Telemonitoring for Cystic fibrosis patients of Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital during COVID-19.
Clin Ter
; 173(5): 440-442, 2022.
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| ID: mdl-36155730
Background: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common autosomal recessive genetic pathology of the Caucasian race and it affects nearly 100,000 people worldwide (many have not been diagnosed) and, in Italy, there are about 6000 patients. In the last few years, telemedicine has proved to be an effective home care tool for patients suffering from chronic pathologies. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused an increase of communications through mobile devices. Aim: To evaluate the role of telemonitoring during the pandemic phase of Covid-19. Materials and methods: 34 (M 15, F 19) (M 44%, F 56%) Cystic Fi-brosis patients were evaluated; Median age ± SD 30.97±10.59 Median FEV1 2020 74.76; number of trasmission and hospital admissions. Results: It was evident that the absolute number of telemedicine visits increased from 1456 to 1605 in the pandemic year (10% more). Conclusions: Telemedicine became an important tool for home management of patients, in particular about chronic diseases. Telemonitoring, an integral part of telemedicine, underlined its effectiveness in all health emergency phase.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Telemedicina
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Fibrose Cística
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COVID-19
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Child
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Humans
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En
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Clin Ter
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article
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Itália