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POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: A FREQUENT WORK-RELATED ILLNESS

2012

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that results from exposure to a traumatic event, and is characterized by hypermnesia of the traumatic event with frequent re-experiencing of the tragic occurrence, hyperarousal, and avoidance behaviour. Depression, anxiety, sleep dysfunction and substance abuse are also commonly reported. PTSD is highly prevalent both in the general population and in certain occupations that are particularly exposed to life-threatening situations, physically and psychological demanding activities, and physical assault, such as rescue workers, firefighters and paramedics. Recent advances in the comprehension of the epidemiology, physiopathology and…

Cardiovascular effects of occupational exposure to urban airborne pollution on a group of newsagents in the city of Palermo

2014

Aims: To verify the possible correlation between exposure to airborne particulate matter the average size less than 10 μm (PM 10) of a group of newsagents working in kiosks in Palermo and evidence of carotid intimal thickening. Materials and methods: data were collected relating to environmental monitoring of airborne pollutants. We have selected a sample of newsagents, who were submitted to some clinical investigations, including the carotid echo-color doppler examination. Results: The results show no correlation between the location of the kiosks, and the presence of intimal thickening. Conclusion: Exposition to urban pollutants in Palermo is likely homogenous in the different areas and c…

Monitoraggio campi elettromagnetici: dalla teoria alla pratica - caso studio di utilizzazione contemporanea di apparecchiature dichiarate conformi da…

2012

Effetto di campi elettromagnetici sugli organismi: studio clinico-osservazionale.

2010

Cardiovasculopatie e flebopatie professionali [Occupational cardiovascular diseases and vein diseases]

2010

The focus of the occupational physician to diseases of the cardiovascular system has always been high in relation to the presence in the work of specific risk factors, but also because of the high incidence and prevalence of disease in the general population cardiology chronic-degenerative diseases. The non-specificity and multifactorial diseases of the cardiovascular system, make an etiologic diagnosis of occupational disease extremely difficult. For this reason, increasingly, the occupational physician is faced with the specialist cardiologist on diseases that can be defined as workrelated. Among the clinical conditions most frequently encountered by the occupational physician, considered…

Coxiella burnetii spread in Sicily

2015

Q fever is a zoonotic disease caused by C. burnetii. Common reservoirs of this worldwide disease are wild and domestic animals, especially sheep, goats, cattle. Q fever has been considered also an occupational disease for abattoir workers, sheep shearers, livestock farmers, and veterinarians due to their direct contact with potentially infected animals. The aims of this study were to estimate C. burnetii spread in Sicilian livestock and among rangers that live and work in Western Sicily. ELISA test on animal serum and IFI test on seasonal rangers sera were carried out. Real Time PCR was performed on milk and vaginal swab samples collected from animals to search for the C. burnetii DNA. The …

EFFECTS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND JOBS CRISIS ON THE HEALTH STATUS OF THE ITALIAN AND SICILIAN POPULATIONS: FROM THE OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE TO NOT OC…

2014

The economic crisis that started in 2008 in many countries of the world, has resulted in the reduction of many jobs in all the regions of Italy, most especially in the Southern part of the Country. The employment difficulties experienced by both the unemployed and employed workers, experiencing increasingly precarious conditions, will inevitably result in a worsening of psycho-physical conditions of the population; especially as an increase in stress-related diseases. Aims: The aim of this study is to point-out the possible effects of the economic crisis on the health status of the population resident in Italy and Sicily, evaluating data from years preceding and following the year 2008. Met…

Protocols for the health surveillance | Protocolli per la sorveglianza sanitaria dei lavoratori della pesca

2013

Obiettivo. Definire i protocolli per la sorveglianza sanitaria dei lavoratori della pesca marittima per specifico fattore di rischio occupazionale, tenendo in considerazione le conoscenze scientifiche più avanzate. Materiali e metodi. È stata analizzata la letteratura specifica per individuare i fattori di rischio occupazionali cui sono esposti i lavoratori della pesca. Quindi per fattore di rischio sono stati definiti i protocolli per gli accertamenti sanitari e per la loro periodicità. Risultati e discussione. I fattori di rischio cui sono esposti i lavoratori della pesca sono essenzialmente rumore, vibrazioni, radiazioni solari e ultraviolette, agenti climatici (caldo, freddo, vento, pio…

Analysis of appeals against the ruling of occupational physicians lodged with the Prevention and Occupational Epidemiology Operative Unit, ASP Palerm…

2013

Introduction: The responsibility of the Department for Prevention and Safety at the workplace of the Palermo Health Authority (ASP) is to monitor and coordinate the activity of occupational physicians operating in Palermo and its province. One of its obligations is to examine appeals “against the judgment of occupational physicians”, “...and, after carrying out further investigation, confirm, modify or reverse the ruling itself ” (art. 41, par. 6, legislative Decree 81/08). Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze the appeals lodged against a “judgment of fitness for work” submitted to the “Health Prevention and Occupational Epidemiology Operative Unit” of the Department of Prev…

LE RADIAZIONI SOLARI UV E I LAVORATORI OUTDOOR: DALLA VALUTAZIONE DEL RISCHIO ALLA SORVEGLIANZA SANITARIA

2017

Radiazioni UV, valutazione del rischio