Out-of-hospital deaths among children during COVID-19 pandemic: indicator of collateral damage?
BMJ Paediatr Open
; 4(1): e000763, 2020.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-767946
ABSTRACT
We aimed to investigate the out-of-hospital mortality, and the actual prevalence of COVID-19 in children requiring paediatric emergency department (ED) care for infectious symptoms. There were four emergency medical services (EMS) responses concerning children (age 0-15 years) leading to death on-scene in 2 months during the pandemic, and eight during the previous 12 months in the Helsinki University Hospital area, although the number of EMS missions decreased by 18%. The prevalence of COVID-19 in children contacting a paediatric ED for any infectious symptoms during the epidemic peak was only 2.7%.
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BMJ Paediatr Open
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2020
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Bmjpo-2020-000763
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