COVID-19 Pandemic: A comparison of adult and pediatric populations

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dc.contributor.authorDemirkol, Muhammed Emin
dc.contributor.authorKaya, Musa
dc.contributor.authorBalci, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorÖzsari, Emine
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-25T20:18:28Z
dc.date.available2024-09-25T20:18:28Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.departmentAbant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractAim: Couple of pneumonia cases were reported in a short period in Wuhan, China. The cases were revealed to be associated with a different coronavirus type was named SARS-CoV-2 and the disease was identified as Covid-19. It is known that the disease occurs in all age groups. We aimed to evaluate the differences in clinical and laboratory features between adult and pediatric patients. Method: The study is a retrospective cross-sectional study and consists of 206 patients with a definitive diagnosis of Covid-19 confirmed by a positive real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for SARS-CoV-2. They hospitalized in health institutions connected to City Health Administrative of Bolu, Turkey between 11.03.2020 and 19.04.2020. The number of the pediatric patients (0-17 age group) was 106, that of the adult patients (18 and above age group) was 100. Data concerning the patients consisted of age, symptoms, laboratory parameters such as hemogram, biochemistry, coagulation. Results: The mean values of platelet (PLT), platocrit (PCT), percentage of monocytes (MONO %) and MONO in the “0-17” age group were found to be significantly higher than the mean values in the “18 and above” age group. The hemoglobin (HGB) mean value of the “0-17” age group was significantly lower than that of the “18 and above” age group. The mean C - reactive protein (CRP) value of the “0-17” age group (4.55; min: 1.20 – max: 11.80) was significantly lower than that of the “18 and above” age group (5.35; min 1.25- max: 19.77) with no statistically significance. In pediatric group, the most common symptoms were other symptoms like diarrhea, vomiting and joint pain whereas the adult patients had fever and cough often with statistically significant. Conclusion: Clinical findings and laboratory abnormalities in Covid-19 are less common in children. Although it seems that Covid-19 is less symptomatic in children, they are also affected by the disease. Performing RT-PCR test based on the contact history of the children may help to minimize morbidity with an early diagnosis. Multicenter studies with more numbers of patients should be performed.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.30714/j-ebr.2021370083
dc.identifier.endpage243en_US
dc.identifier.issn2618-6454
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage237en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid450291en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.30714/j-ebr.2021370083
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/450291
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12491/15673
dc.identifier.volume4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizinen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofExperimental Biomedical Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmzYK_20240925en_US
dc.titleCOVID-19 Pandemic: A comparison of adult and pediatric populationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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