Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2020 Jun;162(6):800-803. doi: 10.1177/0194599820919748. Epub 2020 Apr 14.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel coronavirus resulting in high mortality in the adult population but low mortality in the pediatric population. The role children and adolescents play in COVID-19 transmission is unclear, and it is possible that healthy pediatric patients serve as a reservoir for the virus. This article serves as a summary of a single pediatric institution's response to COVID-19 with the goal of protecting both patients and health care providers while providing ongoing care to critically ill patients who require urgent interventions. A significant limitation of this commentary is that it reflects a single institution's joint effort at a moment in time but does not take into consideration future circumstances that could change practice patterns. We still hope dissemination of our overall response at this moment, approximately 8 weeks after our region's first adult case, may benefit other pediatric institutions preparing for COVID-19.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是一种新型冠状病毒，在成年人群中导致高死亡率，但在儿科人群中死亡率较低。儿童和青少年在 COVID-19 传播中的作用尚不清楚，健康的儿科患者可能是病毒的储主。本文总结了一家儿科医疗机构对 COVID-19 的应对措施，目的是在为需要紧急干预的重症患者提供持续治疗的同时，保护患者和医护人员。本评论的一个显著局限性是，它反映了一个机构在特定时刻的共同努力，但没有考虑到可能改变实践模式的未来情况。我们仍希望在我们所在地区首例成人病例出现约 8 周后，传播我们目前的整体应对措施，这可能对其他准备应对 COVID-19 的儿科机构有所帮助。
