Management of the patient with allergic and immunological disorders in the pandemic COVID-19 era

Clinical and Molecular Allergy

Gianerico Senna¹  Mario Di Gioacchino²  Giovanni Florio³  Gabriele Delfino³  Vincenzo Patella⁴  Giuseppe Spadaro⁵  Fulvia Chieco Bianchi⁶ 

[1] Asthma Center and Allergy Unit, Verona University and General Hospital, Verona, Italy;Chairman of Italian Society of Allergology, Asthma and Clinical Immunology (SIAAIC), Milan, Italy;Center of Advanced Science and Technology, G. D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy;Leonardo Da Vinci, University, Chieti, Italy;Division Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, “Santa Maria Della Speranza” Hospital, Salerno, Italy;Division Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, “Santa Maria Della Speranza” Hospital, Salerno, Italy;Postgraduate Program in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy;Postgraduate Program in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy;Department of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy;Respiratory Diseases Unit, Padua University and General Hospital, Padua, Italy;

关键词: COVID-19;    Allergy;    Asthma;    Rhinitis;    Autoimmune diseases;    Immunodeficiencies;    Personal protective equipment;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12948-020-00134-5

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

The pandemic COVID-19 abruptly exploded, taking most health professionals around the world unprepared. Italy, the first European country to be hit violently, was forced to activate the lockdown in mid-February 2020. At the time of the spread, a high number of victims were quickly registered, especially in the regions of Northern Italy which have a high rate of highly-polluting production activities. The need to hospitalize the large number of patients with severe forms of COVID-19 led the National Health System to move a large number of specialists from their disciplines to the emergency hospital departments for the treatment of COVID-19. Furthermore, the lockdown itself has limited the possibility for general practitioners and pediatricians to be able to make outpatient visits and/or home care for patients with chronic diseases. Among them, the patient with atopic diseases, such as asthma, rhinitis and atopic dermatitis, is worthy of particular attention as she/he is immersed in a studded negative scenario with the onset of spring, a factor that should not be underestimated for those who suffer from pollen allergy. The Italian Society of Asthma Allergology and Clinical Immunology, to quickly deal with the lack of references and specialist medical procedures, has produced a series of indications for immunologic patient care that are reported in this paper, and can be used as guidelines by specialists of our discipline.

【 授权许可】

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