The abstract book of Oral Communications of Young Public Health Professionals at the XXXI Interregional Congress of the Sicilian and Calabria Regional Sections of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health (S.It.I.), that was held in Vibo Valentia (Italy) from the 14th to the 16th of September 2023. SItI Calabro Siculo Interregional 2023.pdf ..read more

Pierluigi Passalacqua,  Margherita Pallocci, Lucilla De Luca, Claudia Zanovello, Michele Treglia Among the methods of self-harm with suicidal purpose, hanging is the most common; classically, the subject fixes the end of a cable to a support placed at a higher height, on which the traction force given by the weight of the suspended body is applied, while the other end is passed around the subject’s neck and secured with a knot. We present the case of a 56-year-old man found dead in his own home by his wife with an exercise rope fixed to a window and passed around his neck without a knot ..read more

Daniele Solla, Dario Bottignole, Pasquale Di Fronzo, Andrea Magri Piccinini, Ogliari Giorgia, Luca Gambolò Newly licensed physicians (NLPs) are frequently involved in emergencies, requiring a prompt and efficient cardiopulmonary resuscitation, despite poor knowledge about life-support algorithms acquired during academic studies, and low self-confidence levels. This study aims to estimate the influence of guidelines’ knowledge on young physicians’ self-perceived autonomy in the most common practical scenarios. In this study, 981 young Italian doctors were enrolled (mean age 26.6 years old). The ..read more

Benedetta Pia De Luca, Alessandra Stellacci, Francesco Vinci, Maricla Marrone The sodium rhodizonate test is a simple colorimetric technique used to identify traces of lead and barium. A positive test provides rapid and photographically documentable results for shots fired at distances not exceeding 50 cm. Usually, this method is not used for identification of the firing hand, which is detected by electron microscopy with energy dispersive analysis (SEM-EDX), requiring the removal of any particles on the surface to be analyzed by STUB. The use of Sodium Rhodizonate, which is undoubtedly less s ..read more

Cristina Genovese, Francesco Mazzitelli, Giuseppe Trimarchi, Smeralda D’Amato, Raffaele Squeri, Roberto Venuto, Roberta Pappalardo, Vincenza La Fauci The available data about the role of electromagnetic fields are incomplete and conflicting.  An observational study was carried out through the administration of a questionnaire created ad hoc on a cohort of young adults from November 2022 to April 2023. 58% of the sample believes that electromagnetic fields are harmful. We didn’t detect statistically significant differences for age, sex, income, educational level or prevention score. We obs ..read more

Rocco Luca Emanuele Liardo, Maria Chiara Lo Greco, Giorgia Marano, Roberto Milazzotto, Vincenzo Salamone, Viviana La Monaca, Pietro Valerio Foti, Stefano Palmucci, Antonio Basile, Stefano Pergolizzi, Corrado Spatola The European Society for Medical Oncology guidelines recommend adjuvant chemoradiation for patients with resected gastric cancer who have not undergone an appropriate D2 lymphadenectomy or have involved margins. In this setting, due to the requirement to cover large irradiation volumes and to deliver concomitant systemic therapy, treatment-related toxicities remain a concern. With ..read more

Francesco Ciodaro, Sergio De Luca, Francesco Gazia, Francesco Freni, Bruno Galletti Malignant otitis externa (MOE) also known as skull base osteomyelitis or necrotizing otitis externa, is a rare inflammatory and infectious condition mainly caused by Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, mainly affects elderly, diabetic and immunocompromised patients. Due to the rapidity of development, it is associated with a high rate of motility/morbidity.  In this case report, we describe a rare neurological presentation in a 58-year-old male patient, diabetic, who presented with onset of right otitis externa associ ..read more

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