COVID-19 as an effect modifier of the relationship between age and in-hospital survival in older patients admitted to an Italian Emergency Department.

Background: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic modified how persons got into contact with emergency services, particularly during the first wave.

Aim: The aim is to describe the characteristics of older persons with and without COVID-19 visiting the Emergency Department of a tertiary hospital and to investigate the impact of age on in-hospital survival in the two groups.

Methods: Patients older than 70 years were followed-up till discharge or in-hospital death.

Cardiovascular prognosis in patients admitted to an emergency department with hypertensive emergencies and urgencies.

Background: At present, few data are available on the prognosis of hypertensive emergencies and urgencies admitted to emergency departments.

Aim: The aim of our study was to evaluate the incidence of total and cardiovascular events during follow-up in hypertensive patients admitted to the emergency departments of Brescia Hospital (Northern Italy) with hypertensive emergencies or urgencies from 1 January to 31 December 2015.

Methods: Medical records of patients aged more than 18 years, admitted to the emergency department with SBP values at least 180 mmHg (SBP) and/or DBP values at least 120 mmHg (DBP) were collected and analysed (18% of patients were classified as 'hypertensive emergency' and 82% as 'hypertensive urgency').

Hypertensive emergencies and urgencies: a single-centre experience in Northern Italy 2008-2015.

Background: An increasing attention is given to emergency departments (EDs) admissions for an acute and severe rise in blood pressure (BP). Data on epidemiology and treatment of hypertensive emergencies and urgencies admitted to ED are still limited. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prevalence, clinical presentation and treatment of patients admitted for hypertensive emergencies or hypertensive urgencies.