Vol. 92 No. 5 (2021)

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Published: 03-11-2021

  • The management of the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic in Italy, lessons earnt and reflections for the future

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11923
    Manuel Maffeo, Antonio Azara, Enrico Di Rosa, Luigi Bertinato, Claudio Garbelli, Silvana Castaldi
    e2021388

  • The epidemiology of proximal femur fractures during COVID-19 emergency in Italy: a multicentric study

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11925
    Corrado Ciatti, Pietro Maniscalco, Fabrizio Quattrini, Serena Gattoni, Alessandra Magro, Patrizio Capelli, Filippo Banchini, Caterina Fiazza, Vito Pavone, Calogero Puma Pagliarello, Fabiana Valenti, Giulio Maccauro, Michele Cauteruccio, Riccardo Accetta, Giuseppe Basile, Carlo Ruosi, Fabio Di Santo, Nicola Orabona, Cristiano Coppola, Dario Perugia, Riccardo Maria Lanzetti, Mauro Roselli, Giuseppina Montanari, Francesco Benazzo, Mario Mosconi, Loris Perticarini, Vito Pesce, Giuseppe Maccagnano, Lorenzo Moretti, Biagio Moretti, Giuseppe Solarino
    e2021398

  • Changes in volumes and severity of surgical urgencies during the first two COVID-19 pandemic waves in a regional hospital network.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11620
    Alessandro Carrara, Dalia Amabile, Riccardo Pertile, Federico Reich, Francesca Laura Nava, Paolo Moscatelli, Luigi Pellecchia, Michele Motter, Orazio Zappalà, Gianmarco Ghezzi, Pierpaolo Benetollo, Giuseppe Tirone
    e2021427

  • Reorganizing stroke and neurological intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10418
    Niklas Alexander Kämpfer, Andrea Naldi, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Klaus Fassbender, Martin Lesmeister, Piergiorgio Lochner
    e2021266

  • COVID-19 respiratory support outside the ICU's doors. An observational study for a new operative strategy

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11417
    Elena Bignami , Valentina Bellini, Giada Maspero, Barbara Pifferi, Leonardo Fortunati Rossi, Andrea Ticinesi, Michelangelo Craca, Tiziana Meschi, Marco Baciarello
    e2021365

  • How COVID-19 pandemic has changed elective surgery: the experience in a general surgery unit at a COVID-hospital

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10296
    Mario Giuffrida, Federico Cozzani; Matteo Rossini; Elena Bonati, Paolo Del Rio
    e2021304

  • OHCA survey in Lombardy: comparison between years 2014 and 2019 (pre COVID-19)

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11804
    Mirko Andreoletti, Rodolfo Bonora, Marco Botteri, Cinzia Licia Villa, Giuseppe Maria Sechi, Alberto Zoli, Guido Francesco Villa
    e2021486

  • Occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare personnel: results from an early systematic review and meta-analysis.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10438
    Matteo Riccò, Giovanni Gualerzi, Silvia Ranzieri, Simona Peruzzi, Marina Valente, Federico Marchesi, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Carlo Signorelli
    e2021311

  • How Stable Ischemic Heart Disease Leads to Acute Coronary Syndrome in COVID-19?

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.12013
    Melika Shafeghat, Arya Aminorroaya, Nima Rezaei
    e2021512

  • Medically assisted procreation in times of COVID-19: what impact on health care system organization and the reproductive rights of couples?

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11900
    Giuseppe Rallo, Francesca Negro, Francesca Consalvo, Valeria Piersanti, Susanna Marinelli
    e2021275

  • Recurrent Status Epilepticus and SARS-CoV-2 infection: the “perfect storm”

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11593
    Giada Pauletto, Annacarmen Nilo, Cristian Deana, Lorenzo Verriello, Ilaria Del Negro, Christian Lettieri, Luigi Vetrugno, Mariarosaria Valente, Gian Luigi Gigli
    e2021208

  • Nepal’s COVID-19 Crisis: A Global Call to Arms

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.12129
    Upasana Maskey, Yub Raj Sedhai, Alok Atreya, Aasim Kidwai
    e2021421

  • Epidemiological analysis on children and adolescents with COVID-19 in a central area of Calabria region: one year of pandemia

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11769
    Valentina Talarico, Katia Roppa, Teresa Alcaro, Maria Vinci, Pasquale Minchella, Giuseppe Raiola
    e2021381

  • Operative treatment of acute acromioclavicular joint dislocations graded Rockwood III-V: a retrospective and comparative study between three different surgical techniques

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10678
    Michele Fosser, Antonio Camporese
    e2021325

  • Factors contributing to poor outcome in patients on warfarin receiving 4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate in critically ill

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9601
    Ajay Kumar Mishra, Kamal Kant Sahu, Amos Lal, Susan V George
    e2021281

  • A Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Reference Range: Iranian Thyroid Cohort study TSH and reference range

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9643
    Rokhsareh Meamar, Awat Feizi, Ashraf Aminorroaya, Massoud Amini; Maryam nasri; Azamosadat Tabatabaei, Majid Abyar
    e2021283

  • Diagnostic significance of combining D-dimer with high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I for improving the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism in the emergency department Troponin for diagnosing venous thromboembolism

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9752
    Laura Bonfanti, Gianfranco Cervellin, Simone Calamai, Marco Lunian, Rosalia Aloe, Giuseppe Lippi
    e2021287

  • Postoperative outcomes in total hip arthroplasty following femoral head avascular necrosis in HIV-positive patients.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9917
    Alfonso Manzotti, Marco Larghi, Emanuele Placenza, Francesca Susini, Miriam Grassi
    e2021296

  • The use of resected SMAS as autologous graft for the correction of nasolabial folds during rejuvenating procedures SMAS autologous graft for nasolabial folds corrections: a renewed “old-school” technique

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10056
    Alessandro Innocenti, Dario Melita, Marco Innocenti
    e2021299

  • Wounds morphologic assessment: application and reproducibility of a virtual measuring system, pilot study

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11179
    Giuseppe Guarro, Federico Cozzani, Matteo Rossini, Elena Bonati, Paolo Del Rio
    e2021227

  • The metastatic lymph node ratio is a better prognostic factor than the number of metastatic limph node after curative resection for gastric cancer

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9682
    Mario Giuffrida, Lorenzo Viani, Gioacchino Giovanni Iapichino; Federico Cozzani; Paolo Dell'Abate, Paolo Del Rio
    e2021284

  • Correlation of Serum Decoy Receptor 3 and Interleukin-6 with Severity of Coronary Artery Diseases in Male Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients DcR3 in myocardial infarction

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9711
    Hossein Doustkami, Leli Avesta, Behzad Babapour, Mohammad Hossein Boskabady, Ali Nikoukhesal, Mohammad Reza Aslani
    e2021285

  • Prolactin Level in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS): An approach to the diagnosis and management

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9866
    Zahra Davoudi, Farnaz Araghi, Maryam Vahedi, Navid Mokhtari, Mehdi Gheisari
    e2021291

  • Evaluation of vaginal microbiota in women admitted to the hospital for premature labour

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9925
    Bruno Arena, Maria Diletta Daccò
    e2021292

  • The No-reflow Phenomenon: Is it Predictable by Demographic factors and Routine Laboratory Data?

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10053
    Mohammadhasan Namazi, Elham Mahmoudi, Morteza Safi, Yaser Jenab, Hossein Vakili, Habibollah Saadat, Saeed Alipour Parsa, Isa Khaheshi, Azita Hajhossein Talasaz, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Mohammadreza Tabary, Hamidreza Poorhosseini
    e2021297

  • Invasive Breast Carcinoma with Abundant Collagenous Stroma Shows Lower Level of CD68-Positive Tumor Associated Macrophages than Those of Invasive Carcinoma without Abundant Collagenous Stroma 

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10954
    Canan Kelten Talu, Ezgi Hacihasanoglu, Cem Leblebici, Mehmet Ali Nazli, Esra Arslan, Didem Can Trabulus
    e2021254

  • Fissurectomy and anoplasty in posterior normotensive chronic anal fissure

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11200
    Beatrice D'Orazio, Bianca Cudia, Sebastiano Bonventre, Fausto Famà, Carmelo Sciumé, Bianca Cudia, Dario Calì, Giovanni Corbo, Gaetano Di Vita, Girolamo Geraci
    e2021176

  • Clinical and metabolic characteristics of children with hybrid diabetes mellitus (HD) compared to children with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM): A preliminary comparative study Hybrid Diabetes in Children

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11598
    Vincenzo De Sanctis, Ashraf Soliman, Fawzia Alyafei, Nada Alaaraj, Shayma Ahmed, Ahmed Elawwa, Noor Hamed
    e2021511

  • Multifocality in patients treated for papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: a preliminary analysis of related risk factors.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11897
    Paolo Del Rio, Tommaso Loderer, Mario Giuffrida, Federico Cozzani, Matteo Rossini, Deborah Bonfili, Elena Bonati
    e2021017

  • Relationship between surgeon experience and adverse events in thyroid surgery

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9986
    Tommaso Loderer, Davide Beretta, Federico Cozzani, Elena Bonati, Matteo Rossini, Paolo Del Rio
    e2021294

  • Outcome of surgical treatment of 54 Periprosthetic femoral fractures after total hip arthroplasty at mid term follow-up

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10500
    Ibrahim Akkawi, Daniele Fabbri, Matteo Romantini, Massimo Laus, Alfonso Calogero
    e2021312

  • Dynamic evaluation of THA components by Prosthesis Impingement Software (PIS)

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9988
    Matteo Giachino, Alessandro Aprato, Tullio Andrea Revetria, Enrico Vezzetti, Alessandro Massè, Luca Ulrich, Leonardo Tanzi
    e2021295

  • Improvement in glycaemic control in paediatric and young adult type 1 diabetes patients during COVID-19 pandemic: role of telemedicine and lifestyle changes.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11911
    Pietro Lazzeroni, Matteo Motta, Sara Monaco, Serena Rosa Laudisio, Daria Furoncoli, Valentina Maffini, Monica Rubini, Bertrand Tchana, Claudio Ruberto, Icilio Dodi, Brunella Iovane
    e2021399

  • Remodeling of distal radius fractures in children: preliminary retrospective cost/analysis in level II pediatric trauma center

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11971
    Mario Marinelli, Daniele Massetti, Giulia Facco, Danya Falcioni, Valentino Coppa, Valentina Maestri, Antonio Gigante
    e2021390

  • Potentially inappropriate brain CT-scan requesting in the emergency department: A retrospective study in patients with neurologic complaints

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10209
    Hossein Alimohammadi, Shima Zareh Shahamati, Abdolazim Karkhaneh Yousefi, Behnam Safarpour Lima
    e2021302

  • Longitudinal evaluation of endothelial markers in children and adolescents with familial hypercholesterolemia. FMD in paediatric heFH

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11074
    Patrizia Bruzzi, Barbara Predieri, Simona Madeo, Francesca Lami, Lorenzo Iughetti
    e2021343

  • Sex estimation from fingerprint ridge density. A review of literature

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11471
    Siddharatha Sharma, Rijen Shrestha, Kewal Krishan, Tanuj Kanchan
    e2021366

  • An overview of mallet finger injuries

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11731
    Bhavika Khera, Chad Chang, Waseem Bhat
    e2021246

  • Pleural effusion aetiology, presentation, treatment and outcome in haematological diseases: a review Pleural effusions in haematologic diseases

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11794
    Alberto Fantin, Nadia Castaldo, Paolo Vailati, Giuseppe Morana, Daniele Orso, Luigi Vetrugno, Vincenzo Patruno
    e2021268

  • Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheters (PICC) versus totally implantable venous access device (PORT) for chemotherapy administration: a meta-analysis on gynecological cancer patients

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11844
    Vito Andrea Capozzi, Luciano Monfardini, Giulio Sozzi, Giulia Armano, Diana Butera, Elisa Scarpelli, Giuseppe Barresi, Alessandro Benegiamo, Roberto Berretta
    e2021257

  • Inflammatory bowel disease and infertility: analysis of literature and future perspectives

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11100
    Francesco Carini, Margherita Mazzola, Carola Gagliardo, Marco Scaglione, Marco Giammanco, Giovanni Tomasello
    e2021264

  • Uterus Transplantation and the redefinition of core bioethics precepts

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.12257
    Federica Umani Ronchi, Gabriele Napoletano
    e2021435

  • Termites and asthma: is there a connection?

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9749
    Rafael Martinez-Giron, Hugo Cornelis van Woerden, Cristina Martínez-Torre
    e2021286

  • The Empty Nose Syndrome: a pragmatic classification in clinical practice

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.9835
    Desiderio Passali, Rosario La Rosa, Giulio Cesare Passali, Giorgio Ciprandi
    e2021288

  • Epidemiology of Tick-borne encephalitis in North-Eastern Italy (2017-2020): international insights from national notification reports

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11474
    Matteo Riccò
    e2021229

  • Comment on “Medial epicondyle avulsion after elbow dislocation in an adolescent non-professional soccer player treated with a cannulated screw: a case report.”

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.11223
    Andreas Rehm, Azeem Thahir, Albert Ngu
    e2021359

  • The Myxedema coma in children and adolescents: A rare endocrine emergency - Personal experience and review of literature Myxedema coma in children and adolescents

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.12252
    Vincenzo De Sanctis, Ashraf Soliman , Shahina Daar , Salvatore Di Maio , Noora Alhumaidi, Mayam Alali, Aml Sabt, Christos Kattamis
    e2021481

  • The role of pelvic ultrasound for the diagnosis and management of central precocious puberty: An update

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.12295
    Valentina Talarico, Maria Benedetta Rodio, Antonio Viscomi, Eulalia Galea, Maria Concetta Galati, Giuseppe Raiola
    e2021480

  • Prevalence, prognostic value, pathophysiology, and management of hyponatraemia in children and adolescents with COVID-19

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.12330
    Ploutarchos Tzoulis
    e2021474

  • The pathophysiology and complications of Fontan circulation

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10893
    Giuseppe Antonio Mazza, Elena Gribaudo, Gabriella Agnoletti
    e2021260

  • The Holmes-Adie Syndrome in the Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v92i5.10355
    Deivis de Campos, Danielle Coutinho Rodrigues, Luciano Buso
    e2021305