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Statistical Report on Clinical, Radiological and Laboratory Profile of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Children from a Government Tertiary Care Hospital in North India

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Dr Deepandra Garg1 , Dr Neha Agrawal2 , Dr Adhiraj Singh Rajoria3

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Objective: To describe the clinical, radiological and laboratory profile and to form a report concluding statistics of COVID-19 positive paediatric patients at our centre during study period. Design: Hospital based observational study. Setting: Government Tertiary care hospital. Participants: COVID-19 positive children admitted from 20th April 2020 to 31st March 2021. RTPCR of respiratory secretions was done for diagnosis. Intervention: Detailed history and examination were performed and relevant investigations were sent Outcome Measure: Outcome was expressed in form of discharged or expired. Results: Out of 421 cases enrolled, 375 cases were discharged after fulfilling discharge criteria and 26 cases expired. Asymptomatic cases constituted 54.1% of the total cases. Among the symptomatic cases, fever, cough and shortness of breath were the chief symptoms reported in 31.9%, 16.1% and 12.35% respectively. Most common laboratory finding was lymphocytosis seen in 59.2% patients; raised levels of markers of inflammation like CRP, ESR were seen in 66.6% patients. Conclusion: Majority of paediatric patients were asymptomatic and had mild disease. Symptoms related to the gastrointestinal tract like diarrhea and vomiting were other important symptoms along with the respiratory and general symptoms. 64.2% cases had household exposure to infection

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