Rossijskij Vestnik Perinatologii i Pediatrii (Dec 2021)

Clinical manifestations of new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in children admitted to hospital

  • D. I. Sadykova,
  • S. V. Khaliullina,
  • V. A. Anokhin,
  • A. I. Ziatdinov,
  • S. A. Senek,
  • N. V. Samoylova,
  • T. P. Makarova,
  • Yu. S. Melnikova,
  • L. R. Khusnutdinova

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21508/1027-4065-2021-66-5-88-96
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 5
pp. 88 – 96

Abstract

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Objective. To describe clinical and laboratory features of COVID-19 in children admitted to the hospital.Children characteristics and research methods. The authors carried out a retrospective observational study, which included 204 children admitted to the Kazan hospital with a diagnosis of “new coronavirus infection” in the period from May 1 to October 30, 2020.Results. It was revealed that all hospitalized children had RNA of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (100%) in a smear from the nasopharynx and oropharynx detected by PCR and only 50% of patients were diagnosed with lung tissue lesions by computed tomography. The clinical picture of COVID-19 in children most often corresponds to the classic manifestations of a respiratory viral infection. Risk factors for the development of severe forms, described in adults, were recorded only in isolated cases in our study.Conclusion. The clinical picture of COVID-19 in children most often corresponds to the classic manifestations of a respiratory viral infection. Risk factors for the development of severe forms, described in adults, were recorded in isolated cases in our study.

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