Clinical characteristics of a case series of children with coronavirus disease 2019. Issue 6 (8th April 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhu, Li; Wang, Jian; Huang, Rui; Liu, Longgen; Zhao, Haiyan; Wu, Chao; Zhu, Chuanwu
• Is Part Of: Pediatric pulmonology. Volume 55:Issue 6(2020)
• Page Start: 1430
• Page End: 1432
• Publication Date: 2020-04-08
• Subjects: children -- coronavirus disease 2019 -- prognosis; Pediatric respiratory diseases -- Periodicals; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; 618.922
• DOI: 10.1002/ppul.24767
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 8755-6863

Abstract

Abstract: We reported the clinical characteristics of a case series of 10 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) aged from 1 year to 18 years. Seven patients had contact with confirmed COVID‐19 family members before onset. Fever (4 [40.0%]) and cough (3 [30.0%]) were the most common symptoms. No patient showed leucopenia and lymphopenia on admission. Pneumonia was observed in chest CT images in 5 (50.0%) patients. Five (50.0%) patients received antiviral treatment. No patient had severe complications or developed a severe illness in our study. Our study indicated that COVID‐19 children present less severe symptoms and have better outcomes.