Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Children and Adolescents Aged less than 18 Years Hospitalized with COVID-19, 6 Hospitals, United States, July-August 2021

Valentine Wanga, PhD; Megan E. Gerdes, MPH; Dallas S. Shi, MD, PhD; Rewa Choudhary, MD; Theresa M. Dulski, MD; Sophia Hsu, MSN, MPH; Osatohamwen I. Idubor, MD; Bryant J. Webber, MD; Arthur M. Wendel, MD; Nickolas T. Agathis, MD; Kristi Anderson, MD; Tricia Boyles, MHA; Sophia K. Chiu, MD; Eleanor S. Click, MD, PhD; Juliana Da Silva, MD; Hannah Dupont, MPH; Mary Evans, MD; Jeremy A.W. Gold, MD; Julia Haston, MD; Pamela Logan, MD; Susan A. Maloney, MD; Marisol Martinez, PharmD; Pavithra Natarajan; BMBS; Kevin B. Spicer, MD, PhD; Mark Swancutt, M1; Valerie A. Stevens; Jessica Brown, PhD; Gyan Chandra, MBA; Megan Light, MPH; Frederick E. Barr, MD; Jessica Snowden, MD; Larry K. Kociolek, MD; Matthew McHugh, MPH; David Wessel, MD; Joelle N. Simpson, MD; Kathleen C. Gorman, MSN; Kristen A. Breslin, MD; Roberta L. DeBiasi, MD; Aaron Thompson, MD; Mark W. Kline, MD; Julie A. Boom, MD; Ila R. Singh, MD, PhD; Michael Dowlin; Mark Wietecha, MS, MBA; Beth Schweitzer, MS; Sapna Bamrah Morris, MD; Emily H. Koumans, MD; Jean Y. Ko, PhD; Anne A. Kimball, MD; David A. Siegel, MD