Ospedale A. Perrino

A Component-Based Framework for Comparing Emergency Department Flow Models Across Health Systems: A Critical Narrative Review

Emergency departments use named flow models to address crowding, yet the same label may describe very different selection rules, staffing, authority, space, and access to diagnostics. The objective of this article is to compare model components and identify conditions governing c...

Patients’ and oncologists’ perspectives on shared decision-making and treatment communication in HR+/HER2 − advanced breast cancer: a multicountry survey

Hormone receptor–positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2−) breast cancer (BC) represents approximately 70% of all cases. In locally advanced or metastatic stages (laBC/mBC), patients’ quality of life (QoL) often worsens, making shared decision-maki...

Pharmaceutical 3D Printing From Personalized Medicine to Super-Compounding Pharmacies: A Narrative Review

Objectives: This narrative review explores how pharmaceutical 3-dimensional printing (3DP) can transform solid dosage form manufacturing from industrial mass production to truly personalized medicine, particularly for vulnerable cohorts such as pediatric, geriatric, and rare dise...

Bladder multilithiasis across different clinical scenarios: Multimodality imaging findings, differential diagnosis, and complication assessment in 4 patients

Bladder calculi are an uncommon form of urolithiasis in developed countries and are usually associated with urinary stasis, bladder outlet obstruction, chronic catheterization, recurrent urinary tract infections, and neurogenic bladder dysfunction. Although their diagnosis is oft...