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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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Associations between CT pulmonary opacity score on admission and clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with COVID-19
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Huanyuan Luo
- Yuancheng Wang
- Shenghong Ju
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 30 June 2021
- Pages: 153 - 163
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Antibiotic prescriptions in the context of suspected bacterial respiratory tract superinfections in the COVID-19 era: a retrospective quantitative analysis of antibiotic consumption and identification of antibiotic prescription drivers
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- J. Van Laethem
- S. Wuyts
- SD. Allard
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 29 June 2021
- Pages: 141 - 151
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COVID-19 and asplenia: a Janus-faced issue
Authors
- Marco Vincenzo Lenti
- Gino Roberto Corazza
- Antonio Di Sabatino
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 22 June 2021
- Pages: 2341 - 2342
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Viral load and disease severity in COVID-19
Authors (first, second and last of 14)
- Rahul Dnyaneshwar Pawar
- Lakshman Balaji
- Michael William Donnino
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 16 June 2021
- Pages: 359 - 367
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COVID-19 pneumonia during long-term migraine prophylaxis with fremanezumab: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Luigi Francesco Iannone
- Pierangelo Geppetti
- Francesco De Cesaris
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 12 June 2021
- Pages: 2309 - 2311
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Patients with hematologic cancers are more vulnerable to COVID-19 compared to patients with solid cancers
Authors (first, second and last of 18)
- Semih Başcı
- Naim Ata
- Turkish Ministry of Health, Hematology Scientific Working Group
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 10 June 2021
- Pages: 135 - 139
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How the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic changed the patterns of healthcare utilization by geriatric patients and the crowding: a call to action for effective solutions to the access block
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Gabriele Savioli
- Iride Francesca Ceresa
- Enrico Oddone
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 09 June 2021
- Pages: 503 - 514
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Immune thrombocytopenia following COVID-19 mRNA vaccine: casuality or causality?
Authors
- Federico Pasin
- Alberto Calabrese
- Laura Pelagatti
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 07 June 2021
- Pages: 295 - 297
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Exposures and suspected intoxications during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: preliminary results from an Italian poison control centre
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Giada Crescioli
- Cecilia Lanzi
- Niccolò Lombardi
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 06 June 2021
- Pages: 535 - 540
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Lung ultrasound presentation of covid-19 patients: phenotypes and correlations—comment
Authors
- Galina Nekludova
- Sergey Avdeev
- Natalia Trushenko
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 31 May 2021
- Pages: 1417 - 1418
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COVID-19-related symptom clustering in a primary care vs internal medicine setting
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Marco Vincenzo Lenti
- Maria Giovanna Ferrari
- Antonio Di Sabatino
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 27 May 2021
- Pages: 291 - 294
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Cardiac complications during the active phase of COVID-19: review of the current evidence
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Mohammad Said Ramadan
- Lorenzo Bertolino
- The Monaldi Hospital Cardiovascular Infection Study Group
- Content type: IM - REVIEW
- Open Access
- Published: 27 May 2021
- Pages: 2051 - 2061
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High-dose steroids for the treatment of severe COVID-19: comment
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Shuichi Tanaka
- Koichiro Yamamoto
- Fumio Otsuka
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 26 May 2021
- Pages: 1415 - 1416
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Early echocardiographic findings in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia: a prospective, single center study
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Elisa Ceriani
- Azzurra Marceca
- Chiara Cogliati
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 21 May 2021
- Pages: 2173 - 2180
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What is the role of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of COVID-19?
Authors
- Bernadette Corica
- Giovanni Talerico
- Giulio Francesco Romiti
- Content type: IM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 17 May 2021
- Pages: 1747 - 1749
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Emergency department admission revolution during the COVID-19 pandemic: burden or opportunity?
Authors
- Alessandro Jachetti
- Christian Bracco
- Luigi Fenoglio
- Content type: EM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 15 May 2021
- Pages: 1647 - 1648
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Cessation of smoking in COPD: a reality check
Authors
- Riccardo Polosa
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 10 May 2021
- Pages: 2029 - 2030
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Characteristic of IgA and IgG antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in an Italian referral COVID-19 Hospital
Authors (first, second and last of 20)
- Annamaria Carnicelli
- Barbara Fiori
- Maurizio Sanguinetti
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 10 May 2021
- Pages: 53 - 64
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Pooled analysis of mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin values in COVID-19 patients with critical illness
Authors
- Giuseppe Lippi
- Brandon Michael Henry
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 07 May 2021
- Pages: 1723 - 1725
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IgM anti-SARS-CoV-2-specific determination: useful or confusing? Big Data analysis of a real-life scenario
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Tommaso Trenti
- Valentina Pecoraro
- Mario Plebani
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 02 May 2021
- Pages: 2327 - 2330
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A predictive score at admission for respiratory failure among hospitalized patients with confirmed 2019 Coronavirus Disease: a simple tool for a complex problem
Authors (first, second and last of 23)
- Antonio Lalueza
- Jaime Lora-Tamayo
- COVID+12 group
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 29 April 2021
- Pages: 515 - 524
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SIADH and severe COVID-19 pneumonia in elderly patients: a therapeutic challenge in developing countries
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Marcio Jose Concepción Zavaleta
- Sofia Pilar Ildefonso Najarro
- Luis Alberto Concepción Urteaga
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 24 April 2021
- Pages: 2023 - 2025
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Clinical factors associated with death in 3044 COVID-19 patients managed in internal medicine wards in Italy: results from the SIMI-COVID-19 study of the Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI)
Authors (first, second and last of 32)
- Elena Corradini
- Paolo Ventura
- SIMI-COVID-19 Collaborators
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 24 April 2021
- Pages: 1005 - 1015
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Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) in the early diagnosis of novel coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) in a first-level emergency department during a SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Italy: a real-life analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Simone Bianchi
- Caterina Savinelli
- Michele Lanigra
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 21 April 2021
- Pages: 193 - 204
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High-dose steroids for the treatment of severe COVID-19: a new therapeutic tool?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Paolo Cameli
- Laura Bergantini
- Elena Bargagli
- Content type: CE-COMMENTARY
- Published: 19 April 2021
- Pages: 1329 - 1330
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An integrated emergency department/hospital at home model in mild COVID-19 pneumonia: feasibility and outcomes after discharge from the emergency department: comment
Authors
- Giovanni Nattino
- Stefano Paglia
- Content type: EM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 17 April 2021
- Pages: 1645 - 1646
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The clinical course of COVID-19 in systemic sclerosis patients, report from 150 patients
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Zahra Tamartash
- Ali Javinani
- Hoda Kavosi
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 16 April 2021
- Pages: 2001 - 2003
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High-dose steroids for the treatment of severe COVID-19
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Matteo Piccica
- Filippo Lagi
- For the COCORA Working Group
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 15 April 2021
- Pages: 1395 - 1399
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SARS-CoV-2 vs smallpox: mass vaccinations in the mirror
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Raffaella Bianucci
- Andreas G. Nerlich
- Antonio Perciaccante
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 13 April 2021
- Pages: 2031 - 2034
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A randomized clinical trial evaluating the immunomodulatory effect of convalescent plasma on COVID-19-related cytokine storm
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
- Mandana Pouladzadeh
- Mehdi Safdarian
- Reza Hadaddezfuli
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 10 April 2021
- Pages: 2181 - 2191
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Delirium is common in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Leiv Otto Watne
- Kristian Tonby
- Bjørn Erik Neerland
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 08 April 2021
- Pages: 1997 - 2000
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COVID-19, a tale of two peaks: patients’ characteristics, treatments, and clinical outcomes
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
- Ariel Banai
- Philippe Taieb
- Yishay Szekely
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 01 April 2021
- Pages: 1629 - 1639
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Assessing inflammatory status in COVID-19: a role in the pandemic?
Authors
- Bernadette Corica
- Giulio Francesco Romiti
- Content type: IM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 26 March 2021
- Pages: 1423 - 1425
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Bronchoalveolar lavage in suspected COVID-19 cases with a negative nasopharyngeal swab: a retrospective cross-sectional study in a high-impact Northern Italy area
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Caterina Barberi
- Elena Castelnuovo
- Giorgio Maria Ferraroli
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 26 March 2021
- Pages: 1857 - 1864
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Exertional hypoxia in patients without resting hypoxia is an early predictor of moderate to severe COVID-19
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ajay Bhasin
- Melissa Bregger
- Jeffrey Barsuk
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 26 March 2021
- Pages: 2097 - 2103
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Intensive cardiac care unit admission trends during the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy: a multi-center study
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- Alfonso Campanile
- Paolo Verdecchia
- Claudio Cavallini
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 25 March 2021
- Pages: 2077 - 2086
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Effect of influenza vaccine on COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective study
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Marcello Candelli
- Giulia Pignataro
- Francesco Franceschi
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 20 March 2021
- Pages: 1849 - 1855
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The need to consider social and cultural factors when reporting successful non-hospital transmission strategies for COVID-19
Authors
- Ann Marie Kuchinski
- Matt Lyon
- Robert Gibson
- Content type: EM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 18 March 2021
- Pages: 1023 - 1025
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Adverse drug reactions in the era of COVID-19
Authors
- Angela P. Cornelius
- Content type: IM - COMMENTARY
- Published: 13 March 2021
- Pages: 549 - 550
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Combined lung and cardiac ultrasound in COVID-related acute respiratory distress syndrome
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Chiara Lazzeri
- Manuela Bonizzoli
- Adriano Peris
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 11 March 2021
- Pages: 1779 - 1785
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Anakinra after treatment with corticosteroids alone or with tocilizumab in patients with severe COVID‑19 pneumonia and moderate hyperinflammation. A retrospective cohort study: reply
Authors
- Ismael Francisco Aomar-Millán
- Juan Salvatierra
- José Hernández-Quero
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 10 March 2021
- Pages: 1105 - 1106
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Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurring shortly after the second dose of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Giuseppe Carli
- Ilaria Nichele
- Alberto Tosetto
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 09 March 2021
- Pages: 803 - 804
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After the first wave and beyond lockdown: long-lasting changes in emergency department visit number, characteristics, diagnoses, and hospital admissions
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Fulvio Morello
- Paolo Bima
- Enrico Lupia
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 08 March 2021
- Pages: 1683 - 1690
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Emergency room comprehensive assessment of demographic, radiological, laboratory and clinical data of patients with COVID-19: determination of its prognostic value for in-hospital mortality
Authors (first, second and last of 20)
- Marco Gatti
- Marco Calandri
- Riccardo Faletti
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 08 March 2021
- Pages: 205 - 214
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The Pandemic's impacts on patients without Covid-19 on multidisciplinary aspects in emergency medicine care
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Gal Ben-Haim
- Amit Zabatani
- Eldad Katorza
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 01 March 2021
- Pages: 2261 - 2268
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Role of ROX index in the first assessment of COVID-19 patients in the emergency department
Authors (first, second and last of 14)
- Alice Gianstefani
- Gabriele Farina
- Fabrizio Giostra
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 01 March 2021
- Pages: 1959 - 1965
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Lung ultrasound presentation of COVID-19 patients: phenotypes and correlations
Authors (first, second and last of 18)
- Gianmarco Secco
- Marzia Delorenzo
- The GERICO (Gruppo Esteso RIcerca COronarovirus) Lung US Pavia Study Group
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Open Access
- Published: 01 March 2021
- Pages: 1317 - 1327
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Adverse drug reactions in SARS-CoV-2 hospitalised patients: a case-series with a focus on drug–drug interactions-reply
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Giada Crescioli
- Cecilia Lanzi
- Niccolò Lombardi
- Content type: CE-LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 26 February 2021
- Pages: 799 - 800
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An integrated emergency department/hospital at home model in mild COVID-19 pneumonia: feasibility and outcomes after discharge from the emergency department
Authors (first, second and last of 17)
- Pere Llorens
- Oscar Moreno-Pérez
- José Sánchez-Payá
- Content type: EM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 24 February 2021
- Pages: 1673 - 1682