Title
Clinical, laboratory and radiological characteristics of pediatric patients hospitalized with covid-19: Case series
Other title
Características clínicas, de laboratorio y radiológicas de pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados con covid-19: Serie de casos
Date Issued
01 October 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Nuñez-Paucar H.
Aranda-Paniora F.
Huby-Muñoz C.L.
De Coll-Vela L.E.
Bernal-Mancilla R.R.
Zamudio-Aquise M.K.
Schult-Montoya S.C.
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
Children represent 1 to 5% of the entire SARS-CoV-2 infected population, and it is challenging to identify them based on clinical characteristics. We present 5 cases of pediatric patients diagnosed with COVID-19; the age range was from 1 to 14 years. They had different clinical characteristics, three of them presented fever, cough and respiratory distress, another one fever and dermatosis, and the other patient had diarrhea and vomiting associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome. Laboratory tests revealed elevated lactate dehydrogenase, D-dimer, and ferritin. The most frequent radiological pattern was perihilar peribronchial thickening. All cases had favorable clinical and radiological evolution. Diverse clinical characteristics should be considered for early diagnosis of COVID-19 in children.
Start page
767
End page
772
Volume
37
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Pediatría Sistema respiratorio
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85100907611
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
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