Children with Covid-19 in Pediatric Emergency Departments in Italy

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.

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Published in:The New England journal of medicine Vol. 383; no. 2; pp. 187 - 190
Main Authors: Parri, Niccolò, Lenge, Matteo, Buonsenso, Danilo
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 09.07.2020
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Child
Children
China
Coronavirus Infections
Coronaviruses
Correspondence
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Emergency medical care
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Italy
Pandemics
Pediatrics
Pneumonia, Viral
Polymerase chain reaction
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Italy
China
ISSN:0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Summary: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.
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A list of the members of the CONFIDENCE research group is provided in the Supplementary Appendix, available with the full text of this letter at NEJM.org.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMc2007617