An Italian Guidance Model for the Management of Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Patients in the Primary Care Setting

Noemi Lopes; Federica Vernuccio; Federica Vernuccio; Federica Vernuccio; Claudio Costantino; Claudia Imburgia; Cesare Gregoretti; Cesare Gregoretti; Salvatore Salomone; Filippo Drago; Giuliano Lo Bianco; Giuliano Lo Bianco

doi:10.3389/fpubh.2020.572042

Frontiers in Public Health (Nov 2020)

An Italian Guidance Model for the Management of Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Patients in the Primary Care Setting

Noemi Lopes,
Federica Vernuccio,
Federica Vernuccio,
Federica Vernuccio,
Claudio Costantino,
Claudia Imburgia,
Cesare Gregoretti,
Cesare Gregoretti,
Salvatore Salomone,
Filippo Drago,
Giuliano Lo Bianco,
Giuliano Lo Bianco

Affiliations

Noemi Lopes: Provincial Health Authority of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Federica Vernuccio: Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico - Scientific Institutes of Hospitalization and Care (IRCCS), Messina, Italy
Federica Vernuccio: Department of Science for Health Promotion and Mother to Child Care, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Federica Vernuccio: Section of Radiology - Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Claudio Costantino: Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Excellence Specialties “G. D'Alessandro”, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Claudia Imburgia: Infectious Disease Unit, National Relevance Hospital Trust, Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale e di Alta Specializzazione Civico Di Cristina e Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy
Cesare Gregoretti: Department of Surgical, Oncological, and Stomatological Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Cesare Gregoretti: Anesthesiology and Pain Department, Fondazione Istituto G. Giglio, Cefalù, Italy
Salvatore Salomone: Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Filippo Drago: Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Giuliano Lo Bianco: Anesthesiology and Pain Department, Fondazione Istituto G. Giglio, Cefalù, Italy
Giuliano Lo Bianco: Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.572042
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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An outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 started in China's Hubei province at the end of 2019 has rapidly become a pandemic. In Italy, a great number of patients was managed in primary care setting and the role of general practitioners and physicians working in the first-aid emergency medical service has become of utmost importance to coordinate the network between the territory and hospitals during the pandemic. Aim of this manuscript is to provide a guidance model for the management of suspected, probable, or confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the primary care setting, from diagnosis to treatment, applying also the recommendations of the Italian Society of General Medicine. Moreover, this multidisciplinary contribution would analyze and synthetize the preventive measures to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the general population as well as the perspective for vaccines.

Published in Frontiers in Public Health

ISSN: 2296-2565 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health

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