TY - JOUR
T1 - Long-Term Complications of COVID-19 Infection in Adolescents and Children
AU - Thallapureddy, Keerthi
AU - Thallapureddy, Khyathi
AU - Zerda, Erika
AU - Suresh, Neeraj
AU - Kamat, Deepak
AU - Rajasekaran, Karthik
AU - Moreira, Alvaro
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Dr. Matilde Ruiz Garcia for reviewing their manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/3
Y1 - 2022/3
N2 - Purpose of Review: Compared to adults, post-COVID-19 symptoms are uncommon and have not been thoroughly evaluated in children. This review summarizes the literature in terms of persistent symptoms in children and adolescents after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Recent Findings: Children were less likely to develop long COVID when compared to adults. Older children (e.g., adolescents) and those who had symptomatic COVID-19 had a higher probability for long COVID. Summary: Families and health care providers need to be aware of a new constellation of long COVID symptoms in the pediatric population. More evidence and time are needed to better understand the potential effects of long COVID-19 in children and adolescents. In comparison to adults, children are less likely to have persistent COVID-19 symptoms.
AB - Purpose of Review: Compared to adults, post-COVID-19 symptoms are uncommon and have not been thoroughly evaluated in children. This review summarizes the literature in terms of persistent symptoms in children and adolescents after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Recent Findings: Children were less likely to develop long COVID when compared to adults. Older children (e.g., adolescents) and those who had symptomatic COVID-19 had a higher probability for long COVID. Summary: Families and health care providers need to be aware of a new constellation of long COVID symptoms in the pediatric population. More evidence and time are needed to better understand the potential effects of long COVID-19 in children and adolescents. In comparison to adults, children are less likely to have persistent COVID-19 symptoms.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Long COVID
KW - Post-acute COVID-19
KW - SARS-CoV-2
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U2 - 10.1007/s40124-021-00260-x
DO - 10.1007/s40124-021-00260-x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35127274
AN - SCOPUS:85124335554
SN - 2167-4841
VL - 10
SP - 11
EP - 17
JO - Current Pediatrics Reports
JF - Current Pediatrics Reports
IS - 1
ER -