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Limited Benefit of Facility Isolation and the Rationale for Home Care in Children with Mild COVID-19
- Source :
- Journal of Korean Medical Science
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences, 2021.
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Abstract
- Considering the mild degree of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in children and the enormous stress caused by isolation in unfamiliar places, policies requiring mandatory isolation at medical facilities should be reevaluated especially given the impact of the pandemic on the availability of hospital beds. In this study, we assessed the usefulness of facility isolation and the transmissibility of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by infected children to uninfected caregivers in isolation units at a hospital and a residential treatment center in Seoul during August-November 2020. Fifty-three children were included and median age was 4 years (range, 0–18). All were mildly ill or asymptomatic and isolated for a median duration of 12 days. Thirty percent stayed home longer than 2 days before entering isolation units from symptom onset. Among 15 uninfected caregivers, none became infected when they used facemasks and practiced hand hygiene. The results suggest children with mild COVID-19 may be cared safely at home by a caregiver in conditions with adherence to the preventive measures of wearing facemasks and practicing hand hygiene.<br />Graphical Abstract
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Isolation (health care)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Adolescent
Home Nursing
N95 Respirators
Seoul
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
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Brief Communication
Preventive & Social Medicine
Asymptomatic
Isolation
Patient Isolation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Hygiene
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
Hand Hygiene
030212 general & internal medicine
Symptom onset
Child
Children
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business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Infant, Newborn
Residential treatment center
COVID-19
Infant
General Medicine
Hospitalization
Caregivers
Child, Preschool
Emergency medicine
Patient Compliance
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15986357 and 10118934
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Korean Medical Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....530249896d8e8295e008b0388a67ece5