COVID-19: The impact on pediatric emergency care #MMPMID32496723
Walker DM; Tolentino VR
Pediatr Emerg Med Pract 2020[Jun]; 17 (Suppl 6-1): 1-27 PMID32496723show ga
Although there is still much that is not understood, experience with previous coronavirus outbreaks and available data on COVID-19 indicate a reduced propensity to affect children. Nonetheless, serious complications-although rare-are being seen in pediatric patients. This review, written with the emergency medicine clinician in mind, describes the epidemiology, clinical features, and management implications for COVID-19 in pediatric patients. It includes a discussion of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19, as well as other aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic that are affecting children and families, such as poisonings, childhood immunizations, mental health, nonaccidental trauma, and neglect.