Search for: [Abstract = "tistically significant differences in the first five waves of the pandemic in terms of CRP, blood platelets, and lactate dehydrogenase were found. 4.10.2. Article No2 published in Journal of Clinical Medicine In this study, concerning the relation between the course of COVID\-19 and the child’s age, 1405 patients met the inclusion criteria. The large predominance of the youngest children were observed. Patients in the first year of life constituted 40.35% of the sample, and children younger than five years accounted for 73.8% of the hospitalized patients with COVID\-19. Comorbidities associated with the increased risk of severe disease mainly affected children older than five years \(42.3%\). The most frequent symptoms were fever, cough, and rhinitis, especially in infants and toddlers. In infants, cough and dyspnea were more common symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection, and the most common diagnosis was laryngitis. High fever, vomiting, and diarrhea were observed much more frequently in patients aged 0–5 years, but gastroenterocolitis in our cohort was diagnosed as most common in children older than five years. Neurologic symptoms were significantly more common in the group of children older than five years. Regarding to laboratory findings, we observed leucopenia, neutropenia, lymphocytosis, thrombocytopenia, and elevated CRP, CK, LDH,"]

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