TY - JOUR
T1 - The Geriatrician: The Frontline Specialist in the Treatment of COVID-19 Patients
AU - Landi, Francesco
AU - Barillaro, Christian
AU - Bellieni, Agnese
AU - Brandi, Vincenzo
AU - Carfi, Angelo
AU - Cipriani, Maria Camilla
AU - D'Angelo, Emanuela
AU - Falsiroli, Cinzia
AU - Fusco, Domenico
AU - Landi, Giovanni
AU - Liperoti, Rosa
AU - Lo Monaco, Maria Rita
AU - Martone, Anna Maria
AU - Marzetti, Emanuele
AU - Pagano, Francesco Cosimo
AU - Pais, Cristina
AU - Russo, Andrea
AU - Salini, Sara
AU - Tosasto, Matteo
AU - Tummolo, Anna Maria
AU - Benvenuto, Francesca
AU - Bramato, Giulia
AU - Catalano, Lucia
AU - Ciciarello, Francesca
AU - Martis, Ilaria
AU - Rocchi, Sara
AU - Rota, Elisabetta
AU - Salerno, Andrea
AU - Tritto, Marcello
AU - Sgadari, Antonio
AU - Zuccala', Giuseppe
AU - Bernabei, Roberto
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - On February 20, 2020, a man living in the north of Italy was admitted to the emergency room with an atypical pneumonia that later proved to be COVID-19. This was the trigger of one of the most serious clusters of COVID-19 in the world, outside of China. Despite aggressive restraint and inhibition efforts, COVID-19 continues to increase, and the total number of infected patients in Italy is growing daily. After 6 weeks, the total number of patients reached 128,948 cases (April 5, 2020), with the higher case-fatality rate (15,887 deaths) dominated by old and very old patients. This sudden health emergency severely challenged the Italian Health System, in particular acute care hospitals and intensive care units. In 1 hospital, geriatric observation units were created, the experience of which can be extremely useful for European countries, the United States, and all countries that in the coming days will face a similar situation.
AB - On February 20, 2020, a man living in the north of Italy was admitted to the emergency room with an atypical pneumonia that later proved to be COVID-19. This was the trigger of one of the most serious clusters of COVID-19 in the world, outside of China. Despite aggressive restraint and inhibition efforts, COVID-19 continues to increase, and the total number of infected patients in Italy is growing daily. After 6 weeks, the total number of patients reached 128,948 cases (April 5, 2020), with the higher case-fatality rate (15,887 deaths) dominated by old and very old patients. This sudden health emergency severely challenged the Italian Health System, in particular acute care hospitals and intensive care units. In 1 hospital, geriatric observation units were created, the experience of which can be extremely useful for European countries, the United States, and all countries that in the coming days will face a similar situation.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Health Care Organization
KW - frailty
KW - personalized medicine
KW - COVID-19
KW - Health Care Organization
KW - frailty
KW - personalized medicine
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/164697
U2 - 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.04.017
DO - 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.04.017
M3 - Article
SN - 1525-8610
VL - 21
SP - 937
EP - 938
JO - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
JF - Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
ER -