Safety and efficacy of Staged Extubation Set in patients with difficult airway: a prospective multicenter study.

Background: A safe extubation is the extension of any airway management strategy. Despite different guidelines, a number of extubation accidents still occurs. Re-intubation failure could be fatal, thus a strategy and safe and efficient devices for this purpose are essential.

The impact of motivational therapy in the management of enuretic children.

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the impact of a motivational therapy (MT) on the outcomes for individuals diagnosed with nocturnal enuresis (NE).

Material And Methods: We enrolled 158 patients with NE referred to the Service of Pediatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital of Rome, from January 2013 to September 2017. Of these, 21 were excluded because they didn't meet the inclusion criteria.

Laparoscopic resection of an incidental appendiceal mucocele: is it correct. Case report.

Mucocele of the appendix is an uncommon disorder, characterized by a cystic dilatation of the lumen; it's mainly due to mucinous cystadenoma. Definite diagnosis is difficult preoperatively. It can be discovered incidentally at laparotomy or laparoscopy performed for other reason.

Intestinal obstruction caused by torsed gangrenous Meckel's diverticulum encircling terminal ileum.

Meckel's diverticulum (MD) is considered the most prevalent congenital anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract. It may result in a number of complications including hemorrhage, obstruction, and inflammation. Obstruction of various types is the most common presenting symptom in the adult population.

Microbiological evaluation of tissue expanders in patients who had first stage breast reconstruction.

Capsular contracture is one of the most common complications associated to the use of foreign materials in reconstruction after mastectomy and aesthetic breast augmentation. Many risk factors, causes, and conditions seldom associated with capsular contracture have been identified but none of these have been confirmed by published data. Among these, subclinical infections (particularly those caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis) seem to be one of the most likely.

Caveolin-1 expression in human breast lobular cancer progression.

Caveolin-1 is the principal structural protein of caveolae, and caveolin-1 gene plays a role as a tumour suppressor gene in human mammary cancer-derived cells. However, limited data are available concerning caveolin-1 expression in human breast cancer tissue. We evaluated caveolin-1 expression in normal lobular epithelial cells and in the whole human lobular neoplasia spectrum disease, with the aim to examine differences of caveolin-1 expression in human lobular neoplasia progression.

Survey on learning needs and preferred sources of information to meet these needs in Italian oncology patients receiving chemotherapy.

Cancer patient education can be especially important in topics like side effects of chemotherapy. Information needs of oncology patients are scarcely investigated in Italy. This study aimed to identify the learning needs, the amount of information desired and the preferred methods of information delivery of Italian cancer patients receiving chemotherapy.

Treatment of benign positional vertigo in the elderly: a randomized trial.

Objectives/hypothesis: The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of three therapeutic strategies (Semont maneuver, flunarizine, and no treatment) in patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

Study Design: Randomized prospective trial.

Methods: One hundred fifty-six consecutive patients older than 60 years of age who were affected by benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the posterior semicircular canal were enrolled.