SynthesisScientific reports2022
Long-COVID in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analyses.
Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 272 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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272 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 496 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cardiology Consult for the General Pediatrician after Cardiac Manifestations from a SARS-CoV-2 Infection.Current pediatric reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Long-Term Complications of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Adults Post-COVID-19: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- The prolonged health sequelae "of the COVID-19 pandemic" in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Neurological manifestations associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pediatric patients: a systematic review.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2025Pooled it
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- Pediatric post COVID-19 condition: an umbrella review of the most common symptoms and associated factors.European journal of public health · 2024Pooled it
- Evidence linking COVID-19 and the health/well-being of children and adolescents: an umbrella review.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- The burden of persistent symptoms after COVID-19 (long COVID): a meta-analysis of controlled studies in children and adults.Virology journal · 2024Pooled it
- Asymptomatic viruses detectable in saliva in the first year of life: a narrative review.Pediatric research · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Persistent Clinical Features After SARS-CoV-2 in the Pediatric Population.Pediatrics · 2023Pooled it
- The breath and mind connection in young people with post-COVID syndrome: feasibility and acceptability of a pilot randomised co-designed intervention.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Light at the end of the tunnel? Follow-up of cardiopulmonary function in children with post-COVID-19.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Cardiopulmonary function in paediatric post-COVID-19: a controlled clinical trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Management of long COVID-19 in children and adolescents: from diagnosis to therapeutically approaches.Annals of medicine · 2026Review
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- Neurodegenerative and Cognitive Consequences of Long COVID.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- The Burden of Long-COVID-19 Among Pediatric Subjects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Functional outcomes of children after SARS-CoV-2 infection: An EHR-based cohort study.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- Neurological and neurodevelopmental effects of Covid and MIS-C on children.Pediatric research · 2026Review
- School Difficulties and Long COVID in Children and Adolescents.Academic pediatrics · 2026Observational
212 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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8 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
The objective of this systematic review and meta-analyses is to estimate the prevalence of long-COVID in children and adolescents and to present the full spectrum of symptoms present after acute COVID-19. We have used PubMed and Embase to identify observational studies published before February 10th, 2022 that included a minimum of 30 patients with ages ranging from 0 to 18 years that met the National Institute for Healthcare Excellence (NICE) definition of long-COVID, which consists of both ongoing (4 to 12 weeks) and post-COVID-19 (≥ 12 weeks) symptoms. Random-effects meta-analyses were performed using the MetaXL software to estimate the pooled prevalence with a 95% confidence interval (CI). Heterogeneity was assessed using I
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