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Bibliography of published COVID-19 in children literature.
Stilwell, Philippa Anna; Munro, Alasdair P S; Basatemur, Emre; Talawila Da Camara, Nishanthi; Harwood, Rachel; Roland, Damian.
  • Stilwell PA; Department of Community Paediatrics, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK.
  • Munro APS; NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility and NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK A.Munro@soton.ac.uk.
  • Basatemur E; Faculty of Medicine and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
  • Talawila Da Camara N; UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Population Policy and Practice, London, UK.
  • Harwood R; Research and Quality Improvement, RCPCH, London, UK.
  • Roland D; Department of Paediatric Surgery, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.
Arch Dis Child ; 107(2): 168-172, 2022 02.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1220037
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest worldwide health challenge in this century. Research concerning the role of children in the spread of SARS-CoV-2, and investigating the clinical effects of infection in children, has been vital. This paper describes the publication trend for pertinent scientific literature relating to COVID-19 in children during the first 6 months of the pandemic.

METHODS:

A comprehensive search of preprint and published literature was conducted daily across four databases (PubMed, Scopus, Ovid-Embase and MedRXiv) between 1 January 2020 and 30 June 2020. Titles and abstracts were screened against predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria.

FINDINGS:

Over the study period, a total of 45 453 papers were retrieved, of which 476 met our inclusion criteria. The cumulative number of children described in included publications totalled (at most) 41 396. The median number of children per paper was 6 (IQR 1-33). Nearly one-third of papers (30.2%) reported on a single child, and a further 28.3% reported on between 1 and 9 children. Half of all the publications originated from Asia.

INTERPRETATION:

Our prospective bibliographic analysis of paediatric COVID-19 publications demonstrated a steady increase in the number of papers over time. Understanding and policy evolved with new information that was gathered over the course of the study period. However, over half of publications were individual case reports or small case series, which may have had a limited contribution to advancement of knowledge. During a pandemic, literature should be interpreted with great caution, and clinical/policy decisions should be continually reviewed in light of emerging evidence.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bibliographies as Topic / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Reviews Limits: Child / Humans Language: English Journal: Arch Dis Child Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Archdischild-2021-321751

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bibliographies as Topic / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Reviews Limits: Child / Humans Language: English Journal: Arch Dis Child Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Archdischild-2021-321751