Title:Post and During SARS-Cov-2 Syndrome in Children
Volume: 19
Issue: 3
Author(s): Niloofar Karimi Afshar, Reza Sinaei, Ali Hoseininasab, Saeedeh Parvaresh, Maryam Ahmadipour, Fatemeh Karami Robati, Maedeh Jafari*, Sedigheh Jalali and Mohammad Ali Jafari
Affiliation:
- Clinical Research Development Unit, Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
Keywords:
Post Covid-19 syndrome, children, persistent symptoms.
Abstract:
Background: SARS-Cov-2 is a highly infectious and contagious disease caused by a coronavirus
called severe coronavirus-acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV2). Children with
SARS-CoV-2 infection are often asymptomatic or have relatively mild symptoms, often with cough
and fever. Today, despite High value information about the manifestations and risk factors for
SARS-CoV-2, there is limited information on post-SARS-Cov-2 syndrome, especially in children.
Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the symptoms of SARS-Cov-2 syndrome in children with
SARS-Cov-2 in Afzalipour Hospital in Kerman.
Methods: The present descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 122 children with SARSCov-
2 in 2020-2021. A checklist including information on age, sex, duration of hospitalization,
need for admission in intensive care units, clinical symptoms, mortality during or after discharge,
underlying illness, and need for readmission was completed by reviewing patient records and interviews.
The collected information was entered into SPSS software version 26 for statistical analysis.
Results: The mean age of patients was 46.64±40.39 months. 49.2% of patients were female and
50.8% were male. The most common symptoms were fever (84.4%), weakness (49.2%), cough
(34.4%), nausea/vomiting (34.4%), dyspnea (27%), and diarrhea (26.2%). In 122 children, 115
children (94.3%) had symptoms for less than one month, one child had symptoms for one to two
months, and 6 children (4.9%) had symptoms for a long duration (more than two months). The most
common clinical signs in children with post-SARS-Cov-2 syndrome were weakness (33.3%) and
dyspnea (33.3%).
Conclusion: Persistent symptoms of post-SARS-Cov-2 syndrome are less common in children with
SARS-Cov-2 disease in Iran.
