Clinical and laboratory profile of children with COVID-19 admitted at a tertiary care hospital in Karnataka, Southern India

Pathum Sookaromdee,Viroj Wiwanitkit

doi:10.4038/sljch.v51i1.10033

Abstract

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Highlights

Dear Editors, We like to share some ideas on the publication “Clinical and laboratory profile of children with COVID-19 admitted at a tertiary care hospital in Karnataka, Southern India”[1]
nutrition risk screening (NRS) score was a good predictor for clinical outcome in cases with sepsis and it might be applicable to cases with COVID-192
The treatment given to different children might be different and it can result in different clinical outcomes

Summary

Introduction

Dear Editors, We like to share some ideas on the publication “Clinical and laboratory profile of children with COVID-19 admitted at a tertiary care hospital in Karnataka, Southern India”[1]. Sahana KS, et al[1] concluded that “Presence of undernutrition and elevated C-reactive protein were associated with severe illness”. Some laboratory parameters were studied and there might be important confounding effects. As Sahana KS, et al[1] noted, some children have nutritional problems which might affect some laboratory parameters such as ferritin and haemoglobin.

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