Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran

Abstract Background Even though children seem to be less vulnerable to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, still a diverse range of clinical presentations and symptoms have been reported in children. Few studies assessed the clinical presentations of COVID-19 among Iranian children. W...

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Autores principales:	Gholamreza Soleimani, Fatemeh Akbarirad, Elham Shafighi Shahri, Seyyed Masoud Sajjadi
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Publicado:	BMC 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 Pediatrics SARS-CoV-2 Clinical presentations Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4b3ffcce832d4cbb96cbf63c328e38762021-11-28T12:37:44ZDemographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran10.1186/s13756-021-01020-82047-2994https://doaj.org/article/4b3ffcce832d4cbb96cbf63c328e38762021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-01020-8https://doaj.org/toc/2047-2994Abstract Background Even though children seem to be less vulnerable to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, still a diverse range of clinical presentations and symptoms have been reported in children. Few studies assessed the clinical presentations of COVID-19 among Iranian children. We aimed to evaluate the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 infected children. Methods All COVID-19 suspected and confirmed children were referred to the Ali-ibn-Abitaleb Hospital, Zahedan, Iran. Patients were included in this longitudinal study. Patients were evaluated at admission and during hospitalization. Patients with some of the main COVID symptoms with positive PCR test were defined as confirmed cases. Clinical, imaging and laboratory results were collected for all patients. Results A total of 62 patients participated in this study. The male:female ratio was 1:1.03. There was a significant difference in fatigue prevalence between age groups (P = 0.002). There was no significant difference between groups in terms of fever duration (P = 0.624) and maximum temperature (P = 0.629). There was a significant difference between PCR positive and negative patients in terms of neurologic signs (P = 0.003), Intensive care unit admission (P = 0.001), white blood cell (P = 0.047). Conclusions Even though our population was small, most of the findings matched other studies conducted on pediatric cases in Iran or other countries. It was also found that some clinical features such as pneumonia, cough, diarrhea, and tachycardia at admission time were statistically different among age groups.Gholamreza SoleimaniFatemeh AkbariradElham Shafighi ShahriSeyyed Masoud SajjadiBMCarticleCOVID-19PediatricsSARS-CoV-2Clinical presentationsInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216ENAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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spellingShingle	COVID-19 Pediatrics SARS-CoV-2 Clinical presentations Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Gholamreza Soleimani Fatemeh Akbarirad Elham Shafighi Shahri Seyyed Masoud Sajjadi Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran
description	Abstract Background Even though children seem to be less vulnerable to the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, still a diverse range of clinical presentations and symptoms have been reported in children. Few studies assessed the clinical presentations of COVID-19 among Iranian children. We aimed to evaluate the clinical and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 infected children. Methods All COVID-19 suspected and confirmed children were referred to the Ali-ibn-Abitaleb Hospital, Zahedan, Iran. Patients were included in this longitudinal study. Patients were evaluated at admission and during hospitalization. Patients with some of the main COVID symptoms with positive PCR test were defined as confirmed cases. Clinical, imaging and laboratory results were collected for all patients. Results A total of 62 patients participated in this study. The male:female ratio was 1:1.03. There was a significant difference in fatigue prevalence between age groups (P = 0.002). There was no significant difference between groups in terms of fever duration (P = 0.624) and maximum temperature (P = 0.629). There was a significant difference between PCR positive and negative patients in terms of neurologic signs (P = 0.003), Intensive care unit admission (P = 0.001), white blood cell (P = 0.047). Conclusions Even though our population was small, most of the findings matched other studies conducted on pediatric cases in Iran or other countries. It was also found that some clinical features such as pneumonia, cough, diarrhea, and tachycardia at admission time were statistically different among age groups.
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author	Gholamreza Soleimani Fatemeh Akbarirad Elham Shafighi Shahri Seyyed Masoud Sajjadi
author_facet	Gholamreza Soleimani Fatemeh Akbarirad Elham Shafighi Shahri Seyyed Masoud Sajjadi
author_sort	Gholamreza Soleimani
title	Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran
title_short	Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran
title_full	Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran
title_fullStr	Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran
title_full_unstemmed	Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran
title_sort	demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of covid-19 pediatric cases in southeast iran
publisher	BMC
publishDate	2021
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Demographic, clinical, and paraclinical characteristics of COVID-19 pediatric cases in southeast Iran

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