The underestimated burden of aspiration event and pneumonia within hospitals: what happens after dysphagia.

Study Design: Prospective observational study.

Background: Despite dysphagia large prevalence and the growing ageing phenomenon occurring in European countries, aspiration events among inpatients are often underestimated, given their frequent spontaneous resolution or silent contribution to aspiration syndromes. Our main objective was to evaluate the incidence of aspiration events among medical inpatients and to identify risk factors influencing the outcome of the event.

Correlation between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and severity of atopic dermatitis in children.

Background: Vitamin D deficiency could be associated with the prevalence of atopic dermatitis (AD).

Objectives: We carried out a study to see whether deficient/insufficient levels of vitamin D correlate with the severity of atopic skin disease.

Methods: Using the SCORAD index, we evaluated the severity of disease in 37 children (17 girls and 20 boys) aged between 8 months and 12 years with AD, consecutively enrolled in the study.