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The present study aimed to describe the perinatal outcomes of newborns of mothers with 2019 coronavirus infection identified before delivery in a level III hospital in Peru. Sociodemographic variables, obstetric complications, and neonatal morbidities were evaluated in the births that occurred between April 1 and June 30, 2020, at the National Maternal Perinatal Institute of Peru. 43 newborns were registered: 93% came from asymptomatic mothers, the most frequent obstetric complications were premature rupture of membranes (18.6%) and pre-eclampsia (11.6%), 65.1% of the births were vaginally, only one of the newborns had a positive result to RT-PCR for COVID-19, the comorbidities of the newborns were prematurity (11.3%) and low birth weight (9.3%); four were admitted to intermediate care and two to intensive care. It is concluded that 2.4% of newborns born to mothers with COVID-19 presented positive molecular test of RT-PCR, 14% of newborns presented morbidity as prematurity, low birth weight, sepsis and pneumonia that required ventilation. Neonatal morbidity was found in newborns whose RT-PCR test was negative for COVID-19.

De toda la población infectada por el SARS-CoV-2, la población pediátrica representa del 1 al 5%, siendo un reto caracterizarla clínicamente. Presentamos cinco casos de pacientes pediátricos con diagnóstico de COVID-19; el rango de edad fue de 1 a 14 años, tuvieron manifestaciones clínicas variadas, tres de ellos presentaron fiebre, tos y dificultad respiratoria, otro fiebre y dermatosis, y un adolescente con diarrea y vómitos asociado al síndrome de Guillain-Barré. Los exámenes de laboratorio revelaron elevación de lactato deshidrogenasa, dimero-D y ferritina. El patrón radiológico más frecuente fue el engrosamiento peribronquial perihiliar. Todos los casos tuvieron evolución clínica y radiológica favorable. La diversidad en las presentaciones clínicas en niños debe considerarse para un diagnóstico temprano de la enfermedad.

The case of a young adult patient is presented with a history of polycystic ovary and recent infection by COVID 19 that starts with asthenopia and blurred vision along with headache, fundus examination with bilateral papilledema was performed, laboratory and neuroimaging studies without positive findings, also lumbar puncture with elevated opening pressure so idiopathic intracranial hypertension was diagnosed with subsequent post puncture improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]