The Many Faces of Covid-19 at a Glance: A University Hospital Multidisciplinary Account From Milan, Italy
Open Access
- 8 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Frontiers in Public Health
- Vol. 8, 575029
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.575029
Abstract
In March 2020, northern Italy became the second country worldwide most affected by Covid-19 and the death toll overtook that in China. Hospital staff soon realized that Covid-19 was far more severe than expected from the few data available at that time. The Covid-19 pandemic forced hospitals to adjust to rapidly changing circumstances. We report our experience in a general teaching hospital in Milan, the capital of Lombardy, the most affected area in Italy. First, we briefly describe Lombardy's regional Covid-19-related health organizational changes as well as general hospital reorganization. We also provide a multidisciplinary report of the main clinical, radiological and pathological Covid-19 findings we observed in our patients.This publication has 92 references indexed in Scilit:
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