A snapshot of pediatric inpatients and outpatients with COVID-19: a point prevalence study from Turkey

This multi-center point prevalence study evaluated children who were diagnosed as having coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). On February 2nd, 2022, inpatients and outpatients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were included in the study from 12 cities and 24...

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Autores principales: Yılmaz, Dilek, Üstündağ, Gülnihan, Büyükçam, Ayşe, Salı, Enes, Çelik, Ümit, Avcu, Gülhadiye, Belet, Nurşen, Çakmak Taşkın, Esra, Öcal Demir, Sevliya, Birbilen, Ahmet Ziya, Kılıç, Ömer, Metin Akcan, Özge, Tekin Yılmaz, Ayşe, Aldemir Kocabaş, Bilge, Hatipoğlu, Nevin, Karbuz, Adem, Çakır, Deniz, Sütçü, Murat, Aygün, Fatma Deniz, Çelik, Taylan, Bayturan Şen, Semra, Dalgıç, Nazan, Ümit, Zühal, Kara, Soner Sertan, Karadağ Öncel, Eda, Bolat, Ahmet, Kılıç Çil, Merve, Turan, Caner, Çakıl Güzin, Ayşe, Topal, Sevgi, Esen Besli, Gülser, Doğan, Gizem, Şahin, Sabiha, Akın, Fatih, Bildirici, Yaşar, Timurtaş Dayar, Gülperi, Ergül Sarı, Emine, Kızmaz İşançlı, Didem, Kara, Manolya, Önal, Pınar, Aylaç, Hakan, Lüleci, Duygu, Yaşar, Belma, Dede, Elif, Çağlar, Aykut, Akova, Sevgi, Afat Turgut, Elif, Yazıcı Özkaya, Pınar, Kandemir Gülmez, Tuğba, Ulusoy, Emel, Duyu, Muhterem, Kara, Yalçın, Çeliktaş, Hüseyin, Tekeli, Onur, Çağlar, Fatma, Gül, Doruk, Oral Cebeci, Sinem, Battal, Fatih, Bal, Alkan, Aygün, Emre, Uysalol, Metin, Arslan, Gazi, Özkavaklı, Ayberk, Kızıl, Mahmut Can, Yazar, Abdullah, Aygün, Fatih, Somer, Ayper, Kuyucu, Necdet, Dinleyici, Ener Çağrı, Kara, Ateş
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10157577/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37140703
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-023-04982-6
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Sumario:This multi-center point prevalence study evaluated children who were diagnosed as having coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). On February 2nd, 2022, inpatients and outpatients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were included in the study from 12 cities and 24 centers in Turkey. Of 8605 patients on February 2nd, 2022, in participating centers, 706 (8.2%) had COVID-19. The median age of the 706 patients was 92.50 months, 53.4% were female, and 76.7% were inpatients. The three most common symptoms of the patients with COVID-19 were fever (56.6%), cough (41.3%), and fatigue (27.5%). The three most common underlying chronic diseases (UCDs) were asthma (3.4%), neurologic disorders (3.3%), and obesity (2.6%). The SARS-CoV-2-related pneumoniae rate was 10.7%. The COVID-19 vaccination rate was 12.5% in all patients. Among patients aged over 12 years with access to the vaccine given by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, the vaccination rate was 38.7%. Patients with UCDs presented with dyspnea and pneumoniae more frequently than those without UCDs (p < 0.001 for both). The rates of fever, diarrhea, and pneumoniae were higher in patients without COVID-19 vaccinations (p = 0.001, p = 0.012, and p = 0.027).   Conclusion: To lessen the effects of the disease, all eligible children should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The illness may specifically endanger children with UCDs.

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