Authors :
Dr. G. Krishnamurthy; Dr. Suhasini; Dr. N.Praveen Deen Kumar; Dr Shankar Narayana
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 4 - April
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7879810
Abstract :
Corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is
pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This has begun in China
and had spread to other countries. On 11 March 2020-
WHO declared covid-19 as pandemic. Children suffering
with Covid 19 infection were increased though at the
beginning of pandemic paediatric cases were less.
Materials and methods: This study was conducted in one
of the Covid-19 tertiary care hospital in pediatric wing.
This was a retrospective study conducted in patients
admitted between may-2021 to October 2021. Clinical
profile and outcomes were studied for children aged 1
month to 12 years admitted in Covid-19 tertiary care
hospital with positive nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV2 infection. Diagnosis clinical grading and treatment of
covid-19 cases was done based on guidelines by Govt of
India.
Results: The median age (IQR) of children admitted were 9
(4-13 years) and male children (N=54, 55.6%) outnumber
females with a male: female ratio of 1.25:1. There was no
relationship between gender and incidence of COVID
infection in children (p=0.12, Chi square test).
Conclusion Severe life-threatening illnesses in the form of
ARDS, GBS, KD and other multisystem involvement are
seen in these patients. Therefore, it is mandatory in current
scenario to have a high degree of suspicion for COVID-19
in children admitted in pediatric intensive care units
(PICUs) with an unexplained diagnosis, persistent fever
and high levels of inflammatory markers.
Corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is
pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This has begun in China
and had spread to other countries. On 11 March 2020-
WHO declared covid-19 as pandemic. Children suffering
with Covid 19 infection were increased though at the
beginning of pandemic paediatric cases were less.
Materials and methods: This study was conducted in one
of the Covid-19 tertiary care hospital in pediatric wing.
This was a retrospective study conducted in patients
admitted between may-2021 to October 2021. Clinical
profile and outcomes were studied for children aged 1
month to 12 years admitted in Covid-19 tertiary care
hospital with positive nasopharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV2 infection. Diagnosis clinical grading and treatment of
covid-19 cases was done based on guidelines by Govt of
India.
Results: The median age (IQR) of children admitted were 9
(4-13 years) and male children (N=54, 55.6%) outnumber
females with a male: female ratio of 1.25:1. There was no
relationship between gender and incidence of COVID
infection in children (p=0.12, Chi square test).
Conclusion Severe life-threatening illnesses in the form of
ARDS, GBS, KD and other multisystem involvement are
seen in these patients. Therefore, it is mandatory in current
scenario to have a high degree of suspicion for COVID-19
in children admitted in pediatric intensive care units
(PICUs) with an unexplained diagnosis, persistent fever
and high levels of inflammatory markers.
