TY - JOUR
T1 - The Geriatrician: The Frontline Specialist in the Treatment of COVID-19 Patients
AU - Landi, Francesco
AU - Barillaro, Christian
AU - Bellieni, Andrea
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. (C) 2020 AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
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. (C) 2020 AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.
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 - https://publicatt.unicatt.it/handle/10807/230986
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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
IS - 7
ER -