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Boletín médico del Hospital Infantil de México
versión impresa ISSN 1665-1146
Resumen
MARQUEZ-GONZALEZ, Horacio et al. COVID-19 pandemic: challenges ahead. Bol. Med. Hosp. Infant. Mex. [online]. 2020, vol.77, n.5, pp.242-251. Epub 30-Oct-2020. ISSN 1665-1146. https://doi.org/10.24875/bmhim.20000166.
Since December 2019, health systems worldwide have faced the pandemic caused by the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The pandemic began in China and has spread throughout the world. This new coronavirus has a high transmission capacity and elevated lethality in people over 60 years old and in those with risk factors (obesity, diabetes, and systemic arterial hypertension); those characteristics have a different proportion in each country. At present, there is no specific, effective, and safe treatment to treat this virus. In this review, an analysis is made on the differences in epidemiological aspects of the disease and its presentation in pediatric patients; the poorly-based recommendation for using an empirical combination of antimalarials plus antimicrobials as antiviral treatment; the indication of intravenous steroids; and the possible influence of antihypertensive drugs on the course of the disease.
Palabras llave : Coronavirus 2019 disease; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Hydroxychloroquine; Azithromycin; Steroids; Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2.