Accepted for Publication: June 17, 2021.
Published Online: August 30, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2993
Corresponding Author: Patrick Davies, MRCPCH, Paediatric Critical Care Unit, Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 2UH, United Kingdom (patrick.davies@nuh.nhs.uk).
Author Contributions: Dr Davies had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Concept and design: Davies, du Pré, Kanthimathinathan.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.
Drafting of the manuscript: Davies, du Pré.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.
Statistical analysis: Davies.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Davies, Lillie.
Other—suggestions re: analysis and presentation of data: Kanthimathinathan.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.
Additional Contributions: We acknowledge the contribution and collaboration of the following in the collection of this data, and for the creation of the initial cohort: Claire Evans, MRCPCH, Andrew Prayle, PhD, and Harish Vyas, DM, Paediatric Critical Care Unit, Nottingham Children’s Hospital, Nottingham, UK; Joseph Brierley, MRCPCH, and Mae Johnson, FRCA, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK; Gareth Waters, FRCA, and Benedict Griffiths, MBBS, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Evelina Children’s Hospital, London, UK; Zoha Mohammad, MRCPCH, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK; Akash Deep, MRCPCH, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, King’s College Hospital, London, UK; Stephen Playfor, DM, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Manchester, UK; Davinder Singh, MRCPCH, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Leeds Royal Infirmary, Leeds, UK; David Inwald, PhD, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK; Michelle Jardine, MSc, Paediatric Critical Care Unit, Children’s Hospital for Wales, Cardiff, UK; Oliver Ross, FRCA, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Southampton Children’s Hospital, Southampton, UK; Nayan Shetty, MRCPCH, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK; Mark Worrall, MBChB, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK; Ruchi Sinha, MRCPCH, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK; Ashwani Koul, DNB(MD), Paediatric Critical Care Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK; Elizabeth Whittaker, PhD, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Department, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London UK; Barnaby R. Scholefield, PhD, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK; Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Children’s Acute Transport Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK.
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