Children with Covid-19 in Pediatric Emergency Departments in Italy
Niccolò Parri, Matteo Lenge, Danilo Buonsenso
Abstract
This letter describes a cohort of 100 children younger than 18 years of age with RT-PCR-confirmed Covid-19 who were assessed in 17 pediatric emergency departments in Italy. The descriptive results are compared with previously published results involving children in China and the United States.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakCohortMedicinePediatricsPandemicMedical emergencyEmergency medicineVirologyOutbreakInternal medicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsRespiratory Support and Mechanisms