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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-positive children who presented to Australian hospitals during 2020: a PREDICT network study |
Author: | Ibrahim, L.F. Tham, D. Chong, V. Corden, M. Craig, S. Buntine, P. Jani, S. Zhang, M. George, S. Kochar, A. O’Brien, S. Robins-Browne, K. Tosif, S. Daley, A. McNab, S. Crawford, N.W. Wilson, C. Babl, F.E. |
Citation: | Medical Journal of Australia, 2021; 215(5):217-221 |
Publisher: | Wiley; Australasian Medical Publishing Company |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
ISSN: | 0025-729X 1326-5377 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Laila F Ibrahim, Doris Tham, Vimuthi Chong, Mark Corden, Simon Craig, Paul Buntine, Shefali Jani, Michael Zhang, Shane George, Amit Kochar, Sharon O’Brien, Karen Robins-Browne, Shidan Tosif, Andrew Daley, Sarah McNab, Nigel W Crawford, Catherine Wilson, Franz E Babl |
Abstract: | Objectives: To examine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of SARS-CoV- 2- positive children in Australia during 2020. Design, setting: Multicentre retrospective study in 16 hospitals of the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT) network; eleven in Victoria, five in four other Australian states. Participants: Children aged 0‒17 years who presented to hospital-based COVID-19 testing clinics, hospital wards, or emergency departments during 1 February ‒30 September 2020 and who were positive for SARS-CoV- 2. Main outcome measures: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of children positive for SARS-CoV- 2. Results: A total of 393 SARS-CoV- 2- positive children (181 girls, 46%) presented to the participating hospitals (426 presentations, including 131 to emergency departments [31%]), the first on 3 February 2020. Thirty-three children presented more than once (8%), including two who were transferred to participating tertiary centres (0.5%). The median age of the children was 5.3 years (IQR, 1.9‒12.0 years; range, 10 days to 17.9 years). Hospital admissions followed 51 of 426 presentations (12%; 44 children), including 17 patients who were managed remotely by hospital in the home. Only 16 of the 426 presentations led to hospital medical interventions (4%). Two children (0.5%) were diagnosed with the paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV- 2 (PIMS-TS). Conclusion: The clinical course for most SARS-CoV- 2- positive children who presented to Australian hospitals was mild, and did not require medical intervention. |
Keywords: | Covid-19 testing |
Rights: | © 2021 AMPCo Pty Ltd |
DOI: | 10.5694/mja2.51207 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1171228 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1124466 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51207 |
Appears in Collections: | Paediatrics publications |
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