Giovanna Iudica
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Giovanna Iudica has a total of 8 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Barbara Tubino
Paediatric Emergency Room and Emergency Medicine Unit, Department of Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia and Critical Care, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
1 shared publication - Clelia Formigoni
Department of Neuroscience, Ophtalmology, Rehabilitation, Genetics and Maternal-Infant Science (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
1 shared publication - Daniele Franzone
Paediatric Emergency Room and Emergency Medicine Unit, Department of Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia and Critical Care, Istituto di Ricerca e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
1 shared publication - Emanuela Piccotti
Pediatric Emergency Room and Emergency Medicine Unit, Emergency Department, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy
1 shared publication - Erica Data
Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
1 shared publication - Giacomo Brisca
Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Intermediate Care Unit, Emergency Department, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
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Experience of an Italian Pediatric Third Level Emergency Department during the 2022–2023 Bronchiolitis Epidemic: A Focus on Discharged Patients and Revisits
The aim of this study was to describe the 2022–2023 bronchiolitis epidemic season (the second after COVID-19 pandemic and the first without social restriction), focusing on patients discharged home from a pediatric emergency department (PED) and on those revisited within 72 h. We performed a retrospective observational study in an Italian tertiary care children’s hospital, reviewing PED accesses from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023. The number of hospitalizations for bronchiolitis was extracted from hospital discharge forms. A total of 512 patients diagnosed with bronchiolitis were admitted to PED (2.8% of total admissions). Accesses increased sharply from November to January, with a peak in December, in both admissions and hospitalizations. More than half of the patients (55.5%) were safely discharged home, while 38 (13.4%) came back to PED for a revisit. Overall PED accesses and hospitalizations for bronchiolitis increased since the previous epidemic season, and particularly compared to the pandemic and pre-pandemic eras. Empowering the collaboration between all healthcare provisioners is fundamental to suitable management of patients. Monitoring the epidemiology and seasonality of bronchiolitis is a starting point for an effective internal organization of pediatric departments and to further evaluate its socio-economic burden.
Open AccessExperience of an Italian Pediatric Third Level Emergency Department during the 2022–2023 Bronchiolitis Epidemic: A Focus on Discharged Patients and Revisits
The aim of this study was to describe the 2022–2023 bronchiolitis epidemic season (the second after COVID-19 pandemic and the first without social restriction), focusing on patients discharged home from a pediatric emergency department (PED) and on those revisited within 72 h. We performed a retrospective observational study in an Italian tertiary care children’s hospital, reviewing PED accesses from 1 October 2022 to 31 March 2023. The number of hospitalizations for bronchiolitis was extracted from hospital discharge forms. A total of 512 patients diagnosed with bronchiolitis were admitted to PED (2.8% of total admissions). Accesses increased sharply from November to January, with a peak in December, in both admissions and hospitalizations. More than half of the patients (55.5%) were safely discharged home, while 38 (13.4%) came back to PED for a revisit. Overall PED accesses and hospitalizations for bronchiolitis increased since the previous epidemic season, and particularly compared to the pandemic and pre-pandemic eras. Empowering the collaboration between all healthcare provisioners is fundamental to suitable management of patients. Monitoring the epidemiology and seasonality of bronchiolitis is a starting point for an effective internal organization of pediatric departments and to further evaluate its socio-economic burden.