Department of Radiology, Hospital for Advanced Medicine and Surgery (HAMS), Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Nepal Health Research Council, Kathmandu, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2021 Nov 15;59(243):1196-1203. doi: 10.31729/jnma.7122.
Diagnostic radiology plays a crucial role in children. The pediatric population has been less studied than the adult population since the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic to date. Realizing the potential utility of structured reporting, different guidelines and international consensus statements regarding COVID-19 in the pediatric population have been released in recent times. Different clinical and radiological manifestations in children have been evolving in this period of uncertainty and are different from the adult population in certain aspects. Apart from the involvement of lungs, a multisystemic inflammatory syndrome in children or pediatric multi systemic inflammatory syndrome is unique in children. Therefore, awareness of the recent consensus, structural uniform reporting and multi-organ involving patterns in COVID-19 can guide radiologists for a better understanding of this complex novel disease leading to early diagnosis and timely treatment of affected children.
诊断放射学在儿科中起着至关重要的作用。自 COVID-19 大流行初期至今，儿科人群的研究比成人人群要少。鉴于结构化报告的潜在效用，最近发布了针对儿科人群 COVID-19 的不同指南和国际共识声明。在这一不确定时期，儿童的不同临床表现和影像学表现与成人有所不同。除了肺部受累外，儿童多系统炎症综合征或小儿多系统炎症综合征在儿童中是独特的。因此，了解最新的共识、结构统一的报告以及 COVID-19 多器官受累模式，可以指导放射科医生更好地理解这种复杂的新型疾病，从而实现对患儿的早期诊断和及时治疗。
