There was a “clear spike” in cases, researchers say.
, four needed intensive care, with one child requiring continuous positive airway pressure. Fortunately, none of the children in the study died. “Our relatively high rate of hospitalization and the number of treatments hospitalized kids needed — an average of six doses of dexamethasone and eight treatments with nebulized epinephrine—suggests that COVID-19 might cause more severe croup than other viruses,” said Dr. Brewster.
As COVID-19 has evolved and mutated into different variants, the medical community’s understanding of its effects on children has also changed. Generally, young children who have been infected with the virus have experienced milder symptoms than adults, but in recent months, omicron has led to children aged four and under being hospitalized at a rate five times higher than when the delta variant was dominant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
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