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Klin Padiatr 2022; 234(02): 123-126
DOI: 10.1055/a-1589-5901
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Critically Severe COVID-19 in a Child with Residual Motor Deficit Due to Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Kritisch schweres COVID-19 bei einem Kind mit motorischem Defizit in Folge Guillain-Barré-Syndroms
Andreja Prijic
1   Children’s Hospital for Lung diseases and Tuberculosis, University Clinical Hospital Center “Dr Dragisa Misovic – Dedinje”, Belgrade, Serbia
,
Tatjana Gazibara 
2   Institute of Epidemiology, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Beograd, Serbia
,
Dimitrije Nikolić
3   Neurology Department, University Children’s Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
4   University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Beograd, Serbia
,
Olivera Ostojić
1   Children’s Hospital for Lung diseases and Tuberculosis, University Clinical Hospital Center “Dr Dragisa Misovic – Dedinje”, Belgrade, Serbia
,
Natasa Maksimovic
2   Institute of Epidemiology, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Medicine, Beograd, Serbia
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Introduction

Proportion of children affected by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is considerably lower than that in adults. Specifically, only 1–5% of all COVID-19 patients are younger than 18 and, overall, have much better prognosis compared to adults (Ludvigsson. Acta Paediatr 2020; 109: 1088–1095). In fact, clinical presentation of COVID-19 in children has typically been asymptomatic or mild (Ludvigsson. Acta Paediatr 2020; 109: 1088–1095). Estimates suggest that only 0.6% of children with COVID-19 become critically ill and can develop acute respiratory failure and oxygen saturation of<92% (Dong Y et al.; Pediatrics. 2020; 145:e20200702).

In this report, we present a case of a critically ill paediatric patient with COVID-19 who who had a residual motor deficit due to Guillain-Barré syndrome. Written consent to publish this report was obtained from the parents of the patient.



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Article published online:
16 September 2021

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