A5016599521- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects
- Lymphatic System and Diseases
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
- Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Older Adults Driving Studies
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Frailty in Older Adults
Ospedale di Latisana
2013-2024
Institut d'Assistència Sanitària
2022
Istituto di Sociologia Internazionale di Gorizia
2016-2019
Pain remains one of the main reasons for medical consultation worldwide: moderate- to severe-intensity pain occurs in 19% adult Europeans, seriously affecting quality their social and working lives. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are not recommended long-term use a careful surveillance monitor toxicity efficacy is critical. This study aims assess: 1) pattern NSAIDs opioids population covered by cloud-based pharmacovigilance system; 2) potential inappropriate use. A...
Low-back pain (LBP) affects about 40% of people at some point in their lives. In the presence "red flags", further tests must be done to rule out underlying problems; however, biomedical imaging is currently overused. LBP involves large in-hospital and out-of-hospital economic costs, it also most common musculoskeletal disorder seen emergency departments (EDs).This retrospective observational study enrolled 1,298 patients admitted ED, including all International Classification Diseases 10...
In Italy since the 38/2010 law concerning Palliative Care and pain therapy has been promulgated, consumption of opioids started increasing. However, despite availability a large amount data regarding opioid prescription, database including all patients on chronic does not yet exist.Retrospective analysis analgesic was performed between January 2013 December using national refunded medications for outpatients, collected by Italian Ministry Health. We considered those with at least three...
An "epidemic use" of legal opioids in the USA and other countries has been reported last 15 years. We have analysed database Italian Ministry Health regarding prescription for pain management to verify trend uses Italy.The amount prescribed every single patient 2013 was anonymously recorded transformed daily MED (morphine equivalent dose). considered monthly percentage increase during entire period chronic therapy each patient.Classes dosage all patients therapy, distinguished between cancer...
The international literature underlines that physical activity has a role in preventing cancer and is beneficial for recovery rehabilitation. Therefore, patient education essential to stimulate training. Telemedicine e-health tools like apps wearables can support patients' the monitoring of their health condition progress.
OPINION article Front. Glob. Womens Health, 12 July 2022Sec. Quality of Life https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2022.914302
Introduction Breast cancer disease often affects the ipsilateral shoulder joint, with pain and joint limitation. Proper management, which can be obtained using, for example, pulsed radiofrequency of suprascapular nerve, help physiotherapist mitigate patient pain. The modern technologies kinematic analysis surface electromyography movement give further support in building a personalized rehabilitation program, based on quantitative study movement, this case upper limb. Methods A brief report...
Adhesive capsulitis is a pathology that affects the shoulder and can have particularly long disabling course. The usual therapies are treatment with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) painkillers, steroid injections, physiotherapy, surgical treatment. This case report describes effect of single pulsed radiofrequency suprascapular nerve in diabetic patient affected by this pathology, for whom injections were contraindicated. Three weeks after treatment, reduction pain improvement...
Italy adopted a law on chronic pain in March 2010, which focused detection and management of this symptom, that affects approximately 25% the population. The aim study is to analyze interest Italian population palliative care understand whether Law 38/2010 made an impact internet search pain. Five research parameters were included using Google Trends (chronic pain, anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids, fibromyalgia, medical cannabis) from 2004 2019 "joint point regression analysis." Comparisons...
Objective: Italian Road Law limits driving while undergoing treatment with certain kinds of medication. Here, we report the results a test, run as smartphone application (app), assessing auditory and visual reflexes in sample 300 drivers. The scope test is to provide both police force medication-taking drivers tool that can evaluate individual’s capacity drive safely. Methods: an app for Apple iOS Android mobile operating systems facilitates four different reaction times be assessed: simple...