@article{3031467, title = "A pandemic recap: lessons we have learned", author = "Coccolini, Federico and Cicuttin, Enrico and Cremonini, Camilla and and Tartaglia, Dario and Viaggi, Bruno and Kuriyama, Akira and Picetti, and Edoardo and Ball, Chad and Abu-Zidan, Fikri and Ceresoli, Marco and and Turri, Bruno and Jain, Sumita and Palombo, Carlo and Guirao, Xavier and and Rodrigues, Gabriel and Gachabayov, Mahir and Machado, Fernando and and Eftychios, Lostoridis and Kanj, Souha S. and Di Carlo, Isidoro and Di and Saverio, Salomone and Khokha, Vladimir and Kirkpatrick, Andrew and and Massalou, Damien and Forfori, Francesco and Corradi, Francesco and and Delibegovic, Samir and Machain Vega, Gustavo M. and Fantoni, Massimo and and Demetriades, Demetrios and Kapoor, Garima and Kluger, Yoram and Ansari, and Shamshul and Maier, Ron and Leppaniemi, Ari and Hardcastle, Timothy and and Vereczkei, Andras and Karamagioli, Evika and Pikoulis, Emmanouil and and Pistello, Mauro and Sakakushev, Boris E. and Navsaria, Pradeep H. and and Galeiras, Rita and Yahya, Ali I. and Osipov, Aleksei V. and Dimitrov, and Evgeni and Doklestic, Krstina and Pisano, Michele and Malacarne, Paolo and and Carcoforo, Paolo and Sibilla, Maria Grazia and Kryvoruchko, Igor A. and and Bonavina, Luigi and Kim, Jae Il and Shelat, Vishal G. and Czepiel, and Jacek and Maseda, Emilio and Marwah, Sanjay and Chirica, Mircea and and Biancofiore, Giandomenico and Podda, Mauro and Cobianchi, Lorenzo and and Ansaloni, Luca and Fugazzola, Paola and Seretis, Charalampos and Gomez, and Carlos Augusto and Tumietto, Fabio and Malbrain, Manu and Reichert, and Martin and Augustin, Goran and Amato, Bruno and Puzziello, Alessandro and and Hecker, Andreas and Gemignani, Angelo and Isik, Arda and Cucchetti, and Alessandro and Nacoti, Mirco and Kopelman, Doron and Mesina, Cristian and and Ghannam, Wagih and Ben-Ishay, Offir and Dhingra, Sameer and Coimbra, and Raul and Moore, Ernest E. and Cui, Yunfeng and Quiodettis, Martha A. and and Bala, Miklosh and Testini, Mario and Diaz, Jose and Girardis, Massimo and and Biffl, Walter L. and Hecker, Matthias and Sall, Ibrahima and Boggi, and Ugo and Materazzi, Gabriele and Ghiadoni, Lorenzo and Matsumoto, Junichi and and Zuidema, Wietse P. and Ivatury, Rao and Enani, Mushira A. and and Litvin, Andrey and Al-Hasan, Majdi N. and Demetrashvili, Zaza and and Baraket, Oussama and Ordonez, Carlos A. and Negoi, Ionut and Kiguba, and Ronald and Memish, Ziad A. and Elmangory, Mutasim M. and Tolonen, Matti and and Das, Korey and Ribeiro, Julival and O'Connor, Donal B. and Tan, Boun and Kim and Van Goor, Harry and Baral, Suman and De Simone, Belinda and and Corbella, Davide and Brambillasca, Pietro and Scaglione, Michelangelo and and Basolo, Fulvio and De'Angelis, Nicola and Bendinelli, Cino and and Weber, Dieter and Pagani, Leonardo and Monti, Cinzia and Baiocchi, and Gianluca and Chiarugi, Massimo and Catena, Fausto and Sartelli, Massimo", journal = "World Journal of Emergency Surgery", year = "2021", volume = "16", number = "1", publisher = "BMC", issn = "1749-7922", doi = "10.1186/s13017-021-00393-w", keywords = "Pandemia; International; Thoughts; Reflection; Ethics; Biology; Politics; Health care; Policy", abstract = "On January 2020, the WHO Director General declared that the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The world has faced a worldwide spread crisis and is still dealing with it. The present paper represents a white paper concerning the tough lessons we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, an international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making. With the present paper, international and heterogenous multidisciplinary panel of very differentiated people would like to share global experiences and lessons with all interested and especially those responsible for future healthcare decision making." }