Corticosteroids and Other Treatments Administered to Children Tested for SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Emergency Departments.

"The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose. The study sponsors played no role in study design, data collection, analysis or interpretation, report writing, or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Stephen Freedman. No honorarium, grant or other form of payment was provided to produce the manuscript."

"Funding This work was supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Clinical management), Alberta Innovates, the Alberta Health Service – University of Calgary - Clinical Research Fund, the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, and the COVID-19 Research Accelerator Funding Track (CRAFT) Program at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Stephen Freedman is supported by the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation Professorship in Child Health and Wellness. Dr. Stuart Dalziel is supported by Cure Kids New Zealand. Anna Funk, PhD, is supported by the University of Calgary Eyes-High Post-Doctoral Research Fund. None of the funders played any role in the design or conduct of the study, collection, management, analysis, or interpretation of the data, or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript and decision to submit the manuscript for publication."