Pediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to intensive care units in Brazil: a prospective multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the clinical characteristics of children and adolescents admitted to intensive care with confirmed COVID-19.

Method

Prospective, multicenter, observational study, in 19 pediatric intensive care units. Patients aged 1 month to 19 years admitted consecutively (March-May 2020) were included. Demographic, clinical-epidemiological features, treatment, and outcomes were collected. Subgroups were compared according to comorbidities, age < 1 year, and need for invasive mechanical ventilation. A multivariable logistic regression model was used for predictors of severity.

Results

Seventy-nine patients were included (ten with multisystemic inflammatory syndrome). Median age 4 years; 54% male (multisystemic inflammatory syndrome, 80%); 41% had comorbidities

SUBMITTER: Prata-Barbosa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7402103 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep - Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature