Isabella Aquila

Blood footwear impression depletion: comparative morphological and biochemical analysis of continuous and interrupted partial-drying transfer sequences

Abstract Blood-bearing footwear impressions represent an important source of information in Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (BPA), yet the dynamics of blood depletion during consecutive walking sequences remain poorly characterized. This proof-of-concept pilot study compared two bloo...

Ethical and governance challenges in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a scoping review and practical framework for clinical and system-level decision-making

Abstract Background Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an advanced life-sustaining therapy used in selected patients with severe cardiac or respiratory failure. Its increasing use has raised complex ethical, clinical, organizational, and medico-legal challenges related...