Clinical Management of Pediatric COVID-19
An International Perspective and Practical Guide
- 1st Edition - January 13, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Char Leung
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 0 5 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 0 6 0 - 2
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Request a sales quoteClinical Management of Pediatric COVID-19: An International Perspective and Practical Guide provides the most current international research and clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Coverage ranges from epidemiology including origin, route of transmission, incubation period, mortality and susceptibility risk factors; to pathogenesis, including difference between the adult and pediatric populations. Diagnosis is covered with special attention to the difference between adult and pediatric patients as well as the differences between newborns, children and adolescents. The book presents current complications, including multisystemic inflammatory syndrome as well as treatment therapies including antiviral and immunomodulatory therapies for this age group.
Finally, immunization efficacy and safety are examined. This is the perfect reference to provide guidance to pediatricians on the diagnosis and treatment of SARS-CoV-2, as well as a valuable source of the latest research about the pediatric population for further study.
- Provides the latest findings on the clinical characteristics of pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection
- Elucidates the differences between pediatric COVID-19 and its adult counterpart, outlining the correct clinical course for infants, children and adolescents
- Covers both recent clinical practice as well as current research specific to the pediatric population
Pediatricians, pulmonologists; general practitioners, COVID researchers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Epidemiology and virology of SARS-CoV-2
- Introduction
- Virological characteristics of human coronaviruses
- Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
- Other epidemiological characteristics of COVID-19
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2. COVID-19 and pediatrics—phylogeny, pathology, and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2
- Introduction
- Phylogeny and virology
- Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2
- Multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children
- Respiratory system
- Cardiovascular system
- Placental pathology and maternal–fetal transmission
- Dermatopathology
- Neuropathology
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Signs and symptoms commonly seen in COVID-19 in newborns, children, and adolescents and pediatric subjects
- Background
- Immunological pathogenesis and COVID-19 clinical manifestations in children
- Clinical and radiological diagnostic protocols and findings
- Vaccination campaign and clinical symptoms in vaccinated children
- Maternal and fetal COVID-19 symptoms
- Impact of COVID-19 on pediatric mental health
- Chapter 4. Complications: MISC and other complications
- Introduction
- Acute-COVID-19
- Long-COVID
- Pathophysiology of COVID-19 complications
- Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Diagnosis of pediatric COVID-19
- Introduction
- Direct tests
- Nucleic acid amplification test
- Antigen detection tests
- Viral culture
- Indirect tests
- Antibody tests
- Radiological investigations
- Laboratory markers
- Summary
- Case studies
- Chapter 6. Management of acute COVID-19 in the pediatric population and role of antimicrobial therapy
- Introduction
- Clinical application: management of children with acute COVID-19
- Therapeutic management approach to nonhospitalized children with acute COVID-19
- Case examples: therapy considerations by case severity
- Summary
- Chapter 7. COVID-19 vaccinations for children and adolescents
- Vaccine platforms
- Chapter 8. Long COVID in children
- Introduction
- What is long COVID?
- Epidemiology
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical manifestations
- Association of long COVID syndrome with the severity of acute illness
- Diagnosis and differential diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prognosis
- Summary
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 13, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 204
- No. of pages (eBook): 204
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323950596
- eBook ISBN: 9780323950602
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Char Leung
Dr. Char Leung, PhD, is Honorary Fellow of Deakin University, Australia, as well as researcher of the Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, the University of Hong Kong. He has published multiple papers in a variety of peer-reviewed journals in pediatrics, virology, immunology, and public health, has served as a reviewer of more than 30 medical journals as well as guest editor. He has developed technologies for capsule endoscopy and cholangioscopy.
Affiliations and expertise
Researcher, University of Hong Kong and Honorary Fellow, Deakin UniversityRead Clinical Management of Pediatric COVID-19 on ScienceDirect