Some sort of thesis. Free fulltext: https://thesis.unipd.it/retrieve/8e...-4073530aea30/TESI_VisonaElisa_30.06.2022.pdf ABSTRACT Background. Despite children are largely spared from severe COVID-19 compared to adults, recent data shown that they may also suffer from long-term consequences following SARS-CoV-2 infection. Aims. To determine the association between COVID-19 and the persistence or onset of new symptoms after infection in children. Methods. A retrospective cohort study was conducted on clinical data of children aged 0-14 years with a SARS-CoV-2 positive nasopharyngeal swab, retrieved from Pedianet, a paediatric primary care database linked to the Veneto region’s hospitalization database. Results. Among a total of 2.285 COVID-19 cases evaluated from 01/02/2020 to 30/11/2021, we observed a significantly higher prescriptions rate of cardiology, pneumology and neurology visits in COVID-19 cases compared to controls during the immediately short-term post-infection follow-up. Assessing symptoms or specific diagnosis associated to the prescriptions, no significant differences were found. Conclusion. In our retrospective cohort study, we observed an increased number of prescriptions for specialistic visits after SARS-CoV-2 infection in children, suggesting a possible clinical consequence related to COVID-19 in the pediatric population.
