Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cienfuegos, 2020-2021
<p><strong>Background:</strong> the significant increase in the numbers of COVID-19 patients in Cuba and the increasing incidence rate in the pediatric age represent an emerging health problem.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the clinical and epidemio...
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| author | Mercedes Fonseca Hernández Dunia María Chávez Amaro Vivian Isabel Chávez Pérez Julio Héctor Jova Dueñas Tamara L. Jiménez Sáez Ifrain Machín Caride |
| author_facet | Mercedes Fonseca Hernández Dunia María Chávez Amaro Vivian Isabel Chávez Pérez Julio Héctor Jova Dueñas Tamara L. Jiménez Sáez Ifrain Machín Caride |
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| description | <p><strong>Background:</strong> the significant increase in the numbers of COVID-19 patients in Cuba and the increasing incidence rate in the pediatric age represent an emerging health problem.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children confirmed with COVID-19 in Cienfuegos, during the first year of the pandemic.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, ambispective study. The study universe consisted of 104 pediatric patients diagnosed with the disease. The time horizon was from March 2020 to March 2021. The analyzed variables were: age, sex, origin, personal pathological history, initial symptoms, nutritional status, source of infection, laboratory results, persistence of positive RT-PCR, associated clinical manifestations to treatment and evolution. An individual medical history was taken during hospitalization. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the most frequent age was adolescence, discrete male predominance. More than 50% of the cases were asymptomatic. The most frequent initial symptoms were fever and runny nose. The 94% of those confirmed were autochthonous. The complementary tests showed enzymatic alterations associated with the viral infection. The 100% of the children had a favorable evolution.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> COVID-19 continues as a health problem worldwide. Children are a vulnerable group that needs continuous monitoring. The signs and symptoms can be similar to other viral respiratory infections, which require maintaining a high index of suspicion for COVID-19 in children.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-124bd69a9c9c438483426d3db37db3642025-01-30T21:28:58ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2022-03-012021901982101Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cienfuegos, 2020-2021Mercedes Fonseca Hernández0Dunia María Chávez Amaro1Vivian Isabel Chávez Pérez2Julio Héctor Jova Dueñas3Tamara L. Jiménez Sáez4Ifrain Machín Caride5Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cuba.Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. Cienfuegos.Hospital General Universitario Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima. Cienfuegos.Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiología de Cienfuegos. Cuba.Hospital Pediátrico Universitario Paquito González Cueto. Cienfuegos. Cuba.<p><strong>Background:</strong> the significant increase in the numbers of COVID-19 patients in Cuba and the increasing incidence rate in the pediatric age represent an emerging health problem.<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children confirmed with COVID-19 in Cienfuegos, during the first year of the pandemic.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, ambispective study. The study universe consisted of 104 pediatric patients diagnosed with the disease. The time horizon was from March 2020 to March 2021. The analyzed variables were: age, sex, origin, personal pathological history, initial symptoms, nutritional status, source of infection, laboratory results, persistence of positive RT-PCR, associated clinical manifestations to treatment and evolution. An individual medical history was taken during hospitalization. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the most frequent age was adolescence, discrete male predominance. More than 50% of the cases were asymptomatic. The most frequent initial symptoms were fever and runny nose. The 94% of those confirmed were autochthonous. The complementary tests showed enzymatic alterations associated with the viral infection. The 100% of the children had a favorable evolution.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> COVID-19 continues as a health problem worldwide. Children are a vulnerable group that needs continuous monitoring. The signs and symptoms can be similar to other viral respiratory infections, which require maintaining a high index of suspicion for COVID-19 in children.</p>http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5190infecciones por coronaviruscovid-19niños |
| spellingShingle | Mercedes Fonseca Hernández Dunia María Chávez Amaro Vivian Isabel Chávez Pérez Julio Héctor Jova Dueñas Tamara L. Jiménez Sáez Ifrain Machín Caride Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cienfuegos, 2020-2021 Medisur infecciones por coronavirus covid-19 niños |
| title | Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cienfuegos, 2020-2021 |
| title_full | Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cienfuegos, 2020-2021 |
| title_fullStr | Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cienfuegos, 2020-2021 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cienfuegos, 2020-2021 |
| title_short | Clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Cienfuegos, 2020-2021 |
| title_sort | clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with sars cov 2 infection cienfuegos 2020 2021 |
| topic | infecciones por coronavirus covid-19 niños |
| url | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/5190 |
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