COVID-19 in Children a Descriptive Study at the Security Forces Hospital (SFH)-AL Riyadh-Saudi Arabia

Bazie, Elsharif A. and Alanazi, Abdulkarim and Alshammari, Wejdan Hamed Abdullah and Alharbi, Fahad Mishal and Alghamdi, Faisal Ahmed (2021) COVID-19 in Children a Descriptive Study at the Security Forces Hospital (SFH)-AL Riyadh-Saudi Arabia. Asian Journal of Pediatric Research, 5 (2). pp. 21-27. ISSN 2582-2950

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Abstract

Coronaviruses (CoV) are RNA respiratory viruses that present with a wide range of symptomatology which range from common cold to severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). In December 2019 a new strain was discovered in China named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), named “COVID-19” by World Health Organization (WHO).

Objective: To study the prevalence and clinical presentation of COVID-19 among children attended pediatrics emergency department.

Result: from 1st March to 30th of June 2020. During the study period, a total of 223 patients with age between 16 days and 12 years were diagnosed as positive COVID-19. Male were 52%. Fever was found in 39.9%, cough in 14.3%, and diarrhea in 3.6%.

Conclusion: our study gives a clue to the clinical presentation of COVID-19 in pediatric populations.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Research Asian Plos > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2023 09:31
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2024 04:22
URI: http://abstract.stmdigitallibrary.com/id/eprint/73

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