This book assesses the main features of COVID-19 from a clinical point of view, based on observations made during the disease epidemic in Northern Italy, one of the most affected areas in the world (the region has been the epicenter of the global pandemic for more than a month), and the first region outside China facing overwhelming numbers of cases. With no practical guidelines in place, Italian doctors were called to fight against an unknown disease. For the first time in modern history, healthcare workers and decision-makers had to find rapid solutions to a life-changing health crisis with no evidence-based recommendations or procedures in place to guide their actions.

Sharing the lessons learned from this experience, and offering practical tips on implementing future programs for pandemic preparedness, the book is a valuable tool for medical practitioners and health-policy-makers wanting to better understand the complexity of the current and future global health crises.

Based on clinical observations in an area with one of the highest number of COVID 19 cases in the world Reports the views of the health workers involved in the management of the disease in the Italian hospitals Presents original findings not yet published clinical reports

Autorentext

Flavio Tangianu is a physician specializing in sports medicine; he got a Master's degree in Education of Hospitalists for Complexity in Internal Medicine. He has a particular interest in cardiovascular and respiratory medicine. A former representative of the Young FADOI (the Italian Federation of Internal Medicine Associations) Section, he collaborates with the Insubria University performing research on hemostasis and thrombosis disorders. Dr. Tangianu is currently working in a COVID hospital in Northern Italy.

Ombretta Para is a physician specializing in internal medicine and holds a master's in Interventional Pneumology. Her main research interests are respiratory medicine and critical illness. She is currently the representative of the Young FADOI Section.

Fabio Capello is a specialist in pediatrics and holds a master's in Journalism and Science Communication. He is involved in international cooperation projects in developing countries, and his main fields of interest are tropical medicine and global health, with a special focus on pediatrics; malnutrition and acute severe malnutrition in children; infectious diseases (including malaria, TB, HIV); medicine in extreme, low-resource and rural settings; eHealth and telemedicine; science communication and medical education; child care and wellbeing; and air pollution and ecology. **

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Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Covid-19, a novel disease.- 3. COVID-19: Epidemiology and transmission methods.- 4. Diagnosis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus-2 disease.- 5. Isolation measures for COVID-19 patient.- 6. Facial Masks: where, how and why.- 7. Clinical pictures of COVID-19.- 8. Radiological pictures of COVID-19.- 9. Management of Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.- 10. Respiratory support in COVID 19 respiratory failure.- 11. Principles of pharmacological therapy.- 12. Prognosis of COVID-19.- 13. Basic principles of public health measures for the prevention of the diffusion of COVID-19.- 14. Principles of management of COVID-19 in vulnerable communities.- 15. AN INNOVATIVE SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EPIDEMICS USING GIS SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND BASED ON A.I. AND BIG DATA.- 16. Principles of Risk Communication and health crisis outreach management during the COVID-19 Pandemic.- 17. Lessons learnt and future perspectives.- 18. Conclusions.