Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been the most important global issue since December 2019. Although the clinical course of COVID-19 is known to be milder in children than in adults, associated hospitalizations among children have increased since the emergence of contagious severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants and the achievement of a high vaccination rate in adults. Considering these global and domestic situations, we believe that risk stratification in children with COVID-19 is urgently needed for decision making regarding hospitalization priority in children infected with SARS-CoV-2 and vaccination priority against COVID-19.

Methods

This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed by comprehensively searching the Pub

SUBMITTER: Choi JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822112 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature