Abstract Objective To characterize school-age children who underwent surgical intervention in a public hospital in the countryside of Minas Gerais. Methods Descriptive and retrospective study with a quantitative approach. Data from school-age children who underwent a surgical procedure from 2017 to 2019 were taken from the study hospital. The variables studied were sex, age, type and number of the surgical procedure, as well as its nature, specialty, city of residence, date of procedure and destination after surgery. Descriptive statistical analysis […]

Abstract Objective To identify the available evidence on the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic measures of COVID-19 in hospitalized children. Methods Integrative literature review, conducted in June 2020, by searching the Web of Science, CINAHL, MEDLINE and SCOPUS databases. Data collection was carried out in a proper matrix following the PRISMA guidance. The analysis of the 19 included studies was thematic. Results Male children and children under one year old predominated. Family transmission was more common, pre-existing conditions were identified and […]

Abstract A new coronavirus discovered in December 2019 was responsible for a pandemic with alarming results of morbidity and mortality. Fever, dry cough, rhinorrhea, fatigue, and lymphopenia affects adults significantly while children have milder conditions. This review article describes clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children with SARS-CoV2 infection through the review of scope according to Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. The articles showed that children present disease asymptomatically and/or oligosymptomatically, with low mortality and few complications, and as the symptoms are […]

Abstract Objective To describe the sociodemographic profile and clinical characteristics of visceral leishmaniasis in children admitted to a referral hospital in São Luís, Maranhão. Methods This is a retrospective cross-sectional quantitative study. Results Eighty-three children aged 0 to 12 years were evaluated. With prevalent age range from 6 months to less than 2 years. Fever was the most observed symptom at admission (98.8%). The use of antibiotics during hospitalization in 69 individuals (83.1%) and 77 children (92.8%) progressed to discharge […]