the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this retrospective cohort study, we report the experience of the city hospital of Mantua, Lombardy region, on the compassionate use of CCP in patients hospitalized for severe COVID-19.

[The COVID-19 Epidemic: the experience in the Social and Health Care Center of the Mantua District (Lombardy Region, Northern Italy)].

Objectives: to describe the course of COVID-19 epidemic in the hospitals of the ASST of Mantua (Lombrady Region, Northern Italy) from February 2020 to April 2021.

Design: observational study.

Setting And Participants: data from hospital discharging chart of all patients admitted to the hospitals of ASST were collected from 26.

Radiotherapy activities and technological equipment in Veneto, Italy: a report from the Rete Radioterapica Veneta.

Background: Despite the pivotal role of radiotherapy in oncology, the provision of radiation treatments remains inadequate in many areas of the world. The present report is an assessment conducted among Radiation Oncology centers of Veneto region with the aim to collect information concerning radiotherapy assets and technological equipment availability.

Methods: Data concerning Veneto Radiation Oncology departments about radiotherapy activities, number of treatments, techniques used and radiotherapy machines available were collected.

Heart failure in the Veneto region of Italy: analysis of therapeutic pathways and the utilization of healthcare resources.

: Aim of the study was to describe the use and pharmacoutilization profiles of recommended drugs for HF patients, hospital re-admission rates, mortality rates and determine healthcare resource consumption and related costs for HF patients in an Italian region. : We retrospectively analyzed data from the administrative database and included adult patients who were discharged alive with a primary or secondary HF diagnosis between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2015. We assessed data on HF-related drug prescriptions at discharge and during a 12-month follow-up period, as well as treatment adherence and treatment modification.

Bone remodelling in osteoarthrosic subjects undergoing a physical exercise program.

Background: The connection between osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis (OP) has attracted considerable attention but reports about bone mass density (BMD) in OA are often contradictory. Some data indicate that BMD is higher in OA patients than in healthy subjects, whereas other studies showed no differences. It has been observed that mud pack treatment (MPT) induces a decrease in cytokines with bone-resorbing effects.