Department of Pulmonology, Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C. Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Arch Argent Pediatr. 2024 Jun 1;122(3):e202310214. doi: 10.5546/aap.2023-10214.eng. Epub 2023 Dec 28.
Introduction. Children with neuromuscular disease (NMD) require chronic health care (CHC) and may develop severe COVID-19. Objectives. To describe CHC for children with NMD during the pandemic and the course of COVID-19 in this group. Population and methods. Prospective, single-center cohort. Patients aged 2 to 18 years with ≥ 1 year of follow-up prior to the pandemic were included. Demographic variables in relation to CHC and COVID-19 were collected from medical records and via telephone surveys. Results. A total of 226 patients with a median age of 11.3 years were included; 71% were males. They had muscular dystrophy (55.7%) and spinal muscular atrophy (23%). When comparing the first year of the pandemic with the previous year, 30% did not have a health checkup and 25% did not receive kinesiotherapy. Others did, but with a lower frequency. A total of 52 COVID-19 cases were reported; 82% were symptomatic: 88.4% were mild/moderate and 11.6%, severe. No patient died. Conclusions. The pandemic had a negative impact on CHC, and COVID-19 cases were mostly mild.
简介。患有神经肌肉疾病(NMD)的儿童需要长期的医疗保健(CHC),并且可能会患上严重的 COVID-19。目的。描述大流行期间患有 NMD 儿童的 CHC 情况以及该组 COVID-19 的病程。人群和方法。前瞻性、单中心队列研究。研究纳入了在大流行前有至少 1 年随访的 2 至 18 岁的患者。从病历和电话调查中收集了与 CHC 和 COVID-19 相关的人口统计学变量。结果。共纳入了 226 名中位年龄为 11.3 岁的患者;71%为男性。他们患有肌肉营养不良症(55.7%)和脊髓性肌萎缩症(23%)。与大流行前一年相比,有 30%的患者没有进行健康检查,25%的患者没有接受运动疗法。其他人接受了治疗,但频率较低。共报告了 52 例 COVID-19 病例;82%有症状:88.4%为轻度/中度,11.6%为重度。没有患者死亡。结论。大流行对 CHC 产生了负面影响,COVID-19 病例主要为轻症。