• Zhengwu Tang, Muzhe Li, Wei Chen, Xun Ran, Huiyun Li, and Zhiwei Chen.
• Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jan 8; 100 (1): e24108.

BackgroundThis meta-analysis aimed to compare the clinical symptoms of COVID-19 pneumonia in children.Methods And AnalysisElectronic databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database, Wanfang Database, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database (CBM) were searched from its inception to June 21, 2020. We only included studies that reported clinical symptoms of COVID pneumonia in children. Quality of the included studies was assessed by 2 authors. Pooled results were summarized by STATA 12.0 software.The heterogeneity was measured by I2 tests (I2 < 50 indicates little heterogeneity, I2≥50 indicates high heterogeneity). Publication bias was performed by funnel plot and statistically assessed by Begg test (P > .05 as no publication bias).ResultsResults will be shown as figures or tables.ConclusionOur study aims to systematically present the clinical symptoms of COVID-19 pneumonia patients in children, so as to further provide guidance for clinical management.Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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