Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale Maggiore

Incidence and Risk Factors of Unplanned Emergency Department Transfers From Italian Nursing Homes: A Prospective Multicentre Cohort Study

ABSTRACT Aim To estimate the incidence of unplanned transfers to the emergency department among nursing home residents and to identify resident and organizational factors associated with transfer risk. Design A 12‐month prospective multicentre dynamic cohort study. Methods The st...

Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Automated Insulin Delivery in Infants with Type 1 Diabetes: Real-World Evidence to Support Future International Guidelines

To evaluate efficacy and safety of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and automated insulin delivery (AID) in infants. A retrospective multicenter study (13 centers) of 76 children diagnosed with antibody-positive type 1 diabetes before age 2. Outcomes at 12 months were compared...

Decoding the causes of ischemic stroke despite ongoing oral anticoagulation and their clinical impact: the ASPERA-R study

BACKGROUND: Oral anticoagulants (OACs), including vitamin K antagonists and direct OACs, reduce stroke risk in atrial fibrillation (AF), yet breakthrough ischemic stroke still occurs in 1-2% of patients annually despite adequate therapy. The mechanisms underlying these events rem...

Concordance of the modified wells score with CTPA-confirmed pulmonary embolism in an imaging-selected cohort: A retrospective single-center study

Background Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major diagnostic challenge in emergency medicine. Computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) is the gold standard but is frequently overused. The modified Wells Score (mWS) estimates pre-test probability and may reduce inappropriate i...

Multidisciplinary Delphi consensus-based recommendations on the use of image-guided radiotherapy for upper gastrointestinal tumours: an AIRO–AITRO–AIFM study

Abstract Objectives Upper gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies represent one of the most challenging scenarios for image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT). Despite technological advances, clinical practice remains heterogeneous among centres. This national, multidisciplinary Delphi consen...

Socioeconomic and Linguistic Factors in Paediatric Type 1 Diabetes: Exploring Glycemic Outcomes, Technology Use, and Residual Beta‐Cell Function in Migrant‐Background Populations

ABSTRACT Aims To investigate associations between migrant status, socioeconomic factors (SES), and residual beta‐cell function and glycemic outcomes in paediatric type 1 diabetes. Methods Retrospective study of 208 children (median [IQR] age 11 [8–14] years; 119 Italian, 89 from...