The characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-positive children who presented to Australian hospitals during 2020: a PREDICT network study
Field | Value | Language |
dc.contributor.author | Ibrahim, Laila F | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Tham, Doris | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Chong, Vimuthi | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Corden, Mark | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Craig, Simon | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Buntine, Paul | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Jani, Shefali | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Michael | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | George, Shane | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Kochar, Amit | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | O'Brien, Sharon | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Robins_Browne, Karen | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Tosif, Shidan | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Daley, Andrew | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | McNab, Sarah | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Crawford, Nigel W | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Wilson, Catherine | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Babl, Franz E | en_AU |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-16T22:00:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-09-16T22:00:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2123/26103 | |
dc.description.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. | en_AU |
dc.language.iso | en | en_AU |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_AU |
dc.subject | Coronavirus | en_AU |
dc.title | The characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-positive children who presented to Australian hospitals during 2020: a PREDICT network study | en_AU |
dc.type | Article | en_AU |
dc.subject.asrc | 1117 Public Health and Health Services | en_AU |
dc.subject.asrc | 11 Medical and Health Sciences | en_AU |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5694/mja2.51207 | |
dc.relation.other | Government of Victoria; National Health and Medical Research Council | en_AU |
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