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. 2021 Mar 11;9:616381. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.616381

Table 1.

The most relevant reviewed manuscripts on children with CLD and COVID-19.

References Country Studydesign Total number of patients Age (years)* Confirmed COVID** Outcome **
Hospitalization ICUadmission Survival
Singh et al. (5) United States R n = 2,780 (M = 38%); n = 250/2,780 (9%) with CLD; all patients aged >10 years; percentage of children aged 10–18 years: not reported 55.2 (±14.6) Not reported Not reported Not
reported
Not
reported
Di Giorgio et al. (6) Italy R n = 369 children with CLD (M = 60%) 11.1 (±7.7) 2 0 0 All survived
Di Giorgio et al. (7) Italy R 148 patients; 47/148 (32%, M = 40%) children with CLD 12.3
(2.8–17.8)
0 NA NA NA
Heinz et al. (8) United States C Case report: onset 4 days post-LDLT (Donor and recipients Sars-CoV-2 positive) → Mild respiratory symptoms → Graft hepatitis 6 month 1 1 1 Survived
Morand et al. (9) France C Case report: 5 month post-LT → Mild respiratory symptoms: tachypnea → Mild Graft hepatitis 4 1 1 0 Survived
Dona et al. (10) Europe R a) Survey by 18 pediatric transplant centers (solid organ and stem cell transplantation) b) Individual follow-up of 14 affected children (including stem cell transplantation and waiting list) and 5 solid organ transplant recipients a) 0–17 years (no details reported)b) Not reported a) No absolute numbers reported b) 14 cases, 5 solid organ transplant recipients a) 10/18 centers reported <10 COVID-19 pediatric cases b) 14 cases, 5 solid organ transplant recipients a) <5% of affected children b) Not reported, but 2 severe courses a) All survived b) No details reported
Nicastro et al. (11) Italy R Survey of 155 pLT recipients in the region of Lombardy 14.8 (0.3–17.9) 0
(2 suspected cases with close contact)
0 0 All survived
D'Antiga et al. (12) Italy R Cases series of 3 Sars-CoV-2 positive patients out of a cohort of n = 700 pediatric LT recipients Not reported 3 0 0 All survived
*

Mean or median;

**

data on children alone; C, case report; R, retrospective; P, prospective; M, male; NA, not applicable.