Epidemiological, clinical, and radiological comparison of adult and pediatric features in COVID-19: A scoping review.

OBJECTIVE: To assess epidemiological, clinical, and radiological characteristics of the coronavirus disease in children and adults. METHODS: The scoping review comprised search on PubMed and Scopus Cochrane databases from January 2020 to April 2021 for English-language articles dealing with clinical and radiological manifestations amongst children and adults affected by coronavirus disease. Two reviewers independently screened the titles and abstracts. RESULTS: Of the 389 studies initially identified, 39(10%) were reviewed in detail. Data suggested that children were less frequently affected by the coronavirus disease. The affected children showed milder disease with low case fatalities compared to the adults. CONCLUSIONS: There exists significant gaps in knowledge of clinical and radiological aspects of coronavirus disease, but the available scientific data showed that the disease seems to be unusual in children.

Emerging Challenges and Threats for Dental Health Care Sector Attributable to COVID-19: Tale of a Developing Country.

Prevention and control of infection in dentistry is an essential matter that has gained immense attention in recent years. There exist a lack of scientific data about the cross-transmission and its associated risk, especially in the dental health care setting of Pakistan. This article will evaluate the emerging challenges and threats for the dental community in Pakistan attributable to the COVID-19 outbreak. There is a significant knowledge gap regarding the state- and institutional-level of infection prevention and control (IPC) policies and practices. In addition, not much is known about the development, implementation, and monitoring of IPC policies and its challenges.