Introduction:

the management of SARS-CoV-2 in pediatric patients by nursing professionals should be governed by the guidelines and protocols that the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Public Health have designed to minimize the complications and morbimortality rate that coronavirus can trigger.

Objective:

to analyze the management of SARS-CoV-2 in patients of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Portoviejo Specialties Hospital, in Ecuador.

Materials and methods:

a cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative research was carried out. The population consisted of 11 nursing professionals and 19 pediatric patients who were hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 and who required ventilatory support. For data collection, a survey was carried out using Google Forms, in order to know the different procedures and review of clinical histories, as well as complications, ventilatory treatment and discharge.

Results:

100% of the nursing staff used measures covered by the biosecurity protocols. In addition to the patients who required ventilatory support, 62.5% presented acute respiratory failure associated to COVID-19, compared to 37.5% who had symptoms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome. The deceased pediatric patients suffered from congenital diseases.

Conclusions:

the assistance of the nursing staff to the patients of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit shows that knowledge acquired by these professionals achieved the restoration of the health of the children admitted there.

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