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Evidence-Based Prediction of Covid-19 Severity in Hospitalized Children Publisher Pubmed



Armin S1 ; Mirkarimi M2 ; Pourmoghaddas Z3 ; Tariverdi M4 ; Shamsizadeh A5 ; Alisamir M2 ; Mohammadian M4 ; Rahmati MB6 ; Rafiei Tabatabaei S1 ; Mansour Ghanaiee R1 ; Fahimzad SA1 ; Yaraghi A1 ; Hoseinialfatemi SM1 ; Marhamati N1 Show All Authors
Authors
  1. Armin S1
  2. Mirkarimi M2
  3. Pourmoghaddas Z3
  4. Tariverdi M4
  5. Shamsizadeh A5
  6. Alisamir M2
  7. Mohammadian M4
  8. Rahmati MB6
  9. Rafiei Tabatabaei S1
  10. Mansour Ghanaiee R1
  11. Fahimzad SA1
  12. Yaraghi A1
  13. Hoseinialfatemi SM1
  14. Marhamati N1
  15. Esmaeili Tarki F1
  16. Shirvani A7
  17. Karimi A1
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Authors Affiliations
  1. 1. Pediatric Infections Research Center, Research Institute for Children's Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Aboozar Children's Medical Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  3. 3. Pediatrics Infectious Disease Department, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  4. 4. Department of Pediatric, Clinical Research Development Center of Children Hospital, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
  5. 5. Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Clinical Research Development Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
  7. 7. Virtual School of Medical Education and Management, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: International journal of clinical practice Published:2022


Abstract

Objective: In this study, by using clinical and paraclinical characteristics, we have aimed to predict the severity of the disease in hospitalized COVID-19 children. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted on medical records about epidemiologic data, underlying diseases, symptoms, and laboratory tests from March to October, 2020, on 238 hospitalized confirmed COVID-19 paediatric cases in several children's hospitals of Tehran, Ahwaz, Isfahan, and Bandar Abbas. Results: From 238 patients, 140 (59%) were male and most of them were in the age group of 1 to 5 years (34.6%). Among all hospitalized patients, 38% had an underlying disease and in total, 5% of cases were expired. Conclusion: Determining patient severity is essential for appropriate clinical decision making; our results showed that in hospitalized pediatric patients, by using several variables such as SGOT, CRP, ALC, LDH, WBC, O2sat, and ferritin, we can use clinical and paraclinical characteristics for predicting the severity of COVID-19. Copyright © 2022 Shahnaz Armin et al.
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