Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years Hospitalized with COVID-19 – Six Hospitals, United States, July-August 2021

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Agathis, Nickolas T. ; Anderson, Kristi ; Barr, Frederick E. ; Bloom, Julie A. ; Boyles, Tricia ; Breslin, Kristen A. ; Brown, Jessica ; Chandra, Gyan ; Chiu, Sophia K. ; Choudhary, Rewa ; Click, Eleanor S. ; Da Silva, Juliana ; DeBiasi, Roberta L. ; Dowlin, Michael ; Dulski, Theresa M. ; Dupont, Hannah ; Evans, Mary E. ; Gerdes, Megan E. ; Gold, Jeremy A. W. ; Gorman, Kathleen C. ; Haston, Julia ; Hsu, Sophia ; Idubor, Osatohamwen I. ; Kimball, Anne A. ; Kline, Mark W. ; Ko, Jean Y. ; Kociolek, Larry K. ; Koumans, Emily H. ; Light, Megan ; Logan, Pamela ; Maloney, Susan A. ; Martinez, Marisol ; McHugh, Matthew ; Morris, Sapna B. ; Natarajan, Pavithra ; Schweitzer, Beth ; Shi, Dallas S. ; Siegel, David A. ; Simpson, Joelle N. ; Singh, Ila R. ; Snowden, Jessica ; Spicer, Kevin B. ; Stevens, Valerie A. ; Swancutt, Mark ; Thompson, Aaron ; Wanga, Valentine ; Webber, Bryant J. ; Wendel, Arthur M. ; Wessel, David ; Wietecha, Mark ; Agathis, Nickolas T. ; Anderson, Kristi ; Barr, Frederick E. ; Bloom, Julie A. ; Boyles, Tricia ; Breslin, Kristen A. ; Brown, Jessica ; Chandra, Gyan ; Chiu, Sophia K. ; Choudhary, Rewa ; Click, Eleanor S. ; Da Silva, Juliana ; DeBiasi, Roberta L. ; Dowlin, Michael ; Dulski, Theresa M. ; Dupont, Hannah ; Evans, Mary E. ; Gerdes, Megan E. ; Gold, Jeremy A. W. ; Gorman, Kathleen C. ; Haston, Julia ; Hsu, Sophia ; Idubor, Osatohamwen I. ; Kimball, Anne A. ; Kline, Mark W. ; Ko, Jean Y. ; Kociolek, Larry K. ; Koumans, Emily H. ; Light, Megan ; Logan, Pamela ; Maloney, Susan A. ; Martinez, Marisol ; McHugh, Matthew ; Morris, Sapna B. ; Natarajan, Pavithra ; Schweitzer, Beth ; Shi, Dallas S. ; Siegel, David A. ; Simpson, Joelle N. ; Singh, Ila R. ; Snowden, Jessica ; Spicer, Kevin B. ; Stevens, Valerie A. ; Swancutt, Mark ; Thompson, Aaron ; Wanga, Valentine ; Webber, Bryant J. ; Wendel, Arthur M. ; Wessel, David ; Wietecha, Mark
• Description:
  What is already known about this topic? Pediatric COVID-19-related hospitalization rates increased when the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant became the predominant circulating strain. What is added by this report? Among children and adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 infection admitted to six hospitals during July-August 2021, 77.9% were hospitalized for acute COVID-19. Among these patients, approximately one third aged <5 years had a viral coinfection (approximately two thirds of which were respiratory syncytial virus) and approximately two thirds of those aged 12-17 years had obesity; only 0.4% of age-eligible patients were fully vaccinated. What are the implications for public health practice? COVID-19 vaccination and other prevention strategies are important to protect children from COVID-19, particularly children with obesity and other underlying health conditions. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Communicable Diseases COVID-19 Occupational Health Public Health Safety Viral Diseases
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Children Coronavirus Disease Prevention Infectious Diseases Obesity Public Health SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines Viral Infections
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)   ; Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)  
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WTCHP - World Trade Center Health Program ; DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering ; WTCHP - World Trade Center Health Program ; DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Bastiand, Anthony ; Bienemy, Troy ; Bridgham, Jery ; Dalton, Joyce ; Fisher, Laura ; Flagg, Barret ; Giovanni, Jennifer ; Hollis, Kara ; Kurian, Ashok ; Jackson, Brendan R. ; Knight, Amy ; Nagrajan, Veena ; Ossman, Aimee ; Paganelli, Emily ; Peacock, Georgina ; Pereira-Abara, Nicole ; Preacher, Trescena ; Romaniuk, Andrea ; Sahni, Leila ; Stark, Susan ; Sweek, Sherry ; Van Der Merwe, Daniella ; Versalovic, James
• Volume:
  70
• Issue:
  51
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064984
• Citation:
  MMWR 2021 Dec; 70(51-52):1766-1772
• Email:
  qdy0@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services ; Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:905e83bda447c9bf8632148df26a33e20c96d0b25c3d80c07b8d1e9eedd95fae674a115c28d3f8a48e7eeaa0395a0b91c668bd64f7c02d6a5cf4963828ed58e7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/183034/cdc_183034_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 201.31 KB ]