Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Hospitalized and Critically Ill Children and Adolescents with Coronavirus Disease 2019 at a Tertiary Care Medical Center in New York City

• Published in: The Journal of pediatrics Vol. 223; pp. 14 - 19.e2
• Main Authors: Chao, Jerry Y., Derespina, Kim R., Herold, Betsy C., Goldman, David L., Aldrich, Margaret, Weingarten, Jacqueline, Ushay, Henry M., Cabana, Michael D., Medar, Shivanand S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Adenosine Monophosphate - analogs & derivatives; Adenosine Monophosphate - therapeutic use; Adolescent; Alanine - analogs & derivatives; Alanine - therapeutic use; Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use; Asthma - epidemiology; Betacoronavirus; Blood Urea Nitrogen; C-Reactive Protein - analysis; Child; Child, Preschool; children; Coronavirus Infections - blood; Coronavirus Infections - drug therapy; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; COVID-19; Creatinine - blood; critical care; Critical Illness; Dyspnea - virology; Female; Hospitalization; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric - statistics & numerical data; Male; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood; New York City - epidemiology; Original; Pandemics; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology; Platelet Count; Pneumonia, Viral - blood; Pneumonia, Viral - drug therapy; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Procalcitonin - blood; Respiration, Artificial - statistics & numerical data; Retrospective Studies; SARS CoV-2; Sepsis - epidemiology; Shock, Septic - epidemiology; Tertiary Care Centers; Young Adult; New York City; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; children; critical care; SARS CoV-2; ICU; ARDS; PICU; ED

To describe the clinical profiles and risk factors for critical illness in hospitalized children and adolescents with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Children 1 month to 21 years of age with COVID-19 from a single tertiary care children's hospital between March 15 and April 13, 2020 were i...