The Outcome of Hospitalized Children with COVID-19 in a Referral Center in Yazd, Iran | ||
Journal of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement | ||
مقاله 4، دوره 11، شماره 3، مهر 2023، صفحه 169-174 اصل مقاله (653.57 K) | ||
نوع مقاله: Original Article | ||
شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22038/psj.2023.72976.1394 | ||
نویسندگان | ||
Zahra Nafei1؛ Nasrin Behniafard1؛ Mehran Karimi1؛ Mehrdad Shakiba1؛ Abdolhamid Jafari2؛ farzad Ferdosian* 1؛ Fakhrosadat Azarpeykan2؛ Farimah Shamsi3؛ Alireza Emarati1 | ||
1Children Growth Disorder Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran | ||
2Department of pediatrics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran | ||
3Center of Healthcare Data Modelling, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. | ||
چکیده | ||
Introduction: As there is limited research on COVID-19 in children, and reports have indicated low adverse clinical outcomes and mortality rates, our team conducted this study to investigate the clinical outcomes in hospitalized children with COVID-19. Materials and Methods: This historical cohort study included children aged 1 month to 18 years with COVID-19. They were admitted to a referral hospital in Yazd, Iran, over a year from February 2020. Demographic information such as age and sex, the length of hospitalization, and the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results were recorded. We also evaluated Patients' outcomes, including admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), need for mechanical ventilation, and mortality. Results: Our study included 94 patients, of which 52.1% were female and 29.8% were under one year old. Children aged 1-59 months accounted for more than half of the sample (53.2%). The most common symptoms reported were fever (85.1%), respiratory problems (47.9%), and gastrointestinal symptoms (46.8%). The mean duration of hospital stay was 6.4±5.7 days. About 38.3% of cases required admission to the PICU, and 11.7% needed mechanical ventilation. 75% of deaths occurred in children with confirmed COVID-19 who had an underlying disease. Moreover, respiratory distress at the time of referral was significantly associated with admission to the intensive care unit (P=0.008), requiring mechanical ventilation (P=0.003), and mortality (P=0.02). Conclusion: Our findings suggest that children under one year old, patients with underlying diseases, and those experiencing respiratory distress at the time of referral are high-risk groups and require special attention in care and treatment. | ||
کلیدواژهها | ||
COVID-19؛ Outcome؛ Hospitalized Children؛ SARS-CoV-2؛ Iran | ||
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