Early experience of an infectious and tropical diseases unit during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Florence, Italy, February to March 2020

Lagi, F.; Piccica, M.; Graziani, L.; Vellere, I.; Botta, A.; Tilli, M.; Ottino, L.; Borchi, B.; Pozzi, M.; Bartalesi, F.; Mencarini, J.; Spinicci, M.; Zammarchi, L.; Pieralli, F.; Zagli, G.; Nozzoli, C.; Romagnoli, S.; Bartoloni, A.; Campolmi, I.; Di Lauria, N.; Millotti, G.; Basile, G.; Meli, M.; Rogasi, P. G.; Bartolozzi, D.; Corsi, P.; Mazzetti, M.; Farese, A.; Bresci, S.; Cavallo, A.; Trotta, M.; Corti, G.; Morettini, A.; Poggesi, L.; De Gaudio, A. R.; Peris, A.; Fontanari, P.; Parronchi, P.; Almerigogna, F.; Annunziato, F.; Liotta, F.; Cosmi, L.; Vultaggio, A.; Matucci, A.; Angileri, M.; Ipponi, A.; Cecchi, M.; Benemei, S.; Vannucchi, A. M.; Cerinic, Matucci; Turco, L.

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.17.2000556

We analysed the first 84 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients hospitalised in an infectious and tropical disease unit in Florence, Italy, over 30 days after the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. A 12% reduction in the rate of intensive care unit transfer was observed after the implementation of intensity care measures in the regular ward such as increasing the nurse/patient ratio, presence of critical care physicians and using high flow nasal cannulae oxygenation.

Early experience of an infectious and tropical diseases unit during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Florence, Italy, February to March 2020 / Lagi, F., Piccica, M., Graziani, L., Vellere, I., Botta, A., Tilli, M., Ottino, L., Borchi, B., Pozzi, M., Bartalesi, F., Mencarini, J., Spinicci, M., Zammarchi, L., Pieralli, F., Zagli, G., Nozzoli, C., Romagnoli, S., Bartoloni, A., Campolmi, I., Di Lauria, N., et al.. - In: EUROSURVEILLANCE. - ISSN 1025-496X. - 25:(2020), pp. 6-11. [10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.17.2000556]