Publications by authors named "Emanuela Labella"

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  • The study focuses on understanding the varied prognosis of COVID-19 by identifying clinical and laboratory indicators that can predict poor outcomes in hospitalized patients.
  • Researchers analyzed data from 664 COVID-19 patients in Northern Italy, discovering that factors like red cell distribution width (RDW), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NL) ratio, and platelet count are significant predictors of in-hospital mortality.
  • The results suggest that using simple blood tests could help in classifying the severity of COVID-19, ultimately guiding treatment and monitoring strategies for better patient management.
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  • The study examined COVID-19 case fatality rates (CFR) and mortality predictors in Northern Italy during March-April 2020.
  • Out of 1,697 hospitalized patients, 504 died, resulting in an overall CFR of 29.7%.
  • Key predictors of mortality identified were age, cancer diagnosis, obesity, and smoking, with laboratory data reinforcing the significance of age, cancer diagnosis, and baseline PaO/FiO ratio.
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Background: The Novara-COVID score was developed to help the emergency physician to decide which Coronavirus disease (COVID) patient required hospitalization at Emergency Department (ED) presentation and to which intensity of care. We aimed at evaluating its prognostic role.

Methods: We retrospectively collected data of COVID patients admitted to our ED between March 16 and April 22, 2020.

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Background: The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak is putting the European National Health Systems under pressure. Interestingly, Emergency Department (ED) referrals for other reasons than COVID-19 seem to have declined steeply. In the present paper, we aimed to verify how the COVID-19 outbreak changed ED referral pattern.

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