Further evidence from a large US electronic health record-based study that some children and adolescents can develop postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

This study provides further evidence that a subgroup of children (about 3%) and adolescents develop postacute sequelae (PASC) other than multitystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) after SARS-CoV-2 infection. There is urgent need to implement to identify diagnostics, biomarkers and potential therapeutics of PASC. Context There is a growing body of evidence that a subgroup of children and adolescents do not fully recover from acute SARS-CoV-2 infection, but can develop a cohort of persisting signs and symptoms otherwise unexplained by routine diagnostics.1 This condition is known...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Child health, COVID-19 Commentary Source Type: research