State's paedriatric doctors brace for more child hospital admissions amid COVID-19 Omicron wave
A Brisbane-based children's infectious disease specialist, who studied COVID-19 patients in London, has moved to allay parental fears as Queensland's expected Omicron variant peak looms over the coming few weeks.
Dr Clark also gained experience in diagnosing and treating a rare post-COVID condition in children — known as paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome — that is potentially fatal without appropriate medical care. "We're not really concerned that we're going to be looking after lots of children with severe COVID, because we're not," she said.
Dr Julie Clark has experience in diagnosing and treating a rare post-COVID condition in children, known as paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome.However, Dr Clark said, parents should be alert for a potentially severe post-COVID illness — paediatric inflammatory multi-system syndrome — which could develop in children between two and six weeks after having the virus.
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