Second wave of COVID-19 - Not a matter of great concern for pediatric hematologist/oncologist
Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal
; 7(2):41-44, 2022.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2321859
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has become a global pandemic and is giving rise to a serious health threat globally. SARS-CoV-2 infection ranges from asymptomatic carrier state to severe illness requiring intensive care unit (ICU) management. It is postulated that with COVID-19 infection, children are less prone to develop severe symptoms as compared with adults. The data on immunocompromised children affected with COVID-19 infection is limited and not many publications are there on the effects of 2nd wave of COVID-19 infection in pediatric hematology/oncology patients till date. In our experience during second wave, 17 patients were found to be positive for SARS-CoV-2 with a male female ratio of 2.4 1 and median age of 8 years (range 1-18 years). Out of these 17 patients, 10 (58.8%) patients required hospital admission whereas the remaining were managed at home. Only 1 patient required ventilatory support and there was no mortality. Though the number of pediatric patients with COVID-19 infection were more during the second wave but majority had mild to moderate symptoms and were easily managed.Copyright © 2022 Pediatric Hematology Oncology Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics
adolescent; adult; article; child; clinical article; computer assisted tomography; coronavirus disease 2019/dt [Drug Therapy]; coughing; female; fever; hematologist-oncologist; human; infant; male; nasopharyngeal swab; neutrophil count; retrospective study; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; school child; young adult; antibiotic agent/dt [Drug Therapy]; antibiotic agent/pv [Special Situation for Pharmacovigilance]; C reactive protein/ec [Endogenous Compound]; ferritin/ec [Endogenous Compound]; steroid/dt [Drug Therapy]; steroid/pv [Special Situation for Pharmacovigilance]
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Pediatric Hematology Oncology Journal
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2022
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