A5068786122- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Autopsy Techniques and Outcomes
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Influenza Virus Research Studies
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
- COVID-19 diagnosis using AI
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Coronary Artery Anomalies
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Ethics in medical practice
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2014-2025
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2019-2025
Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic
2016-2025
International Law Institute
2023
Harvard University
2023
University of the Sacred Heart
2010-2014
Sapienza University of Rome
2014
Catholic University of America
2009-2012
Institute of Legal Economics
2010
Seasonal flu vaccination is one of the most important strategies for preventing influenza. The attitude towards in light COVID-19 pandemic has so far been studied literature mostly with help surveys and questionnaires. Whether a person chooses to be vaccinated or not during pandemic, however, speaks louder than any declaration intention. In our teaching hospital, we registered statistically significant increase coverage across all professional categories between 2019/2020 2020/2021 campaign...
Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is a repeatable, at‐the‐bedside, helpful tool for confirming cerebral circulatory arrest (CCA). Despite its variable accuracy, TCD increasingly used during brain death determination, and it considered among the optional ancillary tests in several countries. Among limitations, need skilled operators with appropriate knowledge of typical CCA patterns lack adequate acoustic bone windows intracranial arteries assessment are critical. The purpose this review to describe...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the implications robotic surgery on clinical risk and litigation at Fondazione Policlinico "A. Gemelli" (FPG) identify potential strategies reduce future cases controversies. We examined claims related surgeries performed FPG from 2015 2024. complication rate for each procedure evaluated compared that laparoscopic procedures. Subsequently, trends in robotic-assisted were analysed, taking into account findings international literature topic. Our data...
Background On May 12, 2020, a symposium titled “Liability of healthcare professionals and institutions during COVID-19 pandemic” was held in Italy with the participation national experts malpractice law, hospital management, legal medicine, clinical risk management. The symposium’s rationale highly likely inflation criminal civil proceedings concerning alleged errors committed by health care decision makers pandemic. Its aim to identify discuss main issues medicolegal interest thus find...
Influenza represents a threat to global health and care workers (HCWs) have an increased risk of contracting the influenza virus in workplace. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought back importance vaccination, as can circulate together with SARS-CoV-2. aim this report is describe actual flu vaccination coverage among healthcare research hospital trend changes, respect past campaigns, light present vaccination. A Pearson’s χ2 test was used correlation coverage, across all professional categories,...
Abstract: Supine hypotensive syndrome is characterized by severe supine hypotension in late pregnancy, whose clinical presentation ranges from minimal cardiovascular alterations to shock, resulting inferior vena cava compression gravid uterus. We report a case of 41‐year‐old 39‐week‐pregnant woman found dead supine. Autopsy revealed the following: cyanosis limbs; congestion jugular and subclavian veins; abundant abdominal subcutaneous fatty tissue; uterus displacing intestine diaphragm;...
There is still a lack of knowledge concerning the pathophysiology death among COVID-19-deceased patients, and question whether patient has died with or due to COVID-19 very much debated. In Italy, all deaths patients who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 are defined as COVID-19-related, without considering pre-existing diseases that may either contribute even cause death. Our study included nine subjects from two different nursing homes (Cases 1–4, Group A; Cases 5–9, B). The latter presumably...
In recent years, modern imaging techniques have gained ground in forensics. A crucial question is whether virtual autopsy capable of replacing traditional autopsy. Forensic diagnosis freshwater drowning (FWD) based on the evidence findings from external inspection (e.g. frothy fluid exuding mouth and nostrils), internal examination pulmonary congestion, enlargement heart chambers) biochemical analysis (haemodilution), which are non-specific. The detection diatoms organs systemic circulation...
Incident reporting is an important method to identify risks because learning from the reports crucial in developing and implementing effective improvements. A medical malpractice claims analysis tool any case. Both incident show cases of damage caused patients, despite comprising near misses, where no event occurred no-harm events. We therefore compare two worlds assess whether they are similar or definitively different. From 1 January 2014 31 December 2021, database Policlinico...
The concurrent administration of COVID-19 and influenza vaccines has arisen as a promising approach to bolster protection against respiratory pathogens improve vaccination rates. However, there remains lack data regarding the prevalence co-administration across several campaigns, especially among healthcare workers (HCWs). Therefore, this study aims shed light on acceptance strategies HCWs during two campaigns following introduction anti-SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. A retrospective cohort was...
Objectives Italy is experiencing a crisis of malpractice litigation with important repercussions on the insurance industry (e.g., lower profits), physicians defensive medicine), and courts work backlog, lengthy proceedings). We searched for common ground between legal systems in United States considered implications international collaborations patient safety. Methods examined judicial frameworks medical two countries different foundations: (a public-private system governed by law) publicly...
Background: SARS-CoV-2 antigen detection has currently expanded the testing capacity for COVID-19, which yet relies on RNA RT-PCR amplification. Objectives: To report a COVID-19 algorithm from tertiary care hospital emergency department (ED) that combines both (performed ED) and outside testing. Methods: Between December 2020 January 2021, in priori designated, spatially separated or non-COVID-19 ED areas, respectively, symptomatic asymptomatic patients received nasopharyngeal swab samples....
Criminal trials and claims against physicians for malpractice-related damages have increased dramatically in recent years, and, with Obstetrics Gynecology being one of the medical specialties that is at highest risk, we carried out a retrospective analysis aimed examining all Obstetrics- Gynecology-related professional liability prosecutions within General Register Records Rome Public Prosecutor's Office between years 2000 2014. The number steadily 2000-2005, varying trends following years....
Health workers, especially those in patient-facing roles, had a significantly increased risk of COVID-19 infection, having serious outcomes, and risking spreading the virus to patients staff. Vaccination campaign planning suggests allocating initial supplies BNT162b2 vaccine health workers given importance early protection safeguard continuity care patients. The aim study is assess effectiveness safety among Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS (FPG). retrospective...
Vaccinations generate health, economic and social benefits in both vaccinated unvaccinated populations. The aim of this study was to conduct a cost-benefit analysis estimate the costs associated with COVID-19 vaccination campaign for health workers Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS (FPG). included 5152 healthcare who voluntarily received Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, divided into physicians, nurses other workers. Data about vaccine cost, administration materials were...
Coronary atherosclerosis is responsible for >50% of all cases sudden death and 90% coronary death. Four encountered in routine autopsy evaluation at our institute 2004 which non-atherosclerotic pathology was cardiac are reported. The a 31-year-old man with epicardial arteritis, 57-year-old intramyocardial vasculitis, 45-year-old woman spontaneous dissection 50-year-old vascular fibrosis described. Searching disease relevant both the clinician pathologist to prevent causes going unrecognised.