Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic in Italy – A commentary
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COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, early diagnosis, prevention, pandemic
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Since the COVID-19 outbreak, Italy has been one of the most affected countries in Europe and the second for number of deaths. In this commentary, we discuss some lessons that we learned as health-care providers working in a large public hospital during the pandemic, with a special focus on the importance of infection containment and early diagnosis, the role of swab, serological tests, home isolation and individual protection devices, and the available therapies and management indications to better face a possible new outbreak in the near future. These comments should stimulate a more diffused, efficient, and efficacious management of COVID-19 patients, also reducing the number of admissions to hospital emergency departments and the related spread of the infection.Downloads
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2021-02-01
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Minni A, Ralli M, Candelori F, Cialente F, Ercoli L, Parlapiano C, Greco A, de VincentiisM. Lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic in Italy – A commentary. Bosn J of Basic Med Sci [Internet]. 2021Feb.1 [cited 2021Jan.20];21(1):117-9. Available from: https://bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/4847
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