COVID-19 pandemy from the perspective of regional children´s clinic

Česká verze

Authors: J. Vičar ¹; V. Balatka ¹; O. Šácha ¹; F. Chvojka ¹; E. Patrasová ²
Authors place of work: Dětská klinika Masarykovy nemocnice, Krajská zdravotní a. s., Ústí nad Labem ¹; Krajská hygienická stanice Ústeckého kraje, Ústí nad Labem ²
Published in the journal: Čes-slov Pediat 2020; 75 (5): 267-270.
Category: Aktuální téma

Summary

The data regarding the course of COVID-19 in child population are limited not only in the Czech republic but also in other countries. The article presents a retrospective view of the peak period of the pandemy and the restrictive measures in the Czech Republic. The data have been collected from all nine Pediatric department in the Ústí nad Labem Region. During the observed period of time (3-4/2020), there was a significant decrease of pediatric department visits compared to the same period of time in 2019. Children tested positive for COVID-19 were mostly home quarantined and did not need to be hospitalized.

The following text summarises our experience from this period of time including symptoms of children tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

Keywords:

children – SARS-CoV-2 – COVID-19 – real time PCR – Pediatrics – Usti region – pandemy

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