体重对COVID-19患者入院儿童医院病程严重性的影响

Nessa Tantivit1, Madhuri Mulekar1, Anne-Marie Kaulfers1

  • 1University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.

Global pediatric health
|December 25, 2023
PubMed
概括

体重状况影响儿童的COVID-19结果. 年龄较大的儿童的BMI百分位数较高,年龄相对体重百分位数较低的年轻儿童与增加的氧气需求和更长的住院时间相关.

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