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A retrospective study of the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 infection in 26 children
Tang, Anjue.
Xu, Wenhui.
shen, min.
Chen, Peifen.
Li, Guobao.
Liu, Yingxia.
Liu, Lei.
Acceso Abierto
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas
10.1101/2020.03.08.20029710
Background: The outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia in China began in December 2019. Studies on novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were less based on pediatric patients. This study aimed to reveal the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in children. Method: This study retrospectively analyzed the clinical symptoms, laboratory results, chest CT, and treatment of children with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19(ie, with samples that were positive for 2019 novel coronavirus[2019-nCoV]) who were admitted to Shenzhen Center of National Infectious Disease Clinical Medical Research from January 16 to February 8, 2020. Result: Nine patients had no obvious clinical symptom. 11 patients developed fever. Other symptoms, including cough(in eleven of seventeen patients), rhinorrhea(in two), diarrhea(in two), vomiting(in two), were also observed. A small minority of patients had lymphocytopenia. Alanine transaminase or transaminase increased in three cases. According to chest CT scan, 11 patients showed unilateral pneumonia, 8 patients had no pulmonary infiltration. No serious complications such as acute respiratory syndrome and acute lung injury occurred in all patients. Conclusion: The clinical characteristics of 2019-nCoV infection in children were different from adult. The overall condition of children were mild and have a good prognosis.
www.medrxiv.org
2020
Artículo
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.08.20029710v1.full.pdf
Inglés
VIRUS RESPIRATORIOS
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