Early Childhood COVID-19: A Comparative Report of 20,506 Cases-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Early Childhood COVID-19: A Comparative Report of 20,506 Cases

Published:2023-05-26 Issue:8 Volume:42 Page:e293-e295
ISSN:0891-3668
Container-title:Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
language:en
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Author:

Zamani Raha¹^ORCID,Zare Amir¹,Davoodi Seyedeh Zahra²,Shati Mohsen³⁴,Eshaghi Hamid⁵,Faramarzinia Arian¹,Mirjamali Nima²,Barekati Seyed Hamed⁶,Lornejad Hamidreza⁶

Affiliation:

1. Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2. Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid-Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4. Mental Health Research Center, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

5. Department of Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

6. Family, Population and School Health Office, Health Deputy, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

This report includes a retrospective analysis of 20506 children aged under 6 years old admitted with Coronavirus Disease of 2019 in Iranian hospitals. The total mortality rate was 2.9%, and 5.7% required mechanical ventilation. We demonstrate a higher mortality rate in comparison with existing studies as well as identifying clinical predictors of survival.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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