Persistent clinical features in paediatric patients after SARS-CoV-2 virological recovery: a retrospective population-based cohort study from a single centre in Latvia

Liene Smane; Inese Stars; Zanda Pucuka; Ieva Roge; Jana Pavare

doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000905

Persistent clinical features in paediatric patients after SARS-CoV-2 virological recovery: a retrospective population-based cohort study from a single centre in Latvia

BMJ Paediatr Open. 2020 Dec 29;4(1):e000905. doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000905. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Liene Smane^{1

2}, Inese Stars³, Zanda Pucuka^{1

2}, Ieva Roge², Jana Pavare^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatrics, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.
² Department of Paediatrics, Children's Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
³ Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia.

Abstract

The COVID-19 related state of emergency in Latvia was declared on 12 March 2020. Consequently, Children's Clinical University Hospital in Riga, Latvia, established a postacute outpatient service for individuals after recovery from COVID-19. Although information regarding the epidemiology and clinical features of COVID-19 in children has accumulated, relevant reports about persistent symptoms after recovery are lacking. We aimed to determine data on COVID-19 persistent symptoms after recovery in children in Latvia. Persistent symptoms have been reported in 9 out of 30 children.

Keywords: virology.