How an endoscopy unit changed and was partially converted into an ICU during COVID-19 emergency in a tertiary referral hospital of Northern Italy

Affiliations

• ¹ Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS Reggio nell'Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Electronic address: v.mirante@libero.it.
• ² Local Health Direction, Azienda USL-IRCCS Reggio nell'Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Electronic address: giorgio.mazzi@ausl.re.it.
• ³ Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS Reggio nell'Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Electronic address: gerolamo.bevivino@ausl.re.it.
• ⁴ Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS Reggio nell'Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Electronic address: francesca.parmeggiani@ausl.re.it.
• ⁵ Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS Reggio nell'Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Electronic address: giorgio.iori@ausl.re.it.
• ⁶ Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy Unit, Azienda USL-IRCCS Reggio nell'Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy. Electronic address: romano.sassatelli@ausl.re.it.