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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Cognition and Mental Health in Pediatric Patients Following COVID-19.

Hadar Avittan, Dmitrijs Kustovs

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Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association between COVID-19 diagnosis and severe mental health symptoms in adolescents in southern Brazil.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hadar AvittanFaculty of Medicine, Riga Stradiņš University, Dzirciema Street 16, LV 1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0009-0002-3283-1258
Dmitrijs KustovsDepartment of pharmacology, Riga Stradins University, Dzirciema Street 16, LV 1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0001-8788-0204
Riga Stradiņš University · LV

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global coronavirus pandemic has significantly impacted public health and has been a research subject since its emergence in 2019. The acute phase of the disease leads to pulmonary and non-pulmonary manifestations, which in some individuals may progress to long-lasting symptoms. In this article, we conducted a narrative review of the current literature to summarize current knowledge regarding long COVID syndrome in children, focusing on cognitive symptoms. The review included a search of three databases (PubMed, Embase, and Web of Science) using the key phrases "post COVID-19 cognitive pediatric", "long COVID pediatric", "mental health long COVID children", and "COVID-19 cognitive symptoms". A total of 102 studies were included. The review revealed that the main long-term cognitive symptoms following COVID-19 were memory and concentration deficits, sleep disturbances, and psychiatric states such as anxiety and stress. In addition to the direct physiological effects of a viral infection, there are psychological, behavioral, and social factors contributing to cognitive impairment, which should be addressed regarding the pediatric population. The high prevalence of neurocognitive symptoms in children following COVID-19 emphasizes the importance of understanding the mechanisms of nervous system involvement.

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COVID-19AnxietyChildCognitionHumansMental HealthPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeSARS-CoV-2childrencognitive symptomsdeliriuminsomnialong COVIDmental health

Identifiers

PMID36981968
PMCPMC10049312
OpenAlexW4324144131

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