As GiViTI (Italian Group for the Evaluation of Interventions in Intensive Care Medicine) we have chosen to encourage, through the organization of YouTube videoconferences, the communication between different professional figures involved in the management of COVID-19 epidemic, in order to share concrete experiences, needs and errors of those who have been involved in this emergency since the first days.
The goal of these videoconferences is to share experiences. GiViTI doesn’t have among its purposes that of providing diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations or producing guidelines, much less during a historical period of strong uncertainty in which knowledge is evolving day by day.
First Videoconference – 10/03/2020
In particular, the following intervened:
- Pier Giorgio Villani, ICU, Maggiore Hospital, Lodi
- Andrea Bottazzi, ICU, Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia
- Silvia Mongodi, ICU, Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia
- Roberto Rona, ICU, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza
- Andrea Forastieri, ICU, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco
- Paolo Maniglia, ICU, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco
- Giuseppe Nattino, ICU, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco
- Clara Ripamonti, ICU, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco
- Gina Portella, Emergency
- Stefano Finazzi, Head of GiViTI Coordination Center and organizer
Second Videoconference – 17/03/2020
The following intervened:
- Angelo Pan, Infectious disease Specialist, Cremona Hospital
- Mario Tavola, ICU, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco
- Clara Ripamonti, ICU, Alessandro Manzoni Hospital, Lecco
- Carlo Olivieri, ICU, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Vercelli
- Gina Portella, Emergency
- Leonardo Radicchi, Emergency, Logistic Coordinator of Structures with Infectious Emergency
- Stefano Finazzi, Head of GiViTI Coordination Center and organizer
Third Videoconference – 24/03/2020
The following intervened:
- Roberto Rona, ICU, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza
- Alberto Lucchini, ICU, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza
- Mirco Nacoti, ICU, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo
- Ivo Lizzola, Philosopher and Professor at University of Bergamo
- Maria Simonetta Spada, Psychologist, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo
- Maria Grazie Strepparava, Psychologist and Professor at the University of Milan Bicocca
- Stefano Finazzi, Head of GiViTI Coordination Center and organizer
Fourth Videoconference – 31/03/2020
In particular, we discussed the experiences of five centers in Italy with regard to:
- start of invasive treatment (criteria and organization)
- weaning and autonomization
The following intervened:
- Roberto Fumagalli, Niguarda Hospital, Milano
- Mario Peta, Cà Foncello Hospital, Treviso
- Massimo Girardis, Policlinico, Modena
- Giuseppe Natalini, Poliambulanza, Brescia
- Mauro Panigada, Policlinico, Milano
- Martin Langer, Moderator
- Stefano Finazzi, Head of GiViTI Coordination Center and organizer
Fifth Videoconference – 07/04/2020
The following intervened:
- Manuela Nebuloni, Sacco Hospital, Milano
- Luca Carsana, Sacco Hospital, Milano
- Guido Tavazzi, San Matteo Hospital, Pavia
- Mauro Panigada, Policlinico, Milano
- Martin Langer, Moderator
- Stefano Finazzi, Head of GiViTI Coordination Center and organizer
Sixth Videoconference – 31/03/2020
During the sixth videoconference we focused on the contamination between professionalism and the creation of multidisciplinary teams to manage the emergency.
The following intervened:
- Maria Giovanna Manenti, Internist, Treviglio Hospital
- Paolo Colombelli, Internist, Treviglio Hospital
- Mariano Marchesi, Intensivist
- Fiorenzo Moraschini, Intansive Care Nurse
- Filippo Leonardi, Gastroenterologist
- Caterina Conti, Pulmonogist
- Luca Lorini, Director of the Intensive Care Unit, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo
- Fabrizio Fabretti, Intensivist, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo
- Stefano Finazzi, Head of GiViTI Coordination Center and organizer