Covid-19 and its impact on nephropathic patients: the experience at Ospedale "Guglielmo da Saliceto" in Piacenza.
Covid-19
Emilia Romagna
Piacenza
dialysis
kidneys
nephropatic patients
Journal
Giornale italiano di nefrologia : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di nefrologia
ISSN: 1724-5990
Titre abrégé: G Ital Nefrol
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 9426434
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 Apr 2020
09 Apr 2020
Historique:
entrez:
14
4
2020
pubmed:
14
4
2020
medline:
17
4
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Roberto Scarpioni and colleagues recount their experience with the Covid-19 epidemic at the Nephrology and Dialysis Center of the "Guglielmo da Saliceto" Hospital in Piacenza, where everybody is still fighting to this moment to contain the spread of the disease and face an increasingly unsustainable clinical situation. Piacenza is only 15 km away from the main cluster of cases in the country (Codogno, in the Lodi province) and, after the closure of the Hospital in Codogno, saw an escalation in the number of patients testing positive to Covid-19. The authors describe their efforts and the practices they adopted to contain the spread of the disease among inpatients visiting the hospital's Hemodialysis Clinic. They also reflect on some of the data available on the 25/03/2020, such as the number of patients testing positive and the mortality rate, unfortunately very high. Their aim is to help all colleagues that have yet to face this epidemic in its full force.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
Copyright by Società Italiana di Nefrologia SIN, Rome, Italy.