CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, SUBCLINICAL AND  TREATMENT RESULTS OF PNEUMONIA AFTER COVID -19 INFECTION AT THE PEDIATRIC CENTER THAI NGUYEN NATIONAL HOSPITAL

Hoàng Thị Huế; Nguyễn Thị Thu Huyền; Nguyễn Thị Phượng; Đỗ Thái Sơn

doi:10.34238/tnu-jst.8078

CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, SUBCLINICAL AND TREATMENT RESULTS OF PNEUMONIA AFTER COVID -19 INFECTION AT THE PEDIATRIC CENTER THAI NGUYEN NATIONAL HOSPITAL

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Received: 06/06/23 Revised: 11/07/23 Published: 12/07/23

Authors

1. Hoang Thi Hue , TNU - University of Medicine and Pharmacy
2. Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen, TNU - University of Medicine and Pharmacy
3. Nguyen Thi Phuong, TNU - University of Medicine and Pharmacy
4. Do Thai Son, TNU - University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Abstract

Covid-19 and the post-Covid-19 status in children is currently a health issue that requires further research. The most common organ damage caused by Covid-19 is the lungs. This study aims to describe the clinical and subclinical characteristics and results of pneumonia treatment in children after Covid-19 infection during 3 months at the Pediatric Center, Thai Nguyen National Hospital in 2022. The study on 103 children who met the criteria showed that the group of children from 1-5 years old accounted for the highest rate of 72.8%, the male/female ratio = 1.5/1. The main clinical symptoms of pneumonia after Covid-19 infection are cough (98.1%), wheezing (96.1%), rales in the lungs (95.1%), fever (66.0%); In addition, the symptoms outside the respiratory organs also accounted for a significant proportion, such as: anorexia (79.6%), sleep disorders (51.5%), anemia (20%), diarrhea (12.6%). Nutritional status including both malnutrition and overweight /obesity increased the severity of pneumonia and chest X-ray lesions, the difference was statistically significant p<0.05. The use of antibiotics before hospital admission did not reduce the severity of pneumonia as well as the need to use multiple courses of treatment in the hospital.

Keywords

Pneumonia; Covid-19; Post – Covid-19; Children; Thai Nguyen

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.34238/tnu-jst.8078

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