reviewScientific ReportsJun 23, 2022GOLD OA

Long-COVID in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analyses

SLSandra López‐LeónTWTalía Wegman-OstroskyNCNorma Cipatli Ayuzo del ValleCPCarol PerelmanRSRosalinda Sepúlveda

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Novartis (United States) · +8 more institutions

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Abstract The objective of this systematic review and meta-analyses is to estimate the prevalence of long-COVID in children and adolescents and to present the full spectrum of symptoms present after acute COVID-19. We have used PubMed and Embase to identify observational studies published before February 10th, 2022 that included a minimum of 30 patients with ages ranging from 0 to 18 years that met the National Institute for Healthcare Excellence (NICE) definition of long-COVID, which consists of both ongoing (4 to 12 weeks) and post-COVID-19 (≥ 12 weeks) symptoms. Random-effects meta-analyses were performed using the MetaXL software to estimate the pooled prevalence with a 95% confidence interval (CI).…

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  • Medicine
  • Meta-analysis
  • Systematic review
  • Confidence interval
  • Observational study
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