Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Vaccine-Eligible US Children Under-5 Years Hospitalized for Acute COVID-19 in a National Network.
Laura D ZambranoMargaret M NewhamsRegina M SimeoneKatherine E Fleming-DutraNatasha B HalasaMichael WuAmber O Orzel-LockwoodSatoshi KamidaniPia S PannarajKathleen ChiotosMelissa A CameronAline B MadduxJennifer E SchusterHillary CrandallMichele KongRyan A NofzigerMary A StaatSamina S BhumbraKatherine IrbyJulie A BoomLeila C SahniJanet R HumeShira J GertzMia MaamariCindy Darnell BowensEmily R LevyTamara T BradfordTracie C WalkerStephanie P SchwartzElizabeth H MackJudith A Guzman-CottrillCharlotte V HobbsMatt S ZinterNatalie Z CvijanovichKatherine E BlineSaul R HymesAngela P CampbellAdrienne G Randolphnull nullPublished in: The Pediatric infectious disease journal (2023)
Most young children hospitalized for acute COVID-19, including most children admitted to the intensive care unit and with life-threatening illness, had not initiated COVID-19 vaccination despite being eligible. Nearly half of these children had no underlying conditions. Of the small percentage of children who initiated a COVID-19 primary series, most had not completed it before hospitalization.