A researcher from the University of Calgary is leading a global study aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of children with COVID-19.
The study, overseen by Dr. Stephen Freedman, is already underway at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. In a Tuesday news release, Freedman said very little is known about how the new coronavirus affects children or what the best treatment is for those infected with the virus, which causes COVID-19.
Researchers will collect data on 12,500 children brought to emergency departments with respiratory illness at 50 sites in 14 countries.
They will follow the children for 90 days, recording travel history, exposures and symptoms, and reviewing lab tests, X-rays, treatment and outcomes. “It seems that adults