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- Title
The first 1000 symptomatic pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infections in an integrated health care system: a prospective cohort study.
- Authors
Howard, Leigh M; Garguilo, Kathryn; Gillon, Jessica; LeBlanc, Kerry; Seegmiller, Adam C; Schmitz, Jonathan E; Byrne, Daniel W; Domenico, Henry J; Moore, Ryan P; Webber, Steven A; Halasa, Natasha B; Banerjee, Ritu
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>The spectrum of illness and predictors of severity among children with SARS-CoV-2 infection are incompletely understood.<bold>Methods: </bold>Active surveillance was performed for SARS-CoV-2 by polymerase chain reaction among symptomatic pediatric patients in a quaternary care academic hospital laboratory beginning March 12, 2020. We obtained sociodemographic and clinical data 5 (+/-3) and 30 days after diagnosis via phone follow-up and medical record review. Logistic regression was used to assess predictors of hospitalization.<bold>Results: </bold>The first 1000 symptomatic pediatric patients were diagnosed in our institution between March 13, 2020 and September 28, 2020. Cough (52 %), headache (43 %), and sore throat (36 %) were the most common symptoms. Forty-one (4 %) were hospitalized; 8 required ICU admission, and 2 required mechanical ventilation (< 1 %). One patient developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children; one death was possibly associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Symptom resolution occurred by follow-up day 5 in 398/892 (45 %) patients and by day 30 in 443/471 (94 %) patients. Pre-existing medical condition (OR 7.7; 95 % CI 3.9-16.0), dyspnea (OR 6.8; 95 % CI 3.2-14.1), Black race or Hispanic ethnicity (OR 2.7; 95 % CI 1.3-5.5), and vomiting (OR 5.4; 95 % CI 1.2-20.6) were the strongest predictors of hospitalization. The model displayed excellent discriminative ability (AUC = 0.82, 95 % CI 0.76-0.88, Brier score = 0.03).<bold>Conclusions: </bold>In 1000 pediatric patients with systematic follow-up, most SARS-CoV-2 infections were mild, brief, and rarely required hospitalization. Pediatric predictors of hospitalization included comorbid conditions, Black race, Hispanic ethnicity, dyspnea and vomiting and were distinct from those reported among adults.
- Publication
BMC Pediatrics, 2021, Vol 21, Issue 1, p403
- ISSN
1471-2431
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12887-021-02863-1