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Editor, Senior Moderator
Acta Paediatr
. 2020 Jul 8.
doi: 10.1111/apa.15465. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 in Italian Pediatric Patients: The Experience of a Tertiary Children's Hospital
Lorenza Romani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sara Chiurchi?[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Veronica Santilli[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Stefania Bernardi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mary Haywood Lombardi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Alessia Scarselli[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Alberto Villani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marta Luisa Ciofi Degli Atti[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Andrea Campana[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Patrizia D'Argenio[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 has spread worldwide since its onset in Wuhan in December 2019. In Italy COVID-19 rapidly increased in February 2020 and by 12 May 2020, 2.0 % of the confirmed cases were under 18 years and 3.7% of those had been hospitalized. This case series report reviews the demographic characteristics, clinical course, laboratory findings, radiologic features and treatment of children admitted with COVID-19 to a tertiary care hospital in Italy.
Keywords: COVID-19; Pediatrics; SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia; Sars - CoV - 2 infection.
. 2020 Jul 8.
doi: 10.1111/apa.15465. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 in Italian Pediatric Patients: The Experience of a Tertiary Children's Hospital
Lorenza Romani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sara Chiurchi?[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Veronica Santilli[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Stefania Bernardi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mary Haywood Lombardi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Alessia Scarselli[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Alberto Villani[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Marta Luisa Ciofi Degli Atti[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Andrea Campana[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Patrizia D'Argenio[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32640088
- DOI: 10.1111/apa.15465
Abstract
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 has spread worldwide since its onset in Wuhan in December 2019. In Italy COVID-19 rapidly increased in February 2020 and by 12 May 2020, 2.0 % of the confirmed cases were under 18 years and 3.7% of those had been hospitalized. This case series report reviews the demographic characteristics, clinical course, laboratory findings, radiologic features and treatment of children admitted with COVID-19 to a tertiary care hospital in Italy.
Keywords: COVID-19; Pediatrics; SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia; Sars - CoV - 2 infection.