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Andrea Vercelli

Researcher at Academy for Urban School Leadership

Publications -  26
Citations -  644

Andrea Vercelli is an academic researcher from Academy for Urban School Leadership. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Emergency department. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 11 publications receiving 428 citations.

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Can Lung US Help Critical Care Clinicians in the Early Diagnosis of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pneumonia?

TL;DR: The role of lung US was evaluated in patients who presented to the emergency department with COVID-19 pneumonia and it was found that it is a highly sensitive and specific technique considered as an alternative to chest radiography or CT scanning.
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Lactate dehydrogenase and C-reactive protein as predictors of respiratory failure in CoVID-19 patients.

TL;DR: LDH and CRP should be considered a useful test for the early identification of patients who require closer respiratory monitoring and more aggressive supportive therapies to avoid poor prognosis.

Proximal femur fractures in COVID-19 emergency: the experience of two Orthopedics and Traumatology Departments in the first eight weeks of the Italian epidemic.

TL;DR: The study shows a significant increase in death in elderly patients surgically treated for proximal femur fractures, particularly in the Piacenza Hospital, which has noticed an elevated number of deaths within 21 days after surgery.
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Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: Two complications of COVID-19 pneumonia?

TL;DR: Two patients with COVID-19 pneumonia who developed venous thromboembolism are described, and low-molecular-weight heparin prophylaxis does not decrease the risk of venousThromboEmbolism (VTE) in COVID -19 pneumonia.
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Abdominal Pain: A Real Challenge in Novel COVID-19 Infection

TL;DR: It is strongly believed that preventive measures and early diagnosis of COVID-19 are crucial to interrupt virus spread and avoid local outbreaks and there may be a relationship between gastrointestinal symptoms and CO VID-19, as reported in recent studies.