Spectrum of Radiological Changes in the Lungs of Paediatric Population with COVID-19 Infection

  • Jurijs Shushenachevs (Speaker)
  • Apine, I. (Co-author)
  • Laizāne, G. (Co-author)
  • Darta Ieva Ozolina (Co-author)

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Description

To clarify the spectrum of radiological changes in the lungs of children with COVID-19 infection who received treatment in the hospital.. We performed a retrospective analysis at the Children's Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia. From the electronic database, was selected patient histories with COVID-19, who underwent chest X-ray during the inpatient. The degrees of lung damage were divided into 4 categories: 1 - "bronchial drainage disorders" and/or "bronchial obstruction"; 2 - mild degrees (the damage occupied < 1/3 of the lung volume); medium grade (lung damage around 1/3 – 2/3 of the lung volume); severe or diffuse lung damage (> 2/3 of the lung volume). The following data were analysed: gender, age, description of lung X-ray, duration of treatment, symptoms, CRO and IL-6 blood levels, total number of leukocytes and other. Statistical data processing was performed with SPSS.. The study included 99 children: age group 1 from birth to the 1st month n=11 (11,1%), group 2 from the 1st month to the 1st year n=20 (20,2%), group 3 from the 1st - 5th year n=38 (38,4%), group 4 from the 5th - 12th year n=13 (13,1%),, group 5 from the 12th - 18th n=17 (17,2%). Chest X-ray without pathological changes was observed: in group 1 n=6, in group 2 n=7, in group 3 n=10, in group 4 n=6, in group 5 n=7; in total n=36 (35,6% of all). First category: n=32, and 19 of them were in age group 3. Mild grades: n=19. Intermediate grades: n=8. Except for the group 1, severe lung damage was found in one patient in each group.. The largest number of infected was observed at the age of 1-5 years. In all age groups, as the severity of lung damage increased, the number of patients decreased. Further observations are needed to draw more definitive conclusions.
Period29 Mar 2023
Event titleRSU International Research Conference 2023: Knowledge for Use in Practice
Event typeConference
OrganiserRīga Stradiņš University
LocationRiga, LatviaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

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