Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Pediatric Otolaryngology Divisional and Institutional Preparatory Response at Seattle Children's Hospital after COVID-19 Regional Exposure

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Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Apr 14:194599820919748. doi: 10.1177/0194599820919748. [Epub ahead of print]
Pediatric Otolaryngology Divisional and Institutional Preparatory Response at Seattle Children's Hospital after COVID-19 Regional Exposure.


Parikh SR^1,2, Bly RA^1,2, Bonilla-Velez J^1,2, Dahl JP^1,2, Evans SS^1,2, Horn DL^1,2, Johnson KE^1,2, Manning SC^1,2, Ou HC^1,2, Pattisapu P^1,2, Perkins JA^1,2, Sie KCY^1,2.

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel coronavirus resulting in high mortality in the adult population but low mortality in the pediatric population. The role children and adolescents play in COVID-19 transmission is unclear, and it is possible that healthy pediatric patients serve as a reservoir for the virus. This article serves as a summary of a single pediatric institution's response to COVID-19 with the goal of protecting both patients and health care providers while providing ongoing care to critically ill patients who require urgent interventions. A significant limitation of this commentary is that it reflects a single institution's joint effort at a moment in time but does not take into consideration future circumstances that could change practice patterns. We still hope dissemination of our overall response at this moment, approximately 8 weeks after our region's first adult case, may benefit other pediatric institutions preparing for COVID-19.



KEYWORDS:

COVID-19; endoscopy; pediatric otolaryngology; preparatory response


PMID:32286910DOI:10.1177/0194599820919748