… To account for the possible delay between COVID-19 detection and patient’s recovery or …
, starting from the day a patient tested positive, and for different demographic characteristics. …

… conducted entirely on Italian patients from the Lombardy region, where the first outbreak
of the COVID-19 pandemic occurred and which remained the epicenter of the Italian COVID-19 …

… the COVID-19 pandemic world epicenter, as cases in Italy and other European nations soared.
The numbers in Italy … Do older patients with severe COVID-19 illness present with severe …

… by Covid-19 patients. Fully 70% of ICU beds in our hospital are reserved for critically ill
Covid-19 patients … Older patients are not being resuscitated and die alone without appropriate …

… Despite these measures, Italy reported the first positive case … Italy), soon followed by an
exponential growth of COVID-19 … 239,410 people have been infected by SARS-CoV-2 in Italy, …

… in the Lombardy region, the Italian Epicenter of COVID-19 outbreak. Sixty-four participants
… those respondents who had at least one COVID-19 patient among close friends or relatives. …

… However, about one out of six individuals affected by COVID-19 becomes seriously ill,
the older adults and people with associated comorbidities being the most affected(5). …

… were directly involved in the management of COVID-19 patients, 39 (52.7%) reported having
assisted at least one patient who died because of the COVID-19 and 45 (60.8%) referred …

… As medical resources are primarily allocated for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, non-COVID
medical emergencies and cares for chronic illness are likely to be undermined 11 . …

… management of 42 COVID-19 women. Three out of 42 … COVID-19 pregnant women, shortly
after the epidemic outbreak in Wuhan, China, and right after the first Italian COVID-19 patient …