October 23, 2020

Clinical and Epidemiologic Analysis of COVID-19 Children Cases in Colombia PEDIACOVID

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): children, clinical characteristics

• At the national level in Colombia, pediatric patients with more severe COVID-19 were significantly younger than those who experienced mild illness or no symptoms. A retrospective analysis found that the mean age of children who had asymptomatic infection was 9.4 years compared to a mean of 4.9 years among those with severe infection and a mean of 2.9 years among children who died. Post hoc analysis indicated that the mean age of patients who stayed home (9.4 years) and those recovered (9.3 years) was significantly higher than those who went to the intensive care unit (4.9 years), were in the hospital (6.1 years), or than those who had died (2.9 years). [EDITORIAL NOTE: differences in asymptomatic screening by age could potentially explain at least some of the difference in age between severe and mild or asymptomatic cases]

Bolaños-Almeida and Espitia Segura. (Oct 20, 2020). Clinical and Epidemiologic Analysis of COVID-19 Children Cases in Colombia PEDIACOVID. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. https://doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002952