High incidence of stroke and mortality in pediatric critical care patients with COVID-19 in Peru

CONCLUSION: Cerebrovascular events associated with COVID-19 in pediatric patients, including infants, must be recognized as one of the more severe presentations of this infection in pediatric patients.IMPACT: Pediatric patients with COVID-19 can present with hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes on presentation. Neurological presentation in pediatric patients with COVID-19 has high mortality. Mortality of pediatric patients with COVID-19 is associated with comorbidities. Pediatric presentation and outcomes of COVID-19 in different regions can be novel to previously described.PMID:33941862 | DOI:10.1038/s41390-021-01547-x

Source: Pediatric Research - May 4, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Alvaro Coronado Munoz Jaime Tasayco Willy Morales Luis Moreno David Zorrilla Angie Stapleton Patricia Pajuelo Giuliana Reyes Matilde Estupi ñan Ricardo Seminario Manuel Ortiz Jes ús Domínguez Source Type: research