Screening and Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Children in Madrid, Spain

JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Apr 8:e201346. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1346. Online ahead of print.

Alfredo Tagarro^{1

2}, Cristina Epalza^{2

3}, Mar Santos⁴, Francisco José Sanz-Santaeufemia⁵, Enrique Otheo⁶, Cinta Moraleda^{2

3}, Cristina Calvo⁷

¹ Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofía. Universidad Europea de Madrid. Madrid, Spain.
² Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
³ Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Madrid, Spain.
⁴ Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús, Pediatrics Department, Madrid, Spain.
⁶ Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal, Pediatrics Department, Madrid, Spain.
⁷ Pediatrics and Infectious Disease Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz; Fundación IdiPaz, Madrid, España; European Network of Excellence for Pediatric Clinical Research; Red de Investigación Traslacional en Infectología Pediátrica.

Abstract

This case series describes the testing for and treatment of children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Madrid, Spain.