TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics of pediatric patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the third wave (omicron variant) at a referral hospital in Peru
AU - Alvarado-Gamarra, Giancarlo
AU - Zarate-Campos, Vanessa
AU - Saavedra Díaz, Jimena A.
AU - Sánchez Julca, Renato M.
AU - Tahua Vega, Andrea
AU - Borcic, Aida
AU - Taype-Rondan, Alvaro
AU - Franchi Prato, Luis Miguel
AU - Lanata, Claudio F.
AU - Dominguez-Rojas, Jesús
AU - Garcés-Ghilardi, Raquel
AU - Estupiñan-Vigil, Matilde
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, Instituto Nacional de Salud. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023/6/30
Y1 - 2023/6/30
N2 - This study aimed to describe the characteristics of pediatric patients (28 days to 14 years of age) hospitalized with COVID-19 during the third wave of the pandemic (omicron variant) at the Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins (HNERM) (Lima, Peru). In this retrospective cohort, we reviewed the medical records of 122 pediatric patients who attended HNERM between January and early April 2022 (55% male, median age: 5 years); 77.9% attended HNERM during the first month, and half of them had some comorbidity. Participants were hospitalized mainly for respiratory distress, decompensated comorbidity, and dehydration. Of the participants, 6.6% were admitted to intensive care, 4.9% to invasive mechanical ventilation, 5.7% required some vasoactive agent and 1.6% died. The most commonly used drugs were antibiotics (43.4%) and corticosteroids (27.1%). In conclusion, hospitalizations rapidly increased during the third wave, when compared to previous waves, most of them with favorable progression and with a wide empirical use of antibiotics.
AB - This study aimed to describe the characteristics of pediatric patients (28 days to 14 years of age) hospitalized with COVID-19 during the third wave of the pandemic (omicron variant) at the Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins (HNERM) (Lima, Peru). In this retrospective cohort, we reviewed the medical records of 122 pediatric patients who attended HNERM between January and early April 2022 (55% male, median age: 5 years); 77.9% attended HNERM during the first month, and half of them had some comorbidity. Participants were hospitalized mainly for respiratory distress, decompensated comorbidity, and dehydration. Of the participants, 6.6% were admitted to intensive care, 4.9% to invasive mechanical ventilation, 5.7% required some vasoactive agent and 1.6% died. The most commonly used drugs were antibiotics (43.4%) and corticosteroids (27.1%). In conclusion, hospitalizations rapidly increased during the third wave, when compared to previous waves, most of them with favorable progression and with a wide empirical use of antibiotics.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Child, Peru
KW - Hospitalization
KW - Intensive Care Units
KW - Mortality
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85172351533
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e5b58fe0-73af-3381-b1c8-d796af88450d/
U2 - 10.17843/rpmesp.2023.402.12409
DO - 10.17843/rpmesp.2023.402.12409
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85172351533
SN - 1726-4634
VL - 40
SP - 200
EP - 206
JO - Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
JF - Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
IS - 2
ER -
