Publications by authors named "S Bartolacci"
A few months after the COVID-19 pandemic onset, knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 infection and outcomes and treatments blew up. This paper aimed to evaluate the features of a Tuscany COVID-19 hospitalized cohort and to identify risk factors for COVID-19 severity. This retrospective observational COVID-19 cohort study (1 March 2020-1 March 2021) was conducted on patients ≥ 18 years old, admitted to Tuscany Hospital, and subjected to follow-up within 12 months after discharge.
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- - During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a significant increase in efforts to monitor and understand SARS-CoV-2 infections among foreigners in Tuscany, despite limited initial screening measures for those already present in Italy.
- - Data collected from the Italian Ministry of Health revealed that by mid-July 2020, 608 foreign nationals were infected, representing 6% of total cases, with a notable difference in average age and chronic health conditions compared to Italians.
- - A majority of foreign patients exhibited asymptomatic or mild COVID-19 symptoms (81.7%), while the rates of severe cases were somewhat comparable to those of Italians, with 15.2% of foreigners classified as severe cases.
Particulate matter (PM) may play a role in differential distribution and transmission rates of SARS-CoV-2. For public health surveillance, identification of factors affecting the transmission dynamics concerning the endemic (persistent sporadic) and epidemic (rapidly clustered) component of infection can help to implement intervention strategies to reduce the disease burden. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of long-term residential exposure to outdoor PM ≤ 10 μm (PM) concentrations on SARS-CoV-2 incidence and on its spreading dynamics in Marche region (Central Italy) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (February to May 2020), using the endemic-epidemic spatio-temporal regression model for individual-level data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Aim of the present study is to determine the role of obesity as a risk factor for COronaVirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) hospitalization.
Methods And Results: This observational study was performed using Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) Tuscany COVID-19 database by the Agenzia Regionale Sanità (ARS), including all COVID-19 cases registered until April 30th, 2020, with reported information on chronic diseases. The principal outcome was hospitalization.