Persistent symptoms and decreased health-related quality of life after symptomatic pediatric COVID-19: A prospective study in a Latin American tertiary hospital.
Thais Toledo FinkHeloisa Helena de Sousa MarquesBruno GualanoLívia M L LimaVera BainCamilla A A PedrosoFernanda MartinsDenise MatheusOlivia Mari MatsuoPriscila SuguitaVitor Cavalcanti TrindadeCamila Sanson Yoshino de PaulaSylvia Costa Lima FarhatPatricia PalmeiraGabriela Nunes LealLisa SuzukiVicente Odone FilhoMagda Maria Sales Carneiro-SampaioAlberto José S DuarteLeila AntonangeloLinamara Rizzo BatisttellaGuilherme Vanoni PolanczykRosa Maria Rodrigues PereiraCarlos Roberto Ribeiro de CarvalhoCarlos Alberto BuchpigelAna Claudia L XavierMarilia SeelaenderClovis Artur Almeida da SilvaMaria Fernanda Badue Pereiranull nullAdriana M E SallumAlexandra V M BrentaniÁlvaro José S NetoAmanda IharaAndrea R SantosAna Pinheiro M CantonAndreia WatanabeAngélica C Dos SantosAntonio C PastorinoBernadette D G M FrancoBruna CaruzoCarina CenevivaCarolina C M F MartinsDanilo PradoDeipara M AbellanFabiana B BenattiFabiana SmariaFernanda T GonçalvesFernando D PenteadoGabriela S F de CastroGuilherme S GonçalvesHamilton RoschelIlana R DisiIsabela G MarquesInar A CastroIzabel M BuscattiJaline Z FaiadJarlei FiamonciniJoaquim C RodriguesJorge D A CarneiroJose A PazJuliana C FerreiraJuliana C O FerreiraKatia R SilvaKarina L M BastosKatia KozuLilian M CristofaniLucas V B SouzaLucia M A CamposLuiz Vicente R F Silva FilhoMarcelo T SapienzaMarcos S LimaMarlene P GaranitoMárcia F A SantosMayra B DornaNadia E AikawaNadia LitvinovNeusa K SakitaPaula V V GaiollaPaula PasqualucciRicardo K TomaSimone Correa-SilvaSofia M SieczkowskaMarta ImamuraSilvana ForsaitVera A SantosYingying ZhengPublished in: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)
Pediatric patients with COVID-19 showed a longitudinal impact on HRQoL parameters, particularly in physical/school domains, reinforcing the need for a prospective multidisciplinary approach for these patients. These data highlight the importance of closer monitoring of children and adolescents by the clinical team after COVID-19.