About the Authors

Giuliano Pinna

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Cottolengo, Torino, Italy

Claudio Pascale

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Cottolengo, Torino, Italy

Paolo Fornengo

paolo.fornengo@unito.it

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Univerity of Torino, Torino, Italy

Sebastiana Arras

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale Civile, Alghero, Sassari, Italy

Carmela Piras

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale Civile, Alghero, Sassari, Italy

Pietro Panzarasa

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale Umberto Parini, Aosta, Italy

Gianpaolo Carmosino

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale Umberto Parini, Aosta, Italy

Orietta Franza

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale Cardinal Massaia, Asti, Italy

Vincenzo Semeraro

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale Cardinal Massaia, Asti, Italy

Salvatore Lenti

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale San Donato, Arezzo, Italy

Susanna Pietrelli

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale San Donato, Arezzo, Italy

Sergio Panzone

Affiliation Emergency Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy

Christian Bracco

Affiliation Emergency Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Croce e Carle, Cuneo, Italy

Roberto Fiorini

Affiliation Emergency Department, Presidio Ospedaliero, Parma, Italy

Giovanni Rastelli

Affiliation Emergency Department, Presidio Ospedaliero, Parma, Italy

Daniela Bergandi

Affiliation Emergency Department, Presidio Ospedale Martini, Torino, Italy

Bruno Zampaglione

Affiliation Emergency Department, Presidio Ospedale Martini, Torino, Italy

Roberto Musso

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale Santa Croce, Moncalieri, Italy, Torino, Italy

Claudio Marengo

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale Santa Croce, Moncalieri, Italy, Torino, Italy

Giancarlo Santoro

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale Civile, Rovigo, Italy

Sergio Zamboni

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale Civile, Rovigo, Italy

Barbara Traversa

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale SS. Antonio e Margherita, Tortona, Italy

Maddalena Barattini

Affiliation Emergency Department, Ospedale SS. Antonio e Margherita, Tortona, Italy

Graziella Bruno

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Univerity of Torino, Torino, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP CP PF GB. Performed the experiments: SA CP PP GC OF VS SL S. Pietrelli S. Panzone CB RF GR DB BZ RM CM GS SZ BT MB. Analyzed the data: GB PF. Wrote the paper: GP CP GB PF.