Incidence of COVID-19 in Pediatric Surgical Patients Among 3 US Children's Hospitals

Elaina E Lin; Todd J Blumberg; Adam C Adler; Faris Z Fazal; Divya Talwar; Kyle Ellingsen; Apurva S Shah

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2588

Incidence of COVID-19 in Pediatric Surgical Patients Among 3 US Children's Hospitals

JAMA Surg. 2020 Aug 1;155(8):775-777. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.2588.

Authors

Elaina E Lin¹, Todd J Blumberg², Adam C Adler³, Faris Z Fazal⁴, Divya Talwar⁴, Kyle Ellingsen⁵, Apurva S Shah⁴

Affiliations

¹ The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Seattle Children's Hospital, Department of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
³ Texas Children's Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Houston.
⁴ The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁵ University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington.

Abstract

This cohort study assesses the incidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in pediatric patients presenting for surgery at 3 tertiary care children’s hospitals across the US.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / epidemiology
Child
Hospitals, Pediatric / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Incidence
SARS-CoV-2*
Surgical Procedures, Operative / statistics & numerical data*
United States / epidemiology