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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021

A Single-Center (Sibiu, Romania), Retrospective Study (March-November 2020) of COVID-19 Clinical and Epidemiological Features in Children.

Maria Totan, Felicia Gabriela Gligor, Lavinia Duică, Nicolae Grigore, Sinziana Silișteanu, Ionela Maniu, Elisabeta Antonescu

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7 authors.

Maria TotanFaculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 2A Lucian Blaga Str., 550169 Sibiu, Romania.
Felicia Gabriela GligorFaculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 2A Lucian Blaga Str., 550169 Sibiu, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3167-9864
Lavinia DuicăFaculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 2A Lucian Blaga Str., 550169 Sibiu, Romania.
Nicolae GrigoreFaculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 2A Lucian Blaga Str., 550169 Sibiu, Romania.
Sinziana SilișteanuDepartment of Health and Human Development, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, 13 University Str., 720229 Suceava, Romania.
Ionela ManiuResearch Team, Pediatric Clinical Hospital Sibiu, 550166 Sibiu, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9284-597X
Elisabeta AntonescuFaculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 2A Lucian Blaga Str., 550169 Sibiu, Romania.

Funding

Universitatea "Lucian Blaga" din Sibiu LBUS-IRG-2019-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to describe and analyze epidemiological and clinical features of children screened for COVID-19 at Sibiu Pediatric Clinical Hospital during the first 9 months (March-November) of coronavirus disease pandemic in Romania. A total of 203 pediatric patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 were included in the study. The median age of the patients was 121 (IQR 18-181) months and 52.22% had mild clinical type with pneumonia, 35.47% were moderate cases, 3.94% severe cases, 0.99% critically ill cases and 7.39% were asymptomatic. The most common symptoms were fever (n = 130, 64.03%), nasal congestion (n = 138, 67.98%), cough (n = 128, 63.05%) followed by sore throat (n = 64, 31.52%), rhinorrhea (n = 63, 31.03%), fatigue (n = 57, 28.07%), headache (n = 47, 23.15%), diarrhea (n = 39, 19.21%), vomiting (n = 32, 15.76%), myalgia (n = 24, 11.82%), abdominal pain (n = 22, 10.83%). A higher proportion of infants with severe or critical disease was encountered with lymphopenia (n = 9, 90%), neutrophilia (n = 5, 50%), leukocytosis (n = 5, 50%) compared with asymptomatic infants (n = 10, 66.67%, n = 1, 6.67%, n = 3, 20%) or mild (n = 53, 50%, n = 19, 17.92%, n = 15, 14.15%) and moderate (n = 37, 51.39%, n = 9, 12.50%, n = 6, 8.33%) cases (

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childrenclinical featurescoronavirusCOVID-19epidemiologypediatricSARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC8396872

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