Ricerc@Sapienza

As of October 17th the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) caused a pandemic disease (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19) 40 million people worldwide, with almost one million deaths [1]. Although most patients have an uncomplicated clinical course, the more severe forms of COVID-19 require hospitalization and intensive care unit admission [2]. Conventional high-flow oxygen therapy, non-invasive and/or invasive mechanical ventilation, often in combination with pronepositioning, have all been reported to be effective in the majority of patients [2].

Obiettivo del saggio è riflettere sulle sfide per le politiche sociali alla luce dei cambiamenti che interverranno nella società alla fine della pandemia diSARS-CoV-2. Si argomenta che i sistemi di Welfare saranno sottoposti a notevoli stress finanziari in conseguenza della crisi economica che si profilaimminente e di cui non si intravede al momento una soluzione. Sottoposti già a notevoli critiche i sistemi di Welfare dovranno impegnarsi a trovaresoluzioni nuove per realizzare l’obiettivo di Giustizia Sociale che da sempre ne costituisce il fondamento giuridico e filosofico.

COVID-19 has critically impacted the world. Recent works have found substantial changes in sleep and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dreams could give us crucial information about people's well-being, so here we have directly investigated the consequences of lockdown on the oneiric activity in a large Italian sample: 5,988 adults completed a web-survey during lockdown.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) seriously affected the whole of
Italy. The extreme virulence and the speed of propagation resulted in restrictions and
home confinement. This change was immediately perceived by people who found
themselves exposed to feelings of uncertainty, fear, anger, stress, and a drastic change
in the diurnal but above all nocturnal lifestyle. For these reasons, we aimed to study
the quality of sleep and its connection to distress levels and to evaluate how lifestyle

Dear Editor,
in the recent report of Munblit and coworkers [1], authors observed that the
combination of clinical features was sufficient to diagnose COVID-19 indicating that
laboratory testing is not critical in real-life clinical practice. To date, all patients admitted to
Emergency Department with acute respiratory failure and/or fever should be considered as a
suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection [2-3], and an early recognition of etiology and the prompt
therapeutic management are crucial to improve survival [4-5].

There are sparse data in literature regarding conjunctivitis incidence in COVID-19 and its relationship with disease severity. The objective of this metanalysis was to assess the association between conjunctivitis and the severity of COVID-19 disease. Methods: We performed a meta-analysis with studies that included patients with severe vs non-severe form of COVID-19 infection. Severe COVID-19 infection was defined as severe pneumonia, mortality, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), use of mechanical ventilation or Intensive Care Unit (ICU) treatment.

We read with interest the paper by Giacobbe et al. estimating a cumulative risk of developing at least one bloodstream infection (BSI) episode (largely due to Gram-positive pathogens) of almost 50% after 30 days at risk in (2) Similarly, Somers et al. reported an increased risk to develop bacterial superinfections, principally represented by Staphylococcus aureus ventilatory associated pneumonia (VAP), in critically ill patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 and treated with Tocilizumab.

testosterone serum levels as predictors of severe respiratory progression in COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 Pandemic. Impact on Hysteroscopic Procedures: A Consensus Statement from the Global Congress of Hysteroscopy Scientific Committee

The pandemic acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), named COVID-19 [1], is generating a severe health emergency all over the world but particularly in some countries. The healthcare challenge is to provide assistance to the increasing number of infected patients, to contain ways of transmission and at the same time to treat all the non-deferrable medical conditions that continue to affect the population. Moreover, the most relevant problems are in the management of all first aid accesses and emergencies other than COVID-19.