Criteria for referral of pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection: a real-life experience in the pandemic era.
Ital J Pediatr
; 46(1): 181, 2020 Dec 07.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33287859
ABSTRACT
A practical guidance on the management of children with COVID-19 to insure homogeneous criteria for referral to a higher-level facility, according to the disease severity, is pivotal in the pandemic era. A panel of experts in pediatric infectious diseases and intensive care at the tertiary-care Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy, issued a practical document shared with Tuscany hospitals. The rationale was to target the referral for those children at risk of requiring an intensive support, since the above mentioned hospital has the pediatric intensive care unit. Overall, 378 patients between 0 and 19 years of age were diagnosed with COVID-19 infection in the Tuscany region with 24 (6.3%) hospitalizations. Only three children were centralized to Meyer Children's University Hospital according to reported criteria. Considering that appropriate referral criteria have been associated with reduced mortality in other conditions, our document might be useful to improve outcomes of children with COVID-19.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Contexto em Saúde:
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Problema de saúde:
2_muertes_prevenibles
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Assunto principal:
Encaminhamento e Consulta
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Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Pediátrica
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ital J Pediatr
Assunto da revista:
PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália