The first 1000 symptomatic pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infections in an integrated health care system: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The spectrum of illness and predictors of severity among children with SARS-CoV-2 infection are incompletely understood.

Methods

Active surveillance was performed for SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction among symptomatic pediatric patients in a quaternary care academic hospital laboratory beginning March 12, 2020. We obtained sociodemographic and clinical data 5 (+/-3) and 30 days after diagnosis via phone follow-up and medical record review. Logistic regression was used to assess predictors of hospitalization.

Results

The first 1000 symptomatic pediatric patients were diagnosed in our institution between March 13, 2020 and September 28, 2020. Cough (52 %), headache (43 %), and sore throat (36 %) were the most common symptoms. Forty-one (4 %) were hospi

SUBMITTER: Howard LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8435399 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature