Clinical characteristics of children and young people admitted to hospital with covid-19 in United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterise the clinical features of children and young people admitted to hospital with laboratory confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the UK and explore factors associated with admission to critical care, mortality, and development of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents temporarily related to coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) (MIS-C).

Design

Prospective observational cohort study with rapid data gathering and near real time analysis.

Setting

260 hospitals in England, Wales, and Scotland between 17 January and 3 July 2020, with a minimum follow-up time of two weeks (to 17 July 2020).

Participants

651 children and young people aged less than 19 years admitted to 138 hospit

SUBMITTER: Swann OV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7488201 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature