Clinical Features and Follow-up of Referred Children and Young People With Long COVID.

Background: Patient-level data on the clinical features and outcomes of children and young people referred for possible long coronavirus disease (COVID) can guide clinicians on what to expect in managing patients and advising families.

Methods: A Post-Acute COVID Clinic for persons <21 years of age was established in October 2020. Intake was standardized and management was tailored to presenting symptoms.

Long-term Health Outcomes of Patients Evaluated for Unexplained Fever in a Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic.

A telephone interview was conducted with parents of 120 children seen in a pediatric infectious diseases clinic for unexplained fever who received no definitive diagnosis or were thought to have recurrent self-limited illnesses. Only 3 were diagnosed with a fever-related condition after 8 years of follow-up. The majority remained well.

An Approach to the Management of Pleural Empyema with Early Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery and Early Transition to Oral Antibiotic Therapy.

Practice variation exists in the management of children with bacterial pneumonia complicated by empyema. The success of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) versus chest tube insertion for drainage and fibrinolysis may be dependent on the stage of disease. There is little published experience with early transition to oral (PO) antibiotics, and many children are treated with intravenous (IV) antibiotics at home.