Clinical characteristics and outcomes of children with COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

To determine the demographic and clinical characteristics, underlying comorbidities, and outcomes of children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. In this retrospective study, we reported 62 pediatric patients (age

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Published in:Saudi medical journal 2021-04, Vol.42 (4), p.391-398
Main Authors: Alnajjar, Abeer A, Dohain, Ahmed M, Abdelmohsen, Gaser A, Alahmadi, Turki S, Zaher, Zaher F, Abdelgalil, Abobakr A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal Pain - physiopathology
Adolescent
Asthma - epidemiology
Atrophy
Brain - pathology
Bronchiolitis Obliterans - epidemiology
Child
Child mortality
Child, Preschool
Clinical outcomes
Communicable diseases in children
Comorbidity
Cough - physiopathology
COVID-19
COVID-19 - blood
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - physiopathology
COVID-19 - therapy
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Diarrhea - physiopathology
Dyspnea - physiopathology
Female
Fever - physiopathology
Health risks
Heart Defects, Congenital - epidemiology
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization
Humans
Hydrocephalus - epidemiology
Infant
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
Male
Original
Patient outcomes
Pediatric research
Pediatrics
Pharyngitis - physiopathology
Respiration, Artificial
Respiratory Insufficiency - physiopathology
Respiratory Insufficiency - therapy
Retrospective Studies
Rhinorrhea - physiopathology
SARS-CoV-2
Saudi Arabia - epidemiology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Severity of Illness Index
Vomiting - physiopathology
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Summary:To determine the demographic and clinical characteristics, underlying comorbidities, and outcomes of children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. In this retrospective study, we reported 62 pediatric patients (age
ISSN:0379-5284
1658-3175
DOI:10.15537/SMJ.2021.42.4.20210011