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Paediatr Anaesth
. 2020 Nov 13.
doi: 10.1111/pan.14074. Online ahead of print.
Symptomatology and racial disparities amongst children undergoing universal preoperative COVID-19 screening at three US children's hospitals: Early pandemic through resurgence
Adam C Adler[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Apurva S Shah[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Todd J Blumberg[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Faris Z Fazal[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Arvind Chandrakantan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kyle Ellingsen[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Brian H Nathanson[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Elaina E Lin[SUP] 6 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has seen>48 million confirmed cases worldwide as ofNovember 6, 2020.The infection rate amongst children was initially reported to be low, with children constituting only 2% of recorded cases. However, this reflected testing for COVID-19 only when symptomatic or with known close contact with an infected person(1). The purpose of this reportis to describe the characteristics of pediatric patients undergoing universal testing for COVID-19 during routine preoperativescreening at threetertiarychildren's hospitals across the United States.
. 2020 Nov 13.
doi: 10.1111/pan.14074. Online ahead of print.
Symptomatology and racial disparities amongst children undergoing universal preoperative COVID-19 screening at three US children's hospitals: Early pandemic through resurgence
Adam C Adler[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Apurva S Shah[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Todd J Blumberg[SUP] 3 4 [/SUP], Faris Z Fazal[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Arvind Chandrakantan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kyle Ellingsen[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Brian H Nathanson[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Elaina E Lin[SUP] 6 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33185923
- DOI: 10.1111/pan.14074
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has seen>48 million confirmed cases worldwide as ofNovember 6, 2020.The infection rate amongst children was initially reported to be low, with children constituting only 2% of recorded cases. However, this reflected testing for COVID-19 only when symptomatic or with known close contact with an infected person(1). The purpose of this reportis to describe the characteristics of pediatric patients undergoing universal testing for COVID-19 during routine preoperativescreening at threetertiarychildren's hospitals across the United States.