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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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COVID-19 and elderly: beyond the respiratory drama
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Angela Sciacqua
- Roberta Pujia
- Tiziana Montalcini
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 03 July 2020
- Pages: 907 - 909
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Bilateral lower limb weakness: a cerebrovascular consequence of covid-19 or a complication associated with it?
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- J. B. Morjaria
- F. Omar
- S. Kaul
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 02 July 2020
- Pages: 901 - 905
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A COVID-19 patient with seven consecutive false-negative rRT-PCR results from sputum specimens
Authors
- Cong-Ying Song
- Da-Gan Yang
- Yuan-Qiang Lu
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 02 July 2020
- Pages: 871 - 874
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Potential role of incretins in diabetes and COVID-19 infection: a hypothesis worth exploring
Authors
- Paola Pantanetti
- Giovanni Cangelosi
- Giuseppe Ambrosio
- Content type: IM-Point of view
- Published: 26 June 2020
- Pages: 779 - 782
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COVID-19: a clinical and organizational crisis
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Emanuele Russo
- Etrusca Brogi
- Vanni Agnoletti
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 23 June 2020
- Pages: 897 - 899
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The SARS-CoV-2 receptor, ACE-2, is expressed on many different cell types: implications for ACE-inhibitor- and angiotensin II receptor blocker-based cardiovascular therapies: comment
Authors
- Harald De Cauwer
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 20 June 2020
- Pages: 1581 - 1582
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Low ADAMTS 13 plasma levels are predictors of mortality in COVID-19 patients
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Mario Bazzan
- Barbara Montaruli
- Dario Roccatello
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 18 June 2020
- Pages: 861 - 863
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Treat all COVID 19-positive patients, but do not forget those negative with chronic diseases
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Viganò Mauro
- Mantovani Lorenzo
- Harari Sergio
- Content type: IM-Point of view
- Published: 09 June 2020
- Pages: 787 - 790
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Emergency Department and Out-of-Hospital Emergency System (112—AREU 118) integrated response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Northern Italy centre
Authors (first, second and last of 18)
- Stefano Perlini
- Fabrizio Canevari
- the COVID19 IRCCS San Matteo Pavia Task Force
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 08 June 2020
- Pages: 825 - 833
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Managing anticoagulation in the COVID-19 era between lockdown and reopening phases
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Daniela Poli
- Alberto Tosetto
- On the behalf of Italian Federation of Anticoagulation Clinics (FCSA)
- Content type: IM-Point of view
- Open Access
- Published: 08 June 2020
- Pages: 783 - 786
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Systematic review of the prevalence of current smoking among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China: could nicotine be a therapeutic option?: Comment
Authors
- Dinesh Vijay Rajput
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 08 June 2020
- Pages: 233 - 234
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The burden of thrombotic complications in critically ill patients with COVID-19: charting the uncharted
Authors
- Antonio Landi
- Stefano De Servi
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 05 June 2020
- Pages: 893 - 895
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Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Alice Fanin
- Jessica Calegari
- Gruppo di Autoformazione Metodologica (GrAM)
- Content type: THE CUTTING EDGE: RESEARCH UPDATE
- Published: 30 May 2020
- Pages: 841 - 843
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Clinical features of 1487 COVID-19 patients with outpatient management in the Greater Paris: the COVID-call study
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Frédéric Lapostolle
- Elodie Schneider
- Frédéric Adnet
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 30 May 2020
- Pages: 813 - 817
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When internal and emergency medicine speak to each other: organization in the time of COVID
Authors
- Chiara Cogliati
- Elisa Ceriani
- Anna Maria Brambilla
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 29 May 2020
- Pages: 891 - 892
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Providing evidence on the ongoing health care workers’ mask debate
Authors
- Dimitrios Tsilingiris
- Margarita Papatheodoridi
- Chris J. Kapelios
- Content type: IM-Point of view
- Published: 29 May 2020
- Pages: 773 - 777
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Plasma from donors recovered from the new Coronavirus 2019 as therapy for critical patients with COVID-19 (COVID-19 plasma study): a multicentre study protocol
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Cesare Perotti
- Claudia Del Fante
- Catherine Klersy
- Content type: IM - ORIGINAL
- Published: 28 May 2020
- Pages: 819 - 824
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Potential new treatment strategies for COVID-19: is there a role for bromhexine as add-on therapy?
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Markus Depfenhart
- Danielle de Villiers
- Salvatore Di Somma
- Content type: IM - REVIEW
- Published: 26 May 2020
- Pages: 801 - 812
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Google trends and COVID-19 in Italy: could we brace for impact?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jacopo Ciaffi
- Riccardo Meliconi
- Francesco Ursini
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 25 May 2020
- Pages: 1555 - 1559
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Does this patient have COVID-19? A practical guide for the internist
Authors
- Lorenzo Bertolino
- Martina Vitrone
- Emanuele Durante-Mangoni
- Content type: IM - REVIEW
- Published: 23 May 2020
- Pages: 791 - 800
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Switch from oral anticoagulants to parenteral heparin in SARS-CoV-2 hospitalized patients: comment
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Attilio Allione
- Jacopo Davide Giamello
- Giulia Cavalot
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 21 May 2020
- Pages: 519 - 520
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Ethics in the age of COVID-19
Authors
- Ananya Arora
- Anmol Arora
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 21 May 2020
- Pages: 889 - 890
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Flowchart for non-invasive ventilation support in COVID-19 patients from a northern Italy Emergency Department
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Daniele Privitera
- Laura Angaroni
- Andrea Bellone
- Content type: IM-Point of view
- Published: 20 May 2020
- Pages: 767 - 771
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COVID-19: counter-intuitive data on smoking prevalence and therapeutic implications for nicotine
Authors
- Riccardo Polosa
- Grazia Caci
- Content type: CE - COMMENTARY
- Published: 19 May 2020
- Pages: 853 - 856
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The SARS-CoV-2 receptor, ACE-2, is expressed on many different cell types: implications for ACE-inhibitor- and angiotensin II receptor blocker-based cardiovascular therapies
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Adriana Albini
- Giovanni Di Guardo
- Michele Lombardo
- Content type: IM-Point of view
- Open Access
- Published: 19 May 2020
- Pages: 759 - 766
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Antagonizing the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system in the era of COVID-19
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Riccardo Sarzani
- Federico Giulietti
- Francesco Spannella
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 18 May 2020
- Pages: 885 - 887
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Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in severe COVID-19 pneumonia
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Guillaume Voiriot
- Anne Fajac
- Muriel Fartoukh
- Content type: CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
- Published: 15 May 2020
- Pages: 1333 - 1334
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Complicated myocardial infarction in a 99-year-old lady in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: from the need to rule out coronavirus infection to emergency percutaneous coronary angioplasty
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Fabio Alfredo Sgura
- Salvatore Arrotti
- Giuseppe Boriani
- Content type: IM - CASE RECORD
- Published: 13 May 2020
- Pages: 835 - 839
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SARS-CoV-2 and myocardial injury: a role for Nox2?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Francesco Violi
- Daniele Pastori
- Roberto Cangemi
- Content type: IM-Point of view
- Published: 12 May 2020
- Pages: 755 - 758
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Role of doctors in epidemics: historical perspectives and implications for COVID-19
Authors
- Donatella Lippi
- Raffaella Bianucci
- Simon Donell
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 10 May 2020
- Pages: 883 - 884
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From the quarantine diary of an emergency physician: the coronavirus and the dysautonomic storm
Authors
- Simone Vanni
- Peiman Nazerian
- Giancarlo Bini
- Content type: IM-Point of view
- Published: 09 May 2020
- Pages: 1361 - 1364
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Triage decision-making at the time of COVID-19 infection: the Piacenza strategy
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Poggiali Erika
- Vercelli Andrea
- Magnacavallo Andrea
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 09 May 2020
- Pages: 879 - 882
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COVID-19: thoughts at sunrise
Authors
- Giovanni Gasbarrini
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 09 May 2020
- Pages: 1579 - 1580
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Systematic review of the prevalence of current smoking among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China: could nicotine be a therapeutic option?
Authors
- Konstantinos Farsalinos
- Anastasia Barbouni
- Raymond Niaura
- Content type: CE-Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
- Published: 09 May 2020
- Pages: 845 - 852
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Switch from oral anticoagulants to parenteral heparin in SARS-CoV-2 hospitalized patients: comment
Authors
- Loris Roncon
- Marco Zuin
- Gianluca Rigatelli
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 06 May 2020
- Pages: 517 - 518
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Camostat mesilate therapy for COVID-19
Authors
- Yoshiharu Uno
- Content type: CE - LETTER TO THE EDITOR
- Published: 29 April 2020
- Pages: 1577 - 1578
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Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a pooled analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Brandon Michael Henry
- Maria Helena Santos de Oliveira
- Giuseppe Lippi
- Content type: CE-Research Letter to the Editor
- Published: 17 April 2020
- Pages: 857 - 859
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Switch from oral anticoagulants to parenteral heparin in SARS-CoV-2 hospitalized patients
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Sophie Testa
- Oriana Paoletti
- Angelo Pan
- Content type: IM-Point of view
- Published: 15 April 2020
- Pages: 751 - 753
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A woman with fever and cough: coronavirus disease 2019
Authors
- Yuan-Qiang Lu
- Content type: CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
- Published: 30 March 2020
- Pages: 1553 - 1554