Key result
A 7-year-old patient with COVID-19 developed severe extrapulmonary complications including cardiac tamponade and intracerebral hemorrhage, resulting in a fatal outcome.
Why the study?
Most published COVID-19 information corresponds to adults, leaving a knowledge gap in children regarding extrapulmonary complications such as pericardial effusion and cerebrovascular diseases.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the rare but severe extrapulmonary complications of COVID-19 in children, including cardiac tamponade and intracranial hemorrhage.
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Alerts clinicians to rare fatal pediatric complications; leaves open incidence, mechanisms, and prevention strategies.
The new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is actually a pandemic according to the World Health Organization. It affects both the adult and pediatric population, however the most published information correspond to the first one, generating a knowledge gap regarding children. Pulmonary involvement appears to be the most frequently manifestation of the disease, although extrapulmonary complications such as pericardial effusion and cerebrovascular diseases have been reported in adults, and according to our review none have been reported in children. We present a case of a 7 year old patient with previous history of asthma and overweight that present COVID-19, and was admitted through the pediatric emergency department for pneumonia and developed a respiratory failure that requires ventilatory support. During its hospitalization presents cardiac tamponade and intracerebral hemorrhage with adverse evolution and fatal outcome.
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Rodríguez-Portilla et al. (2020) conducted a case report in COVID-19 (n=1). COVID-19 was evaluated on Cardiac tamponade, intracerebral hemorrhage, and fatal outcome. A 7-year-old patient with COVID-19 developed severe extrapulmonary complications including cardiac tamponade and intracerebral hemorrhage, resulting in a fatal outcome.
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