| Autor: |
Marcela Daza, Marcela Mercado, Greace A Avila, Diana Forero-Motta, Nathaly Rozo-Gutierrez, Johana Osorio, Diana M Walteros, Adriana Ballesteros, Oscar Ovalle, Mario Augusto Rojas-Devia, Martha Baez, Leslie Ivonne Martinez-De la Barrera, Sandra Jaqueline Beltrán-Higuera, Clara Galvis, Franklyn Prieto |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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| Zdroj: |
BMJ Paediatrics Open, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2399-9772 |
| DOI: |
10.1136/bmjpo-2022-001781 |
| Popis: |
Objective To describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of newborn infants with SARS-CoV-2 infection notified in the Colombian Public Health Surveillance System.Design This epidemiological descriptive analysis was conducted using the data of all cases of newborn infants with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection notified in the surveillance system. Absolute frequencies and central tendency measures were calculated and a bivariate analysis comparing variables of interest with symptomatic and asymptomatic disease was performed.Setting Population-based descriptive analysis.Patients Laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases in newborn infants (aged ≤28 days of life) reported to the surveillance system from 1 March 2020 to 28 February 2021.Results 879 newborns were identified, corresponding to 0.04% of all reported cases in the country. The mean age at diagnosis was 13 days (range 0–28 days), 55.1% were male and most (57.6%) were classified as symptomatic. Preterm birth and low birth weight were identified in 24.0% and 24.4% of the cases, respectively. Common symptoms were fever (58.3%), cough (48.3%) and respiratory distress (34.9%). A higher prevalence of symptomatic newborns was seen in individuals with low birth weight for gestational age (prevalence ratio (PR): 1.51, 95% CI: 1.44 to 1.59) and newborns with underlying conditions (PR: 1.33, 95% CI: 1.13 to 1.55).Conclusions There were a low proportion of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the newborn population. A substantial number of newborns were classified as symptomatic, having low birth weight and being preterm. Clinicians caring for COVID-19-infected newborns should be aware of population characteristics that potentially contribute to disease manifestations and severity. |
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