Three-fold increase in admissions for paediatric febrile convulsions during COVID-19 pandemic could indicate alternative virus symptoms

Acta Paediatr. 2021 Mar;110(3):939-940. doi: 10.1111/apa.15653. Epub 2020 Nov 18.

Authors

Andrea Smarrazzo¹, Rosanna Mariani¹, Francesco Valentini², Mary Haywood Lombardi¹, Serena Sinibaldi¹, Emanuela Peschiaroli¹, Raffaele Edo Papa¹, Andrea Campana¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics - COVID Center, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Rome "Sapienza", Rome, Italy.

PMID: 33145819
DOI: 10.1111/apa.15653

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adolescent
COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
Child
Child, Preschool
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Female
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Infant
Italy
Male
Seizures, Febrile / epidemiology*
Seizures, Febrile / virology*
Symptom Assessment