Detección oportuna de los casos pediátricos covid-19 asociada a complicaciones de respuesta inflamatoria sistémica en el área pediátrica del Hospital Martín Icaza. Babahoyo marzo diciembre 2020

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Abstract: Introduction: Respiratory conditions are one of the pathologies with the highest incidence in pediatric emergency consultation, and given the epidemiological situation with COVID cases, the systemic inflammatory response is one of its main complications. Method: This research aims to identify whether the detection of COVID 19 cases in childrenand adolescents aged 0 to 14 years decreased the complicated systemic inflammatory response (SIM), their admission to intensive care and their mortality in the pediatric area of the Martín Icaza Hospital from March 16, 2020 to December 30, 2020 in thecity of Babahoyo through follow-up of medical records and collection of epidemiological records that were made upon admission to the emergency area of each pediatric patient who presented characteristic symptoms (respiratory, abdominal, dermatological) Results: where real information was obtained on the epidemiological fence of the affected child and the existence of another s children who lived in that address who presented symptoms. Conclusions It was possible to collect information from 80COVID (+) children, which verified that the highest affected range was from 1 to 4 years with 58.75%, which could be captured in time in conjunction with the health district to prevent theircomplications.