作者
Lara S Shekerdemian, Nabihah R Mahmood, Katie K Wolfe, Becky J Riggs, Catherine E Ross, Christine A McKiernan, Sabrina M Heidemann, Lawrence C Kleinman, Anita I Sen, Mark W Hall, Margaret A Priestley, John K McGuire, Konstantinos Boukas, Matthew P Sharron, Jeffrey P Burns
发表日期
2020/9/1
期刊
JAMA pediatrics
卷号
174
期号
9
页码范围
868-873
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Importance
The recent and ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has taken an unprecedented toll on adults critically ill with COVID-19 infection. While there is evidence that the burden of COVID-19 infection in hospitalized children is lesser than in their adult counterparts, to date, there are only limited reports describing COVID-19 in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs).
Objective
To provide an early description and characterization of COVID-19 infection in North American PICUs, focusing on mode of presentation, presence of comorbidities, severity of disease, therapeutic interventions, clinical trajectory, and early outcomes.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This cross-sectional study included children positive for COVID-19 admitted to 46 North American PICUs between March 14 and April 3, 2020. with follow-up to April 10, 2020.
Main Outcomes and Measures
Prehospital characteristics, clinical …
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