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Targeted Therapies for Children With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection Admitted to US and Canadian Pediatric Intensive Care Units

"Clinicians targeted the viral infection with a variety of specific therapies in 28 patients (61%). The most common of these was hydroxychloroquine, either as a single agent or in combination. Azithromycin was used in 8 children as a single agent in 1 patient and in combination with hydroxychloroquine in the remaining 7 patients. Remdisivir was used in 8 patients, including as a single agent in 2 and in combination in 6. Tocilizumab was used in 5 children, including as a single agent in 1 patient, in combination with hydroxychloroquine in 1, in combination with hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin in 1, in combination with hydroxychloroquine and remdisivir in 1, and in combination with convalescent plasma in 1."

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Updated 2020-06-22

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SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Biomedical Sciences