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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Xiong, Xiao-li
• Wong, Kenneth Kak-yuen
• Chi, Shui-qing
• Zhou, Ai-fen
• Tang, Jian-qiao
• Zhou, Li-shan
• Chung, Patrick Ho-yu
• Chua, Gilbert
• Tung, Ketih
• Wong, Ian
• Chui, Celine
• Li, Xue
• Kwan, Mike Yat-wah
• Wong, Wilfred Hing-sang
• Ho, Marco Hok-kung
• Chan, Godfrey Chi-fung
• Cao, Guo-qing
• Li, Kang
• Ip, Patrick
• Chen, Peng
• Tang, Shao-tao
• Tam, Paul Kwong-hang

Titel

Comparative study of the clinical characteristics and epidemiological trend of 244 COVID-19 infected children with or without GI symptoms

Ist Teil von

• Gut, 2021-02, Vol.70 (2), p.436-438

Ort / Verlag

England: BMJ Publishing Group LTD

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• No other significant differences were found between the two groups, including respiratory symptoms, the duration of RT-PCR positivity for COVID-19 and CT of the thorax.Table 1 Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of COVID-19 children with or without GI symptoms GI symptoms (n=34) Non-GI symptoms (n=210) P value Age (months)  Median (IQR) 14 (3–93) 86 (28–139) 0.01* Age group distribution (n (%)) 0.02*  0–1 month 2 (5.9) 9 (4.3)  1 month-12 months 14 (41.2) 30 (14.3)  1–3 years old 4 (11.8) 23 (11.0)  3–6 years old 3 (8.8) 24 (11.4)  6–10 years old 5 (14.7) 61 (29.1)  10–18 years old 6 (17.6) 63 (30.0) Sex (male) (n (%)) 19 (55.9) 131 (62.4) 0.47 Birth weight (kg) 3.3 (2.9–3.7) 3.3 (3.0–3.6) 0.90 Clinical diagnostic classification (n (%)) 0.47  Asymptomatic 0 (0) 51 (24.3) <0.01*  Acute upper respiratory infection 7 (20.6) 43 (20.4)  Mild pneumonia 25 (73.5) 107 (51.0)  Severe pneumonia 0 (0) 7 (3.3)  Critical pneumonia 2 (5.9) 2 (1.0) Contact history with infected family member 28 (79.4) 180 (85.7) 0.62 Symptoms (n (%))  Fever 24 (70.6) 75 (35.7) <0.01*  Vomit 23 (67.7) –  Diarrhoea 15 (44.1) –  Abdominal pain 4 (11.8) –  Decreased feeding 8 (23.5) – Stool SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR results (105 patients tested) (n (%))  Positive 7/17 (41.2) 32/88 (36.4) 0.70 *denotes statistical significance. [...]a high proportion of asymptomatic children were also found to have positive RT-PCR in stool. X-lX, KW, S-qC, A-fZ, J-qT and L-sZ; drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content: KW, PH-yC, GC, KT, IW, CC, XL, MY-wK, G-qC, KL, WH-sW, MH-kH and GC-fC; final approval of the version published and agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work: PI, PC, S-tT and PT.