Preparing for the Next Pandemic

Annual influenza epidemics are like Minnesota winters — all are challenges, but some are worse than others. No matter how well we prepare, some blizzards take quite a toll. Each year, despite our ef- forts to increase the rates of influenza vaccination in our most vulnerable populations, unpredictable factors largely determine the burden of influenza disease and related deaths…

COVID-19 e percorso diagnostico nel paziente

L’infezione da Sars-Cov-2 rappresenta una sfida senza precedenti per la medicina moderna. Gli sforzi fatti per comprendere le caratteristiche microbiologiche del virus e le misure messe in atto per ridurre il numero di contagi hanno portato ad un parziale contenimento della malattia a livello mondiale. In questo breve documento sono contenuti alcuni elementi per l’adeguata gestione del caso sospetto in ambiente ospedaliero e territoriale al fine di ottimizzare manovre di contenimento e gestione del paziente…

COVID-19: An executive report

At a time when Italy and all world is dramatically faced with the challenge of the SARS-Cov-2 infection, hitting many aspects of human civilization, Commissione Salute of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei felt that it is part of its social responsibility to provide the society at large with an Executive Summary of the current status of understanding of origin, pathogenesis, and treatment of COVID-19 pandemic…

Considerations in prophylaxis and treatment of VTE in COVID-19 Patients

In the rapidly evolving management of seriously ill patients affected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) there is usually insufficient evidence available to make true practice guidelines. The question responses represent the opinion of a group of venous specialists who have reviewed the currently available evidence and have communicated with specialists in high volume sites in the US and internationally…

Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Patients: Awareness of an Increased Prevalence

We report a case-series of COVID-19 patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) in our institution. Lille University Hospital is the tertiary care center for the North-of-France, the 2nd French region in population density (189 p/km2), also considered as a “metabolic” area with high number of overweight patients. The study was approved by the Institutional data protection authority of Lille University Hospital…

Coronavirus COVID-19: quali implicazioni per la Cardiologia?

L’attuale grave epidemia, o forse pandemia, del nuovo coronavirus COVID-19 emerso in Cina a Wuhan alla fine del 2019 ha dimostrato di avere un devastante impatto planetario di salute pubblica. Le implicazioni cardiologiche del coronavirus COVID-19 sono tutt’altro che marginali e costituiscono l’occasione per richiamare l’attenzione del cardiologo sulle rilevanti interazioni tra infezioni da virus respiratori o altri agenti patogeni e rischio cardiovascolare…