Screening and Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Children in Madrid, Spain

作者：Alfredo Tagarro, Cristina Epalza, Mar Santos, Francisco José Sanz-Santaeufemia, Enrique Otheo, Cinta Moraleda, Cristina Calvo · 发表于：Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.1346 · 被引用次数：520 · 研究领域：COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies、SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing、SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Screening and Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Children in Madrid, SpainAs the pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads, new data emerge and understanding of the disease improves.Reports associated with children are growing but still scarce.[1][2][3] The epicenter of the epidemic has displaced to Europe.The first case in Spain was declared on January 31, 2020, and the first case in the Madrid region was declared on February 27, 2020.Methods | With the aim of obtaining an overview of the proportion of confirmed cases among those tested and the severity of the disease in children, a registry of tested cases was performed from March 2, 2020, to March 16, 2020, by pediatricians in 30 secondary and tertiary hospitals in Madrid, Spain, during the first 2 weeks of the epidemic.Children were screened according to Spanish Public Health recommendations, which included those patients with a significant disease who were admitted, or likely to be admitted, at the time of evaluation according to the attending