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Current Issue

Vol. 93 No. 4 (2022)

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Published: 31-08-2022

ORIGINAL INVESTIGATIONS/COMMENTARIES - SPECIAL COVID19

Excess mortality in Mountain Areas of Emilia Romagna Region during the first months of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a “canary in the coal mine”?

Matteo Riccò

Abstract 92 | PDF Downloads 59

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Evaluation of the combined effect of mobility and seasonality on the COVID-19 pandemic: a Lombardy-based study

Yuri Matteo Falzone, Luca Bosco, Giacomo Sferruzza, Tommaso Russo, Marco Vabanesi, Carlo Signorelli, Massimo Filippi

Abstract 70 | Supplementary file Downloads 0 PDF Downloads 33

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An SBQ-R assessment of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of young adults in North India

Deepika Rani, Kewal Krishan, Nilesh Tumram, Utsav Parekh, Tanuj Kanchan

Abstract 82 | PDF Downloads 43

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CORRESPONDENCE - SPECIAL COVID19

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on otolaryngologic practice.

Giorgio Ciprandi, Giulio Cesare Passali, Desiderio Passali

Abstract 42 | PDF Downloads 41

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

A prospective multicentric study of risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA mutation patients

Vera Loizzi, Ettore Cicinelli, Vittoria Del Vecchio, Francesca Arezzo, Xheni Deromemaj, Anila Kardhashi, Angelo Paradiso, Francesco Legge, Maria Iole Natalicchio, Leonardo Resta, Nicoletta Resta, Daria Carmela Loconte, Gennaro Cormio

Abstract 75 | PDF Downloads 63

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Development and Validation of a Novel Skills Training Model for PCNL, an ESUT project

Giorgio Bozzini, Matteo Maltagliati, Lorenzo Berti, Riccardo Vismara, Francesco Sanguedolce, Alfonso Crisci, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Redaelli, Antonio Luigi Pastore, Ali Gozen, Alberto Breda, Cesare Scoffone, Kamran Ahmed, Alexander Mueller, Stefano Gidaro, Evangelos Liatsikos

Abstract 39 | PDF Downloads 39

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Turbinate surgery: which rhinitis are most at risk

Matteo Gelardi, Rossana Giancaspro, Corso Bocciolini , Lorenzo Salerni, Michele Cassano

Abstract 58 | PDF Downloads 61

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Comparison between overlay and underlay primary myringoplasty: retrospective analysis on anatomical and functional results in 497 adult patients

Filippo Ricciardiello, Davide Pisani, Gerardo Petruzzi, Pasquale Viola, Remo Palladino, Giulio Sequino, Aldo Falco Raucci, Giovanni Motta, Ciro Coppola, Michele Cavaliere, Alessia Astorina, Claudio Di Nola, Flavia Oliva, Alfonso Scarpa, Giuseppe Chiarella

Abstract 46 | PDF Downloads 39

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Asthma control in adolescents: the importance of assessing adherence

Giorgio Ciprandi, Amelia Licari, Riccardo Castagnoli, Riccardo Ciprandi, Gian Luigi Marseglia

Abstract 59 | PDF Downloads 40

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Dependence of the dynamics of changes in the quality of life of patients with bacterial vaginosis on local levels of TNF-α and IL-1β

Dmytro Grebeniuk, Oleksandr Nazarchuk, Nataliia Dzis , Illia Taran, Elina Slyvka , Vahif Abdullaiev , Vitalii Bobyr , Oksana Mashevska

Abstract 66 | PDF Downloads 55

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Gender differences in Anxious-depressive symptomatology, Metabolic Syndrome and Colorectal Adenomas among outpatients undergoing colonoscopy: a cross-sectional study according to a PNEI perspective

Giulia Rioli, Giorgio Mattei, Caterina Bonamici, Stefano Mancini, Silvia Alboni, Giuseppe Cannazza, Paola Sena, Luca Roncucci, Luca Pingani, Silvia Ferrari, Gian Maria Galeazzi

Abstract 75 | PDF Downloads 57

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Relapse in surgically treated clubfoot: treatment approach and midterm results of revision surgery

Mario Marinelli, Danya Falcioni, Antonio Pompilio Gigante , Valentino Coppa

Abstract 27 | PDF Downloads 28

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Role of FEF25-75 in managing children with newly-diagnosed asthma in clinical practice

Giorgio Ciprandi, Maria Angela Tosca, Irene Schiavetti, Roberta Olcese, Michele Miraglia del Giudice

Abstract 36 | PDF Downloads 30

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When rhinosinusitis is not just rhinosinusitis: Clinical characteristics and phenotypes of patients with type 2 chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps

Ignazio La Mantia, Giorgio Ciprandi, Attilio Varricchio, Martina Ragusa, Federica Cipolla, Claudio Andaloro

Abstract 72 | PDF Downloads 71

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A non-invasive combined strategy to improve the appropriateness of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Kryssia Rodriguez, Marilisa Franceschi, Antonio Ferronato, Lorenzo Brozzi, Antonio Antico, Maria Piera Panozzo, Arianna Massella, Barbara Pertoldi, Alice Morini, Alberto Barchi, Michele Russo, Pellegrino Crafa, Lorella Franzoni, Lucio Cuoco, Gianluca Baldassarre, Francesco Di Mario

Abstract 58 | PDF Downloads 56

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Use of a non-medicated plaster in chronic lumbar back pain: a randomized controlled trial

Matteo Ricci, Alessio Mulone, Nicholas Elena, Eugenio Vecchini, Roberto Valentini, Margherita Gelmini

Abstract 48 | PDF Downloads 32

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REVIEWS

Female obesity and infertility: outcomes and regulatory guidance

Susanna Marinelli, Gabriele Napoletano, Marco Straccamore, Giuseppe Basile

Abstract 106 | PDF Downloads 9

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Post-Cerebrovascular Stroke and Early Dysphagia Assessment: A Systematic Review

Antonino Maniaci, Jerome R Lechien, Emanuele D'amico, Ignazio La Mantia, Francesco Cancemi, Francesco Patti, Claudio Faia, Elio Privitera, Milena Di Luca, Giannicola Iannella, Giuseppe Magliulo, Annalisa Pace, Paola Di Mauro, Christian Calvo-Henriquez, Salvatore Ferlito, Gaetano Motta, Giuditta Mannelli, Mario Zappia, Claudio Vicini, Salvatore Cocuzza

Abstract 96 | PDF Downloads 74

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FOCUS ON

Conscientious objection to abortion: how to strike a legal and ethical balance between conflicting rights?

Francesca Negro, Maria Cristina Varone, Alessandro Del Rio, Susanna Marinelli, Giuseppe Basile

Abstract 34 | PDF Downloads 36

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The treatment of knee cartilage lesions: state of the art

Giuseppe Talesa, Francesco Manfreda, Valerio Pace, Paolo Ceccarini, Pierluigi Antinolfi, Giuseppe Rinonapoli, Auro Caraffa

Abstract 51 | PDF Downloads 43

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Cost analysis of planned out-of-hospital births in Italy

Roberta Vittoria Cicero, Sofia Colaceci, Rosanna Amata, Federico Spandonaro

Abstract 45 | PDF Downloads 72

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MEDICAL HUMANITIES

Overcoming doubt in vaccinations. The end justifies the means?

Rosella Ciliberti, Marta Licata, Omar Larentis

Abstract 57 | PDF Downloads 36

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CASE REPORTS

A case of critical ischemia of the lower limbs: critical elements and possible medico-legal implications

Giuseppe Basile, Quirino Alessandro Petrucci, Marcello Ghezzi, Federico Amadei, Luca Bianco Prevot, Riccardo Accetta, Stefania Fozzato

Abstract 56 | PDF Downloads 48

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Brachial plexus paralysis in a patient with clavicular fracture, medico-legal implications

Stefania Fozzato, Quirino Alessandro Petrucci, Alberto Passeri, Luca Bianco Prevot, Riccardo Accetta, Giuseppe Basile

Abstract 41 | PDF Downloads 44

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LETTERS TO EDITOR

A Simple Aid to Position the NAC in Nipple-Areolar Reconstruction

Gianluca Sapino, Stephanie Gonvers, Lucrezia Pacchioni, Pietro Giovanni di Summa

Abstract 22 | PDF Downloads 23

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Is the indocyanine green clearance test useful in viral acute liver failure? Maybe!

Victor Zanini, Luigi Vetrugno, Marco Ventin, Vittorio Cherchi, Manuela Lugano, Umberto Baccarani, Tiziana Bove

Abstract 64 | PDF Downloads 29

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Saint Valentin’s Day and the Heart

Federica Moscucci, Susanna Sciomer

Abstract 26 | PDF Downloads 24

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HEALTH PROFESSIONS (Editors: Leopoldo Sarli, Giovanna Artioli)

Measuring professional competencies of registered nurses and nursing students. A cross-sectional comparative study

Emanuela Prendi, Alessandro Stievano, Rosario Caruso, Blerina Duka, Florian Spada, Gennaro Rocco, Ippolito Notarnicola

Abstract 48 | PDF Downloads 37

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Autism Spectrum Disorders and inclusion attitudes in the Italian school environments: teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and their necessity to consult a healthcare multidisciplinary team.

Luana Conte, Roberto Lupo, Chiara Mazzarella, Antonino Calabrò, Laura Vaglio, Sandro Chirizzi, Carmen Donadio, Maicol Carvello, Alessandra Marsella, Giovanna Artioli, Elsa Vitale

Abstract 71 | PDF Downloads 41

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Handover methods between local emergency medical services and Accident and Emergency: is there a gold standard? A scoping review.

Massimo Guasconi, Antonio Bonacaro, Emanuele Tamagnini, Silvia Biral, Linda Brigliadori, Sabrina Borioni, Daniele Collura, Sara Fontana, Giulia Ingallina, Maria Chiara Bassi, Enrico Lucenti, Giovanna Artioli

Abstract 70 | PDF Downloads 43

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Self-care and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM): a literature review in sex-related differences

Irene Baroni, Rosario Caruso, Federica Dellafiore, Davide Ausili, Serena Barello, Ida Vangone, Sara Russo, Arianna Magon, Gianluca Conte, Luca Guardamagna, Cristina Arrigoni

Abstract 58 | PDF Downloads 50

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Nursing students and COVID-19 vaccination. ESitA Study An Observational Study

Elisa Pierini, Gian Domenico Giusti, Alessio Gili, Oliver Nicola De Laurentiis, Nicola Ramacciati

Abstract 55 | PDF Downloads 39

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Re-evaluation of the interprofessional collaboration scale validation between nurses towards other health care professionals occupied in Italian emergency medical services

Marco Carradore, Massimo Guasconi, Gian Domenico Giusti, Giovanna Artioli, Leopoldo Sarli

Abstract 76 | PDF Downloads 39

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ADVANCES IN HEMOGLOBINOPATHIES (Editor: Ashraf T Soliman)

Blood transfusion and iron overload in patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): Personal experience and a short update of diabetes mellitus occurrence

Ashraf T Soliman, Vincenzo De Sanctis, Mohamed Yassin, Awni Alshurafa, Fateen Ata , Abdulqadir Nashwan

Abstract 135 | PDF Downloads 68

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Heterogeneity of βs gene haplotypes in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) in Oman: A review of relevant publications

Nawal Al-Mashaikhi, Abdulhakim Al-Rawas, Yasser Wali , Ashraf Soliman, Doaa Khater

Abstract 65 | PDF Downloads 42

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A Short Review on Growth and Endocrine Long-term Complications in Children and Adolescents with β-Thalassemia Major: Conventional Treatment versus Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Shayma Ahmed, Ashraf Soliman, Vincenzo De Sanctis, Nada Alaaraj, Fawzia Alyafei , Noor Hamed, Mohamed Yassin

Abstract 84 | PDF Downloads 56

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Acknowledgement to Reviewers

Acta Biomedica (ABM) invites several of scientific and medical experts each year to review submitted manuscripts. The Editors of ABM sincerely appreciate the efforts of these reviewers who volunteer their time and expertise to provide valuable feedback to ensure the quality of the research published in each issue of ABM. Without their efforts ABM could not have maintained its standards during the current coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, given the rapid pace and unprecedented number of reports submitted in such a short time.

Many thanks for their outstanding contributions and dedication in 2021.

 

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