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ArticleIndian journal of pediatrics2023

Evaluation of a Hospitalized Pediatric COVID-19 Cohort from Indian National Clinical Registry of COVID-19.

Alka Turuk, Gunjan Kumar, Aparna Mukherjee, Muralidharan Jayashree, Sweety M Patel, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Thrilok Chander Bingi, Tridip Dutta Baruah, Lokesh Kumar Sharma, Geetha R Menon and 5 more

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Alka TurukClinical Studies, Trials and Projection Unit, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
Gunjan KumarClinical Studies, Trials and Projection Unit, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
Aparna MukherjeeClinical Studies, Trials and Projection Unit, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India. aparna.sinha.deb@gmail.com.
Muralidharan JayashreeDepartment of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Sweety M PatelDepartment of Pediatrics, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Pankaj BhardwajDepartment of Community Medicine, All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Thrilok Chander BingiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad, Telangana, India.
Tridip Dutta BaruahDepartment of Surgery, All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Lokesh Kumar SharmaBio-Medical Informatics, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
Geetha R MenonNational Institute of Medical Statistics, Indian Council of Medical Research, Delhi, India.
Damodar SahuNational Institute of Medical Statistics, Indian Council of Medical Research, Delhi, India.
Samiran PandaIndian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
Vishnu Vardhan RaoNational Institute of Medical Statistics, Indian Council of Medical Research, Delhi, India.
Balram BhargavaIndian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India.
National Clinical Registry for COVID-19 Team

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Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the factors associated with mortality of a multicentric cohort of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, 0-18 y old, from 42 centers across India.

methodsThe National Clinical Registry for COVID-19 (NCRC) is an on-going prospective data collection platform enrolling COVID-19 patients diagnosed by real-time PCR or rapid antigen test. The data are collected in prestructured e-capture forms. The sociodemographic, clinical, laboratory, and hospital outcome data from 1

resultsOf the 1244 enrolled hospitalized COVID-19 patients aged 0-18 y, 98 and 124 were infants and neonates, respectively. Only 68.6% children were symptomatic at admission, with fever being the most common symptom. Diarrhea, rash, and neurological symptoms were also noted. At least 1 comorbidity was present in 260 (21%) children. The in-hospital mortality rate was 6.2% (n = 67), the highest in infants (12.5%). Altered sensorium (aOR: 6.8, CI: 1.9, 24.6), WHO ordinal scale ≥ 4 at admission (aOR: 19.6, CI: 8.0, 47.8), and malignancy (aOR: 8.9, 95% CI: 2.4, 32.3) were associated with higher odds of death. Malnutrition did not affect the outcome. Mortality rates were similar across the three waves of the pandemic, though a significant shift towards the under-five group was observed in the third wave.

conclusionThis multicentric cohort of admitted Indian children showed that the COVID-19 was milder in children than adults, and the pattern was consistent across all waves of the pandemic.

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COVID-19AdolescentAsian PeopleChildChild, PreschoolData CollectionHumansInfantInfant, NewbornRegistriesAdmittedChildrenInfantsNeonatesOutcomeSARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC9933031

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