Angela Peghetti

Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi | S.Orsola-Malpighi · Dipartimento Cardio-Toraco-Vascolare

As a Covid Hub in Emilia Romagna, we have experienced an increasing number of tracheostomized patients, prompting us to develop a standardized decannulation protocol for COVID-19 ARDS patients. Currently, there are no guidelines or protocols for decannulation in this population, and few studies have investigated the early outcomes of tracheostomy i...

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent a relevant problem for all healthcare facilities, because they involve both the care aspect and the economic management of the hospital. Most HAIs are preventable through effective Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures. Implementation and improvement of IPC programs are critical to reducin...

Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy of a hypericum and neem oil dressing, Primary Wound Dressing [ONE] (1PWD) (Kerecis AG, Switzerland), in a patient population with dehiscence of surgical wounds with critical colonisation/infection. Efficacy was defined as resolution of inflammatory/infective symptoms. Method A randomised, controlled, sin...

Background and aim: Among the Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) adverse events, an increasingly arising problem is the transmission of Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) Bacteria through duodenoscopes. The aim of this survey was to evaluate the current clinical practice of management of ERCP associated infections in Emilia-Romagna, Ita...

Objective The main aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of pressure ulcers (PU) and related risk factors of PU development in hospitalised patients in Italy. Furthermore, the study investigated the association between risk factors for PU present on admission and the development during hospitalisation (hospital-acquired pressure ulcer, H...

Prontosan® Debridement Pad (PDP) è un nuovo presidio disegnato per migliorare il processo di debridement meccanico. In questo lavoro riportiamo i risultati di un complesso progetto condotto al fine di sviluppare consenso tra gli esperti sul migliore modo di impiegare questa nuova tecnologia nella pratica clinica. Il progetto si è articolato in tre...

Objective:: To produce recommendations for the design of reliable and informative clinical investigations in chronic wound infection. Method:: A multidisciplinary panel of international experts from four countries (Italy, UK, Ireland and the US) were involved in a detailed, semi-structured discussion on how to better select and describe a target...

Many people in Italy undergo ostomy because of illness, and this can have negative psychological and physical effects. It is estimated that 15%–43% of ostomates suffer from skin complications in the peristomal area. During their life, many ostomates experience at least one peristomal lesion, and they turn to stomal therapy centres where trained nur...

The intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) is an important adverse effect due to bed rest in critically ill patients. This kind of complication is a hindrance to the implementation of a fast recovery of patients. It’s mandatory for nurses to implement the ICU-AW prevention through an active collaboration in early patients’ positioning, prog...

Introduzione: l’incontinenza è un sintomo definito dalla North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA), come la perdita involontaria di urina (incontinenza urinaria), uno stato in cui un individuo ha un cambiamento nelle normali abitudini intestinali, con i movimenti intestinali involontari e conseguente perdita di materiale fecale (incon...

The potential impact of biofilm on healing in acute and chronic wounds is one of the most controversial current issues in wound care. A significant amount of laboratory-based research has been carried out on this topic, however, in 2013 the European Wound Management Association (EWMA) pointed out the lack of guidance for managing biofilms in clinic...

Objective: Research into surfactant solutions for the debridement of chronic wounds suggests that surfactants may support wound bed preparation (WBP) in chronic wounds, however their efficacy has not been evaluated in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Our aim was to assess the clinical efficacy of a propylbetaine-polihexanide (PP) solution vers...

Aim: To validate the Italian version of SySQ and to evaluate its psychometric characteristics on a sample of inpatient and outpatient women with SSc. Methods: Internal and external validity of the Italian version of SySQ were analysed. Internal validity included: (i) c onstruct validity by means of factor analysis; (ii) internal consistency for...

Background: The stabilization of the wound bed, its cleanliness, the control of moisture and local bacterial load, are cut-across principles that, regardless of the etiology of the wound, are securely transmitted during training, and now currently entered in structured paths and procedures for the management of patients with acute and chronic skin...

Background: The stabilization of the wound bed, its cleanliness, the control of moisture and local bacterial load, are cut-across principles that, regardless of the etiology of the wound, are securely transmitted during training, and now currently entered in structured paths and procedures for the management of patients with acute and chronic skin...

Multicenter prospective cohort study, to validate the Italian version of the Braden Q scale for the risk of pressure sores in newborns and up to 8 years old children. Children admitted to Intensive care Units (ICU), oncology and neurology/neurosurgery wards are at risk of developing pressure sores. To validate the Italian version of the Braden Q sc...

The aim of this observational study was to evaluate the efficacy, tolerability and methods of application of ialuronic acid associated with argentic sulphadiazine (Connettivina Plus) in routine clinical activity, on a target of "complex" patients with pressure sores, for the most realistic assessment possible. The study comprised 127 patients hospi...