From the Division of General Internal Medicine.
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2022 Dec 1;41(12):e513-e516. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003692. Epub 2022 Oct 3.
Although post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 among adult survivors has gained significant attention, data in children hospitalized for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is limited. This study of commercially insured US children shows that those hospitalized with COVID-19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children have a substantial burden of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 sequelae and associated health care visits postdischarge.
尽管 COVID-19 成人幸存者的后遗症已引起广泛关注,但关于因严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 住院的儿童的数据有限。本项针对美国商业保险覆盖儿童的研究显示,因 COVID-19 或儿童多系统炎症综合征住院的儿童有严重的严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 后遗症负担,且出院后有大量相关医疗就诊。