Oseltamivir and Its Potential Effect on the Management of the Flu in Children and Adolescents

Abstract

Influenza is a viral infection that mainly affects the respiratory tract from the most proximal to the most distal portion, it is characterized by lasting about 7 days and by having a variable clinical picture. This infectious disease is positioned as one of the most relevant causes of hospitalization in the child population associated with possible complications that can be fatal, generally the treatment is symptomatic but in special cases antivirals are used, in the pediatric population oseltamivir is the indicated drug.