Clinical Pediatrics: Open Access
Open Access
ISSN: 2572-0775
ISSN: 2572-0775
Dr. Sumant Patil
Paediatric Intensivist, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, India.
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Clin Pediatr OA
COVID -19 pandemic has engulfed the Whole world in an unimaginable health crisis leading to significant loss of human lives and chaotic overburdened healthcare systems all over globe. There had been enough literature published with adult disease presentation and management mainly from China and western world. At the end of the second wave of pandemic, WHO COVID-19 dashboard shows India as second most affected country in the world behind the USA. In India, State of Maharashtra had been the worst affected state and Pune remains the city with highest case load as per COVID -19 Dashboard of Government of Maharashtra. Despite this there are limited studies available on the pattern of paediatric COVID-19 infections from India. Therefore, we aimed to collate the data for clinical profile of paediatric patients from our tertiary centre institute in Pune which encountered a high case load of patients with COVID-19 infection during first wave of pandemic. We conducted a retrospective observational cohort study over 6 months from 1st April 2020 to 30th September 2020. 148 children hospitalised with confirmed SARS CoV-2 infection were included in the study. Of these 57 (38.5%) were asymptomatic and 91(61.5%) were symptomatic. Fever was the commonest presenting feature in 65(43.9%), followed by cough 34(23%) and runny nose in 25(16.9%). PICU admission was needed in 9 (6.1%) patients and there was one neonatal death. This study confirmed that the pattern of disease is mild in children with a high number of asymptomatic patients and rare mortality due to COVID-19 infection.
Dr. Sumant Patil holds MD in Paediatrics from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Bangalore. He was selected by Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health, London in 2003. There he acquired DCH and MRCPCH. Underwent specialist fellowship training in Paediatric Intensive care and Neonatology at Nottingham University hospitals NHS trust, UK. Returned to India in 2014 working as Paediatric Intensivist at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune. Total 21 years of experience in Paediatrics. Publications in national and international medical journals. A faculty of Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) -Intensive care chapter and director for IAP-PICU fellowship programme.