Clinical characteristics of 182 pediatric COVID-19 patients with different severities and allergic status.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has made widespread impact recently. We aim to investigate the clinical characteristics of COVID-19 children with different severities and allergic status.

Methods

Data extracted from the electronic medical records, including demographics, clinical manifestations, comorbidities, laboratory and immunological results, and radiological images of 182 hospitalized COVID-19 children, were summarized and analyzed.

Results

The median age was 6 years, ranging from 3 days to 15 years, and there were more boys (male-female ratio about 2:1) within the studied 182 patients. Most of the children were infected by family members. Fever (43.4%

SUBMITTER: Du H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7307120 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature