A clinical case of the new coronavirus infection with cardiac involvement in a child
The ongoing pandemic of the new coronavirus infection allows us to discover new information concerning the clinical course of the disease. Despite the rarer registration and mild course of COVID-19 in children, we get new data on more severe manifestations in the form of damage to various organs inc...
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LLC "Diagnostics and Vaccines",
2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | The ongoing pandemic of the new coronavirus infection allows us to discover new information concerning the clinical course of the disease. Despite the rarer registration and mild course of COVID-19 in children, we get new data on more severe manifestations in the form of damage to various organs including cardiovascular system. SARS-CoV-2 can lead to myocarditis development, arrhythmia, heart failure, etc.According to an infectious diseases hospital in Omsk, heart changes were recorded in 5.8% of hospitalized children with COVID-19. The article presents a clinical case of the new coronavirus infection in a child of 15 years old who was on treatment in the infection diseases hospital of Budgetary Healthcare Institution of Omsk Oblast City Children's Clinical Hospital №3 of Omsk. The diagnosis was confirmed by examining nasopharyngeal smears for evidence of RNA SARS-CoV-2 by PCR. The course of infection in this patient is characterized by myocarditis development following medium severity disease without comorbid pathology. |
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| Item Description: | 2072-8107 10.22627/2072-8107-2022-21-3-52-55 |