Hospital Admission in Children and Adolescents With COVID-19
Jakob Armann, Arne Simon, Natalie Diffloth, Maren Doenhardt, Markus Hufnagel, Andreas Trotter, Dominik T. Schneider, Johannes Hübner, Reinhard Berner
Abstract
Survey Conducted by the German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI)Since the onset of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, 163 175 cases of COVID-19 and 6692 deaths (4.1%) have been registered in Germany.SARS-CoV-2 infections in children are usually mild and are associated with a low rate of hospitalization and intensive care (1, 2).No data have yet become available on pediatric inpatients in Germany; however, such data are urgently needed for epidemiological modeling and better understanding of the disease in this age group. MethodsThe German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI), supported by other professional associations, has been collecting the data of all children and adolescents admitted to hospital for treatment of COVID-19 since 18 March 2020.After confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection, the informed consent of a custodian is obtained and data on age, clinical symptoms, coinfections, comorbidities, treatment, and outcome are entered in the registry.