One-year follow-up of children hospitalized with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study.
Caroline Jacoby SchmidtGiovana Morin CasassolaGuilherme Hoff AffeldtDebora Sana MoraisLetícia Krás Borges AlvarengaCristina MillerBruna ZieglerPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2023)
Our findings indicate that most children hospitalized with COVID-19 have comorbidities. Younger age at admission and a longer hospital stay seem to be risk factors for readmission. In addition, the presence of cancer and impaired functionality are apparently associated with the poor outcome of death within the first year after the diagnosis of COVID-19.