• Evaluation of clinical manifestations of 83 children with Covid-19 disease according to the symptoms approved by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Seyed Mohsen Laal Mousavi,1 Homa Hajizadegan,2 Reza Khoshbakht,3,* Fatemeh Zahra Karimi,4 Elahe Saberi Teymourian,5
    1. Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Paramedical, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
    2. Department of Health Information Technology, Faculty of Paramedical, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
    3. Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Paramedical, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
    4. Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Paramedical, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
    5. Department of Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Paramedical, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.


  • Introduction: Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is quickly spreading throughout the world. It discovered that COVID-19 caused severe endemic and epidemic pneumonia, with quick deterioration to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and significant mortality in individuals. According to reports, in comparison to adults, the prevalence of serious illnesses and death among children is extremely low. Other findings suggest that, as with other respiratory viruses, transmission from children may play a major role in the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Despite its epidemiological significance, the clinical features of children infected with Covid-19 are unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical manifestations of children infected with Covid-19.
  • Methods: Methods: The study was performed on 83 children under 18 with Covid-19 from March 2020 to September 2020 (6 months). Definite infection in these children was determined by PCR test and patients were evaluated for symptoms presented by the report of the symptoms according to CDC. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 software and Chi-square statistical test.
  • Results: Findings: A total of 83 children with Covid-19 disease were included in this study. Of these cases: 53% (n=44) were females. The most prevalent symptom was respiratory distress syndrome (n=42, 50.6%), fever (n=25, 30.1%), followed by cough (n=24, 28.9%). Statistical test of patient's symptoms in different age groups in children has shown there was no significant difference between the age group and none of the symptoms (P-value> 0.05). As a result, the hypothesis of an association between age groups and symptoms observed in each age group was rejected.
  • Conclusion: Conclusion: The results of our study showed that there was no significant relationship between the age groups of children under 18 years old and Covid-19 disease. In general, the clinical signs of the disease in children were similar to those of adults mentioned in the reference sources. However, due to the possibility of symptoms affecting the child's growth as well as unknown complications, it seems necessary to pay attention to timely treatment.
  • Keywords: Keywords: CDC, COVID-19, Child, Symptoms and Signs