Issue 5/2020
COVID‑19: diagnosis, management and prognosis
Content (32 Articles)
“COVID-19: diagnosis, management and prognosis”: a new topical collection of Internal and Emergency Medicine
Riccardo Polosa, Michele Spinicci, Domenico Prisco
Switch from oral anticoagulants to parenteral heparin in SARS-CoV-2 hospitalized patients
Sophie Testa, Oriana Paoletti, Matteo Giorgi-Pierfranceschi, Angelo Pan
SARS-CoV-2 and myocardial injury: a role for Nox2?
Francesco Violi, Daniele Pastori, Pasquale Pignatelli, Roberto Cangemi
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
Adriana Albini, Giovanni Di Guardo, Douglas McClain Noonan, Michele Lombardo
Flowchart for non-invasive ventilation support in COVID-19 patients from a northern Italy Emergency Department
Daniele Privitera, Laura Angaroni, Nicolò Capsoni, Elisa Forni, Federico Pierotti, Fabrizio Vincenti, Andrea Bellone
Providing evidence on the ongoing health care workers’ mask debate
Dimitrios Tsilingiris, Margarita Papatheodoridi, Chris J. Kapelios
Potential role of incretins in diabetes and COVID-19 infection: a hypothesis worth exploring
Paola Pantanetti, Giovanni Cangelosi, Giuseppe Ambrosio
Managing anticoagulation in the COVID-19 era between lockdown and reopening phases
Daniela Poli, Alberto Tosetto, Gulatiero Palareti, Doris Barcellona, Antonio Ciampa, Elvira Grandone, Cesare Manotti, Marco Moia, Alessandro Squizzato, Vincenzo Toschi, Sophie Testa
Treat all COVID 19-positive patients, but do not forget those negative with chronic diseases
Viganò Mauro, Mantovani Lorenzo, Cozzolino Paolo, Harari Sergio
Does this patient have COVID-19? A practical guide for the internist
Lorenzo Bertolino, Martina Vitrone, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni
Potential new treatment strategies for COVID-19: is there a role for bromhexine as add-on therapy?
Markus Depfenhart, Danielle de Villiers, Gottfried Lemperle, Markus Meyer, Salvatore Di Somma
Clinical features of 1487 COVID-19 patients with outpatient management in the Greater Paris: the COVID-call study
Frédéric Lapostolle, Elodie Schneider, Isabelle Vianu, Guillaume Dollet, Bastien Roche, Julia Berdah, Julie Michel, Laurent Goix, Erick Chanzy, Tomislav Petrovic, Frédéric Adnet
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
Cesare Perotti, Claudia Del Fante, Fausto Baldanti, Massimo Franchini, Elena Percivalle, Edoardo Vecchio Nepita, Elena Seminari, Annalisa De Silvestri, Raffele Bruno, Catherine Klersy
Emergency Department and Out-of-Hospital Emergency System (112—AREU 118) integrated response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Northern Italy centre
Stefano Perlini, Fabrizio Canevari, Sergio Cortesi, Vito Sgromo, Antonella Brancaglione, Enrico Contri, Pietro Pettenazza, Francesco Salinaro, Francesco Speciale, Giuseppe Sechi, Claudio Mare, Sara Cutti, Viola Novelli, Carlo Marena, Alba Muzzi, Raffaele Bruno, Alessandra Palo, Raffaele Bruno, Mario U. Mondelli, Enrico Brunetti, Angela Di Matteo, Elena Seminari, Laura Maiocchi, Valentina Zuccaro, Layla Pagnucco, Bianca Mariani, Serena Ludovisi, Raffaella Lissandrin, Aldo Parisi, Paolo Sacchi, Savino F. A. Patruno, Giuseppe Michelone, Roberto Gulminetti, Domenico Zanaboni, Stefano Novati, Renato Maserati, Paolo Orsolini, Marco Vecchia, Marco Sciarra, Erika Asperges, Marta Colaneri, Alessandro Di Filippo, Margherita Sambo, Simona Biscarini, Matteo Lupi, Silvia Roda, Teresa Chiara Pieri, Ilaria Gallazzi, Michele Sachs, Pietro Valsecchi, Stefano Perlini, Claudia Alfano, Marco Bonzano, Federica Briganti, Giuseppe Crescenzi, Anna Giulia Falchi, Roberta Guarnone, Barbara Guglielmana, Elena Maggi, Ilaria Martino, Pietro Pettenazza, Serena Pioli di Marco, Federica Quaglia, Anna Sabena, Francesco Salinaro, Francesco Speciale, Ilaria Zunino, Niccolò Furlan, Gabriele Savioli, Marzia De Lorenzo, Gianmarco Secco, Lorenzo Dimitry, Giovanni Cappa, Igor Maisak, Benedetta Chiodi, Massimiliano Sciarrini, Bruno Barcella, Flavia Resta, Luca Moroni, Giulia Vezzoni, Lorenzo Scattaglia, Elisa Boscolo, Caterina Zattera, Tassi Michele Fidel, Capozza Vincenzo, Marco Bazzini, Elena Lago, Federico Bracchi, Giulia Sturniolo, Giorgio Iotti, Francesco Mojoli, Mirko Belliato, Luciano Perotti, Silvia Mongodi, Guido Tavazzi, Gianluigi Marseglia, Amelia Licari, Ilaria Brambilla, Barbarini Daniela, Bruno Antonella, Cambieri Patrizia, Campanini Giulia, Comolli Giuditta, Corbella Marta, Daturi Rossana, Furione Milena, Mariani Bianca, Maserati Roberta, Monzillo Enza, Paolucci Stefania, Parea Maurizio, Percivalle Elena, Piralla Antonio, Rovida Francesca, Sarasini Antonella, Zavattoni Maurizio, Adzasehoun Guy, Bellotti Laura, Cabano Ermanna, Casali Giuliana, Dossena Luca, Frisco Gabriella, Garbagnoli Gabriella, Girello Alessia, Landini Viviana, Lucchelli Claudia, Maliardi Valentina, Pezzaia Simona, Premoli Marta, Bonetti Alice, Caneva Giacomo, Cassaniti Irene, Corcione Alfonso, Di Martino Raffella, Di Napoli Annapia, Ferrari Alessandro, Ferrari Guglielmo, Fiorina Loretta, Giardina Federica, Mercato Alessandra, Novazzi Federica, Ratano Giacomo, Rossi Beatrice, Sciabica Irene Maria, Tallarita Monica, Vecchio Nepita Edoardo, Antonella Cerino, Stefania Varchetta, Barbara Oliviero, Stefania Mantovani, Dalila Mele, Monica Calvi, Michela Tizzoni, Carlo Nicora, Antonio Triarico, Vincenzo Petronella, Carlo Marena, Alba Muzzi, Paolo Lago, Marco Rettani, Francesco Comandatore, Gherard Bissignandi, Stefano Gaiarsa, Claudio Bandi, Alessanda Ferrari, Francesca Pasi
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
Fabio Alfredo Sgura, Salvatore Arrotti, Carlo Giuseppe Cappello, Giuseppe Boriani
Hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as a treatment of COVID-19
Alice Fanin, Jessica Calegari, Anna Beverina, Silvia Tiraboschi
Systematic review of the prevalence of current smoking among hospitalized COVID-19 patients in China: could nicotine be a therapeutic option?
Konstantinos Farsalinos, Anastasia Barbouni, Raymond Niaura
COVID-19: counter-intuitive data on smoking prevalence and therapeutic implications for nicotine
Riccardo Polosa, Grazia Caci
Gastrointestinal symptoms associated with severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a pooled analysis
Brandon Michael Henry, Maria Helena Santos de Oliveira, Justin Benoit, Giuseppe Lippi
Low ADAMTS 13 plasma levels are predictors of mortality in COVID-19 patients
Mario Bazzan, Barbara Montaruli, Savino Sciascia, Domenico Cosseddu, Claudio Norbiato, Dario Roccatello
Pulmonary embolism and screening for concomitant proximal deep vein thrombosis in noncritically ill hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019
Álvaro Dubois-Silva, Cristina Barbagelata-López, Álvaro Mena, Patricia Piñeiro-Parga, Diego Llinares-García, Santiago Freire-Castro
A COVID-19 patient with seven consecutive false-negative rRT-PCR results from sputum specimens
Cong-Ying Song, Da-Gan Yang, Yuan-Qiang Lu
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest prognosis during the COVID-19 pandemic
Raymond Pranata, Michael Anthonius Lim, Emir Yonas, Bambang Budi Siswanto, Markus Meyer
Triage decision-making at the time of COVID-19 infection: the Piacenza strategy
Poggiali Erika, Vercelli Andrea, Maria Grazia Cillis, Eva Ioannilli, Teresa Iannicelli, Magnacavallo Andrea
Role of doctors in epidemics: historical perspectives and implications for COVID-19
Donatella Lippi, Raffaella Bianucci, Simon Donell
Antagonizing the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system in the era of COVID-19
Riccardo Sarzani, Federico Giulietti, Chiara Di Pentima, Andrea Filipponi, Francesco Spannella
When internal and emergency medicine speak to each other: organization in the time of COVID
Chiara Cogliati, Elisa Ceriani, Anna Maria Brambilla
The burden of thrombotic complications in critically ill patients with COVID-19: charting the uncharted
Antonio Landi, Stefano De Servi
COVID-19: a clinical and organizational crisis
Emanuele Russo, Etrusca Brogi, Emiliano Gamberini, Vanni Agnoletti
Bilateral lower limb weakness: a cerebrovascular consequence of covid-19 or a complication associated with it?
J. B. Morjaria, F. Omar, R. Polosa, G. Gulli, P. U. Dalal, S. Kaul
COVID-19 and elderly: beyond the respiratory drama
Angela Sciacqua, Roberta Pujia, Franco Arturi, Marta L. Hribal, Tiziana Montalcini