Introduction: Hypoglycemia is a common symptom in pediatrics that can lead to neurological sequelae. The etiologies are mostly benign, but hypoglycemia can be a symptom of severe underlying disease. To streamline the etiological investigations, a "hypoglycemia kit," containing supplies needed to perform specific analyses quickly, was made available in the pediatric emergency department of the Rouen University Hospital in 2011.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: SARS-CoV-2 induces a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations, which overlap with other viral infections very common in children. We aimed to describe the percentage of positive SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR tests in symptomatic and asymptomatic ambulatory children and to determine the predictive factors for positivity.
Patients And Methods: From June 1 to July 31, 2020, we conducted a cross-sectional prospective, multicenter study (13 hospital emergency units and 59 ambulatory pediatricians) throughout France.