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Table 1 Distribution of RHDCU beds at the pre-COVID-19 time and of pulmonologist extra beds during the COVID-19 outbreak according to the different Italian regions

From: Italian pulmonologist units and COVID-19 outbreak: “mind the gap”!

Regions

Population, inhabitants

Pre-COVID-19, E-RHDCU beds (min-max)

Pre-COVID-19, A-RHDCU beds

COVID-19, hospitalised pts*

COVID-19, ICU pts*

COVID-19, IPU extra-beds**

COVID-19, IPU NIV pts**

Lombardia

10,060,574

101–201

77

11,815

1330

378

240

Lazio

5,879,082

59–118

13

1079

154

0

0

Campania

5,801,692

58–116

18

468

126

26

4

Sicilia

4,999,891

50–100

16

484

75

39

12

Veneto

4,905,854

49–98

36

1633

356

63

10

Emilia-Romagna

4,459,477

45–89

61

3779

351

40

45

Piemonte

4,356,406

44–87

12

2985

452

63

29

Puglia

4,029,053

40–81

22

590

106

0

21

Toscana

3,729,641

37–75

49

1116

279

92

28

Calabria

1,947,131

19–39

8

130

18

24

8

Sardegna

1,639,591

16–33

0

113

24

0

0

Liguria

1,550,640

16–31

4

1142

175

37

0

Marche

1,525,271

15–31

4

998

167

28

12

Abruzzo

1,311,580

13–26

4

322

69

6

0

Friuli Venezia Giulia

1,215,220

12–24

14

229

60

13

17

Trentino-Alto Adige

1,072,276

11–21

7

584

140

31

5

Umbria

882,015

9–18

24

173

47

1

4

Basilicata

562,869

6–11

10

36

18

0

0

Molise

305,617

3–6

0

27

8

0

0

Valle d’Aosta

125,666

1–3

0

92

26

0

0

Italy

60359546

6041207

379

27795

3981

841

435

  1. PSN_2006_08_28_marzo.pdf
  2. NIV noninvasive ventilation
  3. A = RHDCU: active beds of respiratory high-dependency care units according to the 3rd Census of Italian RHDCU promoted by ITS/AIPO, updated to 15 February 2020 (rate of adhesion to the survey of IPU: 90.7%)
  4. E = RHDCU: estimated needed beds of respiratory high-dependency care units according to the National Health Plan (2006–2008), http://www.salute.gov.it/resources/static/primopiano/316/
  5. *Data from the Ministry of Health update to 30 March 2020, http://www.salute.gov.it/portale/news/p3_2_1_1_1.jsp?lingua=italiano&menu=notizie&p=dalministero&id=4362
  6. **IPU: Italian pulmonologist unit; data of the first survey promoted by ITS/AIPO on the role of IPU in the midst of pandemics of the Pandemic (24 March 2020), ref. (http://www.aiponet.it/news/speciale-covid-19/2463-il-94-delle-pneumologie-e-in-prima-linea-nella-lotta-contro-l-infezione-da-covid-19.html)