A panoramic view of hospitalized young children in the metropolitan area of the valley of Mexico during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This work provides an overview of young children's (aged 0-9) infectious diseases epidemiology, by exploring the link between various comorbid conditions, COVID-19, and death rate.

Methods

Public data on hospitalized young children was obtained from national databases of the Mexican health care system from 2020-2022. Data included age, year of entry, gender, the time between admission to death (hospitalization time), date of death, comorbidities, and admissions to the intensive care unit. Children were separated into age groups and frequencies were calculated. Binary regression models were developed to determine the correlation of comorbidities and COVID-19 to death as calculated by odds ratios (OR).

Results

From 2020-2022, there were 11,815 hospitalization

SUBMITTER: Padilla-Rivas GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10624577 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature