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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Update on COVID-19 Therapy in Pediatric Age.

Susanna Esposito, Giovanni Autore, Alberto Argentiero, Greta Ramundo, Serafina Perrone, Nicola Principi

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Antivirals in COVID-19: A Focus on Pediatric Cardiac Patients.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2025
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Susanna EspositoPediatric Clinic, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy.
Giovanni AutorePediatric Clinic, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5895-8313
Alberto ArgentieroPediatric Clinic, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6597-5461
Greta RamundoPediatric Clinic, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy.
Serafina PerroneNeonatoloy Unit, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43126 Parma, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5478-5657
Nicola PrincipiUniversità degli Studi di Milano, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3468-5568
University of Parma · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the extension of the COVID-19 pandemic, the large use of COVID-19 vaccines among adults and the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants means that the epidemiology of COVID-19 in pediatrics, particularly among younger children, has substantially changed. The prevalence of pediatric COVID-19 significantly increased, several severe cases among children were reported, and long-COVID in pediatric age was frequently observed. The main aim of this paper is to discuss which types of treatment are presently available for pediatric patients with COVID-19, which of them are authorized for the first years of life, and which are the most important limitations of COVID-19 therapy in pediatric age. Four different antivirals, remdesivir (RVD), the combination nirmatrelvir plus ritonavir (Paxlovid), molnupiravir (MPV), and the monoclonal antibody bebtelovimab (BEB), are presently approved or authorized for emergency use for COVID-19 treatment by most of the national health authorities, although with limitations according to the clinical relevance of disease and patient's characteristics. Analyses in the literature show that MPV cannot be used in pediatric age for the risk of adverse events regarding bone growth. The other antivirals can be used, at least in older children, and RDV can be used in all children except in neonates. However, careful research on pharmacokinetic and clinical data specifically collected in neonates and children are urgently needed for the appropriate management of pediatric COVID-19.

Indexed as

antiviral therapybebtelovimabCOVID-19molnupiravirnirmatrelvir/ritonavirremdesivir

Identifiers

PMID36558963
PMCPMC9783267
OpenAlexW4311522225

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Registered trials

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