Prompt and unavoidable requalification of ordinary hospital wards into a centralized department characterized by high-intensity treatment due to COVID-19 epidemic: the experience of Romano di Lombardia Hospital

The Coronavirus epidemic quickly spread in Italy from China. In particular, it affected Bergamo province where Romano di Lombardia hospital is situated. Therefore, this hospital felt the urgency to requalify its activity in no time. It transformed itself into a unique centralized subintensive depart...

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Main Authors: Norberto Ceserani, Enrico Motterlini, Michele Albergati, Fulvio Barbieri, Marco Valcarenghi, Alessia Carbone, Giovanni Bergonzi, Pasquale Di Biase, Antonino Chiarello, Maria Colpani, Francesca Moretti, Anna Magnani, Osvaldo Buscaya, Pierluigi Pagnoni, Marco Trogu, Roberto Bosco, Loretta Ruggiero, Alessandro Cirelli, Luigi Ciardo, Katia Cerea, Michele Petracca, Stefano Mangiarotti, Laura Sangiovanni, Gastone Piacentini, Marco Berti, Angelino Gatti, Gabriele Testa, Giuseppe Sala
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Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2021-01-01
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1825185
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Enrico Motterlini
Michele Albergati
Fulvio Barbieri
Marco Valcarenghi
Alessia Carbone
Giovanni Bergonzi
Pasquale Di Biase
Antonino Chiarello
Maria Colpani
Francesca Moretti
Anna Magnani
Osvaldo Buscaya
Pierluigi Pagnoni
Marco Trogu
Roberto Bosco
Loretta Ruggiero
Alessandro Cirelli
Luigi Ciardo
Katia Cerea
Michele Petracca
Stefano Mangiarotti
Laura Sangiovanni
Gastone Piacentini
Marco Berti
Angelino Gatti
Gabriele Testa
Giuseppe Sala
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Enrico Motterlini
Michele Albergati
Fulvio Barbieri
Marco Valcarenghi
Alessia Carbone
Giovanni Bergonzi
Pasquale Di Biase
Antonino Chiarello
Maria Colpani
Francesca Moretti
Anna Magnani
Osvaldo Buscaya
Pierluigi Pagnoni
Marco Trogu
Roberto Bosco
Loretta Ruggiero
Alessandro Cirelli
Luigi Ciardo
Katia Cerea
Michele Petracca
Stefano Mangiarotti
Laura Sangiovanni
Gastone Piacentini
Marco Berti
Angelino Gatti
Gabriele Testa
Giuseppe Sala
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description The Coronavirus epidemic quickly spread in Italy from China. In particular, it affected Bergamo province where Romano di Lombardia hospital is situated. Therefore, this hospital felt the urgency to requalify its activity in no time. It transformed itself into a unique centralized subintensive department to treat COVID-19 patients. The factors that made it possible to adequately face the stress due to patients’ hospitalization were human resources and innovative elements to provide oxygen therapy. It is to underline that the logistic and methodological reality was not planned to cope with this emergency.
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spellingShingle Norberto Ceserani
Enrico Motterlini
Michele Albergati
Fulvio Barbieri
Marco Valcarenghi
Alessia Carbone
Giovanni Bergonzi
Pasquale Di Biase
Antonino Chiarello
Maria Colpani
Francesca Moretti
Anna Magnani
Osvaldo Buscaya
Pierluigi Pagnoni
Marco Trogu
Roberto Bosco
Loretta Ruggiero
Alessandro Cirelli
Luigi Ciardo
Katia Cerea
Michele Petracca
Stefano Mangiarotti
Laura Sangiovanni
Gastone Piacentini
Marco Berti
Angelino Gatti
Gabriele Testa
Giuseppe Sala
Prompt and unavoidable requalification of ordinary hospital wards into a centralized department characterized by high-intensity treatment due to COVID-19 epidemic: the experience of Romano di Lombardia Hospital
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
covid-19
reorganization
emergency
resilience
title Prompt and unavoidable requalification of ordinary hospital wards into a centralized department characterized by high-intensity treatment due to COVID-19 epidemic: the experience of Romano di Lombardia Hospital
title_full Prompt and unavoidable requalification of ordinary hospital wards into a centralized department characterized by high-intensity treatment due to COVID-19 epidemic: the experience of Romano di Lombardia Hospital
title_fullStr Prompt and unavoidable requalification of ordinary hospital wards into a centralized department characterized by high-intensity treatment due to COVID-19 epidemic: the experience of Romano di Lombardia Hospital
title_full_unstemmed Prompt and unavoidable requalification of ordinary hospital wards into a centralized department characterized by high-intensity treatment due to COVID-19 epidemic: the experience of Romano di Lombardia Hospital
title_short Prompt and unavoidable requalification of ordinary hospital wards into a centralized department characterized by high-intensity treatment due to COVID-19 epidemic: the experience of Romano di Lombardia Hospital
title_sort prompt and unavoidable requalification of ordinary hospital wards into a centralized department characterized by high intensity treatment due to covid 19 epidemic the experience of romano di lombardia hospital
topic covid-19
reorganization
emergency
resilience
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1825185
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