Alnajjar Abeer A, Dohain Ahmed M, Abdelmohsen Gaser A, Alahmadi Turki S, Zaher Zaher F, Abdelgalil Abobakr A
From the Department of Pediatrics (Alnajjar, Dohain, Abdelmohsen, Alahmadi, Zaher, Abdelgalil), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Pediatrics (Dohain, Abdelmohsen, Abdelgalil), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Saudi Med J. 2021 Apr;42(4):391-398. doi: 10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20210011.
To determine the demographic and clinical characteristics, underlying comorbidities, and outcomes of children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection.
In this retrospective study, we reported 62 pediatric patients (age <14 years) with confirmed COVID-19 between March 2 and July 1, 2020, at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Comorbid conditions, including cardiac, neurological, respiratory, and malignant disorders, were reported in 9 patients (14.5%). The most prominent presenting complaints were fever (80.6%) and cough (48.4%). Most of our patients (80.6%) had mild disease, 11.3% had moderate disease, and 8.1% exhibited severe and critical illness. Twenty-one patients (33.9%) were hospitalized, with 4 patients (6.5%) admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit, and 3 (4.8%) patients died.
All pediatric age groups are susceptible to COVID-19, with no gender difference. COVID-19 infection may result in critical illness and even mortality in subsets of pediatric patients.
确定2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）感染儿童的人口统计学和临床特征、潜在合并症及预后。
在这项回顾性研究中，我们报告了2020年3月2日至7月1日期间在沙特阿拉伯吉达阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学医院确诊为COVID-19的62例儿科患者（年龄<14岁）。
9例患者（14.5%）报告有合并症，包括心脏、神经、呼吸和恶性疾病。最突出的主诉是发热（80.6%）和咳嗽（48.4%）。我们的大多数患者（80.6%）病情较轻，11.3%为中度病情，8.1%表现为重度和危重症。21例患者（33.9%）住院，4例患者（6.5%）入住儿科重症监护病房，3例患者（4.8%）死亡。
所有儿童年龄组均易感染COVID-19，无性别差异。COVID-19感染可能导致部分儿科患者出现危重症甚至死亡。
