Management of suspected COVID-19 patients in a low prevalence region | Zendy

Nicola Scichilone | Zendy; Laura A. Basile | Zendy; Salvatore Battaglia | Zendy; Alida Benfante | Zendy; Roberto Fonte | Zendy; Francesco Gambino | Zendy; Stefania Marino | Zendy; Riccardo Messina | Zendy; Sonia Poma | Zendy; Stefania Principe | Zendy; Giovanni Salamone | Zendy; Marta Zammuto | Zendy

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Management of suspected COVID-19 patients in a low prevalence region

Author(s) -

Nicola Scichilone,

Laura A. Basile,

Salvatore Battaglia,

Alida Benfante,

Roberto Fonte,

Francesco Gambino,

Stefania Marino,

Riccardo Messina,

Sonia Poma,

Stefania Principe,

Giovanni Salamone,

Marta Zammuto

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

chronic respiratory disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.929

H-Index - 41

eISSN - 1479-9731

pISSN - 1479-9723

DOI - 10.1177/1479973120961843

Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , covid-19 , context (archaeology) , health care , population , disease , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , environmental health , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , paleontology , economics , biology , economic growth

The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 infection among population has imposed a re-organization of healthcare services, aiming at stratifying patients and dedicating specific areas where patients with suspected COVID-related respiratory disease could receive the necessary health care assistance while waiting for the confirmation of the diagnosis of COVID-19 disease. In this scenario, the pathway defined as a “grey zone” is strongly advocated. We describe the application of rules and pathways in a regional context with low diffusion of the infection among the general population in the attempt to provide the best care to respiratory patients with suspected COVID-19. To date, this process has avoided the worst-case scenario of intra-hospital epidemic outbreak.

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