[Diagnosis and treatment recommendation for pediatric coronavirus disease-19].

• DOI: 10.3785/j.issn.1008-9292.2020.02.01
• Publication Date: 2020-05-25
• Authors: Zhimin Chen; Junfen Fu; Qiang Shu; Wei Wang; Yinghu Chen; Chun‐Zhen Hua; Fubang Li; Ru Lin; Lanfang Tang; Tianlin Wang; Yingshuo Wang; Weize Xu; Zihao Yang; Sheng Ye; Tianming Yuan; Chenmei Zhang; Yuanyuan Zhang
• Keywords: Pandemic; Coronavirus; White blood cell

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused a global pandemic. All people including children are generally susceptible to COVID-19, but the condition is relatively mild for children. diagnosis of COVID-19 largely based on epidemiological evidence and clinical manifestations, confirmed by positive detection virus nucleic acid in respiratory samples. main symptoms fever cough; total number white blood cell count usually normal or decreased; chest imaging characterized interstitial pneumonia, which similar other infections Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections. Early identification, early isolation, treatment important management. moderate type child mainly symptomatic. For severe critical ill cases, oxygen therapy, antiviral drugs, antibacterial glucocorticoids, mechanical ventilation even extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be adopted, plan should adjusted timely through multi-disciplinary cooperation.