Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italy

COVID-19 pathophysiology: A review

“…In the report of 2134 pediatric patients with COVID-19 from the China CDC, 4.4%, 50.9%, 38.8%, and 5.9% of patients were diagnosed as asymptomatic, mild, moderate, or severe, respectively (20). The years occupied only 1.2% (18). The case-fatality rate of age group 0-9 and 10-19 was 0% and 0.2%, respectively, which was similar to Chinese experience.…”

Anticipating and Mitigating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

“…Despite considerable uncertainty and variability in estimates of COVID-19 outcomes, age and comorbid medical conditions have consistently been the most significant factors associated with a poor prognosis including hospitalization and death. [2][3][4] Age is the best established risk factor both for ADRD and for symptomatic and severe illness and mortality from This is illustrated by the situation in Italy where over a third of confirmed cases and approximately 9 of 10 deaths are occurring in individuals 70 years and older. 3 Precise estimates of outcomes will only be known in time, but they seem to depend on local circumstances such as demographics and resources, in particular the ability of the health care system to cope.…”

Recommendations for triage, prioritization and treatment of breast cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…By the beginning of April 2020, over 1,000,000 cases of confirmed infections and over 66,000 deaths from COVID-19 were reported worldwide [www.worldometers.info/coronavirus]. The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are new onset of a continuous cough and/or temperature ≥37.8˚C 1 . Ageusia and anosmia are also frequent symptoms at the early phase of diagnosis 1 .…”

“…The most common symptoms of COVID-19 are new onset of a continuous cough and/or temperature ≥37.8˚C 1 . Ageusia and anosmia are also frequent symptoms at the early phase of diagnosis 1 . While most patients have no or mild symptoms, about a quarter of patients develop severe symptoms and 5% will have critical symptoms.…”