Florence, 2 mar. (Adnkronos Health) — The presence of a skin lesion of the lower limb can lead to a marked decline in the quality of life. To understand how to improve the care and assistance to patients with skin lesions, even serious ones, specialists of the Asl Toscana Centro and leading national and international […]
Ministry of Health Ordinance of — Official Gazette n.255 of Urgent measures for the containment and management of the Covid-19 epidemic concerning the use of devices of protection respiratory tract THE MINISTER OF HEALTH Having regard to Articles 32, 117, comma 2, letter q), e 118 of the Constitution; Having regard to […]
Prevention and control of healthcare-related infections in surgery Multi-Corporate Document Healthcare-related infections (HAIs) pose a serious threat to public health in our country and in the world. The phenomenon of HAIs goes hand in hand with that of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The consequences that HAIs and AMR have on public health can and must be […]
Miriam Tucker Erkenntnis In the last decade, an encouraging improvement in cardiovascular Risk factors in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in Denmark. But only a minority meet national and international treatment targets for HbA1c, BD and Low-density lipoprotein(LDL) cholesterol. The use of lipid-lowering drugs (LLDs) and antihypertensive drugs (AHDs) decreased after 2012. Physicians should […]
Insight In subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and acute coronary syndrome (AKS), those randomly assigned ticagrelor showed significantly lower rates of serious adverse cardiac events (MACE) and mortality. Light bleeding was significantly more common with ticagrelor, but severe bleeding was not. Why this matters The guidelines recommend dual platelet aggregation inhibition (DAPT) with and . However, a more potent antiplatelet […]
Knowledge Middle-aged adults and older adults taking statins were at lower risk for both lobar and non-lobar intracerebral hemorrhage (ICB). The benefit increased with the duration of therapy. Why this matters An association was uncertain based on previous research. The pathophysiology of lobary ICB (predominance of amyloid angiopathy) differs somewhat from that of non-lobar ICB (predominance of […]
The At its meeting in December 2022 a Extension forTadalafil (Adcirca, Eli Lilly) recommended: The indication should be extended to the treatment of pediatric patients 2 years of age and older with pulmonary arterial hypertension, classified as WHO functional classes II and III.Until now, the indication was limited to adult patients. This full text is unfortunately […]
Rome, 3 Jan. (Adnkronos Salute) — A young woman underwent an exceptional surgery to remove a rare tumor of the vena cava in the Belcolle hospital in Viterbo. The woman had presented herself in recent days to the emergency room in serious condition. Then the emergency hospitalization for a severe pulmonary embolism caused by a […]
Palermo, 28 Oct. (Adnkronos Salute) — The telecardiology project of the Asp of Palermo kicks off from the Pelagie. The team of the provincial health authority, led by the head of Cardiology of the Ingrassia Hospital and the head of the Lampedusa Polyclinic, Francesco D’Arca, installed the first reception and transmission station at the medical […]
SIF Societa’ Italiana di Farmacologia Lithium-induced nephropathy Edited by Alessandra Russo. Specialist in Medical Toxicology. Messina Clinical case A 66-year-old man with bipolar disorder had been on lithium treatment for 20 years. The patient suffered from hyperlipidemia, hypertension, chronic nephropathy and benign prostatic hyperplasia. In addition to lithium, the man took atorvastatin, bupropion, lisinopril, calcium […]