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Editor, Senior Moderator
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[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Bly RA[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Bonilla-Velez J[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Dahl JP[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Evans SS[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Horn DL[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Johnson KE[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Manning SC[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Ou HC[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Pattisapu P[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Perkins JA[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Sie KCY[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP].
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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
Pediatric Otolaryngology Divisional and Institutional Preparatory Response at Seattle Children's Hospital after COVID-19 Regional Exposure.
Parikh SR[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Bly RA[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Bonilla-Velez J[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Dahl JP[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Evans SS[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Horn DL[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Johnson KE[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Manning SC[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Ou HC[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Pattisapu P[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Perkins JA[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP], Sie KCY[SUP]1,[/SUP][SUP]2[/SUP].
Author information
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