RT Journal Article
T1 Management strategies for children with COVID-19: ESPR practical recommendations
A1 Raissaki, Maria
A1 Shelmerdine, Susan C.
A1 Damasio, Maria Beatrice
A1 Toso, Seema
A1 Kvist, Ola
A1 Lovrenski, Jovan
A1 Hirsch, Franz Wolfgang
A1 Görkem, Süreyya Burcu
A1 Paterson, Anne
A1 Arthurs, Owen J.
A1 Rossi, Andrea
A1 van Schuppen, Joost
A1 Petit, Philippe
A1 Argyropoulou, Maria I.
A1 Offiah, Amaka C.
A1 Rosendahl, Karen
A1 Caro-Domínguez, Pablo
K1 Children
K1 Coronavirus
K1 COVID-19
K1 Imaging protocol
K1 Management
K1 Radiology
K1 Niños
AB During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, guidelines have been issued by international, national and local authorities to address management and the need for preparedness. Children with COVID-19 differ from adults in that they are less often and less severely affected. Additional precautions required in the management of children address their increased radiosensitivity, need for accompanying carers, and methods for dealing with children in a mixed adult-paediatric institution. In this guidance document, our aim is to define a pragmatic strategy for imaging children with an emphasis on proven or suspected COVID-19 cases. Children suspected of COVID-19 should not be imaged routinely. Imaging should be performed only when expected to alter patient management, depending on symptoms, preexisting conditions and clinical evolution. In order to prevent disease transmission, it is important to manage the inpatient caseload effectively by triaging children and carers outside the hospital, re-scheduling nonurgent elective procedures and managing symptomatic children and carers as COVID-19 positive until proven otherwise. Within the imaging department one should consider conducting portable examinations with COVID-19 machines or arranging dedicated COVID-19 paediatric imaging sessions and performing routine nasopharyngeal swab testing before imaging under general anaesthesia. Finally, regular personal hygiene, appropriate usage of personal protective equipment, awareness of which procedures are considered aerosol generating and information on how to best disinfect imaging machinery after examinations should be highlighted to all staff members.
PB Springer Nature
SN 0301-0449
YR 2020
FD 2020-07-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3274
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/3274
LA en
NO Raissaki M, Shelmerdine SC, Damasio MB, Toso S, Kvist O, Lovrenski J, et al. Management strategies for children with COVID-19: ESPR practical recommendations. Pediatr Radiol. 2020 Aug;50(9):1313-1323.
DS RISalud
RD Apr 5, 2025