COVID-19 is rarely reported in children and they are mildly affected in most cases. The most common clinical presentation of COVID-19 is cough, fever and sore throat; severe cases show tachypnea. The course of the disease is from one to two weeks. Laboratory findings are nonspecific; lymphopenia, elevation of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin have been described. Early chest X-ray is usually normal, and the most common tomographic findings are consolidations with halo, ground-glass opacities and tiny nodules which mainly affects subpleural areas. Management of the disease is supportive; in severe cases, it should be focused on respiratory support. It is recommended to limit the handling of respiratory secretions and to follow the same preventive measures provided to adults. / Revisión por pares
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:PERUUPC/oai:repositorioacademico.upc.edu.pe:10757/655893 |
Date | 01 January 2020 |
Creators | Llaque Quiroz, Patricia Beatriz |
Publisher | Instituto Nacional de Salud |
Source Sets | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) |
Language | Spanish |
Detected Language | English |
Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Format | application/pdf |
Source | Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Repositorio Academico - UPC, Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica, 37, 2, 335, 340 |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
Relation | https://rpmesp.ins.gob.pe/index.php/rpmesp/article/view/5439/3555 |
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