Abstract
This study reviews patients aged 21 and younger, who presented to the Ochsner Medical Center's Pediatric Emergency Department during the COVID-19 pandemic. A retrospective analysis was completed comparing demographics, symptomology, and laboratory analysis between COVID positive and negative patients.
Highlights
SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the current COVID-19 pandemic, is a novel and rapidly-spreading coronavirus in the same family as SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV [1]
All pediatric patients who presented to the pediatric emergency department (PED) at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, between March 11 and May 20 of 2020, and subsequently underwent COVID-19 testing were considered for this study
A closer examination of race found compared to their Caucasian counterparts, patients identifying as Black had a statistically significant higher proportion COVID-19 Positives (3.0% vs. 17.2%, P = 0.05)
Summary
SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the current COVID-19 pandemic, is a novel and rapidly-spreading coronavirus in the same family as SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV (the causes of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, respectively) [1]. Corona virus Disease 2019, or COVID-19, was classified as a pandemic on 11 March 2020 by the World Health Organization [2]. As of 17 May 2020, reported COVID-19 cases in Louisiana exceeded 430,100 cases with a death toll of 9,608 [3]. The extent to which New Orleans has been affected marks it as a valuable resource when trying to understand more about COVID-19. This study reviews patients aged 21 years and younger who presented to the Ochsner Medical Center’s Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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