We estimated risks of severe outcomes in 820,404 symptomatic paediatric COVID-19 cases reported by 10 European Union countries between August 2020 and October 2021. Case and hospitalisation rates rose as transmission increased but severe outcomes were rare: 9,611 (1.2%) were hospitalised, 640 (0.08%) required intensive care and 84 (0.01%) died. Despite increased individual risk (adjusted odds ratio hospitalisation: 7.3; 95% confidence interval: 3.3–16.2; intensive care: 8.7; 6.2–12.3) in cases with comorbidities, most (83.7%) hospitalised children had no comorbidity.
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【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Europe, children, Surveillance, 【초록키워드】 intensive care, Comorbidities, Comorbidity, risk, Transmission, outcome, symptomatic, hospitalisation, Intensive, adjusted odds ratio, COVID-19 case, union, hospitalised, European, country, died, reported, required, had no, 【제목키워드】 severity, symptomatic, union, European,
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Europe, children, Surveillance, 【초록키워드】 intensive care, Comorbidities, Comorbidity, risk, Transmission, outcome, symptomatic, hospitalisation, Intensive, adjusted odds ratio, COVID-19 case, union, hospitalised, European, country, died, reported, required, had no, 【제목키워드】 severity, symptomatic, union, European,