A systematic review and meta-analysis of children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

ABSTRACT: To provide a comprehensive and systematic analysis of demographic characteristics, clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, and imaging features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pediatric patients. A meta-analysis was carried out to identify studies on COVID-19 from 25 December 2019 to 30 April 2020. A total of 48 studies with 5829 pediatric patients were included. Children of all ages were at risk for COVID-19. The main illness classification ranged as: 20% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 14%-26%; I²  = 91.4%) asymptomatic, 33% (95% CI: 23%-43%; I²  = 95.6%) mild and 51% (95% CI: 42%-61%; I²  = 93.4%) moderate. The typical clinical manifestations were fever 51% (95% CI: 45%-57%; I²  = 78.9%) and cough 41% (95% CI: 35%-47%, I²  

SUBMITTER: Cui X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7436402 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature