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COVID-19 : diagnosis, management and prognosis
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Since December 2019, a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has broken into people's life, as a major public health threat worldwide. At the time of this writing, there are over 3 million people infected with SARS-CoV-2 globally and every 30 seconds someone dies from the catastrophic complications of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) .The body of knowledge on COVID-19 is increasing exponentially, but conflicting opinions and confusing issues dominate the scientific debate. Urgent issues to be addressed include clinical characterization across age groups, evaluation of the impact of current and novel therapeutic approaches, delineation of key risk factors, and definition of best regulatory and management decisions that are expected to ameliorate outcomes.
This Topical Collection aims to expand the current knowledge base and to advance the scientific debate on COVID-19, in particular with respect to diagnosis, management and prognosis. Researches, analyses and opinions that explores phenomena, effects and mechanisms associated with COVID-19 are welcome.
Researchers, academics, physicians and healthcare professionals interested in these topics are invited to submit manuscripts to this Collection
Editors
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Riccardo Polosa
Riccardo Polosa is Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Catania (Italy) and Director of the department of Internal Medicine of the University Policlinic Hospital of Catania. He founded the Center of Excellence for the acceleration of HArm Reduction (CoEHAR)and the Center for Tobacco prevention and treatment (CPCT). He is also Honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of Southampton (UK) and fellow at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
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Michele Spinicci
Michele Spinicci is a medical doctor at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences of the University of Florence in Italy.
Articles (340 in this collection)
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Laboratory markers of severity across three COVID-19 outbreaks in Australia: has Omicron and vaccinations changed disease presentation?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Julie Wang
- Kay Weng Choy
- Prahlad Ho
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 14 September 2022
- Pages: 43 - 52
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Mortality predictors in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: a machine learning approach using eXtreme Gradient Boosting model
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- N. Casillas
- A. M. Torres
- J. Mateo
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 13 September 2022
- Pages: 1929 - 1939
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Smart-working policies during COVID-19 pandemic: a way to reduce work-related traumas?
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Giuseppe Stirparo
- Aurea Oradini-Alacreu
- Nazzareno Fagoni
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 06 September 2022
- Pages: 2427 - 2430
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Progress and prospects for artificial intelligence in clinical practice: learning from COVID-19
Authors
- Pietro Ferrara
- Sebastiano Battiato
- Riccardo Polosa
- Content type: IM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 05 September 2022
- Pages: 1855 - 1857
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Comparison between the first and second COVID-19 waves in Internal Medicine wards in Milan, Italy: a retrospective observational study
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
- Deborah Blanca
- Selene Nicolosi
- on behalf of the Covid Network
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 15 August 2022
- Pages: 2219 - 2228
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COVID-19 and emergency departments: need for a validated severity illness score. The history of emerging CovHos score
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Davide Campagna
- Grazia Caci
- Lucia Spicuzza
- Content type: EM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 13 August 2022
- Pages: 2065 - 2067
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Fibrosis‑4 (FIB‑4) index and mortality in COVID‑19 patients admitted to the emergency department: a new interesting predictive index for patients with COVID-19 disease?
Authors
- Paolo Ruggeri
- Antonio Esquinas
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 12 August 2022
- Pages: 2451 - 2452
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Handgrip strength is associated with adverse outcomes in patients hospitalized for COVID-19-associated pneumonia
Authors (first, second and last of 15)
- Giacomo Pucci
- Marco D’Abbondanza
- Gaetano Vaudo
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 05 August 2022
- Pages: 1997 - 2004
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Factors associated with colorectal cancer screening adherence and the impact of COVID-19 on screening patterns in Connecticut, USA
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Louie Mar A. Gangcuangco
- Tammy Rivas
- Victoria C. Costales
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 03 August 2022
- Pages: 2229 - 2235
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Role of prognostic scores in predicting in-hospital mortality and failure of non-invasive ventilation in adults with COVID-19
Authors (first, second and last of 20)
- Francesca Innocenti
- Cristian Lazzari
- Riccardo Pini
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 02 August 2022
- Pages: 2367 - 2377
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To clarify the safety profile of paracetamol for home-care patients with COVID-19: a real-world cohort study, with nested case–control analysis, in primary care
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Francesco Lapi
- Ettore Marconi
- Claudio Cricelli
- Content type: IM-ORIGINAL
- Published: 30 July 2022
- Pages: 2237 - 2244
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Determinants of COVID-19-related mortality in an internal medicine setting
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Marco Vincenzo Lenti
- Stefano Uderzo
- Antonio Di Sabatino
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 29 July 2022
- Pages: 2169 - 2173
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Predictors of clinical outcomes of hospitalized patients with Covid-19: focusing on pre-existing liver disease
Authors
- Ana Isabel Ferreira
- Maria Helena Sarmento
- Jorge Cotter
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 29 July 2022
- Pages: 2209 - 2217
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Relationship between the severity of persistent symptoms, physical fitness, and cardiopulmonary function in post-COVID-19 condition. A population-based analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Amaya Jimeno-Almazán
- Alejandro Martínez-Cava
- Javier Courel-Ibáñez
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 29 July 2022
- Pages: 2199 - 2208
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PEGALUS: predictivity of elderly age, arterial gas analysis, and lung ultrasound. A new prognostic score for COVID-19 patients in the emergency department—an observational prospective study
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Giorgia Borio
- Stefano Tentori
- Paola Maffi
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 27 July 2022
- Pages: 2357 - 2365
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Correction to: Usefulness of Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) score and metabolic alterations in the prediction of SARS-CoV-2 severity
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
- Rosa Lombardi
- Vincenzo La Mura
- Anna Ludovica Fracanzani
- Content type: Correction
- Open Access
- Published: 21 July 2022
- Pages: 1751 - 1751
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The return visit, outcome and predicting factors of return visit among suspected COVID-19 outpatients
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Atousa Akhgar
- Arash Safaei
- Mohammad Jalili
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 18 July 2022
- Pages: 1719 - 1726
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Do error rates change in the emergency department when patient volume decreases: the effect of COVID-19 on ED error
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Elianna S. Grossman
- Beatrice Hoffmann
- Shamai A. Grossman
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 11 July 2022
- Pages: 1547 - 1550
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The role of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in the evaluation of lung parenchymal involvement in COVID-19 patients
Authors
- Buğra Kerget
- Ömer Araz
- Metin Akgün
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 09 July 2022
- Pages: 1951 - 1958
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Comparison of the characteristics, morbidity and mortality of COVID-19 between first and second/third wave in a hospital setting in Lombardy: a retrospective cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 24)
- Francesca Leidi
- Gianluca Edoardo Mario Boari
- Damiano Rizzoni
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 09 July 2022
- Pages: 1941 - 1949
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The patient suffering from acute respiratory failure COVID-19 related who refuses medical treatment: an emblematic case
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Francesca Maghin
- Massimo Salvetti
- Adelaide Conti
- Content type: IM-Point of view
- Published: 02 July 2022
- Pages: 1563 - 1567
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A novel evidence-based predictor tool for hospitalization and length of stay: insights from COVID-19 patients in New York city
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Maan El Halabi
- James Feghali
- David Steiger
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 30 June 2022
- Pages: 1879 - 1889
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High-dose versus low-dose venous thromboprophylaxis in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Emanuele Valeriani
- Angelo Porfidia
- Marcello Di Nisio
- Content type: CE-Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
- Published: 27 June 2022
- Pages: 1817 - 1825
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Relapses of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies after vaccination against COVID-19: a real-life multicenter Italian study
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- Edoardo Conticini
- Miriana d’Alessandro
- Bruno Frediani
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 26 June 2022
- Pages: 1921 - 1928
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Usefulness of fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) score and metabolic alterations in the prediction of SARS-CoV-2 severity
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
- Rosa Lombardi
- Vincenzo La Mura
- Anna Ludovica Fracanzani
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 26 June 2022
- Pages: 1739 - 1749
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Mortality prediction using a modified R2CHA2DS2-VASc score among hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- David Levy
- Efrat Gur
- Ori Wand
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 25 June 2022
- Pages: 1711 - 1717
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CovHos score for predicting severe respiratory failure in COVID-19 patients presenting at the emergency department
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Veronica Salvatore
- Francesca Trabalza
- Fabrizio Giostra
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 24 June 2022
- Pages: 1795 - 1801
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Stratification of patients admitted for SARS-CoV2 infection: prognostic scores in the first and second wave of the pandemic
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- F. Innocenti
- A. De Paris
- R. Pini
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 22 June 2022
- Pages: 2093 - 2101
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High LACE index scores are associated with disproportionate excess deaths in hospital amongst patients with COVID-19
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- David Fluck
- Christopher Henry Fry
- Thang Sieu Han
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 22 June 2022
- Pages: 1891 - 1897
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Predicting mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Amedeo Tirandi
- Davide Ramoni
- Luca Liberale
- Content type: IM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 15 June 2022
- Pages: 1571 - 1574
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The COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to move healthcare system from hospital-centered care to patient-centered care: do black swans really exist?
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Francesca Delgado
- Davide Lepre
- Antonio Cittadini
- Content type: IM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 11 June 2022
- Pages: 1263 - 1265
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Predictors of venous thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients: results of the COVID-19 Brazilian Registry
Authors (first, second and last of 57)
- Warley Cezar da Silveira
- Lucas Emanuel Ferreira Ramos
- Milena Soriano Marcolino
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 01 June 2022
- Pages: 1863 - 1878
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Fibrosis-4 (FIB-4) Index and mortality in COVID-19 patients admitted to the emergency department
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Tommaso Bucci
- Gioacchino Galardo
- the Research On Medical patients Admitted to the Emergency Department (ROMA-ED) study group
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 27 May 2022
- Pages: 1777 - 1784
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Prognostic value of radiological index and clinical data in patients with COVID-19 infection
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Davide Elia
- Francesco Mozzanica
- Sergio Harari
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 20 May 2022
- Pages: 1679 - 1687
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Independent predictors of in-hospital mortality and the need for intensive care in hospitalized non-critical COVID-19 patients: a prospective cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Nursel Çalık Başaran
- Murat Özdede
- Mine Durusu Tanrıöver
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 20 May 2022
- Pages: 1413 - 1424
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits and associated mortality during 14 months of the pandemic in Israel
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Yael Wolff Sagy
- Assi Cicurel
- Gil Lavie
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 16 May 2022
- Pages: 1699 - 1710
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Delirium in COVID‑19 pneumonia: looking inside the geriatric unit—reply
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Antonio Callea
- Giancarlo Conti
- Eleonora Rollo
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 23 April 2022
- Pages: 1843 - 1843
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Correlation of SpO2/FiO2 and PaO2/FiO2 in patients with symptomatic COVID-19: An observational, retrospective study
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- Aldo Bonaventura
- Nicola Mumoli
- Francesco Cei
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 23 April 2022
- Pages: 1769 - 1775
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The effect of laboratory-verified smoking on SARS-CoV-2 infection: results from the Troina sero-epidemiological survey
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
- Venera Tomaselli
- Pietro Ferrara
- Riccardo Polosa
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 14 April 2022
- Pages: 1617 - 1630
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6 and 12 month outcomes in patients following COVID-19-related hospitalization: a prospective monocentric study
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Giuseppe Pio Martino
- Devis Benfaremo
- Gianluca Moroncini
- Content type: IM – ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 09 April 2022
- Pages: 1641 - 1649
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High-dose intravenous vitamin C decreases rates of mechanical ventilation and cardiac arrest in severe COVID-19
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Andrea L. Hess
- Alexandra Halalau
- Stephen A. Galens
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 29 March 2022
- Pages: 1759 - 1768
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Extraosseous effects of vitamin D: a role in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19?
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Antonio Mirijello
- Pamela Piscitelli
- Salvatore De Cosmo
- Content type: IM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 28 March 2022
- Pages: 949 - 951
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Antibody therapies for treatment of non-severe COVID-19
Authors
- Katie Gourlay
- Nicholas Taylor
- Eddy Lang
- Content type: THE CUTTING EDGE: RESEARCH UPDATE
- Published: 16 March 2022
- Pages: 883 - 885
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Delirium in COVID‑19 pneumonia: looking inside the geriatric unit
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Nicolas Vargas
- Andrea Fabbo
- Antonio M. Esquinas
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 12 March 2022
- Pages: 1551 - 1552
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Characteristics of procalcitonin in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and clinical outcomes of antibiotic use stratified by procalcitonin levels
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Wonhee So
- Matthew S. Simon
- Christine J. Kubin
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 11 March 2022
- Pages: 1405 - 1412
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An idiotypic network dysregulation could be related to the pathogenesis of vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) following vaccination with vaccines expressing Spike protein of SARS CoV2
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Carlos A. Cañas
- Iván Posso-Osorio
- Gabriel J. Tobón
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 06 March 2022
- Pages: 1249 - 1250
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Residual symptoms, lung function, and imaging findings in patients recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Fares Darawshy
- Ayman Abu Rmeileh
- Neville Berkman
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 02 March 2022
- Pages: 1491 - 1501
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Clusters of inflammation in COVID-19: descriptive analysis and prognosis on more than 15,000 patients from the Spanish SEMI-COVID-19 Registry
Authors (first, second and last of 26)
- Manuel Rubio-Rivas
- José María Mora-Luján
- the SEMI-COVID-19 Network
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 02 March 2022
- Pages: 1115 - 1127
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“Large-vessel vasculitis following the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine”: comment
Authors
- Pathum Sookaromdee
- Viroj Wiwanitkit
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 27 February 2022
- Pages: 1247 - 1247