Inpatient Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey of Italian Physicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a potentially fatal disease that is of great global public health concern.

Objective

We explored the clinical management of inpatients with COVID-19 in Italy.

Methods

A self-administered survey was sent by email to Italian physicians caring for adult patients with COVID-19. A panel of experts was selected according to their clinical curricula and their responses were analyzed.

Results

A total of 1,215 physicians completed the survey questionnaire (17.4% response rate). Of these, 188 (15.5%) were COVID-19 experts. Chest computed tomography was the most used method to detect and monitor COVID-19 pneumonia. Most of the experts managed acute respiratory failure with CPAP (56.4%), high flow nasal cannula (18.6%), and

SUBMITTER: Attanasi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7949238 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature