A5074310950- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
- Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Wound Healing and Treatments
- Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders
- Soft tissue tumor case studies
- Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Palliative and Oncologic Care
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
- Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research
- Retinal and Macular Surgery
- Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies
- Histiocytic Disorders and Treatments
- Chromatin Remodeling and Cancer
Sapienza University of Rome
1991-2024
Policlinico Umberto I
2023-2024
Ospedale di San Donà di Piave
2017-2023
Angelo State University
2020
AULSS 2 Marca Trevigiana
2020
University of Rome Tor Vergata
1995-2018
Magee Rehabilitation Hospital
2011
Istituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale
1997
Background: Terminally ill patients are at high risk of pressure ulcers, which have a negative impact on quality life. Data about ulcers’ prevalence, incidence and associated factors largely insufficient. Aim: To document the point prevalence admission cumulative ulcers in terminally admitted to an Italian home palliative care unit, analyse patients’ caregivers’ characteristics with their occurrence. Design: Retrospective chart review. Setting/participants: Patients ( n = 574) life...
Background: Advanced cancer patients often die in hospital after receiving needless, aggressive treatment. Although palliative care improves symptom management, barriers to accessing services affect its utilisation, and such disparities challenge the equitable provision of care. This study aimed identify which factors are associated with inequitable service utilisation among advanced by applying Andersen Behavioural Model Health Services Use.Material methods: was a retrospective cohort using...
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES the fundamental contribution made by Davide Giordano, proposing transglabellar surgical approach in a period which transfacial and transbasal operative approaches to pituitary gland were considered inadvisable because of their risk. His idea was gain access through bilateral paranasal frontal skin incisions, allowing removal ethmoid bone anterior wall sphenoidal cube. With inferior aspects sella turcica thus exposed, is removed exposed incision dura mater. The technique...
The clinical and research debate on the peripheral intravascular (PIV) catheter length of stay in situ is ongoing. principal aim this study was to explore factors behind a nurse's decision leave PIV place for more than 96 hours. focused 7 northern Italian hospitals 2009. A consequent sample 269 catheters included. Direct observation interviews were adopted. time expected replacement fixed at hours after its positioning, accordance with international guideline. Several taken into account...
We report a series of 12 cases isolated lesions the axillary nerve treated surgically. discuss pathogenesis, clinical pattern, and surgical treatment this lesion together with results obtained.
Abstract Objective Patients suffering from advanced disease face different care transitions. The transition acute to palliative is challenging and may lead the discontinuity of care. Family caregivers become important sources information, as patients begin experience difficulties in coping with emotional events. Care Transition Measure was developed evaluate transitions experienced by elderly. It has never been used aim this study test validity reliability a modified version Palliative...
Background Nutrition is a basic patients’ need and an important component of nursing. End-of-life cancer patients can experience difficulties in eating drinking, sometimes requiring artificial nutrition hydration (ANH). Nurses’ knowledge attitudes greatly influence nursing care. Nurses may lack ANH. To date, no study has explored the oncology palliative care nurses toward end-of-life Objective describe nurses’ Methods A multicenter cross-sectional was conducted 7 regions Italy using Italian...
Place of death and disenrollment from specialized palliative care services (SPCSs) are two aspects that determine service utilization. These should be determined by patient needs preferences, but they often associated to sociodemographic or contextual characteristics. The aim this study was describe which factors with utilizing SPCSs in terms place disenrollment.Retrospective cohort study. Patients (>18 years) who died were disenrolled during Two hierarchical regression models performed,...
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA IS an uncommon craniofacial pain syndrome that is occasionally associated with cardiac syncope. Involvement of the glossopharyngeal nerve may be painless or marked by true episodic neuralgia, and this justifies term neuralgia reported here. We present 5 cases syndrome, a total 15 observed successfully treated section rootlets Cranial Nerves IX X microvascular decompression in posterior cranial fossa. also analyze relevant literature discuss pathogenesis treatment syndrome.