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Multicenter Study
. 2020 Oct;39(10):e317-e320.
doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002843.

Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Severe COVID-19 Children

Vania Giacomet  1 , Lucia Barcellini  1 , Marta Stracuzzi  1 , Emma Longoni  2 , Laura Folgori  2 , Alessandro Leone  3 , Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti  1   2 ; COVID-19 Pediatric network
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Multicenter Study

Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Severe COVID-19 Children

Vania Giacomet et al. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020 Oct.
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Abstract

There are growing evidence of clinical manifestations other than acute respiratory syndrome in severe acute respiratory syndrome associated with coronavirus 2-infected children. In our multicenter retrospective analysis, we observed among 127 severe acute respiratory syndrome associated with coronavirus 2 positive children that the presence of gastrointestinal symptoms was more frequently associated with severe and critical phenotype (P = 0.029). Moreover, having gastrointestinal symptoms was more frequently reported in patients who developed cardiac impairment.

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