Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control of Coronavirus Disease-19 in Children—The Chinese Perspectives

Ever since SARS-CoV-2 began infecting people by the end of 2019, of whom some developed severe pneumonia (about 5%), which could be fatal (case fatality ~3.5%), the extent and speed of the COVID-19 outbreak has been phenomenal. Within 2.5 months (by March 18, 2020) over 191,127 COVID-19 patients hav...

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Main Authors: Feng Fang, Yu Chen, Dongchi Zhao, Tonglin Liu, Yongjian Huang, Liru Qiu, Yan Hao, Xiaolin Hu, Wei Yin, Zhisheng Liu, Runming Jin, Qin Ning, Pik-to Cheung, Chunfeng Liu, Sainan Shu, Tianyou Wang, Xiaoping Luo, The Chinese Pediatric Society and the Editorial Committee of the Chinese Journal of Pediatrics
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2020.553394/full
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spelling doaj-a06c881bf45f4515b2d0656332dfe39c2020-11-25T04:01:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pediatrics2296-23602020-11-01810.3389/fped.2020.553394553394Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control of Coronavirus Disease-19 in Children—The Chinese PerspectivesFeng Fang0Yu Chen1Dongchi Zhao2Tonglin Liu3Yongjian Huang4Liru Qiu5Yan Hao6Xiaolin Hu7Wei Yin8Zhisheng Liu9Runming Jin10Qin Ning11Pik-to Cheung12Chunfeng Liu13Sainan Shu14Tianyou Wang15Xiaoping Luo16The Chinese Pediatric Society and the Editorial Committee of the Chinese Journal of PediatricsDepartment of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaTongji Medical College, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Huazhong University of Science, Wuhan, ChinaTongji Medical College, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Huazhong University of Science, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical College, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Infectious Disease, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaVirtus Medical Group, Pediatric Endocrinology, Genetics, and Metabolism, Hong Kong, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, Shenyang, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaBeijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Pediatrics, Tongji Medical College, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaEver since SARS-CoV-2 began infecting people by the end of 2019, of whom some developed severe pneumonia (about 5%), which could be fatal (case fatality ~3.5%), the extent and speed of the COVID-19 outbreak has been phenomenal. Within 2.5 months (by March 18, 2020) over 191,127 COVID-19 patients have been identified in 161 countries. By then, over 700 pediatric patients were confirmed to have COVID-19 in China, with only about 58 diagnosed elsewhere. By now, there are thousands of children and adolescents infected. Chinese pediatricians would like to share their experience on how these patients were managed in China and the key recommendations that had guided them in meeting the evolving challenges. A group of experts were summoned by the Chinese Pediatric Society and Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Pediatrics to extract informative data from a survey on confirmed COVID-19 pediatric patients in China. Consensus on diagnosis, management, and prevention of pediatric COVID-19 were drawn up based on the analysis of such data plus insights gained from the past SARS and MERS coronavirus outbreaks. Relevant cumulating experiences from physicians managing adult patients, expedited reports on clinical and scientific COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 data, and the National Health Committee guidelines on COVID-19 management were integrated into this proposal.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2020.553394/fullCOVID-19SARS-CoV-2pandemic (COVID-19)childrenconsensus recommendationsguidelines
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author Feng Fang
Yu Chen
Dongchi Zhao
Tonglin Liu
Yongjian Huang
Liru Qiu
Yan Hao
Xiaolin Hu
Wei Yin
Zhisheng Liu
Runming Jin
Qin Ning
Pik-to Cheung
Chunfeng Liu
Sainan Shu
Tianyou Wang
Xiaoping Luo
The Chinese Pediatric Society and the Editorial Committee of the Chinese Journal of Pediatrics
spellingShingle Feng Fang
Yu Chen
Dongchi Zhao
Tonglin Liu
Yongjian Huang
Liru Qiu
Yan Hao
Xiaolin Hu
Wei Yin
Zhisheng Liu
Runming Jin
Qin Ning
Pik-to Cheung
Chunfeng Liu
Sainan Shu
Tianyou Wang
Xiaoping Luo
The Chinese Pediatric Society and the Editorial Committee of the Chinese Journal of Pediatrics
Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control of Coronavirus Disease-19 in Children—The Chinese Perspectives
Frontiers in Pediatrics
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
pandemic (COVID-19)
children
consensus recommendations
guidelines
author_facet Feng Fang
Yu Chen
Dongchi Zhao
Tonglin Liu
Yongjian Huang
Liru Qiu
Yan Hao
Xiaolin Hu
Wei Yin
Zhisheng Liu
Runming Jin
Qin Ning
Pik-to Cheung
Chunfeng Liu
Sainan Shu
Tianyou Wang
Xiaoping Luo
The Chinese Pediatric Society and the Editorial Committee of the Chinese Journal of Pediatrics
author_sort Feng Fang
title Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control of Coronavirus Disease-19 in Children—The Chinese Perspectives
title_short Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control of Coronavirus Disease-19 in Children—The Chinese Perspectives
title_full Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control of Coronavirus Disease-19 in Children—The Chinese Perspectives
title_fullStr Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control of Coronavirus Disease-19 in Children—The Chinese Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Recommendations for the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Control of Coronavirus Disease-19 in Children—The Chinese Perspectives
title_sort recommendations for the diagnosis, prevention, and control of coronavirus disease-19 in children—the chinese perspectives
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
series Frontiers in Pediatrics
issn 2296-2360
publishDate 2020-11-01
description Ever since SARS-CoV-2 began infecting people by the end of 2019, of whom some developed severe pneumonia (about 5%), which could be fatal (case fatality ~3.5%), the extent and speed of the COVID-19 outbreak has been phenomenal. Within 2.5 months (by March 18, 2020) over 191,127 COVID-19 patients have been identified in 161 countries. By then, over 700 pediatric patients were confirmed to have COVID-19 in China, with only about 58 diagnosed elsewhere. By now, there are thousands of children and adolescents infected. Chinese pediatricians would like to share their experience on how these patients were managed in China and the key recommendations that had guided them in meeting the evolving challenges. A group of experts were summoned by the Chinese Pediatric Society and Editorial Board of Chinese Journal of Pediatrics to extract informative data from a survey on confirmed COVID-19 pediatric patients in China. Consensus on diagnosis, management, and prevention of pediatric COVID-19 were drawn up based on the analysis of such data plus insights gained from the past SARS and MERS coronavirus outbreaks. Relevant cumulating experiences from physicians managing adult patients, expedited reports on clinical and scientific COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 data, and the National Health Committee guidelines on COVID-19 management were integrated into this proposal.
topic COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
pandemic (COVID-19)
children
consensus recommendations
guidelines
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2020.553394/full
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