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ArticleBlood2021

Rate of thrombosis in children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19 or MIS-C.

Hilary Whitworth, Sarah E Sartain, Riten Kumar, Katherine Armstrong, Lance Ballester, Marisol Betensky, Clay T Cohen, Rosa Diaz, Caroline Diorio, Neil A Goldenberg and 10 more

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Article in Blood, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05745974 (Post COVID-19 Complications in Children Attending Assiut University Children Hospital), which is not on this map. Cited by 94 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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94citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05745974 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Post COVID-19 Complications in Children Attending Assiut University Children Hospital

TypeobservationalSponsorAssiut UniversityRan2023 to 2023Enrolled50ConditionsPost COVID-19 ConditionArmslymphocytic count
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

94 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 212 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Treatment of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 8 institutions in 1 country.

Hilary WhitworthDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.ORCID 0000-0002-5323-7023
Sarah E SartainDepartment of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Riten KumarDepartment of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Katherine ArmstrongDepartment of Pediatrics, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ.
Lance BallesterDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Marisol BetenskyDivision of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Clay T CohenDepartment of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.ORCID 0000-0001-6819-4049
Rosa DiazDepartment of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
Caroline DiorioDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.ORCID 0000-0002-8005-3836
Neil A GoldenbergDivision of Hematology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Julie JaffrayDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.ORCID 0000-0002-1175-7266
Jacquelyn KeeganDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
Kendra MaloneDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Adrienne G RandolphDepartment of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-3084-3071
Stacey Rifkin-ZenenbergDepartment of Pediatrics, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ.
Wendy Seto LeungDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
Anthony SochetDivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; and.
Lakshmi SrivathsDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Houston, Houston, TX.
Ayesha ZiaDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.ORCID 0000-0003-3283-0415
Leslie RaffiniDepartment of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.ORCID 0000-0001-8152-1040
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USBaylor College of Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USUniversity of Southern California · USBoston Children's Hospital · USHackensack University Medical Center · USThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USUniversity of Houston · US

Funding

TRAINING GRANT IN HEMOSTASIS AND THROMBOSIST32HL007971 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Rodney M Camire · 2001 to 2026
$10.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007971
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is associated with thrombotic complications in adults, but the incidence of COVID-19-related thrombosis in children and adolescents is unclear. Most children with acute COVID-19 have mild disease, but coagulopathy has been associated with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a postinfectious complication. We conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study to determine the incidence of thrombosis in children hospitalized with COVID-19 or MIS-C and evaluate associated risk factors. We classified patients into 1 of 3 groups for analysis: COVID-19, MIS-C, or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2. Among a total of 853 admissions (COVID-19, n = 426; MIS-C, n = 138; and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2, n = 289) in 814 patients, there were 20 patients with thrombotic events (TEs; including 1 stroke). Patients with MIS-C had the highest incidence (9 [6.5%] of 138) vs COVID-19 (9 [2.1%] of 426) or asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 (2 [0.7%] of 289). In patients with COVID-19 or MIS-C, a majority of TEs (89%) occurred in patients age ≥12 years. Patients age ≥12 years with MIS-C had the highest rate of thrombosis at 19% (9 of 48). Notably, 71% of TEs that were not present on admission occurred despite thromboprophylaxis. Multivariable analysis identified the following as significantly associated with thrombosis: age ≥12 years, cancer, presence of a central venous catheter, and MIS-C. In patients with COVID-19 or MIS-C, hospital mortality was 2.3% (13 of 564), but it was 28% (5 of 18) in patients with TEs. Our findings may help inform pediatric thromboprophylaxis strategies.

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AdolescentAdultAge FactorsAnticoagulantsChildChild, PreschoolCOVID-19FemaleHumansInfantMaleRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2Systemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeThrombosisAnticoagulants

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PMID33895804
PMCPMC8079262
OpenAlexW3157665740

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