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Research Articles Issue 1 · 2021 · pp. 105–109 · Issue page

COVID-19 INFECTION IN THE CHILD, IN A SUPPORT HOSPITAL, DURING THE ALERT STATE

RA
Ramona NEDELCUŢĂ1
GI
Gigi CĂLIN2
MI
Mihai Cristian NEDELCUŢĂ3
AN
Anca Roxana BĂLEANU4
BO
Bogdan-Petre STĂNOIU5
1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
2 Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
3 Emergency Hospital, Craiova
4 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, 169 Independentei Street, 050098, Bucharest, Romania
5 Discipline of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Romania
DOI https://doi.org/10.38173/RST.2021.21.1.10:105-109
Received 14 January 2021
Revised 27 February 2021
Accepted 12 March 2021
Available Online 15 March 2021
Abstract
THE UNPRECEDENTED PERIOD WE AR E GOING THROUGH FORCES US, ALL CLINICIANS, TO OBSERVE THE MANIFESTATIONS OF COVID-19 INFECTION, AT VARIOUS AGES. IN CHILDREN, AS A PECULIARITY, IN 12 MONTHS OF PANDEMIC, THE PREVALENCE OF POSITIVE CASES IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF H OSPITALIZATIONS WAS LOW, BELO W 10%. T HE SEVERITY OF THE REPORTED CASES WAS LOWER THAN IN ADULTS, AND THE DIGESTIVE MANIFESTATIONS WERE IN THE FOREGROUND, TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE RESPIRATORY ONES, THESE BEING THE 2 LARGE GROUPS OF DISEASES STUDIED COMPARATIVELY CHILD-ADULT. NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS WERE ABSENT IN DIAGNOSED AND HOSPITALIZED CASES.
Keywords
CHILD COVID-19 INFECTION.
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