Comparison of Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Pediatric and Adult Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Shenzhen, China / 生物医学与环境科学(英文)
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
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(12): 906-915, 2020.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-878306
ABSTRACT
Objective@#Here we aimed to investigate the difference in clinical characteristics and outcomes between pediatric and adult patients with COVID-19.@*Methods@#A total of 333 consecutive patients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection treated in the departments of Internal medicine of Shenzhen Third People's Hospital from January 11 @*Results@#Compared with adult patients, pediatric patients had a shorter time of symptom onset to hospitalization than adults [median time, 1 ( @*Conclusion@#Pediatric patients with COVID-19 had milder or less clinical symptoms, less evident pulmonary imaging changes, better prognosis, and shorter length of hospital stay.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
China
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Retrospective Studies
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Treatment Outcome
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Hospitalization
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Length of Stay
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
Year:
2020
Type:
Article
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