Communication in refugee and migrant mental healthcare: A systematic rapid review on the needs, barriers and strategies of seekers and providers of mental health services.

Background: Migrants and refugees may not access mental health services due to linguistic and cultural discordance between them and health and social care professionals (HSCPs). The aim of this review is to identify the communication needs and barriers experienced by third-country nationals (TCNs), their carers, and HSCPs, as well as the strategies they use and their preferences when accessing/providing mental health services and language barriers are present.

Methods: We undertook a rapid systematic review of the literature (01/01/2011 - 09/03/2022) on seeking and/or providing mental health services in linguistically discordant settings.

Validation of a Brief Form of the Self-Administered Multidimensional Prognostic Index: The SELFY-BRIEF-MPI Project.

In clinical practice, self-administered and brief tools to promptly identify older people at risk of frailty are required. The Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI), derived from the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) seems reliable enough to serve this purpose, but despite the several versions developed over the past 15 years, it lacks a self-administered and brief version. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the agreement between an abbreviated form of the SELFY-MPI (i.

Aortoiliac Occlusion Disease.

Leriche syndrome is characterized by abdominal aorta and/or bilateral iliac occlusive disease, with a triad of clinical symptoms and signs such as claudication, erectile dysfunction, and decreased distal pulses. Diagnostic imaging is one of the key factors for diagnosis of the anatomic origin of the Leriche symptoms. We report the case of a 56-year-old man with diagnosis of abdominal aorta and bilateral iliac occlusive disease with a wide collateral vascular network.

Abdominal Aorta Anastomotic False Aneurysm Leading to Double Focal Vertebral Body Erosion.

Anastomotic aortic false aneurysm with consequent erosion of vertebral bodies is a very rare event that needs prompt treatment. We report the case of a 71-year-old man with an aortobifemoral graft that was complicated by an uninfected proximal anastomotic pseudoaneurysm with double focal vertebral body erosion.

ERANET JTC 2011: Submission and Activation of an International Academic Translational Project in Advanced Breast Cancer. Experience From the ET-FES Study.

Academic research is important to face unmet medical needs. The Oncological community encounters many hurdles in setting up multicenter investigator-driven trials mainly due to administrative complexity. The purpose of a network organization at a multinational level is to facilitate clinical trials through standardization, coordination, and education for drug development and regulatory approval.

Congenital Anatomical Variant with Cranial Origin of Internal Iliac Arteries.

We report the case of a 73-year-old male who underwent abdominal multidetector computed tomography with vascular reconstruction that highlighted a congenital variant of iliac arteries. Iliac artery anatomical variants are exceedingly rare and only a few cases have been reported in the literature.

Multiple Myeloma: Lytic Bone Lesions of the Skull.

A 77-year-old woman with a 1 years history of Multiple Myeloma (MM) presented with headache, fatigue, and bone pain. She underwent whole body multi-detector computed tomographic (MD-CT) to evaluate possible lytic bone lesions. MD-CT showed small, multiple osteolytic lesions, particularly at the skull level (Figure 1, 2).

Aortic Coarctation.

We report a case of a 45-year-old male suffering from arterial hypertension who was found to have an aortic coarctation with marked hypertrophic compensatory collateral arterial circulation. Although coarctation is relatively rare, this must be included in the differential diagnosis in patients with arterial hypertension with a positive gradient between upper and lower limbs.

Association Between Gait Speed With Mortality, Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.

Objectives: Slow gait speed may be associated with premature mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer, although a comprehensive meta-analysis is lacking. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we explored potential associations between gait speed and mortality, incident CVD, and cancer.

Design: A systematic search in major databases was undertaken from inception until March 15, 2018 for prospective cohort studies reporting data on gait speed and mortality, incident CVD, and cancer.

Hypertensive Versus HIV-infected Patients: Who Has the Greatest Target Organ Damage? Comparison of Carotid Plaque Prevalence, Intima Media Thickness and Renal Resistive Index in the Two Groups of Patients.

Objectives: to compare the prevalence of target-organ damage (TOD), defined as carotid plaque, or intima media thickness, cIMT, >0.9 mm, and that of increased renal resistive index (RRI), among HIV-1-infected patients and uninfected hypertensive patients (HT-non HIV).

Methods: HIV-infected patients aged ≥ 18 years and virologically suppressed were matched with pair-age, sex and BMI HT-non HIV.

Knee Osteoarthritis and Risk of Hypertension: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.

Although previous research has indicated an association between osteoarthritis (OA) and cardiovascular disease, it remains unclear whether people with OA are at greater risk of developing hypertension. The aim of this study was to answer this uncertainity. We used the data of the Osteoarthritis Initiative, an ongoing public and private longitudinal study including people at higher risk of OA or having knee OA.