METHODS
All cases came from Spedali Civili di Brescia, a tertiary care center
with several dedicated COVID-19 units and a high number of COVID-19
patients (more than 10.000 in the province of Brescia), leading to a
growing experience in the management of the coronavirus pandemic. All
the included patients presented with typical COVID-19 clinical features
(fever, fatigue, dry cough or dyspnea) with either a positive SARS-CoV-2
nasopharyngeal swab or a high resolution lung CT highly suggestive of
viral pneumonia.