Persistent clinical features in paediatric patients after SARS-CoV-2 virological recovery: a retrospective population-based cohort study from a single centre in Latvia

Liene Smane; Inese Stars; Zanda Pucuka; Ieva Roge; Jana Pavare

doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000905

BMJ Paediatrics Open (Sep 2020)

Persistent clinical features in paediatric patients after SARS-CoV-2 virological recovery: a retrospective population-based cohort study from a single centre in Latvia

Liene Smane,
Inese Stars,
Zanda Pucuka,
Ieva Roge,
Jana Pavare

Affiliations

Liene Smane: Department of Paediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
Inese Stars: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
Zanda Pucuka: Department of Paediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
Ieva Roge: Department of Paediatrics, Children’s Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
Jana Pavare: Department of Paediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000905
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1

Abstract

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The COVID-19 related state of emergency in Latvia was declared on 12 March 2020. Consequently, Children’s Clinical University Hospital in Riga, Latvia, established a postacute outpatient service for individuals after recovery from COVID-19. Although information regarding the epidemiology and clinical features of COVID-19 in children has accumulated, relevant reports about persistent symptoms after recovery are lacking. We aimed to determine data on COVID-19 persistent symptoms after recovery in children in Latvia. Persistent symptoms have been reported in 9 out of 30 children.

Published in BMJ Paediatrics Open

ISSN: 2399-9772 (Online)
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com

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