Burden of Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 Hospitalizations during the Omicron Wave in Germany
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Outcomes of Interest: Average per Hospital per Day | Linear Regression Coefficient β (95% CI) | Standard Error (SE) | Effect of an Increase in the SARS-CoV-2 Incidence Rate by 100 per 100,000 | p-Value |
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Hospitalization | 0.00094 (0.00061, 0.00127) | 0.00017 | +0.094 | <0.0001 |
Admissions | 0.00025 (0.000053, 0.00045) | 0.000099 | +0.025 | 0.0136 |
Inpatient intensive care treatment | 0.000073 (0.000015, 0.00013) | 0.000029 | +0.0073 | 0.0148 |
Invasive ventilation | 0.000065 (0.000043, 0.000087) | 0.000011 | +0.0065 | <0.0001 |
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Doenhardt, M.; Gano, C.; Sorg, A.-L.; Diffloth, N.; Tenenbaum, T.; von Kries, R.; Berner, R.; Armann, J.P. Burden of Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 Hospitalizations during the Omicron Wave in Germany. Viruses 2022, 14, 2102. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14102102
Doenhardt M, Gano C, Sorg A-L, Diffloth N, Tenenbaum T, von Kries R, Berner R, Armann JP. Burden of Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 Hospitalizations during the Omicron Wave in Germany. Viruses. 2022; 14(10):2102. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14102102
Chicago/Turabian StyleDoenhardt, Maren, Christin Gano, Anna-Lisa Sorg, Natalie Diffloth, Tobias Tenenbaum, Rüdiger von Kries, Reinhard Berner, and Jakob P. Armann. 2022. "Burden of Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 Hospitalizations during the Omicron Wave in Germany" Viruses 14, no. 10: 2102. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14102102