Academic literature on the topic 'Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova (Reggio Emilia, Italy)'

AbstractWe test the hypothesis that parents who conceived twins by assisted reproduction technology (ART), but experienced loss of one twin, have a different parental–child relationship compared with ART parents following a singleton pregnancy. We used the 1994–2005 ART database of the Centre for Infertility of the Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova in Reggio Emilia, Italy to identify families of 53 singleton births after the ‘vanishing’ twin syndrome. The controls comprised 106 families who conceived and delivered singletons, matched for gestational age (≥ 28 ≤ 31, ≥ 32 ≤ 36, ≥ 37 weeks), maternal age (< 35, ≥ 35 ≤ 40, > 40 years), child's age (1–3, 4–6, and 7–11 years) and child's gender. We completed 3 tests: a sociodemographic questionnaire, the QUIT — Italian Questionnaires of Temperament — motor scale, and the Child Vulnerability Scale. We found that children in the study had significantly more difficulties at the beginning of nursery school (p = .002) and kindergarten (p = .0005), with more frequent anxiety of separation from the parents (nursery school, p = .009; kindergarten, p = .001). We found a lower mean QUIT motor score for the 7- to 11-year-old children when compared to the general Italian normative values, suggesting that parents perceived their children as having more motor difficulties. In contrast, analysis of the Child Vulnerability Scale showed that significantly more parents (15.1%) from the controls perceived their child as vulnerable compared to those from the study group (3.8%), p = .034. We conclude that despite the perceived motor difficulties and the difficulties in the process of individuation–separation that appear at the beginning of the different educational circumstances, parents of singletons following the ‘vanishing’ twin syndrome perceive their children as ‘invincible’, and thus less vulnerable compared to controls.

Evaluation of clinical-laboratory-therapeutic management and related clinical outcomes (thrombotic-hemorrhagic complications) of patients undergoing treatment with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) during major bleeding. This is a two-year observational retrospective study. 27 cases of major bleeding in patients undergoing a therapy with DOACs presented to the Emergency Department of Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova (Reggio Emilia Hospital). 16 cases (59%) underwent reversal of anticoagulation treatment: 19% using specific reversal therapy (idarucizumab) and 81% using non-specific agents [4-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC)]. Routine laboratory data were available for all the cases, but only for some patients it was possible to obtain the plasma dosage of the oral anticoagulant. Laboratory data confirm rapid correction of activated partial thromboplastin time within one hour from the reversal of anticoagulation with idarucizumab. The absence of correlation between standard blood tests and plasma drug dosage in patients treated with factor Xa Inhibitors was confirmed too. The management of major bleeding during treatment with DOACs using reversal therapy (idarucizumab) and non-specific reversal agent (4F-PCC) showed minimal thrombotic (0.3%) and hemorrhagic (0.3%) complications at 90 days; no events occurred after 6 months.

SummaryPronuclear morphology seems to be an important predictive value of zygote development and integrity. In this study we want to evaluate the effect of insemination technique, male factor and oocyte cryopreservation on pronuclear morphology of zygotes derived from sibling oocytes in our Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Arcispedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Subjects (n = 190) were submitted to IVF cycles with non-frozen and frozen sibling oocytes. Morphological evaluations were assessed using zygote pronuclear morphology (pronuclei, nucleoli and axis) in four groups: Group 1: 144 zygotes from 85 conventional IVF cycles with non-frozen oocytes; Group 2: 164 zygotes from 85 intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles with Group 1 patients' sibling frozen oocytes; Group 3: 221 zygotes from 123 ICSI cycles with non-frozen oocytes; Group 4: 197 zygotes from 123 ICSI cycles with Group 3 patients' sibling frozen oocytes. No differences between Group 1 and Group 2 were seen. Group 3 was statistically different from Group 4 in relation to the nucleolar morphology. Oocyte cryopreservation procedure modified the nucleolar morphology of zygotes only in the presence of poor semen quality.

It is unclear whether weight loss (WL) achieved by means of lifestyle interventions (LSIs) before bariatric surgery (BS) can improve long-term WL outcomes after surgery. We aimed to assess the impact of a structured LSI on WL% after gastric bypass (GBP). Two groups of patients were selected from a large cohort of participants with obesity who underwent GBP surgery at Santa Maria Nuova Hospital (Reggio Emilia, Italy). The groups were categorized as those who have or have not received LSI prior to GBP. The LSI group included 91 participants (cases) compared to 123 participants (controls) in the non-LSI group. WL% was measured at follow-up times of 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, and 60 months. The LSI group achieved a clinically significant WL% (−7.5%) before BS, and at the time of surgery, the two groups had similar body weights and demographic statuses. At all points, until the 24-month follow-up, the two groups displayed similar WLs%. With regard to the longer follow-ups, the LSI group maintained weight loss until the last timepoint (60 months), whereas the non-LSI group experienced weight regain at 36, 48, and 60 months. In a real-world context, a structured behavioral LSI prior to GBP seems to prevent longer-term weight regain.

Aim of this study was to investigate whether parental mental representations during pregnancy and after delivery differed between parents who conceived after Assisted Reproductive Treatments (ART) and spontaneous conceiving (SC) parents. Effects of specific ART variables (previous ART attempts, treatment type and cause of infertility) were also taken into account. Seventeen ART couples and 25 SC couples were recruited at Santa Maria Nuova Hospital (Reggio Emilia, Italy). At both 32 weeks of gestation (T1) and 3 months postpartum (T2) participants completed the Semantic Differential of the IRMAG, a self-report tool which measures specific domains of mental representations pertaining either individual (Child, Self-as-woman/man, and Partner) or parental (Self-as-parent, Own parent) characteristics. Results showed that ART parents had significantly more positive representations of the child compared to SC parents, while the scores at Partner dimension improved from T1 to T2 for SC parents only. With regards to ART history, scores at the Self-as-woman/man dimension were significantly less positive for ICSI than IVF parents and improved substantially from T1 to T2 only in case of mothers with previous ART attempts and of fathers at the first ART cycle. The representation of own parents increased from T1 to T2 in case of infertility diagnosis due to male factors, while a decrease emerged when infertility was due to female factors. Findings suggest the need to investigate parental mental representations after ART, in order to improve the understanding on the transition to parenthood of infertile couples and to target more specific intervention for parenting support.