Experience and management of two paediatric patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 with major burn injuries in an intensive care unit

• Autores: Bustamante, Atenas, Miranda, Juan, Iglesias, Martin, Contreras, Kelly, Lector, Christian, De Pawlikowski, Wieslawa
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Colegio Médico del Perú
• Repositorio: Acta Médica Peruana
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1675
• Enlace del recurso: https://amp.cmp.org.pe/index.php/AMP/article/view/1675
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: COVID-19; SRAG-CoV-2; Burns; Child

SARS-CoV-2 infection is rapidly disseminating, leading to a world pandemics in which we are also affected. In San Borja Peruvian National Children Health Institute, which is the reference center for surgical pediatric patients, 106 patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 were hospitalized. Of them, 11 presented with burns and two had large burns. The viral infection was diagnosed using molecular testing. We present in detail the case of a pediatric seven-year old patient who had large burns and was taken care of in the intensive care unit. She had asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, and her outcome was good, with a good prognosis, and she recovered completely and uneventfully. On the other hand, COVID-19 may present as a severe disease leading to a multisystemic inflammatory syndrome with some uncommon clinical manifestations which affect its prognosis , as it was the case with another seven-month old patient who passed away in spite of having received specialized and timely therapy.