COVID-19 in Portugal: a retrospective review of paediatric cases, hospital and PICU admissions in the first pandemic year.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 is considered by WHO a pandemic with public health emergency repercussions. Children often develop a mild disease with good prognosis and the recognition of children at risk is essential to successfully manage paediatric COVID-19. Quality epidemiological surveillance data are required to characterise and assess the pandemic.

Methods

Data on all reported paediatric COVID-19 cases, in Portugal, were retrospectively assessed from a fully anonymised dataset provided by the Directorate General for Health (DGS). Paediatric hospital admission results were obtained from the DGS vaccine recommendations and paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission results from the EPICENTRE.PT group. Reported cases and PICU admissions from March 2020 to February 2021 and hos

SUBMITTER: Elias C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9438012 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature