COVID-19 in Children a Descriptive Study at the Security Forces Hospital (SFH)-AL Riyadh-Saudi Arabia
Elsharif A. Bazie, Abdulkarim Alanazi, Wejdan Hamed Abdullah Alshammari, Fahad Mishal Alharbi, Faisal Ahmed Alghamdi
Asian Journal of Pediatric Research · pp. 21–27 · Published 8 Mar 2021
10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i230171Abstract
Coronaviruses (CoV) are RNA respiratory viruses that present with a wide range of symptomatology which range from common cold to severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). In December 2019 a new strain was discovered in China named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), named “COVID-19” by World Health Organization (WHO). Objective: To study the prevalence and clinical presentation of COVID-19 among children attended pediatrics emergency department. Result: from 1st March to 30th of June 2020. During the study period, a total of 223 patients with age between 16 days and 12 years were diagnosed as positive COVID-19. Male were 52%. Fever was found in 39.9%, cough in 14.3%, and diarrhea in 3.6%. Conclusion: our study gives a clue to the clinical presentation of COVID-19 in pediatric populations.
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