Clinical presentation of paediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran

OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical characteristics of paediatric patients admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran with COVID-19. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of paediatric patients who were admitted to a COVID-19-dedicated PICU from 16 March 2020 to 21 April 2020 wit...

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Autores principales: Saeed, Amir, Shorafa, Eslam, Sanaeidashti, Anahita, Kadivar, Mohammad Rahim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Intensive Care
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7499680/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34192168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000715
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author Saeed, Amir
Shorafa, Eslam
Sanaeidashti, Anahita
Kadivar, Mohammad Rahim
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description OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical characteristics of paediatric patients admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran with COVID-19. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of paediatric patients who were admitted to a COVID-19-dedicated PICU from 16 March 2020 to 21 April 2020 with COVID-19. RESULTS: Six children had confirmed COVID-19 and four had suspected COVID-19. Six had pre-existing chronic medical conditions. Nine had respiratory failure and needed ventilation. Five children, of whom four had chronic medical conditions, died. Four had cardiac arrhythmias. Clinical presentation included fever and cough. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 can be fatal in paediatric patients, especially in those with a chronic medical condition.
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spelling pubmed-74996802020-09-18 Clinical presentation of paediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran Saeed, Amir Shorafa, Eslam Sanaeidashti, Anahita Kadivar, Mohammad Rahim BMJ Paediatr Open Intensive Care OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical characteristics of paediatric patients admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran with COVID-19. METHODS: A cross-sectional study of paediatric patients who were admitted to a COVID-19-dedicated PICU from 16 March 2020 to 21 April 2020 with COVID-19. RESULTS: Six children had confirmed COVID-19 and four had suspected COVID-19. Six had pre-existing chronic medical conditions. Nine had respiratory failure and needed ventilation. Five children, of whom four had chronic medical conditions, died. Four had cardiac arrhythmias. Clinical presentation included fever and cough. CONCLUSION: COVID-19 can be fatal in paediatric patients, especially in those with a chronic medical condition. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7499680/ /pubmed/34192168 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000715 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to copy, redistribute, remix, transform and build upon this work for any purpose, provided the original work is properly cited, a link to the licence is given, and indication of whether changes were made. See: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Clinical presentation of paediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran
title Clinical presentation of paediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran
title_full Clinical presentation of paediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran
title_fullStr Clinical presentation of paediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran
title_full_unstemmed Clinical presentation of paediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran
title_short Clinical presentation of paediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Iran
title_sort clinical presentation of paediatric patients with covid-19 admitted to a single paediatric intensive care unit (picu) in iran
topic Intensive Care
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7499680/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000715
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