Clinical Management of Pediatric COVID-19 (eBook, ePUB)

An International Perspective and Practical Guide
Redaktion: Leung, Char

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Clinical 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

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780323950602
• Artikelnr.: 67288025

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Epidemiology and virology of SARS-CoV-2
Char Leung
2. COVID-19 and pediatricsdphylogeny, pathology, and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2
Eduard Matkovic and Jessica Gulliver
3. Signs and symptoms commonly seen in COVID-19 in newborns, children, and adolescents and pediatric subjects
Giuseppina Malcangi, Alessio Danilo Inchingolo, Angelo Michele Inchingolo, Luigi Santacroce, Grazia Marinelli, Antonio Mancini, Luigi Vimercati, Maria Elena Maggiore, Maria Teresa D'Oria, Damiano Nemore, Arnaldo Scardapane, Biagio Rapone, Maria Franca Coscia, Ioana Roxana Bordea, Edit Xhajanka, Antonio Scarano, Marco Farronato, Gianluca Martino Tartaglia, Delia Giovanniello, Ludovica Nucci, Rosario Serpico, Mariantonietta Francavilla, Loredana Capozzi, Antonio Parisi, Marina Di Domenico, Felice Lorusso, Maria Contaldo, Francesco Inchingolo and Gianna Dipalma
4. Complications: MISC and other complications
Lilia M. Sierra-Galan and Roberto M. Richheimer-Wohlmuth
5. Diagnosis of pediatric COVID-19
Joseph L. Mathew and Ketan Kumar
6. Management of acute COVID-19 in the pediatric population and role of antimicrobial therapy
H.E. Groves, U. Allen and S.K. Morris
7. COVID-19 vaccinations for children and adolescents
Katrina Nicolopoulos, Ketaki Sharma, Lucy Deng and Archana Koirala
8. Long COVID in children
Joseph L. Mathew and Kamal Kumar Singhal

Rezensionen

*4 stars* covers pediatric COVID-19, including the most current clinical information, [with] basic science research in virology, and the clinical diagnosis and management of COVID-19 infection, disease, and complications for providers at all levels of training . The authors and contributors are an international group of providers, many from countries who have experienced extensive COVID-19 infection and disease since the beginning of the pandemic, [and] definitely credible experts and authorities in the different aspects of COVID-19, including the virology, diagnosis, clinical management, and outcomes .The content is comprehensive, easy to read, well organized and referenced, and as current as possible, as the virus continues to mutate and the clinical disease continues to evolve. The tables and figures are well done and very helpful. [It] is excellent, current, and clinically relevant, and I highly recommend it. --©Doody s Review Service, 2023, Joseph Russell Hageman, MD (Comer Children's Hospital)