Adolescents as partners in the fight against COVID-19

We report our experience of COVID-19 disease burden among patients aged 0–21 years at two tertiary care institutions in the Northeast and Midwest from New Jersey and Iowa. Our results showed that during the initial surge (March to August 2020) at both geographic locations, majority of COVID-19 disea...

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Autores principales: Kest, Helen, Kaushik, Ashlesha, Jagunla, Anne, Shaheen, Somia, Zaveri, Sahil, Fernandez, Ninia, Gupta, Sandeep, Goldberg, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8552549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34725643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpam.2021.10.004
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Sumario:We report our experience of COVID-19 disease burden among patients aged 0–21 years at two tertiary care institutions in the Northeast and Midwest from New Jersey and Iowa. Our results showed that during the initial surge (March to August 2020) at both geographic locations, majority of COVID-19 disease burden occurred in adolescents and that they were more likely to be hospitalized for COVID-related illnesses, as well as develop severe disease needing intensive care. The study results emphasize the need for providing more targeted interventions toward this group to help prevent disease acquisition and transmission.

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