Clinical outcomes of pediatric COVID-19 in a tertiary care center in Bangkok, Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of pediatric COVID-19 in Thailand, where favipiravir is the mainstay of antiviral treatment.

Methods

We conducted a hospital based observational cohort study of COVID-19 among children. The study included children (age <15 years) with confirmed positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for SARS-CoV-2 from nasopharyngeal swab.

Results

From April to July 2021, 416 cases with a median age of 7.1 (interquartile range 2.7-11.6) years were included in the study. The spectrum of disease included 82 (20%) asymptomatic, 232 (56%) mild and 102 (24%) with pneumonia. Abnormal chest x-ray findings included ground-glass opacities (46%), focal infiltrations (27%), perihilar opacities (19%), reticular infi

SUBMITTER: Anugulruengkitt S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8600753 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature