Frontiers in Public Health (Jan 2021)

The Many Faces of Covid-19 at a Glance: A University Hospital Multidisciplinary Account From Milan, Italy

  • Alberto Priori,
  • Alessandro Baisi,
  • Giuseppe Banderali,
  • Federico Biglioli,
  • Gaetano Bulfamante,
  • Maria Paola Canevini,
  • Maurizio Cariati,
  • Stefano Carugo,
  • Marco Cattaneo,
  • Amilcare Cerri,
  • Davide Chiumello,
  • Claudio Colosio,
  • Mario Cozzolino,
  • Antonella D'Arminio Monforte,
  • Giovanni Felisati,
  • Daris Ferrari,
  • Orsola Gambini,
  • Marco Gardinali,
  • Anna Maria Marconi,
  • Isotta Olivari,
  • Nicola Vincenzo Orfeo,
  • Enrico Opocher,
  • Luca Pietrogrande,
  • Antonino Previtera,
  • Luca Rossetti,
  • Elena Vegni,
  • Vincenzo Toschi,
  • Massimo Zuin,
  • Stefano Centanni

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.575029
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8

Abstract

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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.

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