Risk factors for long covid in previously hospitalised children using the ISARIC Global follow-up protocol: A prospective cohort study.
Ismail M OsmanovEkaterina SpiridonovaPolina BobkovaAysylu GamirovaAnastasia ShikhalevaMargarita AndreevaOleg BlyussYasmin El-TaraviAudrey DunnGalvinPasquale ComberiatiDiego Giampietro PeroniChristian ApfelbacherJon GenuneitLyudmila MazankovaAlexandra MiroshinaEvgeniya ChistyakovaElmira SamitovaSvetlana BorzakovaElena BondarenkoAnatoliy A KorsunskiyIrina KonovaSarah Wulf HansonGail CarsonLouise SigfridJanet T ScottMatthew GreenhawtElizabeth A WhittakerElena GarraldaOlivia SwannDaniele Antonio PizzutoDasha E NichollsFrances SimpsonChristina J JonesMalcolm Gracie SempleJohn O WarnerTheo VosPiero OlliaroDaniel Munblitnull nullPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2021)
A quarter of children experienced persistent symptoms months after hospitalization with acute covid-19 infection, with almost one in ten experiencing multi-system involvement. Older age and allergic diseases were associated with higher risk of persistent symptoms at follow-up.