Treatment of children with COVID-19: position paper of the Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease

doi:10.1186/s13052-020-00900-w

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. 2020 Sep 24;46(1):139.

doi: 10.1186/s13052-020-00900-w.

Treatment of children with COVID-19: position paper of the Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease

Affiliations

¹ Infection Disease Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
² Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
³ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
⁴ Pediatric Emergency Unit, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Department of Translational Medical Science, Section of Pediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
⁶ UOC Pediatria, San Martino Hospital, Belluno, Italy.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Universitarian-Hospital Department Ospedale Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
¹⁰ Universitarian-Hospital Department Ospedale Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Rome, Italy. guido.castelli@opbg.net.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 32972435
PMCID: PMC7512208
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-020-00900-w

Review

Treatment of children with COVID-19: position paper of the Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease

Elisabetta Venturini et al. Ital J Pediatr. 2020.

. 2020 Sep 24;46(1):139.

doi: 10.1186/s13052-020-00900-w.

Affiliations

¹ Infection Disease Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
² Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
³ Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department for Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
⁴ Pediatric Emergency Unit, Policlinico di Sant'Orsola, Bologna, Italy.
⁵ Department of Translational Medical Science, Section of Pediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
⁶ UOC Pediatria, San Martino Hospital, Belluno, Italy.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital, Milan, Italy.
⁸ Universitarian-Hospital Department Ospedale Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
¹⁰ Universitarian-Hospital Department Ospedale Bambino Gesù IRCCS, Rome, Italy. guido.castelli@opbg.net.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 32972435
PMCID: PMC7512208
DOI: 10.1186/s13052-020-00900-w

Abstract

A statement of consensus was formulated after reviewing available literature on pediatric treatment strategies for COVID-19 by the Steering and Scientific Committee of the Italian Society of Infectious Pediatric Diseases in connection with the Italian Society of Paediatrics.

Keywords: COVID-19; Children; SARS CoV-2; Treatment.

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All authors declared that there is no competing interest.

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[1] World Health Organization. WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 11 March 2020. https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-re.... Accessed 16 Jun 2020.

[2] World Health Organization. WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 11 March 2020. https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-re.... Accessed 16 Jun 2020.

[3] Ludvigsson JF. Systematic review of COVID-19 in children shows milder cases and a better prognosis than adults. Acta Paediatr. 2020. 10.1111/apa.15270. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Ludvigsson JF. Systematic review of COVID-19 in children shows milder cases and a better prognosis than adults. Acta Paediatr. 2020. 10.1111/apa.15270. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Garazzino S, Montagnani C, Donà D, Meini A, Felici E, Vergine G, the Italian SITIP-SIP Pediatric Infection Study Group et al. Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020;25:2000600. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Garazzino S, Montagnani C, Donà D, Meini A, Felici E, Vergine G, the Italian SITIP-SIP Pediatric Infection Study Group et al. Multicentre Italian study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents, preliminary data as at 10 April 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020;25:2000600. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Tagarro A, Epalza C, Santos M, Sanz-Santaeufemia FJ, Otheo E, Moraleda C, et al. Screening and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children in Madrid, Spain. JAMA Pediatr. 2020. 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1346. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Tagarro A, Epalza C, Santos M, Sanz-Santaeufemia FJ, Otheo E, Moraleda C, et al. Screening and severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children in Madrid, Spain. JAMA Pediatr. 2020. 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1346. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Sun D, Li H, Lu XX, Xiao H, Ren J, Zhang FR, Liu ZS. Clinical features of severe pediatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan: a single center's observational study. World J Pediatr. 2020. 10.1007/s12519-020-00354-4. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Sun D, Li H, Lu XX, Xiao H, Ren J, Zhang FR, Liu ZS. Clinical features of severe pediatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Wuhan: a single center's observational study. World J Pediatr. 2020. 10.1007/s12519-020-00354-4. - PMC - PubMed

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