Characteristics and management of patients with SARS-CoV2 infection admitted to pediatric intensive care units : Data analysis of the Spanish national multicenter registry

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INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study is to describe the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) disease characteristics and management in children admitted to the pediatric intensive care units (PICU).

METHODS: The present study was based on a national multicentric prospective registry including PICU patients with SARS-CoV2 infection or symptoms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

RESULTS: A total of 298 patients were admitted to 41 different Spanish PICUs. A total of 76% of them were previously healthy. The most frequent manifestation was MIS-C (69.8%). On admission, 59.4% of patients did not have respiratory distress, and only 17.4% needed conventional mechanical ventilation (MV). The need for MV was associated with age (incidence rate ratios [IRR] 1.21, p < .012), pediatric sequential organ failure assessment score (p-SOFA) Score (IRR 1.12, p = .001), and need for transfusion (IRR 4.5, p < .004) in MIS-C patients, and with vasoactive drug use (IRR 2.73, p = .022) and the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (IRR 2.83, p = .018) in patients admitted for other reasons. During the first day of admission, 56% of patients met shock criteria and 50.7% needed vasoactive drugs. In MIS-C patients, their use was associated with higher p-SOFA score (IRR 1.06, p < .001) and with the diagnosis of shock (IRR 5.78, p < .001). In patients without MIS-C, it was associated with higher p-SOFA score (IRR 1.05, p = .022). The mortality rate was 3%, being lower in MIS-C patients compared to patients admitted for other reasons (0.5% vs. 9.4%, p < .001). It was also lower in previously healthy patients compared to patients with previous comorbidities (0.9% vs. 9.7%, p < .001).

CONCLUSIONS: Severe SARS-CoV2 infection is uncommon in the pediatric population. In our series, respiratory distress was rare, being MIS-C the most frequent cause of PICU admission related to SARS-CoV2. In most cases, the course of the disease was mild except in children with previous diseases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

Enthalten in:

Pediatric pulmonology - 58(2023), 10 vom: 28. Okt., Seite 2916-2929

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Slöcker Barrio, María [VerfasserIn]
Belda Hofheinz, Sylvia [VerfasserIn]
Guitart Pardellans, Carmina [VerfasserIn]
García-Salido, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
de Carlos Vicente, Juan Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Cuervas-Mons Tejedor, Maite [VerfasserIn]
Hernández Yuste, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Jiménez Olmos, Ainhoa [VerfasserIn]
Morteruel Arizcuren, Elvira [VerfasserIn]
García-Besteiro, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Calvo Monge, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez Rubio, Miguel [VerfasserIn]
Roca Pascual, David [VerfasserIn]
Bermúdez Barrezueta, Lorena [VerfasserIn]
Martínez Padilla, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Huidobro Labarga, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Oulego-Erroz, Ignacio [VerfasserIn]
Sanchíz Cárdenas, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Rey Galan, Corsino [VerfasserIn]
Holanda Peña, Maria Soledad [VerfasserIn]
González Navarro, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
Cortés, Rafael González [VerfasserIn]
Spanish Pediatric Intensive Care Society working group on SARS-Cov2 infection [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ARDS
Journal Article
MIS-C
Mechanical ventilation
Multicenter Study
Pediatric intensive care
RNA, Viral
SARS-COV2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.09.2023

Date Revised 28.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ppul.26613

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359932991