Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) was declared to be a pandemic and a public health emergency by the World Health Organization in March of 2020. Researchers and medical professionals worldwide have been working nonstop to better understand the disease process of COVID-19 in order to refine treatment protocols and create effective immunizations. Within the pandemic, children make up a unique patient population as they have shown to have similar but less severe clinical features when compared with infected adults. Most pediatric cases of COVID-19 have been reported as asymptomatic or mild with only 8 per 100,000 in the US requiring hospitalization between March 1-July 25, 2020, approximately 576 patients. The case presented is of a 4-year-old Caucasian female with an atypical presentation of a COVID-19-associated pneumonia, with a review of her presentation to the hospital, treatment plan, and discharge. The current frequency of pediatric cases of COVID-19 with severe disease is low, and thus, not fully understood. This case provides an example of successful diagnosis and in-patient treatment, and broadens the scope of severe disease potential from COVID-19 in the pediatric population.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:asrf-1745 |
| Date | 18 March 2021 |
| Creators | Nicholson, Caitlin, Blankenship, Stephen B, MD, FAAEM |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | Appalachian Student Research Forum |
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