A5072042338- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Infection Control and Ventilation
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
University of Bari Aldo Moro
2019-2025
Institute of Forensic Science
2023
The University of Sydney
2019
Hospital San Agustin
2007
We present a case of complex suicide concerning 55-year-old man who hanged himself using rope anchored to beam on the terrace his apartment. Multiple parallel linear wounds were observed head. At crime scene, an axe stained with blood and hair was found resting against wall adjacent stairs leading upper floor. Forensic investigations identify cause death as mechanical asphyxia due hanging, in characterized by hesitation marks inflicted head axe. This specific type has never been described literature.
Background—Endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) is a chronic restrictive cardiomyopathy endemic to tropical and subtropical regions, characterized by fibrotic thickening of the endocardium, predominantly affecting ventricular chambers. As global migration increases, cases EMF may emerge in non-endemic areas, posing diagnostic challenge for healthcare professionals unfamiliar with this condition. Methods—We report case 21-year-old man African origin who experienced sudden collapse while residing...
One of the cornerstones for enhancing patient safety culture is incident reporting system (IRS). It a process detecting, reporting, collecting, and summarizing adverse events (AEs) near-misses in healthcare, so it represents vital tool clinical risk management. We analyzed 5-year experience third-level hospital's IRSs, showing its trends highlighting main strengths weaknesses. Patients’ falls physical or verbal aggression toward providers between patients are most reported events....
Abstract Since the beginning of March 2020, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has been cause millions deaths worldwide. The need to better define pathogenesis disease 19 (Covid-19) as well provide correct statistical records concerning related this virus, inevitably involves role forensic pathology and routine autopsy practice. Currently, some data on macroscopic microscopic features in autopsies performed suspected Covid-19 cases are reported literature....
Background and Objectives: The first clusters of SARS-CoV-2 infection were identified in an occupational setting, to date, a significant portion the cases may result from exposure; thus, COVID-19 should also be considered new risk that both directly indirectly impacts health workers. Given significance occupational-exposure-related infections deaths, this study aims assess roles tasks physicians (OPs) countering spread infection. Indeed, despite OP’s centrality management workplace, its...
Although surgery is essential in healthcare, a significant number of patients suffer unfair harm while undergoing surgery. Many these originate from failures non-technical aspects, especially communication among operators. A surgical safety checklist simple tool that helps to reduce adverse events, but even if it fast fill out, its compilation often neglected by the healthcare workers because unprepared cultural background. The present study aims value efficacy free intervention, such as...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, number of accesses to Pediatric Emergency Department (pED) in Italy sharply decreased by 30%. The purpose this study is evaluate how novel setting impacted on management children with trauma, and use appropriateness imaging studies such patients at pED. All performed trauma pED a tertiary children’s Hospital during first wave pandemic (between March May 2020) were reviewed, comparison control time interval (March 2019). In pre-COVID era, 669 documented bone...
OPINION article Front. Pediatr., 16 September 2022Sec. Children and Health Volume 10 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.919710
About 1.5–5% of suicides are committed in a complex way. The present paper reports the case 72-year-old man who suicide by throwing himself into sea after tying large stone with rope and other end slipknot around neck. postmortem analysis revealed asphyxia as that cause death, resulting combination strangulation drowning. Even if prevalence different means changes widely among reports, there is lack evidence such scientific literature. Surprisingly, catholic tradition, several martyrs died...
Fat embolism syndrome (FES) can be challenging to diagnose by forensic pathologists. For the diagnosis of FES, there is no benchmark test. Postmortem requires a full autopsy and specific ancillary examination. However, high variability in clinical presentation FES represents relevant issue, consensus on postmortem assessment. This case 33-year-old man who died one week after car accident. He suffered multiple fractures, but was hemodynamically stable showed neurological changes. The patient...
Introduction Neonatal sepsis, classified into early-onset and late-onset based on symptom timing, poses significant risks of morbidity mortality, especially in low birth weight infants. Effective clinical risk management protocols are crucial reducing these risks. Methods This before-and-after study evaluated the impact a newly implemented protocol Neonatology Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Policlinico Hospital-University Bari. The included 399 neonates over three years, comparing pre-...
Restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic might have changed recreational habits. In this study, results of toxicological tests for alcohol and drugs in blood were compared among drivers stopped at roadside checks periods before (1 January 2018 to 8 March 2020) after lockdown measures (9 2020 31 December 2021). A total 123 (20.7%) subjects had a level above legal limit driving 0.5 g/l, 21 (3.9%) tested positive cocaine, 29 (5.4%) cannabis. period, mean was significantly higher than...