Due to the exponential growth of the number of subjects affected by coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19), the entire Italian health care system had to respond promptly and in a
very short time with the need of semi-intensive and intensive care units. Moreover, trained
dedicated COVID-19 teams consisting of physicians were coming from different specialties
(intensivists or pneumologists and infectiologists), while respiratory therapists and nurses
have been recruited to work on and on without rest. However, due to still limited and …