Clinical and Epidemiological Features of Pediatric Patients with COVID-19 in a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital.

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects people of any age with high mortality and morbidity in adults older than 65 years. Reports on pediatric cases highlighted those children generally develop milder symptoms than adults or are asymptomatic. We aimed to assess the epidemiological and clinical data of children and adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 infection to improve pediatric COVID-19.

ECHOPAEDIA: Echography in Paediatric Patients in the Age of Coronavirus Disease 2019: Utility of Lung Ultrasound and Chest X-Ray in Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pneumonia.

Background: In recent years, lung ultrasound (LUS) has spread to emergency departments and clinical practise gaining great support, especially in time of pandemic, but only a few studies have been done on children. The aim of the present study is to compare the diagnostic accuracy of LUS (using Soldati LUS score) and that of chest X-ray (CXR) in CAP and COVID-19 pneumonia in paediatric patients. Secondary objective of the study is to examine the association between LUS score and disease severity.

Late diagnosis of celiac disease in an asymptomatic infant with growth failure.

The clinical spectrum for celiac disease (CD) is broad and includes cases with either typical (intestinal) or atypical (extraintestinal) features, often making the diagnosis of CD very difficult.We describe the case of a girl presenting with stunted growth and malnourishment. She was evaluated at 14 months for decreased growth rate without any signs of gastrointestinal, renal or endocrine disorders.