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Case Reports
. 2020 Aug:223:199-203.e1.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.05.007. Epub 2020 May 13.

Severe Coronavirus Disease-2019 in Children and Young Adults in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Region

Roberta L DeBiasi  1 , Xiaoyan Song  2 , Meghan Delaney  3 , Michael Bell  4 , Karen Smith  5 , Jay Pershad  6 , Emily Ansusinha  7 , Andrea Hahn  8 , Rana Hamdy  8 , Nada Harik  8 , Benjamin Hanisch  8 , Barbara Jantausch  8 , Adeline Koay  8 , Robin Steinhorn  9 , Kurt Newman  10 , David Wessel  4
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Severe Coronavirus Disease-2019 in Children and Young Adults in the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Region

Roberta L DeBiasi et al. J Pediatr. 2020 Aug.

Abstract

Despite worldwide spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, few publications have reported the potential for severe disease in the pediatric population. We report 177 infected children and young adults, including 44 hospitalized and 9 critically ill patients, with a comparison of patient characteristics between infected hospitalized and nonhospitalized cohorts, as well as critically ill and noncritically ill cohorts. Children <1 year and adolescents and young adults >15 years of age were over-represented among hospitalized patients (P = .07). Adolescents and young adults were over-represented among the critically ill cohort (P = .02).

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; critical care; hospitalization; pediatric.

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Age distribution of SARS-CoV-2-infected, hospitalized, and critically ill cases.
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  • Reply.
    DeBiasi RL. DeBiasi RL. J Pediatr. 2020 Oct;225:280-281. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.06.062. Epub 2020 Jun 23. J Pediatr. 2020. PMID: 32589999 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Severe coronavirus disease 2019 in children and young adults.
    Wilkes M, Issa R, Aluf A, Beliard K, Yau M, Rapaport R, Ebekozien O. Wilkes M, et al. J Pediatr. 2020 Oct;225:280. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.06.061. Epub 2020 Jun 24. J Pediatr. 2020. PMID: 32590002 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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