A multicenter retrospective study of clinical features, laboratory characteristics, and outcomes of 166 hospitalized children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A preliminary report from Iranian Network for Research in Viral Diseases (INRVD).
Iraj SedighiAlireza FahimzadNeda PakMitra KhaliliMohammad R ShokrollahiHosein HeydariZahra MovahediAnahita S DashtiFatemeh CheraghaliAhmad ShamsizadehMohammadreza MirkarimiMohsen AlisamirHouman HashemianJafar SoltaniAli HosseininasabAbdolkarim HamediMohammad S RezaiShirin SayyahfarManijeh KahbaziAliakbar AbediniAfsaneh AkhondzadehHamid R SherkatolabbasiehAli Akbar RazlansariMina AlibeikSoheil Omid MalayeriZohreh ShalchiAli ShahabinezhadParinaz K AslFatemeh N MonfaredShiva MalekiRezvan KakavandMohammad FarahmandBabak ShahbazAhmad TavakoliSara A RezayatMohammad R KarimiYousef ErfaniAli JafarpourSaber SoltaniMilad ZandiAzam GhaziasadiRazieh DowranShohreh AzimiShima S MarviMohammad F AbazariMehdi NorouziIman R AzharSeyed M JazayeriPublished in: Pediatric pulmonology (2021)
We describe a higher than previously recognized rate of COVID-19 mortality in Iranian pediatric patients. Epidemiological factors, such as the relatively high case fatality rate in the country and the presence of underlying diseases were the main factors for the high death rate.