Open AccessCOVID-19 in Children a Descriptive Study at the Security Forces Hospital (SFH)-AL Riyadh-Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Elsharif A. Bazie,
Abdulkarim Alanazi,
Wejdan Hamed Abdullah Alshammari,
Fahad M. Alharbi,
Faisal A Alghamdi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of pediatric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-2950
DOI - 10.9734/ajpr/2021/v5i230171
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pediatrics , emergency department , middle east respiratory syndrome , respiratory system , presentation (obstetrics) , disease , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychiatry
Coronaviruses (CoV) are RNA respiratory viruses that present with a wide range of symptomatology which range from common cold to severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). In December 2019 a new strain was discovered in China named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), named “COVID-19” by World Health Organization (WHO).
Objective: To study the prevalence and clinical presentation of COVID-19 among children attended pediatrics emergency department.
Result: from 1st March to 30th of June 2020. During the study period, a total of 223 patients with age between 16 days and 12 years were diagnosed as positive COVID-19. Male were 52%. Fever was found in 39.9%, cough in 14.3%, and diarrhea in 3.6%.
Conclusion: our study gives a clue to the clinical presentation of COVID-19 in pediatric populations.