Hospitalization of Adolescents Aged 12–17 Years with Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 — COVID-NET, 14 States, March 1, 2020–April 24, 2021

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Havers, Fiona P. ; Whitaker, Michael ; Self, Julie L. ; Chai, Shua J. ; Kirley, Pam Daily ; Alden, Nisha B. ; Kawasaki, Breanna ; Meek, James ; Yousey-Hindes, Kimberly ; Anderson, Evan J. ; Openo, Kyle P. ; Weigel, Andrew ; Teno, Kenzie ; Monroe, Maya L. ; Ryan, Patricia A. ; Reeg, Libby ; Kohrman, Alexander ; Lynfield, Ruth ; Como-Sabetti, Kathryn ; Poblete, Mayvilynne ; McMullen, Chelsea ; Muse, Alison ; Spina, Nancy ; Bennett, Nancy M. ; Gaitán, Maria ; Billing, Laurie M. ; Shiltz, Jess ; Sutton, Melissa ; Abdullah, Nasreen ; Schaffner, William ; Talbot, H. Keipp ; Crossland, Melanie ; George, Andrea ; Patel, Kadam ; Pham, Huong ; Milucky, Jennifer ; Anglin, Onika ; Ujamaa, Dawud ; Hall, Aron J. ; Garg, Shikha ; Taylor, Christopher A. ; Rothrock, Gretchen ; Reingold, Arthur ; Tsegaye, Millen ; McLafferty, Sarah ; Maslar, Amber ; Clogher, Paula ; Misiorski, Adam ; Parisi, Christina ; Correa, Maria ; Carter, Tessa ; Lyons, Carol ; Kim, Daewi ; Brar, Gaggan ; Fawcett, Emily ; Roebling, Allison ; Ward, Katelyn ; Manning, Jana ; Joseph, Asmith ; Surell, Chandler ; Pizarro, Daniel ; Williams, Jeremiah ; Ceaser, Rayna ; Lehman, Stephanie ; Eisenstein, Taylor ; Chambers, Gracie ; Kallas, Grayson ; Russell, Lauren ; Segler, Suzanne ; Blythe, David ; Brooks, Alicia ; Bye, Erica ; Danila, Richard ; Cline, Cory ; Ropp, Susan ; Smelser, Chad ; Sosin, Daniel ; Torres, Salina ; Angeles, Kathy ; Christian, Melissa ; Eisenberg, Nancy ; Flores, Kristina ; Habrun, Caroline ; Hancock, Emily ; Khanlian, Sarah ; Novi, Meaghan ; Phipps, Erin ; Rudin, Dominic ; Salazar-Sanchez, Yadira ; Segall, Judith ; Davis, Sarah Shrum ; Barney, Grant ; Felsen, Christina ; Bushey, Sophrena ; Popham, Kevin ; Cafferky, Virginia ; Long, Christine ; Kurtz, RaeAnne ; West, Nicole ; Owusu-Dommey, Ama ; McArdle, Breanna ; Youngers, Emily ; Seeley, Kylie ; Markus, Tiffanie ; Carter, Amanda ; Price, Andrea ; Haraghey, Andrew ; Swain, Ashley ; Shaw, Caitlin ; Buchta, Ian ; Ortega, Jake ; McCullough, Laine ; Chatelain, Ryan ; Riedesel, Tyler
• Corporate Authors:
  COVID-NET Surveillance Team
• Description:
  Most COVID-19-associated hospitalizations occur in older adults, but severe disease that requires hospitalization occurs in all age groups, including adolescents aged 12-17 years (1). On May 10, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration expanded the Emergency Use Authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to include persons aged 12-15 years, and CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended it for this age group on May 12, 2021.* Before that time, COVID-19 vaccines had been available only to persons aged ≥16 years. Understanding and describing the Epidemiology of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations in adolescents and comparing it with adolescent hospitalizations associated with other vaccine-preventable respiratory Viruses, such as influenza, offers evidence of the benefits of expanding the recommended age range for vaccination and provides a baseline and context from which to assess vaccination impact. Using the CoronaVirus Disease 2019-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET), CDC examined COVID-19-associated hospitalizations among adolescents aged 12-17 years, including demographic and clinical characteristics of adolescents admitted during January 1-March 31, 2021, and hospitalization rates (hospitalizations per 100,000 persons) among adolescents during March 1, 2020-April 24, 2021. Among 204 adolescents who were likely hospitalized primarily for COVID-19 during January 1-March 31, 2021, 31.4% were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), and 4.9% required invasive mechanical ventilation; there were no associated deaths. During March 1, 2020-April 24, 2021, weekly adolescent hospitalization rates peaked at 2.1 per 100,000 in early January 2021, declined to 0.6 in mid-March, and then rose to 1.3 in April. Cumulative COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates during October 1, 2020-April 24, 2021, were 2.5-3.0 times higher than were influenza-associated hospitalization rates from three recent influenza seasons (2017-18, 2018-19, and 2019-20) obtained from the Influenza Hospitalization Surveillance Network (FluSurv-NET). Recent increased COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates in March and April 2021 and the potential for severe disease in adolescents reinforce the importance of continued COVID-19 Prevention measures, including vaccination and correct and consistent wearing of masks by persons not yet fully vaccinated or when required by laws, rules, or regulations.|.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Child CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 Female Hospitalization Humans Laboratories Male SARS-CoV-2
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 70(23):851-857
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  34111061
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8191866
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  23
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cd15507ab456d99f11e4c2762204549652c39693bfd1dabbc8d7e1e84cabce279a984007b4ef4985477a3ddcd89c7a64a198514b47b22fea165ac5761dc6d385
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/107647/cdc_107647_DS1.pdf
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