Clinical management of pediatric COVID-19 : an international perspective and practical guide /

Clinical Management of Pediatric COVID-19: An International Perspective and Practical Guide provides the most current international research and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Coverage ranges from epidemiology including origin, route of transmission, incuba...

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Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Leung, Char (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2023]
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Clinical Management of Pediatric COVID-19
  • Clinical Management of Pediatric COVID-19
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • 1
  • Epidemiology and virology of SARS-CoV-2
  • Introduction
  • Virological characteristics of human coronaviruses
  • Coronaviruses cause common colds
  • Coronaviruses causing acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome-associated coronavirus 2
  • Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
  • Droplets, aerosols, and respiratory secretions
  • Fomites
  • Other types of human secretions
  • Zoonosis
  • Transmission among children and adolescents
  • Other epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19
  • Incubation period
  • Mortality and morbidity risk factors in pediatric patients
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 2
  • COVID-19 and pediatrics-phylogeny, pathology, and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2
  • Introduction
  • Phylogeny and virology
  • Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2
  • Multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children
  • Respiratory system
  • Cardiovascular system
  • Placental pathology and maternal-fetal transmission
  • Dermatopathology
  • Neuropathology
  • Summary
  • References
  • 3. Signs and symptoms commonly seen in COVID-19 in newborns, children, and adolescents and pediatric subjects
  • Background
  • Immunological pathogenesis and COVID-19 clinical manifestations in children
  • Clinical and radiological diagnostic protocols and findings
  • Vaccination campaign and clinical symptoms in vaccinated children
  • Maternal and fetal COVID-19 symptoms
  • Impact of COVID-19 on pediatric mental health
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 4
  • Complications: MISC and other complications
  • Introduction
  • Acute-COVID-19
  • Definition
  • Different names
  • Clinical manifestations
  • Complications
  • Long-COVID
  • Definition
  • Different names
  • Clinical manifestations
  • Complications.
  • Pathophysiology of COVID-19 complications
  • Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
  • Epidemiology
  • Clinical manifestations
  • Causes, risk factors, and pathophysiology
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Monitoring
  • Differential diagnosis
  • Complications
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 5
  • Diagnosis of pediatric COVID-19
  • Introduction
  • Direct tests
  • Nucleic acid amplification test
  • Antigen detection tests
  • Viral culture
  • Indirect tests
  • Antibody tests
  • Radiological investigations
  • Laboratory markers
  • Summary
  • Case studies
  • Case 1
  • Case 2
  • References
  • 6
  • Management of acute COVID-19 in the pediatric population and role of antimicrobial therapy
  • Introduction
  • Clinical application: management of children with acute COVID-19
  • General management considerations
  • Criteria for determining the severity of COVID-19 in children
  • Risk factors for severe COVID-19 in children
  • Therapeutic management approach to hospitalized children with COVID-19
  • Provision of supportive care measures
  • Role of specific therapies against COVID-19
  • Management of hospitalized neonates with acute COVID-19
  • Therapeutic management approach to nonhospitalized children with acute COVID-19
  • Role of specific therapies in nonhospitalized patients with acute COVID-19
  • Additional outpatient management considerations
  • Case examples: therapy considerations by case severity
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • 7
  • COVID-19 vaccinations for children and adolescents
  • Vaccine platforms
  • mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
  • Other COVID-19 vaccines
  • Correlates of protection
  • Passive immunization
  • Adverse events following immunization
  • Common or expected adverse events
  • Rare adverse events
  • Vaccinating children
  • References
  • 8
  • Long COVID in children
  • Introduction
  • What is long COVID?
  • Epidemiology
  • Pathogenesis.
  • Clinical manifestations
  • Association of long COVID syndrome with the severity of acute illness
  • Diagnosis and differential diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Prognosis
  • Summary
  • References
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • Back Cover.