Testing cardiovascular autonomic function in the COVID-19 era: lessons from Bologna’s Autonomic Unit

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the way most medical procedures are performed. Autonomic units, as well as other healthcare sectors, are required to undergo a thorough reorganization of the protocols in order to guarantee the safety of patients and healthcare staff. Card...

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Autores principales: Guaraldi, Pietro, Barletta, Giorgio, Baschieri, Francesca, Calandra-Buonaura, Giovanna, Provini, Federica, Cortelli, Pietro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32661775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10286-020-00710-4
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author Guaraldi, Pietro
Barletta, Giorgio
Baschieri, Francesca
Calandra-Buonaura, Giovanna
Provini, Federica
Cortelli, Pietro
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description The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the way most medical procedures are performed. Autonomic units, as well as other healthcare sectors, are required to undergo a thorough reorganization of the protocols in order to guarantee the safety of patients and healthcare staff. Cardiovascular autonomic function testing (CAFT) is necessary in certain situations; however, it poses several concerns which need to be addressed. Here, we provide some practical advice based on current national and international health authorities’ recommendations and our experience about how to perform CAFT during the COVID-19 emergency. We examine aspects regarding patients, healthcare staff, laboratory preparation, and test performance.
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spelling pubmed-73551312020-07-13 Testing cardiovascular autonomic function in the COVID-19 era: lessons from Bologna’s Autonomic Unit Guaraldi, Pietro Barletta, Giorgio Baschieri, Francesca Calandra-Buonaura, Giovanna Provini, Federica Cortelli, Pietro Clin Auton Res Research Article The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed the way most medical procedures are performed. Autonomic units, as well as other healthcare sectors, are required to undergo a thorough reorganization of the protocols in order to guarantee the safety of patients and healthcare staff. Cardiovascular autonomic function testing (CAFT) is necessary in certain situations; however, it poses several concerns which need to be addressed. Here, we provide some practical advice based on current national and international health authorities’ recommendations and our experience about how to perform CAFT during the COVID-19 emergency. We examine aspects regarding patients, healthcare staff, laboratory preparation, and test performance. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2020-07-13 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7355131/ /pubmed/32661775 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10286-020-00710-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355131/
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