PERSISTENT SYMPTOMS AFTER COVID-19 IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS FROM ARGENTINA

SEERY, VANESA; RAIDEN, SILVINA; GOMEZ PEREDO, JUAN MARTÍN; BORDA, MAURICIO; HERRERA, LARGIÓN; URANGA, MACARENA; ERRAMUSPE, CONSTANZA; MARCO DEL PONT, MARÍA; DAVENPORT, CAROLINA; RUSSO, CONSTANZA; SANANEZ, INÉS; LAUFER, NATALIA; MUIÑOS, ROBERTO; FERRERO, FERNANDO; GEFFNER, JORGE; ARRUVITO, LOURDES

Mar del Plata

Congreso; Reunión Anual de Sociedades de Biociencias SAIC-SAI-FAIC-SAFIS; 2022

SAIC-SAI-FAIC-SAFIS

BACKGROUND: While long COVID-19 is widely recognized in adults, its existence in children is more controversial. Data are limited by the lack of appropriate definition and small size of cohorts. We aimed to study the long-term symptoms and associated risk factors for persistent symptoms beyond 3 months of COVID-19 in the pediatric population. METHODS: This observational study includes 639 Argentinian children aged 1 to 17 years with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection and 577 uninfected children during June 2020-June 2021. Parents completed a survey about the acute COVID-19 and persistent or new symptoms that their child had for more than 3 months after diagnostic.RESULTS: A high proportion of parents of previously infected children (34%, n=219) reported that their children had at least one persistent or new symptom in comparison with the perception of parents of healthy children (13%, n=74, p