Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units

Lara Shekerdemian; Nabihah Mahmood; Katie K. Wolfe; Becky J. Riggs; Catherine E. Ross; Christine McKiernan; Sabrina M. Heidemann; Lawrence C. Kleinman; Anita Sen; Mark W. Hall; Margaret A. Priestley; John K. McGuire; Konstantinos Boukas; Matthew Sharron; Jeffrey P. Burns

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1948

Abstract

This early report describes the burden of COVID-19 infection in North American PICUs and confirms that severe illness in children is significant but far less frequent than in adults. Prehospital comorbidities appear to be an important factor in children. These preliminary observations provide an important platform for larger and more extensive studies of children with COVID-19 infection.

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MedicineHydroxychloroquineIntensive careExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PediatricsIntensive care medicineEmergency medicineSeverity of illnessComorbidityDiseaseMechanical ventilationInternal medicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 174
Issue: 9
Pages: 868-868
Citations: 1002
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                                    Lara Shekerdemian, 
                                
                                    Nabihah Mahmood, 
                                
                                    Katie K. Wolfe
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Characteristics and Outcomes of Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units. 
                            JAMA Pediatrics
                            , 174
                            (9)
                            , 868-868.
                            https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1948
                        

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DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1948