Efficacy and Safety of Insulin Degludec for Hyperglycemia Management in Noncritical Hospitalized Patients with Diabetes: An Observational Study.

Introduction: To assess the efficacy and safety of insulin degludec administered in a basal-bolus regimen according to the GesTIO protocol in noncritical hospitalized patients with T1DM and T2DM.

Methods: Mean blood glucose levels (BG) and their standard deviations (SD) at admission vs. discharge were compared in 52 subjects (48.

Prevalence of cross-bite in a sample of Italian preschoolers.

Aim: To clinically evaluate the prevalence of cross-bite in a sample of 1960 children in our Local Health Unit n. 15 Alta Padovana (Veneto region, Northeast Italy).

Methods: Study design: A cross-sectional study was carried out in the area of Health District n.

Prevalence of occlusal traits and orthodontic treatment need in 14 year-old adolescents in Northeast Italy.

Aim: Studies on prevalence of malocclusion support the planning and provision of public dental services. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of malocclusion and occlusal traits in adolescents aged 14 years from public secondary schools in the area of Health District n.15 - Veneto region, Italy.

A New Hysteroscopic Risk Scoring System for Diagnosing Endometrial Hyperplasia and Adenocarcinoma.

Study Objective: To develop a new hysteroscopic morphologic scoring system that helps physicians, especially those who have less experience, to make a differential diagnosis among normal endometrium (NE), endometrial hyperplasia, and endometrial carcinoma.

Design: A retrospective study (Canadian Task Force Classification II).

Setting: An office hysteroscopy service.

Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells modulate dextran sulfate sodium induced acute colitis in immunodeficient mice.

Introduction: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are complex multi-factorial diseases with increasing incidence worldwide but their treatment is far from satisfactory. Unconventional strategies have consequently been investigated, proposing the use of cells as an effective alternative approach to IBD. In the present study we examined the protective potential of exogenously administered human umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells (UCMSCs) against Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS) induced acute colitis in immunodeficient NOD.

The Italian perspective on fluoride intake in children and adolescents.

Aim: This paper represents the outcome of the meetings of the Committee composed by Pedodontists (SIOI - Italian Society of Paediatric Dentistry) and Paediatricians (FIMP - Italian Association of Paediatricians) with the aim to share an evidence- based common approach in caries prevention during childhood and adolescence. The most important topic was an update on fluoride administration methods in order to minimise the risk of fluorosis and maximise its caries-preventive effect.

Conclusion: The conclusions of this work are exposed in a synoptic table.

Public community orthodontics in Italy. Description of an experience.

Aim: To assess the reliability and simplicity of a method chosen for selecting subjects to be treated in the orthodontic system and for the acceptance of the method by the community.

Materials And Methods: 490 orthodontic patients received full dental examination. For each patient a table was prepared for the detection of malocclusion in which the occlusal characteristics according to the Norwegian Orthodontic Treatment Index (NOTI), the molar class and the teeth present were recorded.

Age limit for infiltration anaesthesia for the conservative treatment of mandibular first molars. A clinical study on a paediatric population.

Aim: The aims of this study were to assess the age limit for infiltration anaesthesia as an effective technique in treating carious lesions of first permanent molars in the paediatric age and if differences exist between males and females.

Materials And Methods: A total of 51 teeth from 48 different patients aged between 6 and 14 years were included in the study. The anaesthetic solution used was 1.

A rare case of unerupted second deciduous molar located inferior to the second premolar: case report.

Aim: Tooth eruption is defined as the movement of a tooth from its site of development within the alveolar process to its functional position in the oral cavity [Massler et al., 1941]. The process of tooth eruption can be divided into different phases: pre-eruptive bone stage, alveolar bone stage, mucosal stage, preocclusal stage, occlusal stage and maturation stage [Andreasen et al.

Caries experience in 14-year-olds from Northeast Italy. Is socioeconomic-status (SES) still a risk factor?

Aim: Prevalence and severity of dental caries in 14-year-olds of Northeast Italy were estimated, evaluating the dependence to SES.

Materials And Methods: An epidemiological survey was performed among a randomised cluster sample of 560 (290 M and 270 F) 14-year-olds attending secondary schools, to evaluate DMFS following WHO indications. Association between caries occurrence and SES was evaluated in a logistic regression model.

Unilateral headache with bilateral internal ophthalmoplegia.

We describe the case of a young woman suffering from migraine. After some years, the headache started to be accompanied by internal ophthalmoplegia. Mydriasis was unilateral and after a few months became bilateral.

Spread of botulinum neurotoxin type a at standard doses is inherent to the successful treatment of spastic equinus foot in cerebral palsy: short-term neurophysiological and clinical study.

To evaluate whether botulinum toxin type A at standard doses spreads to antagonist leg muscles in dynamic equinus foot, we studied 18 ambulatory children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. The gastrocnemius muscle on the affected side was injected with botulinum toxin type A (Dysport) (mean ± standard deviation, 14.3 ± 0.

Funnel technique for EVAR: "a way out" for abdominal aortic aneurysms with ectatic proximal necks.

Background: To describe an endovascular technique for proximal stent-graft fixation in patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm and an ectatic aortic neck.

Methods: We describe a method in which using currently available devices in a hybrid assembly offers another option for circumventing the limitations of problematic proximal fixation.

Conclusions: Through four examples, we illustrate the feasibility of placing a straight endograft as proximal extension of a bifurcated or aorto-uni-iliac graft in patients with a dilated proximal aortic neck.

Social differences in tooth decay occurrence in a sample of children aged 3 to 5 in north-east Italy.

Objective: To correlate the occurrence of tooth decay with a social class indicator (occupational level) and the immigrant status in a sample of pre-school children in Veneto region.

Basic Research Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Clinical Setting: Twenty nursery schools in the area of Health District n.

Aneurysm sac "thrombization" and stabilization in EVAR: a technique to reduce the risk of type II endoleak.

Purpose: To evaluate the reduction in type II endoleak risk after introducing a new prevention method, "thrombization" or clotting of the aneurysm sac, during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) versus the standard EVAR technique.

Methods: From September 1999 to December 2008, 469 consecutive patients underwent EVAR for AAA at our institution. In 2003, the injection of fibrin glue with or without microcoils into the aneurysm sac was added to the EVAR treatment plan ("thrombization" technique).

Botulinum neurotoxin type A injections for vaginismus secondary to vulvar vestibulitis syndrome.

Objective: To investigate whether botulinum neurotoxin type A improves vaginismus and study its efficacy with repeated treatments.

Methods: Outpatients were referred because standard cognitive-behavioral and medical treatment for vaginismus and vulvar vestibular syndrome failed. From this group, we prospectively recruited consecutive women (n=39) whose diagnostic electromyogram (EMG) recordings from the levator ani muscle showed hyperactivity at rest and reduced inhibition during straining.

Caries prevalence and tooth surface distribution in a group of 5-year-old Italian children.

Aim: This was to investigate caries experience and patterns in a sample of 5-year-old children attending nursery schools in the Veneto Region (Italy).

Study Design: Cross sectional study.

Methods: The study was carried out between September 2005 and May 2006 with 348 randomly selected 5-year-old children.

Oral health problems and needs in nursing home residents in Northern Italy.

Objective: To describe the oral health status and treatment needs of a sample of elderly people residing in nursing homes in Northern Italy.

Research Design: a sample of 595 elderly residents (mean age 83.2+/-9.

Central nervous system abnormalities in vaginismus.

Objective: To investigate possible altered CNS excitability in vaginismus.

Methods: In 10 patients with primary idiopathic lifelong vaginismus, 10 with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome accompanied by vaginismus and healthy controls we recorded EMG activity from the levator ani (LA) and external anal sphincter (EAS) muscles and tested bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR). Pudendal-nerve somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) were tested after a single stimulus.

[Short and medium term functional capacity after single cycle of controlled physical training in subjects with claudication].

Background: Previous studies have shown the positive effect of exercise rehabilitation in patients with claudication, but uncertainties remain surrounding the optimal exercise program strategy and the persistence of the benefits over time. The purpose of the present study has been to prospectively assess the feasibility of short-course intensive supervised exercise training beyond pain threshold and to verify the maintenance of walking capacity during a medium term follow-up.

Methods: Ninety patients with intermittent claudication due to peripheral artery disease were enrolled in a supervised intensive exercise training.

Preschoolers' dental caries experience and its trend over 20 years in a North-East Italian Health District.

Aim: To describe dental caries occurrence among preschool children in a Health District in the North-East of Italy by age, gender and immigrant background; 2) to plot a trend of primary dentition dental caries over a 20 year time span.

Study Design: Observational cross-sectional survey.

Methods: 41 out of 88 kindergartens were randomly selected, originating a sample of 3470 preschoolers out of 7,061 overall school attenders.

Prevalence and severity of dental caries in 5- and 12-year old children in the Veneto Region (Italy).

Objectives: To evaluate the occurrence of dental caries among 5- and 12-year-old children in Northeastern Italy and to compare dental status between immigrants and native-born children.

Basic Research Design And Participants: A cross-sectional survey of 260 5-year-olds and 862 12-year-olds was carried out between October 2003 and May 2004. Dental caries were diagnosed at the caries into dentine (D3) threshold.