Background: The current severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus disease (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak is a public health emergency which has had a significant case-fatality in the United Kingdom (UK). Whilst there appear to be several early predictors of outcome, there are no currently validated prognostic models or scoring systems applicable specifi...
SUMMARY OBJECTIVE To define the rates and types of potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) for older adults according to the Beers AGS 2019 criteria in oldest-old patients (aged ≥80 years) hospitalized in an Internal Medicine ward. METHODS A retrospective analysis of prescriptions from medical records of oldest-old patients hospitalized in an ...
On the 21st of February 2020 a resident of the municipality of Vo', a small town near Padua, died of pneumonia due to SARS-CoV-2 infection1. This was the first COVID-19 death detected in Italy since the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Hubei province2. In response, the regional authorities imposed the lockdown of the whole muni...
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundFall prevention exercise programmes are known to be effective, but access to these programmes is not always possible. The use of eHealth solutions might be a way forward to increase access and reach a wider population. In this feasibility study the aim was to explore the choice of programme, adherence, and self-reported experiences compar...
Purpose To compare the performance of Likert and PI-RADS multiparametric (mp) MRI scoring systems for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa). Methods 199 biopsy-naïve men undergoing prostate mpMRI were prospectively scored with Likert and PI-RADS systems by four experienced radiologists. A binary cut-off (threshold score ≥3) was u...
Objective To characterise the clinical features of patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) in the United Kingdom during the growth phase of the first wave of this outbreak who were enrolled in the International Severe Acute Respiratory and emerging Infections Consortium (ISARIC) World Health Organization (WHO) Clinica...
Review of histologic subtypes of mesothelioma, with associated clinical, pathologic, and molecular data.
Published in BMC Geriatrics
BackgroundFrailty exposes older people to an elevated risk of a range of negative outcomes. Emerging evidence that frailty can be effectively treated within community settings has stimulated calls for more proactive screening within primary care. Assessing feasibility is a critical preliminary step in assessing the efficacy of interventions such as...
Review on Primary Cutaneous CD8 Aggressive Epidermotropic Cytotoxic T Cell Lymphoma, with data on clinics, and the genes involved.
