Prospective Observational Study to Characterize Patients Treated at Internal Medicine Clinics
Patients referred to internal medicine wards are becoming increasingly complex and fragile. Despite deep knowledge of their specific disorders, steps are required to improve overall management of their acute and chronic conditions. The main objective of the study is to identify demographic, clinical, laboratory and radiological markers of disease severity and activity in patients with diseases treated at general medicine wards (respiratory disease, immune-mediated disease, sepsis, metabolic disease, rare disease, frailty, pregnancy pathology) in order to improve their diagnosis, monitoring and treatment processes.
• Receving treatment at internal medicine departments (inpatient, outopatient, day hospital) of San Raffaele Hospital
• at least one suspected or confirmed diagnosis among:
‣ immune mediated disorder
⁃ respiratory disorder
⁃ metabolic disorder
⁃ sepsis
⁃ rare disorder (according to Italian Ministry of Health list)
⁃ pregnancy-related disorder
⁃ frailty defined as: either ≥2 CIRS (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale) Severity Index 10 or ≤70% Karnofsky scale