Otolaryngology activity in two hospitals in northern and central Italy differently affected by COVID-19 pandemic

Autor: Massimo Ralli, Francesca Candelori, Francesco Pilolli, Alberto Dragonetti, Antonio Minni, Angelo Placentino, Fabrizio Cialente, Luca Roncoroni, Niccolò Mevio, Marco de Vincentiis, A. Milani
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
0209 industrial biotechnology
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
tracheostomy
02 engineering and technology
Medical Oncology
Otolaryngology
020901 industrial engineering & automation
Patient Admission
0203 mechanical engineering
Intensive care
Surveys and Questionnaires
Epidemiology
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
Pandemics
COVID-19
otolaryngology
SARS-CoV-2
surgical activity
geography
hospitals
humans
intensive care units
Italy
medical oncology
patient admission
surveys and questionnaires
tracheotomy
pandemics
Multidisciplinary
Geography
business.industry
Hospitals
Northern italy
Intensive Care Units
020303 mechanical engineering & transports
Otorhinolaryngology
Family medicine
Oncology patients
Tracheotomy
business
Zdroj: Science progress. 104(2)
ISSN: 2047-7163
Popis: The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic had a significant impact on the Italian healthcare system, although geographical differences were present; regions in northern Italy have been the most severely affected while regions in the south of the country were relatively spared. Otolaryngologists were actively involved in the management of the pandemic. In this work, we analyzed and compared the otolaryngology surgical activity performed during the pandemic in two large public hospitals located in different Italian regions. In northern Italy, otolaryngologists were mainly involved in performing surgical tracheotomies in COVID-19 positive patients and contributed to the management of these patients in intensive care units. In central Italy, where the burden of the infection was significantly lower, otolaryngologists focused on diagnosis and treatment of emergency and oncology patients. This analysis confirms the important role of the otolaryngology specialists during the pandemic, but also highlights specific differences between two large hospitals in different Italian regions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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