Table 1.
Reasons for telephone consultations and decisions taken
| Total cases N = 206, (%) |
Suspected cases N = 104, (%) |
Confirmed cases N = 102, (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of request | |||
| General information about management of respiratory symptoms and fever in children with suspected COVID-19 | 90 (44) | 90 (87) | 0 (0) |
| Indications for microbiology examination | 60 (29) | 57 (55) | 3 (3) |
| Request for admission (general, not referring to clinical cases) | 28 (14) | 6 (6) | 22 (22) |
| Indications for management of exposed children | 104 (50) | 104 (100) | 0 (0) |
| Management of COVID-19-positive children living with COVID-19-negative at-risk adults | 33 (16) | 26 (26) | 7 (7) |
| Request for admission (specific) | 28 (14) | 6 (6) | 22 (22) |
| Prevention of infection (isolation/quarantine) generally | 206 (100) | 104 (100) | 102 (100) |
| Decisions taken following telephone consultations | |||
| Management of a suspected case | 104 (50) | 104 (100) | 0 (0) |
| Management of a confirmed case | 102 (50) | 0 (0) | 102 (100) |
| Watchful waiting | 180 (87) | 100 (96) | 80 (78) |
| Isolation of a COVID-19-infected child where there was risk to a cohabitant | 7 (3) | 0 (0) | 7 (7) |
| COVID-19 triage | 26 (13) | 26 (25) | 0 (0) |
| Admission to the paediatric COVID-19 specialist unit | 30 (15) | 8 (22) | 22 (28) |