Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Journal (PACCJ) (Jan 2020)

Severe multi-organ trauma complicated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in Polish child trauma signs obscuring coronaviral infection

  • Katarzyna Połatyńska,
  • Łukasz Kępczyński,
  • Marta Jankowska,
  • Magdalena Pokorska,
  • Piotr Grzelak,
  • Łukasz Przysło

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14587/paccj.2020.20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. 129 – 132

Abstract

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This report presents first case of severe multi-organ trauma, complicated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The child suffered from trauma resulting from falling out of the window. Imaging revealed head trauma, areas of lung contusion and abdominal organ trauma. Co-existence of multi-organ trauma, affecting chest and lungs, obscured the characteristic for COVID-19 pneumonia appe arance.

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