Introduction: Sepsis is one of the most deadly and costly conditions at hospitals. Our study aimed to study levels of knowledge and attitudes in management of sepsis among nurses and physicians employed at Fatebenefratelli hospital, Milano, North-Italy, with particular regard to the analysis of the effects of educational training. Methods: A cross-sectional, quasi-experimental study was conducted between June 1 and October 30, 2017. Physicians and nurses from Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and non-ICU hospital wards were recruited. The study participants were invited to attend some educational workshops and, after 6 months, to fill out a questionnaire based on the 2016 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines. Descriptive statistics were expressed with frequency and percentage (%). Chi-square and Student’s t-test were performed to compare the differences in awareness and knowledge between groups. P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: Nurses and physicians reported both ‘good’ levels (> 75%) of knowledge of procedures that increase risk of sepsis, ‘fairly‘ (50-75%) levels of knowledge, attitudes and behaviour towards blood culture techniques, and ‘poor’ (< 50%) levels of knowledge concerning early identification, methods and scores for diagnosis and management of sepsis. However, with regard to this latter point, T Student test for sample independent confirmed a significant difference in the average percentages of correct answers between recently (~ 6 months) trained (74 ± 3.4%) nurses (n = 33) and physicians (n = 19) and not recently (> 1 years) or never trained (34.8 ± 7.4%) nurses (n = 99) and physicians (n = 30) (t(10) = 11.72, P = < 0.001). Discussion and Conclusion: Our findings showed that levels of knowledge concerning methods and scores for early identification of sepsis can be significantly improved by educational training. A good knowledge of sepsis guidelines is essential to correct management of this condition. Affiliations:

Physicians’ and nurses‘ knowledge and attitudes in management of sepsis: An Italian study

Introduction : diabetes mellitus is a chronic non-communicable disease described since ancient times, in which the metabolism of carbohydrates is mainly altered. Paraguay faces a significant social deficit regarding the Millennium Development Goals. The latest mortality data is from 2015, with diabetes mellitus in 2nd place as the cause of death of the general population from 2013 to 2015. Objectives : identify the main reasons for hospitalization, and the demographic distribution according to sex and age of diabetic patients in the Medical Clinic Service of the Regional Hospital of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, in the year 2016. Materials and methods : the study was carried out during the months of April to October 2018, at the Regional Hospital of Ciudad del Este. The population corresponded to all patients admitted to the inpatient ward of the aforementioned healthcare center in the aforementioned period with a diagnosis of DM corroborated by corresponding laboratory tests. All patients who met the diagnostic criteria for diabetes were included: fasting serum glucose equal to or greater than 126 mg/dl, serum glucose greater than 200 mg/dl at any time with clinical symptoms of diabetes and glycated hemoglobin> 6.5 %. All those patients who did not meet these criteria were excluded.

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Motivos de internación en pacientes diabéticos en el Servicio de Clínica Médica del Hospital Regional de Ciudad del Este en el año 2016

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