COVID-19 in Clinical Practice : Lessons Learned and Future Perspectives /

This book assesses the main features of COVID-19 from a clinical point of view, based on observations made during the disease epidemic in Northern Italy, one of the most affected areas in the world (the region has been the epicenter of the global pandemic for more than a month), and the first region...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Tangianu, Flavio (Editor), Para, Ombretta (Editor), Capello, Fabio (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:	1st ed. 2021.
Series:	In Clinical Practice,
Subjects:	Internal medicine. Emergency medicine. Critical care medicine. Public health. Medical policy. Internal Medicine. Emergency Medicine. Intensive / Critical Care Medicine. Public Health. Health Policy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Covid-19, a novel disease
3. COVID-19: Epidemiology and transmission methods
4. Diagnosis of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Coronavirus-2 disease
5. Isolation measures for COVID-19 patient
6. Facial Masks: where, how and why
7. Clinical pictures of COVID-19
8. Radiological pictures of COVID-19
9. Management of Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Infection
10. Respiratory support in COVID 19 respiratory failure
11. Principles of pharmacological therapy
12. Prognosis of COVID-19
13. Basic principles of public health measures for the prevention of the diffusion of COVID-19
14. Principles of management of COVID-19 in vulnerable communities
15. AN INNOVATIVE SYSTEM TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT OF EPIDEMICS USING GIS SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND BASED ON A.I. AND BIG DATA
16. Principles of Risk Communication and health crisis outreach management during the COVID-19 Pandemic
17. Lessons learnt and future perspectives
18. Conclusions.