id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-283368-j2vjylum Erika, Poggiali Triage decision-making at the time of COVID-19 infection: the Piacenza strategy 2020-05-09 .txt text/plain 1331 59 51 Unfortunately, with the global and severe spread of COVID-19 and the dramatically increased number of infected patients in Piacenza, despite being a relatively small city, our hospital became one of the epicentres of the Italian epidemic with 2276 cases and 447 deaths at this moment. Data reported in the literature confirmed that lung US gives results like chest CT scan and superior to chest X-ray in patients with According to the current appraisal of the WHO, we strongly believe that preventive measures and early diagnosis of COVID-19 are crucial to interrupt virus spread and avoid local outbreaks. Our experience demonstrates that in the epidemic phase of COVID-19, diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia is a real challenge for emergency physicians and point-of-care lung US can help us to early detect pulmonary and pleural findings in patients without respiratory symptoms and/or fever. ./cache/cord-283368-j2vjylum.txt ./txt/cord-283368-j2vjylum.txt