Out-of-hospital deaths among children during COVID-19 pandemic: indicator of collateral damage?

• Main Authors: Jelena Oulasvirta (Author), Heli Salmi (Author), Markku Kuisma (Author), Heini Harve-Rytsälä (Author), Mikael Kuitunen (Author), Laura Puhakka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We aimed to investigate the out-of-hospital mortality, and the actual prevalence of COVID-19 in children requiring paediatric emergency department (ED) care for infectious symptoms. There were four emergency medical services (EMS) responses concerning children (age 0-15 years) leading to death on-sc...