SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) in children.
Paediatria Croatica
; 64(2):94-100, 2020.
Artículo
en Croata
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-20239293
ABSTRACT
Since the outbreak in December 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus has been a major public health problem in all countries of the world. The virus is transmitted by inhalation of respiratory droplets from the patient or asymptomatic carrier and is highly contagious. The clinical disease in children is similar to any acute respiratory infection with predominant upper respiratory symptoms, but occasionally can progress to pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiorgan failure. The disease is milder in children than in adults, with low mortality, and it appears that infants and young children have a somewhat more severe clinical course. Diagnosis is made by detecting the virus from respiratory samples (mainly nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs) using polymerase chain reaction. Treatment is usually symptomatic, and in severe and critical forms, the use of one of the antiviral drugs (lopinavir-ritonavir, remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine) may be consideredCopyright © 2020 Croatian Paediatric Society. All rights reserved.
children; covid-19; sars-cov-2; therapeutics; adult; adult respiratory distress syndrome; article; asymptomatic carrier; child; coronavirus disease 2019; human; infant; mortality; multiple organ failure; nasopharyngeal swab; nonhuman; oropharyngeal swab; pandemic; pneumonia; polymerase chain reaction; public health problem; respiratory droplets and aerosols; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; virus detection; antivirus agent/pv [Special Situation for Pharmacovigilance]; hydroxychloroquine/pv [Special Situation for Pharmacovigilance]; lopinavir plus ritonavir/pv [Special Situation for Pharmacovigilance]; remdesivir/pv [Special Situation for Pharmacovigilance]
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Croata
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Paediatria Croatica
Año:
2020
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