Antenatal toxoplasmosis screening and treatment in Northern Italy: update on the clinical effectiveness.

Background: Antenatal universal screening for toxoplasmosis is recommended in most affluent countries worldwide. Despite evidence is not robust, detected cases are typically treated during pregnancy. Affected newborns are also treated to temper clinical consequences.

Hospital Memories and Six-Month Psychological Outcome: A Prospective Study in Critical Ill Patients with COVID-19 Respiratory Failure.

ICU survivors suffer from various long-term physical and psychological impairments. Memories from the critical illness may influence long-term psychological outcome. In particular, the role of ICU memories in COVID-19 critically ill patients is unknown.

Ultrasound Versus Computed Tomography for Diaphragmatic Thickness and Skeletal Muscle Index during Mechanical Ventilation.

Diaphragmatic alterations occurring during mechanical ventilation (MV) can be monitored using ultrasound (US). The performance of computed tomography (CT) to evaluate diaphragmatic thickness is limited. Further, the association between muscle mass and outcome is increasingly recognized.

Micro-fragmented adipose tissue (mFAT) associated with arthroscopic debridement provides functional improvement in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Current conservative treatments for knee OA provide limited benefits, with symptoms relief for a short amount of time. Regenerative medicine approaches such as the use of microfragmented adipose tissue (mFAT) showed promising results in terms of durable effects and the possibility to enhance tissue healing and counteract the progression of the pathology. Nevertheless, up to today, the large part of clinical data about mFAT use refers to uncontrolled studies, especially in the surgical setting.

Serotypes in Italian and Foreign Populations: A Cross-Sectional Study Using a Homemade ELISA Test.

is a protozoan parasite responsible for human toxoplasmosis. The three major clonal lineages and different recombinant strains of have a varied global distribution. This study aimed at evaluating the epidemiological distribution of types II and I-III and recombinant or mixed in Italians and foreigners residing in Italy, establishing an association between serotypes and demographic characteristics.