Pediatric Critical Care and COVID19.
2020
* Abbreviations:
ARDS — : acute respiratory distress syndrome
COVID-19 — : coronavirus disease 2019
GI — : gastrointestinal
HFNC — : high-flow nasal cannula
IMV — : invasive mechanical ventilation
IVIg — : intravenous immunoglobulin
NIV — : noninvasive ventilation
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, disproportionally affects adults (children <5% in most reports).1 Adult critical illness is characterized by acute hypoxemia, multiorgan failure, and high mortality.2,3 Reported risk factors for severe illness include age, cardiorespiratory comorbidities, obesity, and laboratory findings (lymphopenia and elevated D-dimer).2,4 Pediatric reports describe low infection rates and infrequent PICU admission.5,6 The largest PICU report consists of 48 North American children.7 It describes treatments and outcomes but not with …
Address correspondence to Sebastian Gonzalez-Dambrauskas, MD, Red Colaborativa Pediatrica de Latinoamerica and Cuidados Intensivos Pediatricos Especializados, Casa de Galicia, Montevideo, Uruguay. E-mail: sgdambrauskas{at}gmail.com
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