Early experience of an infectious and tropical diseases unit during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Florence, Italy, February to March 2020

Early experience of an infectious and tropical diseases unit during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Florence, Italy, February to March 2020

We analysed the first 84 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients hospitalised in an infectious and tropical disease unit in Florence, Italy, over 30 days after the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. A 12% reduction in the rate of intensive care unit transfer was observed after the implementati...

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Veröffentlicht in:Euro surveillance : bulletin européen sur les maladies transmissibles 2020-04, Vol.25 (17), p.1
Hauptverfasser: Lagi, Filippo, Piccica, Matteo, Graziani, Lucia, Vellere, Iacopo, Botta, Annarita, Tilli, Marta, Ottino, Letizia, Borchi, Beatrice, Pozzi, Marco, Bartalesi, Filippo, Mencarini, Jessica, Spinicci, Michele, Zammarchi, Lorenzo, Pieralli, Filippo, Zagli, Giovanni, Nozzoli, Carlo, Romagnoli, Stefano, Bartoloni, Alessandro
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age Distribution
Aged
Betacoronavirus
Cannula
Cohort Studies
Comorbidity
Contact Tracing
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections - mortality
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
COVID-19
Critical Care
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Humans
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units - organization & administration
Italy - epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Patient Transfer
Pneumonia, Viral - diagnosis
Pneumonia, Viral - mortality
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Rapid Communication
Respiratory Care Units
SARS-CoV-2
Sex Distribution
Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:We analysed the first 84 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients hospitalised in an infectious and tropical disease unit in Florence, Italy, over 30 days after the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. A 12% reduction in the rate of intensive care unit transfer was observed after the implementation of intensity care measures in the regular ward such as increasing the nurse/patient ratio, presence of critical care physicians and using high flow nasal cannulae oxygenation.
ISSN:1560-7917
1025-496X
1560-7917
DOI:10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.17.2000556