COVID-19 infection in infant with severe CHD

We describe the case of a 2-month-old born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who presented with fever and vomiting and was found to be infected with the novel corona virus (COVID-19). He underwent treatment with supplemental oxygen, heparin, and dexamethasone. After a 6-day hospitalisation, he re...

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Autores principales: Pexton, Natalie, Svenson, Amy, Bhat, Deepti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2021
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8027551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33731238
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1047951121001384
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description We describe the case of a 2-month-old born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who presented with fever and vomiting and was found to be infected with the novel corona virus (COVID-19). He underwent treatment with supplemental oxygen, heparin, and dexamethasone. After a 6-day hospitalisation, he recovered remarkably well without major adverse effects.
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spelling pubmed-80275512021-04-08 COVID-19 infection in infant with severe CHD Pexton, Natalie Svenson, Amy Bhat, Deepti Cardiol Young Brief Report We describe the case of a 2-month-old born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome who presented with fever and vomiting and was found to be infected with the novel corona virus (COVID-19). He underwent treatment with supplemental oxygen, heparin, and dexamethasone. After a 6-day hospitalisation, he recovered remarkably well without major adverse effects. Cambridge University Press 2021-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8027551/ /pubmed/33731238 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1047951121001384 Text en © Cambridge University Press 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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