“So Italy is in the red” – Libero Quotidiano

Alberto Zangrillo e Roberto Burioni they are perfectly aligned on the mistakes not to commit in the home care of patients who have contracted the coronavirus. “The majority of accesses to the emergency room are caused by absent or wrong home therapies – wrote the San Raffaele head physician in a tweet – due to patient abandonment and cortisone at the first line of fever, Italy is in the red“. Shortly after, the comment of Professor Burioni arrived, who agreed with his colleague and reinforced the concept: “Vaccines and prevention are fundamental, but it is not tolerable many doctors treat patients inappropriately and without following the guidelines “.

“This is inexplicable – he added – wrong and dangerous mania to prescribe cortisone since the early stages of Covid-19 “. In some cases, the premature use of cortisone can even worsen the prognosis, so much so that it is only recommended for those who need oxygen. On this point Zangrillo and Burioni agree perfectly, it is no coincidence that a few days ago the San Raffaele head physician had expressed a similar concept in response to a person who asked for advice for a family member cared for at home.

At the sight of the list of medicines taken by the relative, Zangrillo had highlighted in yellow the mistake not to make, that is the administration of a cortisone: “Varanti, Rt, infections, colors, reinforcements, lockdown. The most important thing is missing: the correct care”.