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ReviewInternational journal of clinical practice2021

Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children: A narrative review.

Foster Kofi Ayittey, Nyasha Bennita Chiwero, Bablu Kumar Dhar, Ebenezer Larteh Tettey, Agus Saptoro

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Review in International journal of clinical practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Foster Kofi AyitteyDepartment of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Curtin Malaysia Research Institute, Curtin University Malaysia, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3129-2053
Nyasha Bennita ChiweroDepartment of Tourism, Hospitality and Marketing, Curtin University Malaysia, Miri, Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2341-3548
Bablu Kumar DharDepartment of International Trade and Economics, Yantai University, Yantai, Shandong, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8768-8634
Ebenezer Larteh TetteyResearch Scientist, Pathology Division Laboratory, 37 Military Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Agus SaptoroDepartment of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Curtin Malaysia Research Institute, Curtin University Malaysia, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1734-4788
Curtin University Sarawak · MY37 Military Hospital · GHYantai University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has infected millions of people around the world, with most cases recorded among adults. The cases reported among children have been acknowledged to be minimal in comparison to adults. Nevertheless, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been reported to affect children of all ages, including newborns. The symptoms among children have also been identified to be similar to those observed among adults, although paediatric patients have been noted to display a spectrum of clinical features ranging from asymptomatic to moderate symptoms. Despite ample publications on the ongoing pandemic, the literature is only replete with guidelines on treating SARS-CoV-2 infection among older people. In this narrative review, comprehensive updates on the infection in children have been discussed. The latest information on the spread of the disease among children around the world, the clinical features observed among the paediatric population, as well as recommended pharmaceutical treatments of COVID-19 among this special group of patients have been covered. Further, expert consensus statements regarding the management of this highly contagious disease among pregnant women and neonates have been discussed. It is believed that this comprehensive review will provide updated information on the epidemiology and clinical features of the ongoing pandemic among paediatric patients. Additionally, the guidelines for handling SARS-CoV-2 among pregnant women and children, as reviewed in this article, are anticipated to be useful to frontline clinicians battling this fatal disease around the globe.

Indexed as

COVID-19AdultAgedChildFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornPandemicsPregnancySARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34806816
PMCPMC9011565
OpenAlexW3215911639

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