Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35721777›Full record

ArticleIJID regions2021

Clinical outcomes of pediatric COVID-19 in a tertiary care center in Bangkok, Thailand.

Suvaporn Anugulruengkitt, Sirinya Teeraananchai, Napaporn Chantasrisawad, Pathariya Promsena, Watsamon Jantarabenjakul, Thanyawee Puthanakit

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in IJID regions, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Suvaporn AnugulruengkittDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Sirinya TeeraananchaiDepartment of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Napaporn ChantasrisawadDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Pathariya PromsenaCenter of Excellence for Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccines, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Watsamon JantarabenjakulDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Thanyawee PuthanakitDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Chulalongkorn University · THKasetsart University · TH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of pediatric COVID-19 in Thailand, where favipiravir is the mainstay of antiviral treatment. Methods: We conducted a hospital based observational cohort study of COVID-19 among children. The study included children (age <15 years) with confirmed positive reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for SARS-CoV-2 from nasopharyngeal swab. Results: From April to July 2021, 416 cases with a median age of 7.1 (interquartile range 2.7-11.6) years were included in the study. The spectrum of disease included 82 (20%) asymptomatic, 232 (56%) mild and 102 (24%) with pneumonia. Abnormal chest x-ray findings included ground-glass opacities (46%), focal infiltrations (27%), perihilar opacities (19%), reticular infiltrations (15%) and other non-specific findings (4%). Only 12 children (3%) required oxygen support. Favipiravir was prescribed to 129 children (31%); 102 patients with pneumonia and 27 patients at risk for disease progression. Pneumonia was more common in age <3 years compared with those aged 3-<12 years (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.30, 95% CI 0.17-0.52), 12-15 years (aOR 0.40, 95% CI 0.21-0.77) and in patients with comorbidities (aOR 2.36, 95% CI 1.09-5.12). Conclusions: One-fourth of pediatric COVID-19 patients had pneumonia, but few required oxygen support. Off-label use of Favipiravir in pediatric COVID-19 patients in a recent outbreak in Bangkok is reported.

Indexed as

ChildrenCOVID-19FavipiravirPneumoniaSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID35721777
PMCPMC8600753
OpenAlexW3215704122

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.