id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-280821-kc0ut4oy Venturini, Elisabetta Treatment of children with COVID-19: position paper of the Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Disease 2020-09-24 .txt text/plain 5481 315 45 The Italian Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases steering and scientific committee developed a position paper on treatment of children with COVID-19, reviewing the current literature on this topic and providing indications based on the available literature data. Currently, American guidelines on COVID-19 treatment published in May 2020, recommend both in children and adults to use lopinavir/ritonavir only in the context of clinical trials, given the lack of effectiveness reported now in literature [9, 12] . The latest Chinese guidelines on SARS-Cov-2 pneumoniae do not recommend the use of a specific antiviral for the treatment of COVID-19, and nevertheless include lopinavir/ritonavir among the available therapeutic options for hospitalized patients [29] . In May 2020, following an assessment of the emergency use authorization criteria and available scientific evidence, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization allowing for the administration of remdesivir intravenously by health care providers for the treatment of COVID-19 suspected or laboratoryconfirmed in adults and pediatric patients hospitalized with severe disease [34] . ./cache/cord-280821-kc0ut4oy.txt ./txt/cord-280821-kc0ut4oy.txt