id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-279456-oouylyx9 Henchi, Sonia First COVID-19 sub-intensive respiratory unit in Europe: the Italian experience 2020-06-23 .txt text/plain 1501 101 47 European SARS-CoV-2 pandemic epicenter was detected in Northern Italy, in a little Italian town of Lodi province, the Lodi Hospital was therefore rapidly saturated, and in particularly the departments of respiratory diseases and Intensive Care Unit had been largely involved. In this paper, we describe how the first Sub-intensive Respiratory Unit in Europe completely dedicated to COVID-19 patients was organized and managed in our hospital. SARS-CoV-2 related disease, COVID-19, presents a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, from flu-like symptoms to severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) [2] . In UTISIR were admitted patients testing positive to SARS-CoV-2 throat swab with phenotype 3,4,5, ICU patients weaned from intubation, with tracheostomy and transferred from other low-intensity care departments of the hospital, when appropriated. 4. Respiratory failure with suspected ARDS or severe pneumonia: CPAP or intubation required → hospitalization in COVID-19 ICU or COVID19 UTISIR. ./cache/cord-279456-oouylyx9.txt ./txt/cord-279456-oouylyx9.txt