Publication: Pediatric Radiology in Era of COVID-19, International Consensus and What Lies Beyond Pneumonia: A Review
Date
2021
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Publisher
Nepal Medical Association
Abstract
Abstract:
Diagnostic radiology plays a crucial role in children. The pediatric population has been less studied than the adult population since the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic to date. Realizing the potential utility of structured reporting, different guidelines and international consensus statements regarding COVID-19 in the pediatric population have been released in recent times. Different clinical and radiological manifestations in children have been evolving in this period of uncertainty and are different from the adult population in certain aspects. Apart from the involvement of lungs, a multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children or pediatric multi systemic inflammatory syndrome is unique in children. Therefore, awareness of the recent consensus, structural uniform reporting and multi-organ involving patterns in COVID-19 can guide radiologists for a better understanding of this complex novel disease leading to early diagnosis and timely treatment of affected children.
Description
Pradeep Raj Regmi
Department of Radiology, Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Surgery (HAMS), Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9571-9736
Isha Amatya
Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6778-8275
Sharma Paudel
Department of Radiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Prakash Kayastha
Department of Radiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
children, consensus, COVID-19, radiology, systemic.