COVID-19 pandemic. What have we learned?

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Since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020, we have learned a lot about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, and its role in pediatric pathology.Children are infected in a rate quite similar to adults, although in most cases they suffer mild or asymptomatic symptoms. Around 1% of those infected require hospitalization, less than 0.02% require intensive care, and mortality is very low and generally in children with comorbidities. The most common clinical diagnoses are upper or lower respiratory infections, gastrointestinal infection and, more seriously, multisystemic inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). Most episodes do not require treatment, except for MIS-C. Remdesivir has been widely used as a compassionate treatment and its role has yet to be defined.The newborn can become infected, although vertical transmission is very low (<1%) and it has been shown that the baby can safely cohabit with its mother and be breastfed. In general, neonatal infections have been mild.Primary care has supported a very important part of the management of the pandemic in pediatrics. There has been numerous collateral damage derived from the difficulty of access to care and the isolation suffered by children. The mental health of the pediatric population has been seriously affected. Although it has been shown that schooling has not led to an increase in infections, but rather the opposite. It is essential to continue maintaining the security measures that make schools a safe place, so necessary not only for children's education, but for their health in general.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:95

Enthalten in:

Anales de pediatria (Barcelona, Spain : 2003) - 95(2021), 5 vom: 10. Nov., Seite 382.e1-382.e8

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Pandemia COVID-19. ¿Qué hemos aprendido en este tiempo?

Beteiligte Personen:

Calvo, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Tagarro, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]
Méndez Echevarría, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Fernández Colomer, Belén [VerfasserIn]
Albañil Ballesteros, María Rosa [VerfasserIn]
Bassat, Quique [VerfasserIn]
Mellado Peña, Maria José [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
English Abstract
Journal Article
Neonates
SARS-CoV-2
Schools

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Date Revised 07.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.anpedi.2021.09.006

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NLM33122187X