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Head And Neck Surgery Residency During Covid-19 Pandemic. Lessons From Southern Italy, Pietro De Luca
Head And Neck Surgery Residency During Covid-19 Pandemic. Lessons From Southern Italy, Pietro De Luca
Translational Medicine @ UniSa
A letter to the Editor from an otolaryngology-head and neck surgery resident.
Saving Limited Resources During Covid-19 Pandemic, Ornella Piazza
Saving Limited Resources During Covid-19 Pandemic, Ornella Piazza
Translational Medicine @ UniSa
An epidemic is not only a disease but a social crisis.
Assessing The Impact Of A Community-Based Pro-Active Monitoring Program Addressing The Need For Care Of Community-Dwelling Citizens Aged More Than 80: Protocol For A Prospective Pragmatic Trial And Results Of The Baseline Assessment, Elisa Terracciano
Translational Medicine @ UniSa
The aim of this paper is to describe the protocol of a study assessing the impact of a Communitybased pro-Active Monitoring Program, by measuring the effect in counteracting the adverse outcomes related to frailty. Methods: a prospective pragmatic trial will be carried out to describe the impact of an intervention on people aged>80, adjusted for relevant parameters: demographic variables, comorbidities, disability and bio-psycho-social frailty. They have been assessed with the Functional Geriatric Evaluation questionnaire that is a validated tool. Mortality, Acute Hospital Admission rates, Emergency Room Visit rates and Institutionalization rates are the main outcomes to be evaluated annually, …
The Frailty Of The Invincible, Donatella Tramontano
The Frailty Of The Invincible, Donatella Tramontano
Translational Medicine @ UniSa
The COVID-19 pandemic has unveiled the frailty of our societies from too many points of view to look away. We need to understand why we were all caught unprepared. On the one hand, we have all short memories. As we forget too quickly, we were unable to recognize key factors influencing response and preparedness to public health threats. For many years, economic evaluation pushed governments all over the world to cut resources for public health systems, with COVID-19 pandemic the question arises: do we spend too much or too little on health care? What is the right amount to spend …