TABLE 2.

Characteristics of the deceased children hospitalized with COVID-19.

	Deceased (n = 32)
Male gender	16 (50.0%)
Age, median (IQR)	6 Years (177 days–15.5 years)
Age groups
0–6 days	4 (12.5%)
7 days to less than 3 months	1 (3.1%)
3 months to less than 2 years	8 (25.0%)
2–9 years	5 (15.6%)
10–13 years	2 (6.3%)
14–17 years	12 (37.5%)
Underlying medical condition
Respiratory disease	10 (31.3%)
Asthma	4 (12.5%)
Chronic lung disease excluding asthma	6 (18.8%)
Metabolic disease	7 (21.9%)
Diabetes	0
Metabolic disease excluding diabetes	7 (21.9%)
Sickle-cell disease	0
Obesity	1 (3.1%)
Cardiovascular disease	5 (15.6%)
Neurologic disease	19 (59.4%)
Immunocompromised condition (including cancers)	6 (18.8%)
Hepatic and gastric disease	0
Renal disease	0
Down syndrome	0
Prematurity among < 2 years (n = 3868)	5 (38.5%)
Number of underlying conditions
0	4 (12.5%)
1	13 (40.6%)
2	8 (25.0%)
3 Or more	7 (21.9%)
COVID-19 forms
PIMS	1 (3.1%)
Respiratory form	25 (78.1%)
No PIMS no respiratory form	6 (18.8%)
Level of care required
Admission in critical care unit	25 (78.1%)
Ventilation	23 (71.9%)
Invasive ventilation	20 (62.5%)
Non-invasive ventilation	9 (28.1%)
ECMO	4 (12.5%)
Need of vasoactive drugs	12 (37.5%)
Hospital length of stay, median (IQR), days	8 (2–20.5)

IQR, interquartile range; CCU, critical care unit; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; PIMS, pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome.