Clinical characteristics of children and young people admitted to hospital with covid-19 in United Kingdom: prospective multicentre observational cohort study

Abstract Objective To characterise the clinical features of children and young people admitted to hospital with laboratory confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in the UK and explore factors associated with admission to critical care, mortality, and development of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents temporarily related to coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) (MIS-C). Design Prospective observational cohort study with rapid data gathering and near real time analysis. Setting 260 hospitals in England, Wales, and Scotland between 17 January and 3 July 2020, with a minimum follow-up time of two weeks (to 17 July 2020). Participants 651 children…

• BA
  Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

  Awards: MC_PC_19059, OPP1209135
• ER
  European Respiratory Society
• WT
  Wellcome Trust

  Awards: 215091, 215091/Z/18/Z
• BS
  British Society for Immunology
• NI
  National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit

  Award: 200907
• NI
  National Institute for Health and Care Research

  Awards: CO-CIN-01, award 200907, 200907
• DO
  Department of Health and Social Care
• UO
  University of Oxford

  Award: 200907
• IC
  Intensive Care Society
• PH
  Public Health England

  Award: 200907
• DF
  Department for International Development

  Award: 215091/Z/18/Z
• MR
  Medical Research Council

  Awards: MC_PC_19059, 200907