TY - JOUR
T1 - Orthostatic Intolerance in Children With Long COVID Utilizing a 10-Minute Passive Standing Test
AU - Morrow, Amanda
AU - Villatoro, Cindy
AU - Kokorelis, Christina
AU - Rowe, Peter
AU - Malone, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Despite there being a wide variety of symptoms reported in pediatric long COVID, one condition that has become increasingly recognized is orthostatic intolerance (OI), which can cause significant morbidity, limiting activities of daily living. This study examines rates of OI in 92 children with long COVID who underwent a bedside passive standing test in a pediatric post-COVID-19 rehabilitation clinic. Seventy-one percent met criteria for an orthostatic condition, including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), orthostatic tachycardia (OT), classic orthostatic hypotension (OH), delayed OH, and orthostatic hypertension. Our findings suggest that OI is common in pediatric long COVID, necessitating appropriate clinical screening and treatment.
AB - Despite there being a wide variety of symptoms reported in pediatric long COVID, one condition that has become increasingly recognized is orthostatic intolerance (OI), which can cause significant morbidity, limiting activities of daily living. This study examines rates of OI in 92 children with long COVID who underwent a bedside passive standing test in a pediatric post-COVID-19 rehabilitation clinic. Seventy-one percent met criteria for an orthostatic condition, including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), orthostatic tachycardia (OT), classic orthostatic hypotension (OH), delayed OH, and orthostatic hypertension. Our findings suggest that OI is common in pediatric long COVID, necessitating appropriate clinical screening and treatment.
KW - autonomic dysfunction
KW - dysautonomia
KW - long COVID
KW - orthostatic hypertension
KW - orthostatic hypotension
KW - orthostatic tachycardia
KW - post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)
KW - post-COVID condition
KW - post-COVID-19
KW - postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85200987164&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85200987164&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/00099228241272053
DO - 10.1177/00099228241272053
M3 - Article
C2 - 39123312
AN - SCOPUS:85200987164
SN - 0009-9228
JO - Clinical pediatrics
JF - Clinical pediatrics
ER -