June 5, 2020

Incidence of COVID-19 in Pediatric Surgical Patients Among 3 US Children’s Hospitals

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Testing and Treatment

• Universal pre-operative screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Texas Children’s Hospital, and Seattle Children’s Hospital from March 26-April 22, 2020 found that 0.93% of children were positive, ranging from 0.22% to 2.65% across these hospitals. Fifty percent of positive children had symptoms and 20% had known exposure. Increasing age and emergency status of procedure were positively associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.  

Lin et al. (June 4, 2020). Incidence of COVID-19 in Pediatric Surgical Patients Among 3 US Children’s Hospitals. JAMA Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2588