Ana Carolina Pereira de Godoy, Reinaldo Bugarelli Bestetti
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Abstract
Background: Background: COVID-19 is currently one of the most important medical challenges as it affects the entire population, with children being infected as easily as adults.
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of mortality in under 19-year-old individuals compared to that of adults.
Methods: This retrospective, observational study analyzed the medical records of all patients diagnosed with COVID-19 by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) who were hospitalized at Hospital de Base and the Infant and Maternal Hospital of São Jose do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil. Of a total of 8986 hospitalized COVID-19 positive patients, 383 were under 19 years old (Group I) and 8603 were adults (Group II).
Results: Overall mortality was significantly higher (p-value < 0.0001) in Group II (n = 2185; 25.4%) compared to Group I (n = 12; 3.13%). Eleven of the 12 patients of Group I that died had associated diseases. The number of deaths of under 1-year-old infants was 2/123 (1.63%), of 1- to 4-year-old children it was 4/95 (4.21%), of 5- to 9-year-old children it was 1/47 (2.13%), of 10- to 14-year-old adolescents it was 1/40 (2.50%) and of 15- to 19-year-old adolescents it was 4/78 (5.13%).
Conclusions: Mortality from COVID-19 in children and adolescents was significantly lower than in adults and associated with other comorbidities.
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