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10.1186/s13052-021-01127-z
Title: | Clinical features of pediatric post-acute COVID-19 : a descriptive retrospective follow-up study |
Authors: | Smane, Liene Roge, Ieva Pucuka, Zanda Pavare, Jana Department of Paediatrics |
Keywords: | Pediatrics;Post-acute COVID-19;SARS-CoV-2;3.2 Clinical medicine;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database;Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health |
Issue Date: | 26-Aug-2021 |
Citation: | Smane , L , Roge , I , Pucuka , Z & Pavare , J 2021 , ' Clinical features of pediatric post-acute COVID-19 : a descriptive retrospective follow-up study ' , Italian Journal of Pediatrics , vol. 47 , no. 1 , 177 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-021-01127-z |
Abstract: | To date, information on COVID-19 long-term post-recovery sequelae in children and adolescents remains scarce. A retrospective descriptive cohort study was performed by collecting data on 92 patients (age ≤ 18 years). All were evaluated during a face-to-face visit following a specially designed post-COVID-19 symptom assessment protocol at the following stage: 1–3 months after COVID-19 onset. Among the 92 children, 45 (49%) were completely free of any COVID-19-related symptoms, while 47 (51%) reported persistence of at least one symptom, in particular tiredness, loss of taste and/or smell and headaches. The most common post-acute COVID-19 clinical features were noted in children aged between 10 and 18 years. A detailed multidisciplinary follow-up of patients with COVID-19 seems relevant, whatever the severity of the symptoms. |
Description: | Funding Information: This study was supported by the National Research Program to Mitigate Consequences of COVID-19 (VPP-COVID-2020/1–0011). Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). |
DOI: | 10.1186/s13052-021-01127-z |
ISSN: | 1720-8424 |
Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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