Publications by authors named "Soumya Kasturi"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the outcomes of children with heart disease and young adults with congenital heart disease who contracted COVID-19, revealing limited existing data on this topic.
- It involved 94 patients from 24 pediatric cardiac centers in India, where a significant proportion were asymptomatic for COVID-19, yet the in-hospital mortality rate for COVID-19-positive cases was 27.1%, highlighting a drastic increase compared to COVID-negative cases.
- Key risk factors identified for mortality included the severity of illness at admission and belonging to a lower socioeconomic class, emphasizing the need for targeted prevention and management strategies for these vulnerable populations.
Background: COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted pediatric cardiac services across the globe. Limited data are available on the impact of COVID.19 on pediatric cardiac care in India.
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