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Editor, Senior Moderator
Int J Pediatr
. 2021 Jul 27;2021:9918056.
doi: 10.1155/2021/9918056. eCollection 2021.
Coronavirus Disease in Children: A Single-Center Study from Western Saudi Arabia
Rafat M Mosalli[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Sumayyah Ahmed Nezar Kobeisy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Nawaf M Al-Dajani[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP], May Abu Ateeg[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mostafa A Ahmed[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Wael M Meer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hussain Y Al-Saeedi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Saleh A Al-Harbi[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Introduction: Local data in Saudi Arabia regarding pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection is limited. This study is aimed at adding insight regarding the effect of the novel coronavirus on pediatric patients by studying the presentation, laboratory parameters, and disposition of SARS-CoV-2-infected pediatric patients in one center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methodology. A retrospective study was conducted at the International Medical Center (IMC) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to assess features of pediatric patients admitted with COVID-19 from April 2020 to September 2020.
Results: A total of 43 patients were found to meet the study inclusion criteria. The most common presenting symptom was fever (53.5%) in study participants followed by complaints of cough, runny nose, and shortness of breath (37.2%). Lymphocytopenia was evident among 60% of those studied. Elevated C-Reactive Protein was remarkable in 24.9%. More than half of those (53.5%) studied required only supportive treatment.
Conclusion: COVID-19 disease for the most part is mild in children with a varying clinical picture and nonspecific laboratory parameters. Further, large-scale national-based studies are needed to help in the early identification of pediatric cases at risk of complication due to COVID-19 infection hence providing proper and timely management, identifying population-specific disease pattern and perhaps targeted immunization.
. 2021 Jul 27;2021:9918056.
doi: 10.1155/2021/9918056. eCollection 2021.
Coronavirus Disease in Children: A Single-Center Study from Western Saudi Arabia
Rafat M Mosalli[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Sumayyah Ahmed Nezar Kobeisy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Nawaf M Al-Dajani[SUP] 2 4 [/SUP], May Abu Ateeg[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mostafa A Ahmed[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Wael M Meer[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hussain Y Al-Saeedi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Saleh A Al-Harbi[SUP] 1 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34394360
- PMCID: PMC8360710
- DOI: 10.1155/2021/9918056
Abstract
Introduction: Local data in Saudi Arabia regarding pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection is limited. This study is aimed at adding insight regarding the effect of the novel coronavirus on pediatric patients by studying the presentation, laboratory parameters, and disposition of SARS-CoV-2-infected pediatric patients in one center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Methodology. A retrospective study was conducted at the International Medical Center (IMC) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to assess features of pediatric patients admitted with COVID-19 from April 2020 to September 2020.
Results: A total of 43 patients were found to meet the study inclusion criteria. The most common presenting symptom was fever (53.5%) in study participants followed by complaints of cough, runny nose, and shortness of breath (37.2%). Lymphocytopenia was evident among 60% of those studied. Elevated C-Reactive Protein was remarkable in 24.9%. More than half of those (53.5%) studied required only supportive treatment.
Conclusion: COVID-19 disease for the most part is mild in children with a varying clinical picture and nonspecific laboratory parameters. Further, large-scale national-based studies are needed to help in the early identification of pediatric cases at risk of complication due to COVID-19 infection hence providing proper and timely management, identifying population-specific disease pattern and perhaps targeted immunization.