1. Paediatric COVID-19 mortality: a database analysis of the impact of health resource disparity
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Nick Daneman, John Marshall, Vinod Kumar, Aasiyah Rashan, Jérôme Dimet, Sylvain Diamantis, John F Fraser, Dominique Deplanque, Anne Conrad, François Lellouche, Heidi Gruner, Detlef Kindgen-Milles, Agnes Meybeck, Maxime Hentzien, Clotilde Allavena, André Cabié, Firouzé Bani-Sadr, Patrick Rossignol, Arjen M Dondorp, Rashan Haniffa, Harald Vonkeman, Lionel Piroth, Mathieu Blot, Yaseen Arabi, Marie-Pierre Debray, François Angoulvant, Marc Leone, Maria Zambon, Florentia Kaguelidou, Marc Lambert, Olivier Lairez, Tom Solomon, Carrol Gamble, Laura Marsh, David Richardson, Christiana Kartsonaki, Philippe Jouvet, Asgar Rishu, Eman Al Qasim, Rachael Parke, Srinivas Murthy, Alistair Nichol, Calum Semple, Colin McArthur, Gail Carson, Jake Dunning, Laura Merson, Peter Horby, David Maslove, Nadia Malik, Stephen R Knight, Annelies Verbon, Oana Sândulescu, Patrick Archambault, Paul McNally, Marlene Murris, Aurore Bousquet, Kenneth A McLean, Hugues Cordel, Marc Fabre, Laurence Bouillet, Melissa Parker, Xavier Duval, Amanda Corley, James Lee, Kusum Menon, Christian Rabaud, Paul Klenerman, Jean-François Timsit, Jennifer Lee, Nicolas Terzi, Saad Nseir, Gwenhaël Colin, Steve Webb, Kalynn Kennon, Caroline Mudara, Diana Hernández, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Elias Iosifidis, Emmanuel Roilides, Yi Lin Lee, Pieter Depuydt, Jean-François Payen, Ana Martins, Samreen Ijaz, Meera Chand, Wei Shen Lim, Bruno Levy, Eric D'ortenzio, Jean-Charles Preiser, Pierre Delobel, Claudia Figueiredo-Mello, Jaques Sztajnbok, Ana Freitas Ribeiro, Tiphaine Goulenok, Bronner P Gonçalves, Arnaud Scherpereel, Chloe Donohue, Carlo Giaquinto, Karolina Nowicka, Adrien Auvet, Debby Bogaert, Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers, Amandine Gagneux-Brunon, Merce Jourdain, Anne McCarthy, Todd C Lee, António Mesquita, Sue Smith, Jia Wei, Jenny Lennon, Antoine Khalil, Nathalie Pansu, Victor Fomin, Audrey Barrelet, Christophe Fraser, Daniel Munblit, Robert A Fowler, William Greenhalf, François-Xavier Lescure, Nicolas Carlier, Saye Khoo, Riinu Pius, Lisa Norman, Louise Sigfrid, Sophie Halpin, Clare Jackson, Antonia Ho, Andrew Dagens, Thomas Flament, Julie Mankikian, Romain Basmaci, Peter Openshaw, Mary Copland, Brenda Reeve, William Dechert, Patricia Lizotte, Felwa Bin Humaid, Tom Fletcher, Adrien Lemaignen, Pierre Tattevin, Christelle Delmas, Hélène Espérou, Claire Lévy-Marchal, Olivier Picone, Jeanne Sibiude, Cecile Yelnik, Olivia V Swann, Michelle Girvan, Piero L Olliaro, Beatrice Alex, Benjamin Bach, Alexander J Mentzer, Mahdad Noursadeghi, Shona C Moore, Massimo Palmarini, Georgios Pollakis, Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu, Shiranee Sriskandan, David Stuart, Charlotte Summers, Ryan S Thwaites, Hayley Hardwick, Wilna Oosthuyzen, Fiona Griffiths, Jo Dalton, Egle Saviciute, Stephanie Roberts, Janet Harrison, Marie Connor, Gary Leeming, Ross Hendry, Victoria Shaw, Jade Ghosn, Lucille Blumberg, Nicolas Benech, James Scott-Brown, Odile Launay, Todd Karsies, Yoan Lavie-Badie, Minh Le, Elise Artaud-Macari, Mylène Maillet, Huda Alfoudri, Djura Piersma, Didier Laureillard, Graham S. Cooke, Nicholas Sedillot, Anne-Sophie Boureau, Tony Trapani, Laurent Abel, Samuel Hinton, Sally Shrapnel, Heidi Dalton, Guillaume Martin-Blondel, Valérie Garrait, Isabelle Delacroix, Samantha Lissauer, Malte Kohns Vasconcelos, Oleksa Rewa, Erlina Burhan, Sara Machado, Jean-Benoît Arlet, Raphaël Borie, Kévin Bouiller, Vincent Langlois, Mélanie Roriz, Mical Paul, Vincent Dubée, Erwan L'her, Michael Rose, Luis Felipe Reyes, Anna Beltrame, Stéphanie Fry, Andrew Udy, Laurent Plantier, Jean-Christophe Goffard, Denis Malvy, Nina Jamieson, Irfan Khan, François Dubos, Jean-Sébastien Hulot, Paola Rodari, Paul Campbell, Abigail Beane, Cécile Tromeur, Paul Loubet, Marina Esposito-Farèse, France Mentré, Valérie Gaborieau, Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Cécile Goujard, Vincent Thibault, Rodrigo Díaz, Patricia Gordon, Sadie Kelly, Bertrand Dussol, Simon Forsyth, Marion Schneider, Nathalie Gault, Marielle Buisson, Yves Levy, Prasan Kumar Panda, Marjolein Brusse-Keizer, Carine Roy, Walter Picard, Tom Drake, Paul Tierney, Olivier Sanchez, Antoine Kimmoun, David Thomson, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Julien Poissy, Lila Bouadma, Bruno Lina, Maude Bouscambert, Alexandre Gaymard, Gilles Peytavin, Jeremie Guedj, Claire Andrejak, Cedric Laouenan, Anissa Chair, Samira Laribi, Marie-Capucine Tellier, Sandrine Couffin-Cadiergues, Soizic Le Mestre, Ventzislava Petrov-Sanchez, Alpha Diallo, NoéMie Mercier, Sarah Tubiana, Marion Noret, Oriane Puechal, Caroline Semaille, Patrick Imbert, Jonathan Remppis, Emmanuelle Mercier, Rui Pereira, Sylvie Van Der Werf, Waasila Jassat, Arsene Kpangon, Dominique Luton, Sophie Mahy, Pierre-Adrien Bolze, Sarah Moore, Adrienne Chan, Raphael Favory, Daniel Mathieu, Andrea Angheben, Andrea Rossanese, Matthew Hall, Johann Auchabie, Mohammed Quraishi, Katharina Weil, Hanna Renk, Hans Martin Bosse, Christophe Rapp, Vincent Peigne, Tae Song, Dewi Guellec, Mark G. 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Docherty, Maria Donnelly, Céline Dorival, James Joshua Douglas, Nathalie Dournon, Murray Dryden, Claudio Duarte Fonseca, Alexandre Ducancelle, Paul Dunand, Sim Choon Ean, Mohammed El Sanharawi, Brigitte Elharrar, Philippine Eloy, Isabelle Enderle, Chan Chee Eng, Ilka Engelmann, Vincent Enouf, Olivier Epaulard, Martina Escher, Catarina Espírito Santo, João Estevão, Manuel Etienne, Nadia Ettalhaoui, Mirjam Evers, Isabelle Fabre, Amna Faheem, Arabella Fahy, Cameron J. Fairfield, Pedro Faria, Ahmed Farooq, Hanan Fateena, Jorge Fernandes, Marília Andreia Fernandes, François-Xavier Ferrand, Eglantine Ferrand Devouge, Joana Ferrão, Mário Ferraz, Bernardo Ferreira, Nicolas Ferriere, Céline Ficko, Clara Flateau, Tatiana Fonseca, Erwan Fourn, Robert A. 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Meynert, Vanina Meysonnier, Amina Meziane, Mehdi Mezidi, Céline Michelanglei, Isabelle Michelet, Nor Arisah Misnan, Tahira Jamal Mohamed, Nik Nur Mohamed, Asma Moin, Agostinho Monteiro, Claudia Montes, Lina Morales Cely, Lucia Moro, Hugo Mouquet Ben Morton, Clara Mouton Perrot, Julien Moyet, Ng Yong Muh, Dzawani Muhamad, Jimmy Mullaert, Karl Erik Müller, Himed Musaab, Himasha Muvindi, Gugapriyaa Muyandy, Nadège Neant, Nikita Nekliudov, Raul Neto, Anthony Nghi, Duc Nguyen, Nurul Amani Noordin, Nurul Faten Norharizam, Nurnaningsih Nurnaningsih, Annmarie O'Callaghan, Katie O'Hearn, Agnieszka Oldakowska, Piero L. Olliaro, David S.Y. Ong, Jee Yan Ong, Saijad Orakzai, Claudia Milena Orozco-Chamorro, Linda O'Shea, Siti Zubaidah Othman, Nadia Ouamara, Rachida Ouissa, Eric Oziol, Justine Pages Maïder Pagadoy, Lai Hui Pang, Aurélie Papadopoulos, Bruno Pastene, Christelle Paul, Jorge Paulos, William A. Paxton, Kalaiarasu Peariasamy, Miguel Pedrera Jiménez, Florent Peelman, Ithan D. Peltan, Daniel Perez, Thomas Perpoint, Vincent Pestre, Michele Petrovic, Scott Pharand, Carola Pierobon, Carlos Pimentel, Raquel Pinto, Catarina Pires, Isabelle Pironneau, Hon Shen Png, Ryadh Pokeerbux, Maria Pokorska-Spiewak, Diane Ponscarme, Douwe F. Postma, Diana Póvoas, Gamage Dona Priyadarshani, Vilmaris Quinones-Cardona, Víctor Quirós González, Marie Rafiq, Rozanah Abd Rahman, Ahmad Kashfi Rahman, Giri Shan Rajahram, Nagarajan Ramakrishnan, José Ramalho, Ahmad Afiq Ramli, Blandine Rammaert, Grazielle Viana Ramos, Thalha Rashan, Cornelius Rau, Tharmini Ravi, Stanislas Rebaudet, Sarah Redl, Attaur Rehman, Martine Remy, Hongru Ren, Anne-Sophie Resseguier, Matthieu Revest, Laurent Richier, Siti Nurul Ridzuan, Ana L Rios, Patrick Rispal, Karine Risso, David L. Robertson, Olivier Robineau, Pierre-Marie Roger, Juliette Romaru, Manuel Rosa-Calatrava, Bénédicte Rossignol, Stella Rousset, Benoît Roze, Clark D. Russell, Musharaf Sadat, Valla Sahraei, Maximilien Saint-Gilles, Stéphane Sallaberry, Charlotte Salmon Gandonniere, Hélène Salvator, Zulfiqar Sandhu, Pierre-François Sandrine, Shirley Sarfo-Mensah, Benjamine Sarton, Parthena Savvidou, Yen Tsen Saw, Janet T. Scott, Jaganathan Selvanayagam, Mageswari Selvarajoo, Malcolm G. Semple, Rasidah Bt Senian, Eric Senneville, Tânia Sequeira, Pablo Serrano Balazote, Ellen Shadowitz, Syamin Asyraf Shahidan, Mohammad Shamsah, Shaikh Sharjeel, Catherine A. Shaw, Ashraf Sheharyar, Mohiuddin Shiekh, Nassima Si Mohammed, Ng Yong Siang, Benedict Sim Heng, Karisha Sivam, Morgane Snacken, Tze Vee Soh, Rima Song, Azlan Mat Soom, Albert Sotto, B. P Edouard Soum, Sanka Sri Darshana, Sarah Stabler, Ymkje Stienstra, Jacky Y. Suen, Deepashankari Suppiah, Andrey Svistunov, Sarah Syahrin, Shirin Tabrizi, Fabio S. Taccone, Lysa Tagherset, Shahdattul Mawarni Taib, Ewa Talarek, Kim Keat Tan, Yan Chyi Tan, Coralie Tardivon, M Azhari Taufik, Richard S. Tedder, Tze Yuan Tee, João Teixeira, Sze Kye Teoh, François Téoulé, Olivier Terrier, Hubert Tessier-Grenier, Alif Adlan Thabit, Zhang Duan Tham, Suvintheran Thangavelu, Simon-Djamel Thiberville, Jananee Thirumanickam, Emma C. Thomson, Surain Raaj Thurai, Peter S Timashev, Noémie Tissot, Jordan Zhien Toh, Sia Loong Tonnii, Marta Torre, Margarida Torres, Théo Treoux, Tiffany Trouillon, Christelle Tual, Lance C.W. Turtle, PG Ishara Udayanga, Timothy M. Uyeki, Luís Val-Flores, Amélie Valran, Marcel van den Berge, Job van der Palen, Paul van der Valk, Peter Van der Voort, Jarne Van Hattem, Carolien van Netten, Ilonka van Veen, Noémie Vanel, Shoban Raj Vasudayan, Charline Vauchy, Shaminee Veeran, Aurélie Veislinger, James Vickers, José Ernesto Vidal, César Vieira, Benoit Visseaux, Fanny Vuotto, Noor Hidayu Wahab, Suhaila Abdul Wahab, Nadirah Abdul Wahid, Tan Pei Wen, Sanne Wesselius, Nicole White, Paul Henri Wicky, Aurélie Wiedemann, Calvin Wong, Xin Ci Wong, Yew Sing Wong, Teck Fung Wong, Gan Ee Xian, Lim Saio Xian, Kuan Pei Xuan, Siti Rohani Yakop, Nicholas Yee Hing, Chian Hui Yeoh, Obada Yousif, Marion Zabbe, Masliza Zahid, Maram Zahran, Nor Zaila Zaidan, Konrad Zawadka, Nurul Zaynah, Hiba Zayyad, and David Zucman
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Background The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on paediatric populations varied between high-income countries (HICs) versus low-income to middle-income countries (LMICs). We sought to investigate differences in paediatric clinical outcomes and identify factors contributing to disparity between countries.Methods The International Severe Acute Respiratory and Emerging Infections Consortium (ISARIC) COVID-19 database was queried to include children under 19 years of age admitted to hospital from January 2020 to April 2021 with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis. Univariate and multivariable analysis of contributing factors for mortality were assessed by country group (HICs vs LMICs) as defined by the World Bank criteria.Results A total of 12 860 children (3819 from 21 HICs and 9041 from 15 LMICs) participated in this study. Of these, 8961 were laboratory-confirmed and 3899 suspected COVID-19 cases. About 52% of LMICs children were black, and more than 40% were infants and adolescent. Overall in-hospital mortality rate (95% CI) was 3.3% [=(3.0% to 3.6%), higher in LMICs than HICs (4.0% (3.6% to 4.4%) and 1.7% (1.3% to 2.1%), respectively). There were significant differences between country income groups in intervention profile, with higher use of antibiotics, antivirals, corticosteroids, prone positioning, high flow nasal cannula, non-invasive and invasive mechanical ventilation in HICs. Out of the 439 mechanically ventilated children, mortality occurred in 106 (24.1%) subjects, which was higher in LMICs than HICs (89 (43.6%) vs 17 (7.2%) respectively). Pre-existing infectious comorbidities (tuberculosis and HIV) and some complications (bacterial pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome and myocarditis) were significantly higher in LMICs compared with HICs. On multivariable analysis, LMIC as country income group was associated with increased risk of mortality (adjusted HR 4.73 (3.16 to 7.10)).Conclusion Mortality and morbidities were higher in LMICs than HICs, and it may be attributable to differences in patient demographics, complications and access to supportive and treatment modalities.
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