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Marta Ferrari

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Asthma management in a specialist setting: Results of an Italian Respiratory Society survey.

2017

Abstract Background Asthma considerably impairs patients' quality of life and increases healthcare costs. Severity, morbidity, and degree of disease control are the major drivers of its clinical and economic impact. National scientific societies are required to monitor the application of international guidelines and to adopt strategies to improve disease control and better allocate resources. Aim to provide a detailed picture of the characteristics of asthma patients and modalities of asthma management by specialists in Italy and to develop recommendations for the daily management of asthma in a specialist setting. Method: A quantitative research program was implemented. Data were collected…

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyConcordanceSocio-culturalePractice PatternsSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioSeverity of Illness Index03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineQuality of life (healthcare)Retrospective StudieSurveys and QuestionnairesSeverity of illnessHealth caremedicineSurveys and QuestionnaireHumansPharmacology (medical)030212 general & internal medicinePractice Patterns Physicians'Adult; Aged; Asthma; Female; Humans; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Practice Patterns Physicians'; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Surveys and Questionnaires; Quality of Life; SpecializationAsthmaAgedRetrospective StudiesModalitiesPhysicians'business.industryBiochemistry (medical)Retrospective cohort studyMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseAsthmaPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine; Biochemistry (medical); Pharmacology (medical)030228 respiratory systemItalyTest scoreFamily medicinePhysical therapyQuality of LifeFemalebusinessHumanSpecializationPulmonary pharmacologytherapeutics
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Evolution Over Time of Ventilatory Management and Outcome of Patients With Neurologic Disease

2021

OBJECTIVES: To describe the changes in ventilator management over time in patients with neurologic disease at ICU admission and to estimate factors associated with 28-day hospital mortality. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of three prospective, observational, multicenter studies. SETTING: Cohort studies conducted in 2004, 2010, and 2016. PATIENTS: Adult patients who received mechanical ventilation for more than 12 hours. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Among the 20,929 patients enrolled, we included 4,152 (20%) mechanically ventilated patients due to different neurologic diseases. Hemorrhagic stroke and brain trauma were the most common pathologies associated with the need fo…

Malemedicine.medical_treatmentpulmonary complicationsRESPIRATORY-DISTRESS-SYNDROMECritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineCASE-FATALITY0302 clinical medicineRisk FactorsBrain Injuries TraumaticMulticenter Studies as TopicHospital MortalityProspective StudiesSimplified Acute Physiology ScoreStrokePOPULATIONSimplified Acute Physiology ScoreAge FactorsANEURYSMAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGEMiddle AgedHemorrhagic StrokeIntensive Care UnitsObservational Studies as TopicAnesthesiaBreathingFemalemedicine.symptomVentilator WeaningCohort studyAdultTRAUMATIC BRAIN-INJURYPressure support ventilationmechanical ventilationprognosis factorsACUTE LUNG INJURY03 medical and health sciencesmedicineHumansAgedIschemic StrokeMechanical ventilationNoninvasive Ventilationbusiness.industryMORTALITYneurologic patientsOrgan dysfunction030208 emergency & critical care medicineLength of Staymedicine.diseaseTRENDSRespiration Artificial030228 respiratory systemEtiologyNEUROCRITICAL CARENervous System DiseasesTracheotomybusinessCritical Care Medicine
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