Survival in pediatric patients with cancer during the covid-19 pandemic: Scoping systematic review
Por:
Dorantes-Acosta E., Ávila-Montiel D., Klünder-Klünder M., Juárez-Villegas L., Márquez-González H.
Publicada:
1 ene 2020
Categoría:
Pediatrics, perinatology and child health
Resumen:
Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 has currently affected 8,015,502 million people worldwide with global mortality around 5%. Information in pediatric cancer patients is still limited, but it is emerging day by day. The objec-tive of this scoping review was to analyze the available data associated with COVID-19 infection and mortality in pediatric cancer patients and to provide useful information to plan and design strategies in this group. Methods: A search was conducted, and eight articles were obtained for qualitative analysis; 110 patients were included, all from cross-sectional studies. At the time of publication, all the analyzed documents reported no deaths associated with COVID-19. Results: According to the information, COVID-19 infection appears to be less severe in the pediatric population in comparison with adults and does not appear to be a cause of mortality in patients with childhood cancer. Conclusions: Given the nature of preliminary reports and a short follow-up in cancer patients, it is necessary to have medium-and long-term follow-up studies to determine the effects of infection and modifications to the treatments of these patients. © 2020 Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez. Published by Permanyer.
Filiaciones:
Dorantes-Acosta E.:
Departamento de Onco-Hematología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México City, Mexico
Ávila-Montiel D.:
Departamento de Onco-Hematología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México City, Mexico
Klünder-Klünder M.:
Departamento de Onco-Hematología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México City, Mexico
Juárez-Villegas L.:
Departamento de Onco-Hematología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México City, Mexico
Márquez-González H.:
Departamento de Onco-Hematología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México City, Mexico
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