Coronavirus disease in children: A multicentre study from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Zendy

Jameela A. Kari | Zendy; Mohamed Shalaby | Zendy; Amr S. Albanna | Zendy; Turki Alahmadi | Zendy; Samaher A. Sukkar | Zendy; Hanan A.H. MohamedNur | Zendy; Manar S. AlGhamdi | Zendy; Afnan H. Basri | Zendy; Reem A. Shagal | Zendy; Abeer Alnajar | Zendy; Mazen Badawi | Zendy; Osama Safdar | Zendy; Zaher F. Zaher | Zendy; MohamadHani Temsah | Zendy; Khalid Alhasan | Zendy

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Coronavirus disease in children: A multicentre study from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

Jameela A. Kari,

Mohamed Shalaby,

Amr S. Albanna,

Turki Alahmadi,

Samaher A. Sukkar,

Hanan A.H. MohamedNur,

Manar S. AlGhamdi,

Afnan H. Basri,

Reem A. Shagal,

Abeer Alnajar,

Mazen Badawi,

Osama Safdar,

Zaher F. Zaher,

MohamadHani Temsah,

Khalid Alhasan

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of infection and public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.983

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1876-035X

pISSN - 1876-0341

DOI - 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.01.011

Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , disease , respiratory distress , retrospective cohort study , surgery

The COVID-19 global pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, warranted attention for whether it has unique manifestations in children. Children tend to develop less severe disease with a small percentage present with clinical manifestations of paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome and have poor prognosis. We studied the characteristics of COVID-19 in children requiring hospitalisation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and assessed the clinical presentation and the risk factors for mortality, morbidity, and paediatric intensive care (PICU) admission.

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