Where PICU Beds Are Lacking, the Model of "Extended NICU" May Help to Treat Infants and Small Toddlers Who Are Critically Ill, Even During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Affiliations

• ¹ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Policlinico "G. Rodolico San Marco", Catania, Italy. Electronic address: nuzia@decembrino.it.
• ² Department of Human Pathology in Adult and Developmental Age "Gaetano Barresi", Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
• ³ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Fondazione Monza e Brianza per il Bambino e la sua Mamma and Azienda Socio-Sanitaria-Territoriale Monza, Monza, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Neonatology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
• ⁵ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, San Giovanni Calibita Fatebenefratelli Hospital, Rome, Italy.
• ⁶ Emeritus Consultant in Paediatrics, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
• ⁷ Department of Medicine (DAME), Division of Pediatrics, S. Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
• ⁸ Department of Maternal and Child Health, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, San Pio Hospital, Benevento, Italy.