— ICU care during infection, young age, complex chronic conditions all linked with PASC
The burden of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), or long COVID, appeared to be low among children, but myocarditis was the most commonly diagnosed PASC-associated condition, according to a large retrospective cohort study.
Among over 650,000 individuals under the age of 21 who underwent antigen or RT-PCR testing, the incidence of at least one systemic, syndromic, or medication feature of PASC was 41.9% for positive children compared with 38.2% for negative children 28 to 179 days after initial testing, reported Suchitra Rao, MBBS, MSCS, of the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, and colleagues.
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