Bibliographic citations
Chavez, L., (2023). Asociación entre el asma y la gravedad de COVID-19 en pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados en el Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14887
Chavez, L., Asociación entre el asma y la gravedad de COVID-19 en pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados en el Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14887
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title = "Asociación entre el asma y la gravedad de COVID-19 en pacientes pediátricos hospitalizados en el Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins",
author = "Chavez Rimache, Lesly Karem",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2023"
}
Asthma is a disease with a high disease burden in pediatric patients and has been linked to increased severity of COVID-19. However, the evidence is still scarce and there is variability in the results. The objective of the study was to evaluate the association between asthma and COVID-19 severity in pediatric patients hospitalized for COVID-19 at the Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital. Retrospective cohort study that included pediatric patients hospitalized at the Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital. Information on demographic, laboratory, and clinical characteristics were extracted from electronic medical records. To assess the association between asthma and COVID-19 severity, crude (RR) and adjusted (aRR) risk ratios were estimated for potential confounders using generalized linear models. 233 patients were included, of whom 51.1% (n=119/233) were male and with a median age of 9 years (interquartile range 7 to 11). The most frequent symptoms were respiratory followed by gastroenterological. The most frequent comorbidities were neurological and obesity. 10.3% (n=24/233) (95% confidence interval (CI) 6.7% to 14.9%) of patients had asthma. In bivariate analysis, asthma was associated with intensive care unit admission (p=0.002) and the need for invasive mechanical ventilation (p=0.004). In multiple analyses, patients with asthma (aRR: 2.24, 95%CI: 1.63 to 3.09), obesity (aRR: 1.72, 95%CI: 1.18 to 2.50), congenital cardiologic comorbidities (aRR: 3.19, 95%CI: 1.88 to 5.41) and having two or more comorbidities (aRR: 1.70, 95% CI: 1.23 to 2.35) were associated with increased risk of COVID-19 severity. Therefore, in the pediatric population hospitalized for COVID-19, asthma, obesity, congenital cardiologic comorbidities, and having two or more comorbidities were associated with greater severity of COVID-19.
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