Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with COVID-19 in a pediatric hospital in Peru
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17843/rpmesp.2020.374.6198Keywords:
2019 novel coronavirus, Children, SARS-CoV-2Abstract
The aim of the study was to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with COVID- 19. We analyzed the clinical records of inpatients and outpatients of the Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño San Borja from the period between March and May, 2020. A total of 33 patients were registered, 57.6% were males with a median age of 4.8 years (range: 2 months - 17 years). We found that 81.8% of the children had contact with a positive COVID-19 case, 60.6% had concomitant diseases, 93.9% presented symptoms (mainly fever and cough) and the median incubation period was 7 days. The hemogram and acute-phase reactants were normal in most cases. Chest X-ray was abnormal in 11/16 patients. All patients received supportive treatment; 2 patients required supplemental oxygen. One patient died from complications associated with a terminal phase brain tumor. We report the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with COVID-19 during the first months of the pandemic in Peru.Downloads
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2020-11-06
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Llaque-Quiroz P, Prudencio-Gamio R, Echevarría-Lo4pez S, Ccorahua-Paz M, Ugas-Charcape C. Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with COVID-19 in a pediatric hospital in Peru. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica [Internet]. 2020 Nov. 6 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];37(4):689-93. Available from: https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/6198