Pediatric COVID-19: clinical characteristics and prognostic outcomes.

ABSTRACT: To analyze the clinical characteristics of pediatric coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and provide direction for clinical treatment and nursing. Children under 18 years old admitted to the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University were collected due to testing positive for COVID-19 from the outbreak of COVID-19 to January 2023. Patient data, including age, vaccination history, admission symptoms, clinical progression, and treatment outcomes, were extracted from the database. From April 2020 to January 2023, 237 children under 18 years old with COVID-19-positive result in the pediatric ward were collected. All cases achieved hospital discharge without mortality. Among them, 17.72% were under 1 year old, 27.00% were 1-4 years old, 34.60% were 5-10 years old, and 20.68% were over 10 ye

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12502587 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature