Male Breast Cancer Review. A Rare Case of Pure DCIS: Imaging Protocol, Radiomics and Management.

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) of male breast is a rare lesion, often associated with invasive carcinoma. When the in situ component is present in pure form, histological grade is usually low or intermediate. Imaging is difficult as gynaecomastia is often present and can mask underlying findings.

[Mortality Atlas of the Campania Region. All-cause and cause-specific mortality at municipal level, 2006-2014].

Objectives: This Monograph aims to provide the scientific community and the Regional Healthcare Service an up-to-date Atlas of mortality for the Campania Region (Southern Italy). The Atlas shows an overview of mortality through comparisons with national data and with intraregional macroareas. Maps presenting risk measures with municipal details are also provided.

[Impact assessment of the implementation of an integrated care model for thyroid disease at the University Hospital "Federico II" of Naples (Campania Region, Southern Italy): an interrupted time series analysis].

Objectives: to evaluate the implementation of an integrated care model for thyroid disease on thyroid surgery at the University Hospital "Federico II" of Naples (Campania Region, Southern Italy).

Design: quasi-experimental design employing an interrupted time series analysis.

Setting And Participants: all subjects who were admitted to the University Hospital "Federico II" for thyroid surgery between January 2008 and December 2018.

Drug Utilization Pattern of Antibiotics: The Role of Age, Sex and Municipalities in Determining Variation.

Purpose: The purpose was to analyze drug prescription and antibiotic use by age and sex in Italy's Campania Region, and to estimate the distribution of prescription rates in children (≤14 years old), adults (between 15 and 65 years old), and older adults (≥65 years old) at a municipality level.

Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of pharmacy records in Campania (Southern Italy), in 2016. Difference in antibiotic prescriptions in different age groups was assessed by prevalence rates.

[Therapeutic management of low back pain in general practice.].

Introduction: Low back pain is one of the most frequent causes of consultation of the General Practitioner (GP). The purpose of the present study is to analyze the therapeutic management of low back pain, in relation to pain intensity, in the primary care setting and to assess its impact on the patient's quality of life.

Methods: From the computerized medical records of 65 GPs, all working in the Salerno province (South of Italy), data concerning non-cancer subjects affected by low back or sciatica pain, over 18 years, who consulted the GP in the period between February 1, 2015 and January 31, 2016, were extracted.

The inpatient hospital burden of comorbidities in HCV-infected patients: A population-based study in two Italian regions with high HCV endemicity (The BaCH study).

Background & Aims: Hepatitis C (HCV) is associated with several extrahepatic manifestations, and estimates of the hospitalization burden related to these comorbidities are still limited. The aim of this study is to quantify the hospitalization risk associated with comorbidities in an Italian cohort of HCV-infected patients and to assess which of these comorbidities are associated with high hospitalization resource utilization.

Methods: Individuals aged 18 years and older with HCV-infection were identified in the Abruzzo's and Campania's hospital discharge abstracts during 2011-2014 with 1-year follow-up.

Sulphate mineral waters: A medical resource in several disorders.

Based on their chemical composition, salus per aquam (spa) mineral waters (or medical mineral waters) can be classified as sulphurous, sulphate, bicarbonate etc. Sulphate mineral waters where the predominant element is sulphate anion SO , are frequently used in clinical therapy. In this review, we describe and analyze the current scientific knowledge concerning the therapeutic effect of sulphate mineral waters in the treatment of several disorders.

Prevalence of antibiotic prescription in southern Italian outpatients: real-world data analysis of socioeconomic and sociodemographic variables at a municipality level.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyze the geographic variation in systemic antibiotic prescription at a regional level and to explore the influence of socioeconomic and sociodemographic variables.

Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of reimbursement pharmacy records in the outpatient settings of Italy's Campania Region in 2016. Standardized antibiotic prescription rates were calculated at municipality and Local Health Unit (LHU) level.

[Choice of antithrombotic therapy in patients with Non Valvular Atrial Fibrillation in real life].

Introduction: Non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and it is associated with a 5-fold increase in risk of ischemic stroke. Although clinical guidelines recommend antithrombotic therapy for stroke prevention in patients at moderate or high risk for stroke, little is known on the extent to which the increase of the risks influence the choice of the therapy.

Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the level of adherence to the guidelines for the prevention of thromboembolic risk in patients with NVAF.