This is an excerpt from my log book of my mission at the Tiziano Terzani hospital, Emergency, Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan (December 2007 - June 2008). Sunday, January 27, 2008 "..... But what does it mean to be a member of Emergency? And who in hell knows ... only one month to reply... But that's why you write, to write down in the memory emotions, events, objectives, and take a snapshot...read

If we ask what is meant by the term all communication, we find that overall there is a common understanding of its meaning, at the most confused with information, but if we ask what ethic means, particularly when applied to the field of healthcare, there is greater difficulty in finding a common definition. Most people would relate it with the testing of drugs, others to various ethics, penal, or...read

Nearly 12 million Italians are likely to spend a “sleepless” night with consequent impact on quality of life and physical and psycho-physiological functions. Insomnia is nothing but an experience of inadequate or poor quality sleep, which can manifest as difficulty of falling asleep or staying asleep, and can be occasional or chronic, if it lasts more than a month. It is important that...read

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is the gold standard for patients hospitalized in intensive care who require long periods of mechanical ventilation. Several PDT techniques proposed over the years are based on the original Ciaglia description (1-3). An innovative technique of PDT, the Ciaglia Blue Dolphin ™, has been available for several months. It combines the expansive action...read

The loss of ovarian activity and of production of estrogen during menopause is responsible for different clinical manifestations, some immediate, others long term, causing not only the appearance of the typical climacteric symptoms, such as hot flushes, night sweats, changes in mood, vaginal atrophy and dyspareunia, but also a modification of glyco-insulin, lipid and bone metabolism, and an...read