Clinical characteristics of 13 cases of Coronavirus infection complicated with severe central nervous system lesions in Shanxi children's hospital

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BACKGROUND: The new coronavirus Omicron variant strain spread rapidly worldwide and is currently the primary mutant strain prevalent in the world.

OBJECTIVE: To explore the clinical features of severe central nervous system lesions in children infected with novel coronavirus Omicron mutant strain, so as to provide a reference for clinical diagnosis and treatment.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The clinical data of 13 children diagnosed with novel coronavirus Omicron variant strain complicated with severe central nervous system infection from December 13, 2022, to January 31, 2023, in the Children's Intensive Care Medicine Department of Shanxi Children's Hospital were retrospectively analyzed.

RESULTS: Among the 13 children, there were 9 males (69%) and 4 females (31%); the ages ranged from 1-year-old 16 days to 13 years old, with a median age of 9 years old, and most of them were school-age children (84.6%). The 13 children were usually healthy, but this time they were all positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid test. The 13 children had obvious signs of the abnormal nervous system when they were admitted to the hospital, among which 12 cases (92.3%) showed convulsions, 11 children had obvious disturbance of consciousness (84.6%) when they were admitted to the hospital, and 5 children had circulatory disorders (38.4%). Among the 13 children, 2 were cured (15.3%), 5 children had serious sequelae (38.4%) when they were discharged from the hospital, and 6 children died of severe illness (46.3%).

CONCLUSION: This study illuminates the clinical characteristics of severe central nervous system complications in children with coronavirus variant infection, highlighting rapid onset, swift progression, relatively poor prognosis, and notable symptoms such as high fever, convulsions, altered consciousness, elevated interleukin-6 levels, increased cerebrospinal fluid lactate levels, and early imaging changes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC pulmonary medicine - 24(2024), 1 vom: 04. Jan., Seite 12

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Du, Chao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chaohai [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Fang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xue [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Central Nervous System Disease
Children
Journal Article
Novel coronavirus Infection
Omicron mutant strain

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Date Completed 08.01.2024

Date Revised 08.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12890-023-02830-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366686569