Sociodemographic and clinical profile of pediatric patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in a public hospital in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul: pilot study

• Autor(a) principal: Albuquerque, Isabella
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Ganzer, Eduarda Maria, Comoretto Tolfo, Charlise, Leonardi Dutra, Ana Carolina, Bohrer Berni, Viviane, Alves Souza, Juliana, Daros dos Santos, Tamires, Schmidt Pasqualoto, Adriane
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/70228
• topic: COVID-19; Hospitalização; Pediatria

Introduction: The new epidemiological situation facing SARS-CoV-2 virus infection brings the need to identify the sociodemographic and clinical profile of the pediatric population. Objective: To describe the sociodemographic and clinical profile of pediatric patients with COVID-19 admitted to Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria (HUSM) from March to May 2021. Methods: Retrospective cross-sectional pilot study. Sociodemographic, clinical and disease outcome variables were collected from medical records. Results: The sample consisted of 10 patients, 6 males (60%), with a median age of 33.5 (11.5-95) months and 7 (70%) were born at term. The median length of hospital stay comprised 8 (5.2-24) days and the length of stay in the Intensive Care Unit was 0.5 (0-5.7) days. In addition, 6 patients used oxygen support (60%) and 3 invasive mechanical ventilation (30%). One or more previous comorbidities were observed in 7 patients, predominantly respiratory and cardiovascular. Conclusion: These preliminary results are relevant, as they may assist in the planning of a set of actions focused on the levels of health care for this population affected by COVID-19.