COVID-19 pediatric patients fare better than adults, meta-analysis showsA meta-analysis of 7,780 children in 26 countries published late last week in EClinicalMedicine has found that 19% had no symptoms, 3% required intensive care, and only 0.1% died in the first 4 months of the pandemic.In the largest known systematic review of pediatric patients with the novel coronavirus, researchers from the University of Texas at San Antonio pored over data from 131 studies, 64% from China, published from Jan 24 to May 14.
Mean patient age was 9 years, and 76% of patients had been exposed to the virus by an infected family member.The investigators found that the 11 patients (0.1%) who met the criteria for the severe multisystem inflammatory syndrome