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ArticleCritical care explorations2025

Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19 Positive Critically Ill Children.

Yudy Fonseca, Alise Davies, Stephanie Jarrin, Liliana Simon, Cortney Foster, Sun Kai, Adnan Bhutta

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Yudy FonsecaDivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.ORCID 0000-0002-1613-3858
Alise DaviesDivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Stephanie JarrinDivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Liliana SimonDivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Cortney FosterDivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
Sun KaiDivision of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Adnan BhuttaDivision of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine/Riley Children's Health, Indianapolis, IN.

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Abstract

objectivesTo investigate the prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE) in children admitted to critical care diagnosed with COVID-19 infection.

designRetrospective database study.

settingData reported to the Virtual Pediatric Systems, 2018-2021. PATIENTS: Patients 28 days to younger than 18 years old, admitted to a PICU with either PE or COVID-19 diagnoses.

interventionsNone. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN

resultsAmong the PE-positive subgroups, from January 2020 to December 2021, 78 patients (14%) had an acute COVID-19 infection. The prevalence of PE pre-pandemic period (2018-2019) was 0.19% and for pandemic period (2020-2021) was 0.26% (

conclusionsOur study demonstrates a significant increase in the prevalence of PE among pediatric patients admitted to PICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with pre-pandemic. Our study indicates that COVID-positive patients are 4.8 times more likely to develop PE than COVID-negative patients. Additionally, the study highlights substantial racial disparities in the prevalence of PE, with Black or African American patients being disproportionately affected.

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COVID-19Critical IllnessPulmonary EmbolismAdolescentBlack or African AmericanChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIntensive Care Units, PediatricMalePrevalenceRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsCOVID-19pulmonary embolismracial disparities

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