COVID-19 in children with neuromuscular disorders.

Objective: Children with neuromuscular disorders have been assumed to be a particularly vulnerable population since the beginning of COVID-19. Although this is a plausible hypothesis, there is no evidence that complications or mortality rates in neuromuscular patients are higher than in the general population. The aim of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics and outcome of COVID-19 in children with neuromuscular disorders.

Assessment of proadrenomedullin as diagnostic or prognostic biomarker of acute appendicitis in children with acute abdominal pain.

Background: Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most frequent surgical pathologies in pediatrics.

Objectives: To investigate the utility of proadrenomedullin (pro-ADM) for the diagnosis of AA.

Methods: Prospective, analytical, observational, and multicenter study conducted in 6 pediatric emergency departments.