Red flags of poor prognosis in pediatric cases of COVID-19: the first 6610 hospitalized children in Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

COVID-19 clinical course, effective therapeutic regimen, and poor prognosis risk factors in pediatric cases are still under investigation and no approved vaccinehas been introduced for them.

Methods

This cross-sectional study evaluated different aspect of COVID-19 infection in hospitalized COVID-19 positive children (≺18 years oldwith laboratory confirmed COVID-19 infection, using the national COVID-19 registry for all admitted COVID-19 positive cases from February 19 until November 13,2020, in Iran.

Results

We evaluated 6610 hospitalized children. Fifty-four percent (3268) were male and one third of them were infants younger than 1 year. Mortality rate in total hospitalized children was 5.3% and in children with underlying co-morbidities (14.4%) was sign

SUBMITTER: Madani S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8660655 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature