Research Article

ICU Admission, Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, and Mortality among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized for COVID-19 in a Private Healthcare System

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19.

CharacteristicTotal ()

Age at the index hospitalization, in years, median (IQR)4.5 (1.4-14.1)
Male, in (%)99 (49.8%)
Hospital length of stay during the index hospitalization, in days, median (IQR)3.0 (2.0-7.0)
Follow-up since the index hospitalization, in days, median (IQR)249.0 (152.0-438.5)
Endpoint, in (%)
 Active insurance/study deadline184 (92.5%)
 Loss of insurance12 (6.0%)
 Death3 (1.5%)
Hemodialysis, in (%)
 Previous hemodialysis0 (0.0%)
 Hemodialysis during or after the index hospitalization2 (1.0%)
Number of morbidities, in (%)
 073 (36.7%)
 163 (31.7%)
 ≥263 (31.7%)
Morbidities, in (%)126 (63.3%)
 Asthma72 (36.2%)
 Neurologic diseases41 (20.6%)
 Gastrointestinal diseases24 (12.1%)
 Congenital or chromosomal abnormalities22 (11.1%)
 Heart failure19 (9.5%)
 Obesity15 (7.5%)
 Chronic lung disease (except for asthma)10 (5.0%)
 Diabetes7 (3.5%)
Readmissions ()
 Admissions during the follow-up period, in 271
 Readmissions during the follow-up period, in (%)72 (26.6%)
 Number of people who were readmitted during the follow-up period, in (%)43 (21.9%)
 Readmissions within 30 days after the discharge of the index hospitalization, in (%)27 (10.0%)
 Number of people readmitted within 30 days after the discharge of the index hospitalization, in (%)16 (8.2%)
 Time elapsed between the discharge of the index hospitalization and the first readmission within 30 days, in days, median (IQR)10.5 (5.3-14.3)
 Readmissions related to COVID-19 after the index hospitalization, in (%)28 (10.3%)
 Number of people readmitted related to COVID-19 after the index hospitalization, in (%)22 (11.2%)
 Time elapsed between the discharge of the index hospitalization and the first readmission related to COVID-19, in days, median (IQR)47.5 (15.0-64.5)

COVID-19: coronavirus disease, 2019; IQR: interquartile range.