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Mojtahedi S Y, Ghasempour Alamdari M, Afshin A, Jafari M, Motiei Langroudi S M, Khayatzadeh Kakhki S, et al . Clinical Manifestations, Laboratory and Imaging of COVID-19 in Children. J Vessel Circ 2023; 4 (2) :83-88
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Seyed Yousef Mojtahedi1 
, Masoumeh Ghasempour Alamdari2 , Azadeh Afshin3 , Mohsen Jafari3 , Seyed Mehrdad Motiei Langroudi * 4, Simin Khayatzadeh Kakhki3 , Rosa Aminlari5 , Kambiz Eftekhary6 , Mahbod Kaveh5 , Zahra Shalbafi4 , Sima Habibi7 , Dina Eghbal Gharehtapeh7
, Masoumeh Ghasempour Alamdari2 , Azadeh Afshin3 , Mohsen Jafari3 , Seyed Mehrdad Motiei Langroudi * 4, Simin Khayatzadeh Kakhki3 , Rosa Aminlari5 , Kambiz Eftekhary6 , Mahbod Kaveh5 , Zahra Shalbafi4 , Sima Habibi7 , Dina Eghbal Gharehtapeh7
1- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Chronic Kidney Disease Research Center, School of Medicine, Bahrami Children’s Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Bahrami Children’s Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, School of Medicine, Bahrami Children’s Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Bahrami Children’s Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
5- Department of Neonatology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
6- Department of Pediatric, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Bahrami Children’s Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
7- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Bahrami Children’s Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, School of Medicine, Bahrami Children’s Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
4- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Bahrami Children’s Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
5- Department of Neonatology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.
6- Department of Pediatric, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Bahrami Children’s Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
7- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: (585 Views)
Background and Aim: COVID-19 caused chaos in healthcare globally, particularly among children. While they make up a smaller percentage of patients, it is essential to identify potential prognostic factors for disease severity considering their clinical status, age, and comorbidities. This study aims to investigate the clinical, laboratory, imaging, and prognosis of COVID-19 in children.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, the clinical records of the patients were used to complete the information from the inpatient and outpatient records. Finally, the course of the disease was done by following up the patients on an outpatient basis, and the patients who suffered from the complications of COVID-19 or died were investigated. Finally, laboratory/radiology symptoms of patients were compared between three groups (definite, suspected, and probable).
Results: A total of 65 patients were girls (38%) and 106 patients (62%) were boys. And no statistically significant difference was found between the age and sex of the patients (P=0.42). No statistical significance difference was found between lung involvement, respiratory distress, patients’ fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, leukopenia and lymphopenia, high C-reactive protein (CRP) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), skin involvement, underlying disease, elevated liver enzymes in three groups of probable, suspected, and definite patients (positive test result) (P>0.05).
Conclusion: The result showed that the symptoms of COVID-19 in the first stage are uncommon in children and these symptoms are non-specific, also a lower percentage of tests are reported positive in children and as a result, no significant statistical difference was observed between clinical and paraclinical findings with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results of patients in our study.
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, the clinical records of the patients were used to complete the information from the inpatient and outpatient records. Finally, the course of the disease was done by following up the patients on an outpatient basis, and the patients who suffered from the complications of COVID-19 or died were investigated. Finally, laboratory/radiology symptoms of patients were compared between three groups (definite, suspected, and probable).
Results: A total of 65 patients were girls (38%) and 106 patients (62%) were boys. And no statistically significant difference was found between the age and sex of the patients (P=0.42). No statistical significance difference was found between lung involvement, respiratory distress, patients’ fever, gastrointestinal symptoms, leukopenia and lymphopenia, high C-reactive protein (CRP) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), skin involvement, underlying disease, elevated liver enzymes in three groups of probable, suspected, and definite patients (positive test result) (P>0.05).
Conclusion: The result showed that the symptoms of COVID-19 in the first stage are uncommon in children and these symptoms are non-specific, also a lower percentage of tests are reported positive in children and as a result, no significant statistical difference was observed between clinical and paraclinical findings with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results of patients in our study.
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
hematology
Received: 2023/10/25 | Accepted: 2023/11/27 | Published: 2023/12/1
Received: 2023/10/25 | Accepted: 2023/11/27 | Published: 2023/12/1
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