COVID-19 INFECTION IN THE CHILD, IN A SUPPORT HOSPITAL, DURING THE ALERT STATE
COVID-19 INFECTION IN THE CHILD, IN A SUPPORT HOSPITAL, DURING THE ALERT STATE

Summary/Abstract: THE UNPRECEDENTED PERIOD WE ARE GOING THROUGH FORCES US, ALL CLINICIANS, TO OBSERVE THE MANIFESTATIONS OF COVID-19 INFECTION, AT VARIOUS AGES.IN CHILDREN, AS A PECULIARITY, IN 12 MONTHS OF PANDEMIC, THE PREVALENCE OF POSITIVE CASES IN THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS WAS LOW, BELOW 10%. THE SEVERITY OF THE REPORTED CASES WAS LOWER THAN IN ADULTS, AND THE DIGESTIVE MANIFESTATIONS WERE IN THE FOREGROUND, TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE RESPIRATORY ONES, THESE BEING THE 2 LARGE GROUPS OF DISEASES STUDIED COMPARATIVELY CHILD-ADULT.NEUROLOGICAL MANIFESTATIONS WERE ABSENT IN DIAGNOSED AND HOSPITALIZED CASES.

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