Severity of Acute COVID-19 in Children <18 Years Old March 2020 to December 2021

Christopher B Forrest; Evanette K Burrows; Asuncion Mejias; Hanieh Razzaghi; Dimitri Christakis; Ravi Jhaveri; Grace M Lee; Nathan M Pajor; Suchitra Rao; Deepika Thacker; L Charles Bailey

doi:10.1542/peds.2021-055765

Severity of Acute COVID-19 in Children <18 Years Old March 2020 to December 2021

Pediatrics. 2022 Apr 1;149(4):e2021055765. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-055765.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Applied Clinical Research Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
³ Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
⁵ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
⁶ Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
⁸ Division of Cardiology, Nemours Children's Health, Wilmington, Delaware.

PMID: 35322270
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-055765

Abstract

This national study evaluated trends in illness severity among 82 798 children with coronavirus disease 2019 from March 1, 2020, to December 30, 2021.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Child
Humans
Patient Acuity
Severity of Illness Index