Management and outcomes of post-acute COVID-19 patients in Northern Italy

Affiliations

¹ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Lumezzane, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: michele.vitacca@icsmaugeri.it.
² Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Varese, Italy.
³ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Varese, Italy; MACRO, University of Insubria, Tradate, Varese, Italy.
⁴ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, CEO and Scientific Direction, Pavia, Italy.
⁵ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Montescano, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Pavia, Italy.
⁷ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Veruno, Novara, Italy.

Michele Vitacca et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug:78:159-160.

doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.06.005. Epub 2020 Jun 10.

¹ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Lumezzane, Brescia, Italy. Electronic address: michele.vitacca@icsmaugeri.it.
² Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Varese, Italy.
³ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Tradate, Varese, Italy; MACRO, University of Insubria, Tradate, Varese, Italy.
⁴ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, CEO and Scientific Direction, Pavia, Italy.
⁵ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Montescano, Pavia, Italy.
⁶ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Pavia, Italy.
⁷ Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Respiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Veruno, Novara, Italy.

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Keywords: Intermediate care; Outcome; Pulmonary rehabilitation; Respiratory failure.

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interests Authors do not report any conflict of interest.

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