Challenges in a child with asthma and COVID-19

Today clinicians may diagnose hundreds of people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We report the case of a child with asthma who sought care for COVID-19 symptoms whose condition did not improve despite appropriate treatment for asthma, pneumonia and COVID-19. Further examination revealed a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kamali Aghdam, M., Sadeghzadeh, M., Sadeghzadeh, S., Namakin, K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
First Clinical Case in Emerging Country
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7411421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32834903
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2020.100740
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Sumario:Today clinicians may diagnose hundreds of people with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We report the case of a child with asthma who sought care for COVID-19 symptoms whose condition did not improve despite appropriate treatment for asthma, pneumonia and COVID-19. Further examination revealed a surprising underlying disease. It is important to consider that in pandemics such as COVID-19, because all attention is paid to the disease, underlying hidden causes may be neglected.

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