Paediatric admissions with SARS-CoV-2 during the Delta and Omicron waves: an Australian single-centre retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical course of Australian children admitted to hospital with COVID-19 infection is not well understood, particularly over the Omicron period.

Methods

This study describes paediatric admissions to a single tertiary paediatric institution through the Delta and Omicron variant waves. All children admitted from 1 June 2021 to 30 September 2022 with a diagnosis of COVID-19 infection were included for analysis.

Results

117 patients were admitted during the Delta wave compared with 737 during the Omicron wave. The median length of stay was 3.3 days (IQR 1.7-6.75.1) during Delta, compared with 2.1 days (IQR 1.1-4.53.4) during Omicron (p<0.01). 83 patients (9.7%) required intensive care unit (ICU) admission, a greater proportion during Delta (20, 17.1%) than

SUBMITTER: Cheng DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008196 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature