Browsing by Author "Gochicoa-Rangel L."

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    Brief report: International perspectives on the pediatric COVID-19 experience
    (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2020) Yilmaz O.; Gochicoa-Rangel L.; Blau H.; Epaud R.; Lands L.C.; Lombardi E.; Moore P.E.; Stein R.T.; Wong G.W.K.; Zar H.J.
    The 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is endangering human health worldwide; scarcity of published pediatric cases and current literature and the absence of evidence-based guidelines necessitate international sharing of experience and personal communication. On 31 March 2020 the International Committee of the American Thoracic Society Pediatrics Assembly recorded an online podcast, during which pediatric pulmonologists worldwide shared their experience on the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in children. The aim was to share personal experience in organizing pediatric care in different health care settings globally, protecting health care workers, and isolation practices. This manuscript summarizes the common themes of the podcast which centered around three main topics: more benign clinical disease and progression in pediatric cases compared to adults, a strong need for strategies to protect health care workers, and social or economic disparities as a barrier to successful pandemic control. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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    Pneumonia in Children
    (Springer International Publishing, 2021) Ketenci A.; Gochicoa-Rangel L.; Yılmaz Ö.
    The most frequent reason for death in children worldwide who are under the age of 5 years is pneumonia. It is estimated that 808,000 children died due to pneumonia in 2017 (WHO), representing higher than five deaths to pneumonia per 1000 live births [1]. This child mortality disproportionately affects lower- and middle-income nations, but even in developed countries pneumonia still causes considerable morbidity and healthcare costs. Epidemiological research carried out in the USA ascertained a rate of 15.7 cases of community-acquired pneumonia per 10,000 children resulting in admission to hospital. The highest risk for this event was amongst children aged below 2 years [1–3]. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.