Underlying Medical Conditions Associated With Severe COVID-19 Illness Among Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Information on underlying conditions and severe COVID-19 illness among children is limited.

Objective

To examine the risk of severe COVID-19 illness among children associated with underlying medical conditions and medical complexity.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study included patients aged 18 years and younger with International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification code U07.1 (COVID-19) or B97.29 (other coronavirus) during an emergency department or inpatient encounter from March 2020 through January 2021. Data were collected from the Premier Healthcare Database Special COVID-19 Release, which included data from more than 800 US hospitals. Multivariable generalized linear models, controllin

SUBMITTER: Kompaniyets L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8185607 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature