Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Neonates - What Is Known and What Needs to Be Known. 2020

Manas Nayak, and Santosh Panda, and Janaki Ballav Pradhan, and Nirmal K Mohakud
Neonatology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, IND.

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) first broke out in Wuhan, China, and subsequently spread worldwide affecting all ages including newborns. The cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are very less in neonates and they recover well with supportive treatment. Though the vertical transmission of infection is scarcely found, to get rid of acquiring infection by horizontal transmission one should screen all pregnant women and ensure standard infection control measures and monitoring of newborns at risk of COVID-19. Neonates may present as a refusal to feed, feeding intolerance, fever, pneumonia, shortness of breath, and lethargic. Based on available evidence, antivirals like lopinavir, ritonavir, remdesivir specific medication like chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, corticosteroids, and intravenous gamma globulin, are not recommended, so early detection and supportive treatment is needed for an optimal outcome.

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