Extrapulmonary Manifestations of COVID19 in children

Although COVID-19 is most well known for causing substantial respiratory pathology, it can also result in several extrapulmonary manifestations. These conditions include thrombotic complications, myocardial dysfunction and arrhythmia, acute coronary syndromes, acute kidney injury, gastrointestinal symptoms, hepatocellular injury, hyperglycemia and ketosis, neurologic illnesses, ocular symptoms, and dermatologic complications. Given that ACE2, the entry receptor for the causative coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is expressed in multiple extrapulmonary tissues, direct viral tissue damage is a plausible mechanism of injury. In addition, endothelial damage and thromboinflammation, dysregulation of immune responses, and maladaptation of ACE2-related pathways might all contribute to these extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19.

Renal dysfunction, gastrointestinal complications, liver dysfunction, cardiac manifestations, mediastinal findings, neurological abnormalities, and hematological manifestations are among the reported extrapulmonary features. Considering the broad spectrum of clinical manifestations and the increasing worldwide burden of the disease, there is an urgent need to rapidly scale up the diagnostic capacity to detect COVID-19 and its complications.

This lecture will be conducted on 24th of September at 9 AM by Fars Pediatric Association (FPA). Our presenters, Dr. Kadivar, Dr. Haghighat, Dr. Mohammadi, Dr. Saeed, Dr. Shorafa and Dr. Karimi who are either full professor or assistant professor of different areas will present these interesting topics. The participants will also actively engage in the discussion by quizzes polls, and the results will be subsequently published. If a question comes up, you will be given a 15 minute "Question & Answer" section at the end of lecture. 

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This session of our webinar is sponsored by "Zist Takhmir" and "Behestan Behdasht" companies.