title: [A data base of a thoracic and cardiovascular department: information on 1001 patients].
abstract: The Authors illustrate the results derived from a data base of a thoracic and cardiovascular Department, comprehensive of 1001 patients (464 M and 537 F, average age 71, minimum age 18 and maximum age 101). The conducted analysis results in several considerations: the cause of patient's hospitalization was not relevant to the direct expertise of the Department in the 27,5% of the cases and the profile of the typical-patient is of an elderly person (73% of the cases over 65 years old), basically overweight or obese (35% of the cases with BMI > 25) and with medium-low cultural level (70% of the cases not over middle school); moreover our patients, although under poly-therapy before hospitalization, were discharged with a number of prescribed medicines even more plentiful. The data base of the Department proved to be a useful tool both to instantaneously monitor the departmental activity and also to rationalize the pharmacological therapies.
authors: Unità Opearativa de Medicina Cardiovasculare, Dipartimento Toraco-Polmonare e Cardiocircolatorio, Fondazino Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Università di Milano.
authors: Tatiana
authors: T
authors: Tonella
authors: Ferdinando Maria
authors: FM
authors: Massari
authors: Sonia
authors: S
authors: Khirani
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Blasi
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Magrini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups; D004363:Drug Utilization; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019338:Polypharmacy; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult