Ottobre 2021 - Volume XL - numero 8
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1Scuola di Specializzazione in Pediatria, Università di Trieste
2IRCCS Materno-Infantile “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste
Indirizzo per corrispondenza: laracolussi94@gmail.com
Key words: Adolescent, Covid-19, Return to play, Sport
Aim - To evaluate the cardiopulmonary function in children returning to play sports after mild or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Methods - This is a consecutive case series conducted at the Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Trieste, Italy. Paediatric patients who accessed the Institute for cardiologic and pneumological evaluation before the return-to-play competitive sports were recruited. According to the Italian Sports Medical Federation recommendations, echocardiogram, electrocardiogram, treadmill ECG test and pulmonary function tests were performed.
Results - 240 patients (aged 8-17 years old) were recruited. Among these, 233 children were considered for the final analysis. Out of 233, 147 (63.1%) had a mild symptomatic form of SARS-CoV-2 infection, while 86 (36.9%) were asymptomatic. The main referred symptoms were fever (n = 68, 46.3%), headache (n = 42, 28.6%), anosmia (n = 40, 27.2%), rhinitis (n = 34, 23.1%), ageusia (n = 32, 21.8%), cough (n = 22, 15%), asthenia (n = 21, 14.3%), arthralgia-myalgia (n = 20, 13.6%), sore throat (n = 14, 9.5%) and gastrointestinal symptoms (n = 9, 6.1%). No child presented evidence of cardiopulmonary function impairment after an average time of 76.1 days (SD 39.2) from SARS-CoV-2 swab positivity and a median of 68 days (IQ1 49, IQ3 98).
Conclusion - This study suggests that the diagnostic yield of cardiopulmonary tests before returning to play sports may be very low in the absence of specific symptoms.
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