COVID-19 pneumonia and ROX index: Time to set a new threshold for patients admitted outside the ICU. Authors' reply

• M.L. Vega,
• R. Dongilli,
• G. Olaizola,
• N. Colaianni,
• M.C. Sayat,
• L. Pisani,
• M. Romagnoli,
• G. Spoladore,
• I. Prediletto,
• G. Montiel,
• S. Nava

Affiliations

M.L. Vega

Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Unit, Hospital Juan A. Fernández, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Argentina; IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care SantOrsola Hospital, Bologna Italia

R. Dongilli

Division of Respiratory Diseases with intermediate respiratory intensive care units, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

G. Olaizola

Unidad Asistencial Cesar Milstein. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Argentina

N. Colaianni

Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Unit, Hospital Juan A. Fernández, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Argentina; Intensive Care Unit, Clínica Zabala, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Argentina

M.C. Sayat

Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Unit, Hospital Juan A. Fernández, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Argentina; Intensive Care Unit, Clínica Zabala, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Argentina

L. Pisani

IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care SantOrsol Hospital, Bologna Italia. Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Department of Clinical, Integrated and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Bologna, Italy

M. Romagnoli

Pulmonology Unit, Santa Maria di Ca’ Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy

G. Spoladore

Division of Infectious Diseases, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy

I. Prediletto

IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care SantOrsol Hospital, Bologna Italia. Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Department of Clinical, Integrated and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Bologna, Italy

G. Montiel

Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Unit, Hospital Juan A. Fernández, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Argentina

S. Nava

IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Division of Respiratory and Critical Care SantOrsol Hospital, Bologna Italia. Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna Department of Clinical, Integrated and Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Bologna, Italy; Corresponding author at: University of Bologna Alma Mater, Chair of Respiratory Medicine, Director Post-doctoral School in Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital of Bologna, S.Orsola-Malpighi, Director, Respiratory Diseases and Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Via Massarenti 9, 401138 Bologna, Italy.