Acute events in children with sickle cell disease in Italy during the COVID‐19 pandemic: useful lessons learned
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: On March 12th 2021 the Italian Government decided to implement a national lockdown in almost all the regions of the country. It was the second most severe measure taken after the March 2020 national lockdown, due to the rising of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and the overcrowding of the hospitals. The first peak of 29 000 hospitalised individuals, including children, except those in intensive care units (ICUs) was recorded in April 2020. Most hospitals had to rapidly implement strategies to ensure care for non-COVID-19 patients. The majority of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) live in the Northern regions of Italy. Therefore, the dramatic scenario represented an opportunity to explore the challenges presented for children with SCD who lived in Italy during the first outbreak, so that the lessons learned could be used to guide clinical management in the upcoming months.
Source: British Journal of Haematology
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.17546
Authors: Vania Munaretto, Vincenzo Voi, Giovanni Palazzi, Lucia Dora Notarangelo, Paola Corti, Valentina Baretta, Maddalena Casale, Angelica Barone, Daniela Cuzzubbo, Piera Samperi, Serena Tripodi, Fiorina Giona, Maurizio Miano, Agostino Nocerino, Gian Carlo Del Vecchio, Chiara Piccolo, Antonella Sau, Beatrice Filippini, Maria Luisa Casciana, Francesco Arcioni, Maddalena Migliavacca, Paola Saracco, Chiara Gorio, Simone Cesaro, Silverio Perrotta, Marco Zecca, Paola Giordano, Silvia Fasoli, Beatrice Coppadoro, Giovanna Russo, Laura Sainati, Raffaella Colombatti, the AIEOP Red Cell Disorder Working Group
Institutions: University of Padua, Azienda Ospedale - Università Padova, Ospedale San Luigi Gonzaga, University of Turin, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Meyer Children's Hospital, Policlinico Universitario di Catania, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico "G.Rodolico - San Marco", Policlinico San Matteo Fondazione, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di Udine, Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera Consorziale - Policlinico Bari, University of Insubria, Azienda USL di Pescara, Ospedale Infermi di Rimini, Azienda Ospedaliera Carlo Poma, Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Azienda Ospedaliera Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Fondazione Città della Speranza
Award: G339648741
OpenAlex ID: W3165080063