1. Invasive mechanical ventilation in a former preterm infant with COVID-19
- Author
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Silvia Nyholm, Helena Janols, Åsa Myrelid, Barbro Diderholm, Ann Edner, and Rainer Dörenberg
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,media_common.quotation_subject ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,MEDLINE ,Twins ,Pediatrics ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,030225 pediatrics ,Intensive care ,medicine ,Humans ,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Girl ,Intensive care medicine ,media_common ,Mechanical ventilation ,business.industry ,Brief Report ,Infant, Newborn ,COVID-19 ,Pediatrik ,General Medicine ,Respiration, Artificial ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Brief Reports ,Female ,business ,Infant, Premature - Abstract
The consensus to date is that most infants and children only have mild COVID-19 symptoms and few require intensive care. However, there are some described exceptions and this brief report looks at a set of preterm twins born at the University Children's Hospital in Uppsala Sweden. The girl only had mild respiratory symptoms and stayed 24-hours at the paediatric ward and was then cared for at home, but the boy required intensive care and invasive ventilatory support.
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- 2020