Which Groups of Children Are at More Risk of Fatality during COVID-19 Pandemic? A Case-Control Study in Yazd, Iran

Table 5

Pattern and severity scores of spiral chest CT scan imaging in pediatric patients with COVID-19.

Variables		Deceased	Survived	value	OR (95% CI)
Pattern	Ground glass opacity	8 (61.5%)	33 (47.8%)	0.36	—
	Consolidation	6 (46.2%)	18 (26.1%)	0.14	—
	Pleural effusion	2 (15.4%)	5 (7.2%)	0.33	—
	Atelectasis	1 (7.7%)	11 (15.9%)	0.44	—
	Normal	0	19 (27.5%)	0.031	—
Severity	Severity score ≤ 7	3 (27.3%)	5 (16.1%)	0.36	Ref
	Severity score 8–17	4 (36.4%)	19 (61.3%)		0.351 (0.058–2.106)
	Severity score ≥ 18	4 (36.4%)	7 (22.6%)		0.952 (0.144–6.281)

Normal chest CT scan was not observed in any of the deceased children, In addition, the predominant findings of chest CT scans in both deceased and survived patients were ground glass opacity and consolidation.