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Assignment:
Boechat, J. L., Wandalsen, G. F., Kuschnir, F. C., & Delgado, L. (2021). COVID-19 and pediatric asthma: Clinical and management challenges. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(3), 1093.
1. There was great concern for children with asthma when the COVID pandemic first started. However, paradoxically, these children did not necessarily have poor outcomes or a greater risk of being infected with this virus. Analyze the pathophysiological theories, presented in the scholarly literature, regarding this phenomenon.
2. The symptoms of COVID-19 in children are often difficult to differentiate from other common respiratory infections seen in children. Summarize what we currently know about the clinical presentation of COVID 19 in children and how it differs from that seen in adults. You will find the following podcast helpful:
Nursing Professor. (2021). Atypical signs and symptoms of infection in the elderly.
3. Select the most appropriate labs and imaging studies needed to differentiate and confirm common respiratory illnesses in children from COVID 19.