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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Clin Med
. 2023 May 22;12(10):3593.
doi: 10.3390/jcm12103593. Predictors of ICU Admission in Children with COVID-19: Analysis of a Large Mexican Population Dataset
Martha I Cárdenas-Rojas[SUP] 1 [/SUP], José Guzmán-Esquivel[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Efrén Murillo-Zamora[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Children, although mostly affected mildly or asymptomatically, have also developed severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aims to assess potential predictors of intensive care unit (ICU) admission in a large population (n = 21,121) of children aged 0-9 years with laboratory-confirmed disease. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of a publicly available dataset derived from the normative epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19 in Mexico. The primary binary outcome of interest was admission to the ICU due to respiratory failure. Results showed that immunosuppressed children and those with a personal history of cardiovascular disease had a higher likelihood of being admitted to the ICU, while increasing age and the pandemic duration were associated with a lower likelihood of admission. The study's results have the potential to inform clinical decision-making and enhance management and outcomes for children affected by COVID-19 in Mexico.
Keywords: COVID-19; child; intensive care units; pandemics; respiratory insufficiency.
. 2023 May 22;12(10):3593.
doi: 10.3390/jcm12103593. Predictors of ICU Admission in Children with COVID-19: Analysis of a Large Mexican Population Dataset
Martha I Cárdenas-Rojas[SUP] 1 [/SUP], José Guzmán-Esquivel[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Efrén Murillo-Zamora[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 37240699
- DOI: 10.3390/jcm12103593
Children, although mostly affected mildly or asymptomatically, have also developed severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aims to assess potential predictors of intensive care unit (ICU) admission in a large population (n = 21,121) of children aged 0-9 years with laboratory-confirmed disease. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of a publicly available dataset derived from the normative epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19 in Mexico. The primary binary outcome of interest was admission to the ICU due to respiratory failure. Results showed that immunosuppressed children and those with a personal history of cardiovascular disease had a higher likelihood of being admitted to the ICU, while increasing age and the pandemic duration were associated with a lower likelihood of admission. The study's results have the potential to inform clinical decision-making and enhance management and outcomes for children affected by COVID-19 in Mexico.
Keywords: COVID-19; child; intensive care units; pandemics; respiratory insufficiency.