Open AccessClinical Characteristics and Laboratory Abnormalities of Hospitalized and Critically Ill Children with Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Retrospective Study from Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Ali Alsuheel Asseri,
Ibrahim A. Al-Zaydani,
Ahmed A. Al-Jarie,
Ahmed Albishri,
Abdullah Alsabaani,
Mohammed Khamash Almaghrabi,
Abdelwahid Saeed Ali
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s311831
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatric intensive care unit , pediatrics , pneumonia , sepsis , retrospective cohort study , disease
COVID-19 was reported in several studies characterized by milder clinical course, benign disease, and peculiar epidemiologic patterns among pediatric patients compared to adults' disease. However, other studies indicated that critical cases also exist and are associated with preexisting cardiopulmonary comorbidities and concurrent multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.