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Matteo Bolcato

Bio: Matteo Bolcato is an academic researcher from University of Padua. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 29 publications receiving 111 citations.

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21 May 2021-Vaccine
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the worldwide distribution of anti-COVID-19 vaccines, the various ways the principle of equity has been construed and applied or even overlooked, and the main obstacle to equal access to vaccines is vaccine nationalism.

36 citations

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12 May 2021-Vaccine
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conducted a cross-sectional online survey of nurses in four different regions in Italy between 20 and 28 December 2020 to obtain data on the acceptance of the upcoming COVID-19 vaccination in order to plan specific interventions to increase the rate of vaccine coverage.

33 citations

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TL;DR: An adverse transfusion event, where the transfusion was avoidable through the application of patient blood management, may constitute a profile for medical professional medical negligence.

29 citations

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TL;DR: The analysis of medico-legal litigation is a valid tool to enhance the reporting of “sentinel events” and one possible proposal is the implementation of an organizational model to establish a rapid procedure for theReporting of sentinel events during the evaluation of medICO-legal litigations.
Abstract: In advanced health services, a main objective is to promote the culture of safety and clinical risk management. In this regard, the reporting of sentinel events fits within a perspective of error analysis, attempting to propose solutions aimed at preventing a new occurrence of the harmful event. The purpose of this study is to analyze the contribution of medico-legal litigation in the management of clinical risk and to propose an organizational model so as to coordinate the intervention of clinical risk management and medico-legal services. Retrospective review of 206 cases of medico-legal litigation, settled against a Hospital of a North-eastern city in Italy from January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2015. Approximately 20% of cases, that are classifiable as “sentinel events”, were not reported due to various factors. The reason that these events are under-reported is mainly due to the latency between the event itself and its manifestation as a serious damage to health as well as the discomfort in reporting the events of this kind, which is still widespread among healthcare workers. The systematic research of the available documentation for medico-legal purposes permits the acquisition of more information concerning the clinical event, thereby increasing the number and accuracy of the reports to the clinical risk unit. The analysis of medico-legal litigation is a valid tool to enhance the reporting of “sentinel events”. One possible proposal is the implementation of an organizational model to establish a rapid procedure for the reporting of sentinel events during the evaluation of medico-legal litigations.

28 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on elements of preventive medicine and medical treatments in emergency and non-emergency situations which, based on the international scientific literature, may prove to be useful to physicians on a behavioral level and avert professional liability problems.

23 citations


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TL;DR: A systematic review of the current literature regarding attitudes and hesitancy to receiving COVID-19 vaccination worldwide was conducted by as discussed by the authors, where the authors identified the consistent socio-demographic groups that were associated with increased hesitance, including women, younger participants, and people who were less educated, had lower income, had no insurance, living in a rural area, and self-identified as a racial/ethnic minority.

191 citations

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TL;DR: The authors in this paper reviewed the data presented in the global TB report and discussed the current constraints in global response and emphasized that ending the TB epidemic will require bold leadership, optimization of existing interventions, widespread coverage, addressing social determinants of TB and importantly mobilization of adequate funding required for TB care and prevention.

102 citations

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Erik Oudman1, Jan W. Wijnia1, Mirjam van Dam1, L. U. Biter, Albert Postma1 
TL;DR: The signs and symptoms of Wernicke’s encephalopathy (THE AUTHORS) after bariatric surgery were reviewed, and younger age seemed to protect against mental alterations and higher BMI against eye movement disorders.
Abstract: Half a million bariatric procedures are performed annually worldwide. Our aim was to review the signs and symptoms of Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) after bariatric surgery. We included 118 WE cases. Descriptions involved gastric bypass (52%), but also newer procedures like the gastric sleeve. Bariatric WE patients were younger (median = 33 years) than those in a recent meta-analysis of medical procedures (mean = 39.5 years), and often presented with vomiting (87.3%), ataxia (84.7%), altered mental status (76.3%), and eye movement disorder (73.7%). Younger age seemed to protect against mental alterations and higher BMI against eye movement disorders. The WE treatment was often insufficient, specifically ignoring low parenteral thiamine levels (77.2%). In case of suspicion, thiamine levels should be tested and treated adequately with parenteral thiamine supplementation.

92 citations

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01 Jan 2022-Vaccines
TL;DR: The analysis shows that there are global variations in vaccine acceptance among different populations, and the reasons behind vaccine hesitancy and acceptance were similar across the board.
Abstract: COVID-19 vaccines have met varying levels of acceptance and hesitancy in different parts of the world, which has implications for eliminating the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this systematic review is to examine how and why the rates of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy differ across countries and continents. PubMed, Web of Science, IEEE Xplore and Science Direct were searched between 1 January 2020 and 31 July 2021 using keywords such as “COVID-19 vaccine acceptance”. 81 peer-reviewed publications were found to be eligible for review. The analysis shows that there are global variations in vaccine acceptance among different populations. The vaccine-acceptance rates were the highest amongst adults in Ecuador (97%), Malaysia (94.3%) and Indonesia (93.3%) and the lowest amongst adults in Lebanon (21.0%). The general healthcare workers (HCWs) in China (86.20%) and nurses in Italy (91.50%) had the highest acceptance rates, whereas HCWs in the Democratic Republic of Congo had the lowest acceptance (27.70%). A nonparametric one-way ANOVA showed that the differences in vaccine-acceptance rates were statistically significant (H (49) = 75.302, p = 0.009*) between the analyzed countries. However, the reasons behind vaccine hesitancy and acceptance were similar across the board. Low vaccine acceptance was associated with low levels of education and awareness, and inefficient government efforts and initiatives. Furthermore, poor influenza-vaccination history, as well as conspiracy theories relating to infertility and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine on social media also resulted in vaccine hesitancy. Strategies to address these concerns may increase global COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and accelerate our efforts to eliminate this pandemic.

80 citations