Pediatric Otolaryngology Divisional and Institutional Preparatory Response at Seattle Children's Hospital after COVID-19 Regional Exposure.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
; 162(6): 800-803, 2020 06.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-913946
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel coronavirus resulting in high mortality in the adult population but low mortality in the pediatric population. The role children and adolescents play in COVID-19 transmission is unclear, and it is possible that healthy pediatric patients serve as a reservoir for the virus. This article serves as a summary of a single pediatric institution's response to COVID-19 with the goal of protecting both patients and health care providers while providing ongoing care to critically ill patients who require urgent interventions. A significant limitation of this commentary is that it reflects a single institution's joint effort at a moment in time but does not take into consideration future circumstances that could change practice patterns. We still hope dissemination of our overall response at this moment, approximately 8 weeks after our region's first adult case, may benefit other pediatric institutions preparing for COVID-19.
Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Otolaryngology
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Pediatrics
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Pneumonia, Viral
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Communicable Disease Control
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Hospitals, Pediatric
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
Journal subject:
Otolaryngology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
0194599820919748
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