Symptomatology and racial disparities amongst children undergoing universal preoperative COVID-19 screening at three US children's hospitals: Early pandemic through resurgence.

Symptomatology and racial disparities amongst children undergoing universal preoperative COVID-19 screening at three US children's hospitals: Early pandemic through resurgence.
Paediatr Anaesth. 2020 Nov 13;:
Authors: Adler AC, Shah AS, Blumberg TJ, Fazal FZ, Chandrakantan A, Ellingsen K, Nathanson BH, Lin EE
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has seen>48 million confirmed cases worldwide as ofNovember 6, 2020.The infection rate amongst children was initially reported to be low, with children constituting only 2% of recorded cases. However, this reflected testing for COVID-19 only when symptomatic or with known close contact with an infected person(1). The purpose of this reportis to describe the characteristics of pediatric patients undergoing universal testing for COVID-19 during routine preoperativescreening at threetertiarychildren's hospitals across the United States.
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Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - November 13, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Adler AC, Shah AS, Blumberg TJ, Fazal FZ, Chandrakantan A, Ellingsen K, Nathanson BH, Lin EE Tags: Paediatr Anaesth Source Type: research