Correction to: The assessment of severe lexical disorders in Italian individuals with aphasia.

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The assessment of severe lexical disorders in Italian individuals with aphasia.

Tests and batteries used in the evaluation of language impairments are overly complex and often ineffective (too difficult) in the assessment of post-stroke patients affected by severe aphasia (global aphasia). The present study reports details on the construction and standardization of a new Italian battery of tasks, specifically designed to assess severe lexical disorders in acquired aphasia (Battery for the Assessment of Severe Acquired Lexical Damage in Italian, BASALDI). The battery is composed of a common set of 64 stimuli (concrete nouns), belonging to both living and non-living categories, and consists of four lexical tasks assessing picture naming, repetition, reading aloud, and oral comprehension.

Chest physical therapy in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis: effectiveness of three methods.

Objective: To compare the short-term effects of postural drainage (PD), oscillating positive expiratory pressure (using the FLUTTER device), and expiration with the glottis open in the lateral posture (ELTGOL) on oxygen saturation, pulmonary function, and sputum production in patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis.

Design: A prospective, randomized study.

Setting: A clinical ward.

Who should prescribe long-term oxygen in patients affected by chronic arterial hypoxaemia?

Thirty two patients, 22 males and 10 females, mean age 69 yrs, affected by chronic arterial hypoxaemia due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), were included in a long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) study. The aim of the study was to retrospectively evaluate the relationship between good education of the patients on long-term oxygen therapy and the different sources of prescription, i.e.