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Corrigendum to “Healthcare costs of the SATisfaction and adherence to COPD treatment (SAT) study follow-up” (Respiratory Medicine (2019) 153 (68–75),…

2019

The authors regret that the affiliations of two authors were incorrectly reported. The right affiliation of Fabiano di Marco is: “Department of Health Science, University of Milan, Respiratory Unit, Pope John XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy”; the right affiliation of Pierachille Santus is: “Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences (DIBIC), University of Milan, Milan, Italy”. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Asthma control in elderly asthmatics. An Italian observational study

2014

SummaryBackgroundThe exponential increase of individuals aged >64 yrs is expected to impact the burden of asthma. We aimed to explore the level of asthma control in elderly subjects, and factors influencing it.MethodsA multicenter observational study was performed on consecutive patients >64 years old with a documented physician-diagnosis of asthma. Sixteen Italian centers were involved in this 6-month project.FindingsA total of 350 patients were enrolled in the study. More than one-third of elderly asthmatic patients, despite receiving GINA step 3–4 antiasthmatic therapy, had an Asthma Control Test score ≤19, with a quarter experiencing at least one severe asthma exacerbation in the previo…

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COVID-19 in Severe Asthma Network in Italy (SANI) patients: Clinical features, impact of comorbidities and treatments

2020

To the Editor Since the end of February 2020 Italy, first non- Asian Country, has reported an ever increasing number of COronaVIrus Disease 19 (COVID-19) patients, which has reached over 200,000 confirmed Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infected subjects and resulted in more than 34000 deaths (data updated to June 19th, 20201).Patients with asthma are potentially more severely affected by by SARS-CoV-2 infection 2 and it is well established that respiratory viral infections are associated with severe adverse outcomes in patients with asthma, including increased risk of asthma exacerbation episodes 3. Nonetheless, according to the epidemiological studies publishe…

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