COVID 19: Physiotherapy performance in a pediatric intensive care unit

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new coronavirus who emerged in 2019 and causes Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) that is highly contagious and differs from other respiratory viroses. The transmition occurs by human-to-human approximately 2 to 10 days prior to the individual becoming symptomatic [1-4]. The COVID-19 in children is often less severe than in adults. It is children were usually well cared for at and might have relatively less opportunities to expose themselves to pathogens and/or sick patients. The angiotensin converting enzyme II (ACE2) is known as a SARS-CoV-2 /receptor and evidence has indicated that these receptors in children have less maturity and function than in adults. the or The higher younger children < 1 year of 3% In 13 critical cases, 7 younger than 1 year and only a 14 years old boy