Factors Associated With Hospitalization or Intensive Care Admission in Children With COVID-19 in Latin America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited data is available from low-middle and upper-middle income countries of the factors associated with hospitalization or admission to pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) for children with COVID-19.

Objective

To describe the factors associated with hospitalization or PICU admission of children with COVID-19 in Latin America.

Method

Multicenter, analytical, retrospective study of children reported from 10 different Latin American countries to the Latin-American Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SLIPE-COVID) research network from June 1, 2020, and February 28, 2021. Outpatient or hospitalized children <18 years of age with COVID-19 confirmed by polymerase chain reaction or antigen detection from the nasopharynx were included. Children with multis

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Medina E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9048675 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature