Pharmacoeconomic management of patient with severe asthma in the Emergency Department: retrospective multicentric and cost of illness study.

Objective: The aim of the study was to develop a cost-of-illness model that would investigate the costs associated with the management of patients suffering from asthma and severe asthma in the context of acute episodes managed in the emergency room.

Patients And Methods: A total of 795 records were collected between adults and paediatric patients. The data collection form reported an identification code for each patient included, gender, age, main discharge diagnosis, medical examinations carried out in the emergency room, the hospitalizations, and, if required by the patient condition, an outpatient visit performed by a pneumologist after the acute event that led the patient to the emergency room.

[Arrhythmias in the elderly].

A survey was made on a population of 6059 subjects aged more than 60 years with the aim to assess 1. the prevalence of heart arrhythmias and 2. the relationships between arrhythmias and some other ecg alterations.