Journal of Clinical Research & Bioethics

Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Biography

Prof. Cristina Tornali is an expert in Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Neurorehabilitation (Neurology).  It mainly deals with systemic, physiatric and neurological pathologies, with particular attention to people with disabilities or the handicapped (assessments Law 104 and for medico-legal use). It also carries out neurological and physiatric clinical evaluations, based on non-invasive electromyographic examinations for movement disorders.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Spanish Flu and Covid-19: Historical Correlations and Bioethical Implications
  Author(s): Cristina Tornali, FlavioAlfioGiangiuseppe Vecchio and Ignazio Vecchio*
  
  This historical review of the Spanish Influenza, better known as Spanish Flu, compared to current scientific knowledge shows many similarities related to the clinical and anatomopathological aspects, and their complications with Covid- 19. Specifically, this study suggests a correct implication of the bioethical criteria aimed at both an early diagnosis of the disease and a correct management of complications. An adequate therapeutic protocol is determined both by clinical evidence and by bioethical guidelines with particular regard to the elderly, the disabled and to those with chronic multisystem diseases. .. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2155-9627.20.11.352

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